Mother's Day Contest!!!

Mother's Day is THIS SUNDAY! OMG where has the time gone!  What did you get your Mom? If you haven't got anything yet, you can always give her a card with a promise of a 3 generation photo session.  ALL May long a full studio portrait session with MOM and children is only a $75 session fee! This comes with proofs! Offer only good until 5/31/15

OK enough on that right now, I know why you are here......Contest details for my Mother's Day Basket!

Basket has: three photograph frames, a 30 minute photo session with me with three portraits with rights to print (to fill the frames), a black mug, half of a sheet of Jamberry nails, and a few other little things.

To enter I would like you to ask your child(ren) 4 of these questions and video their answers (if your child isn't old enough to answer these questions just send a video of you and your baby so everyone can vote)

1. What makes Mommy happy?
2. What makes Mommy sad?
3. What does Mommy do that makes you laugh?
4. What is Mommy really good at?
5. How are you and Mom the Same?
6. How are you and Mom Different?
7. What is something Mommy always says to you?
8. What do you LOVE about Mommy?

Post the video on instagram with the hastag #oliviajeanwilliams
or on Twitter with @OJWStudios with the post
or directly onto my faceboopage (facebook.com/OJWSTUDIOS)

You have until 11:30pm on Thursday (May 7th) to submit your video
Voting will take place Friday and Saturday (May 9th until 10pm).
Winner will be announced  EARLY Sunday Morning!

Do you have a little girl that is dreaming of being a princess?

I have the perfect mini portrait session for those little girls near the Sturbridge area who dream the big dream of being a princess! Ella Minis! If you watched the wonderful new Disney movie Cinderella, you would have noticed that her real name wasn't Cinderella. It was Ella and her step-sisters called her Dirty-Ella, Cinder-Ella when they saw her one morning after she had fallen asleep near the ash from the fire.

I created a wonderful dress to adjust to fit children ages 2-10.

First my daughter modeled it for me (she is 9)

 

 

 

Then I had a wonderful little 4 year old princess come over a few days ago. She loved the dress so much she wanted to take it home with her.

 

 

 

 

Sign up for my Ella Mini Portrait Session on my facebook page. If you don't have a facebook page send me an email.



 

Mother's Day is getting closer....

Do you know what Mom would LOVE this Mother's Day? Portraits of her children. Yes that means YOU!

I love getting calls and emails from people in their 20's setting up a fast session with their siblings for their Mother's Day Gift to Mom! How awesome would that be for your Mom? Think about it, when was the last time all of her children had a professional portrait taken for her?

I have had 3 families set up this type of session, all said it was a gift for their Mom for Mother's Day. One of them said their last portrait was 10 years ago! I have a feeling that the Mom from that family will cry when she opens her framed portrait of her children! I know I would!

On the end side....Do you have little ones? I have Mommy & Me Mini Sessions set up! Grandma would love that as a Mother's Day gift as well. You could bring her to my studio in Sturbridge for a Mommy & Me Session and make it a 3 generation portrait. I know that would be priceless for her!

To sign up for Mommy & Me Sessions visit my events page on facebook. If you don't have facebook just take a look there and email me what date and time you would like.

 

 

Thank you for reading my blog! Visit my website at ojwstudio.com. You can also follow me on twitter and instagram (the links are on my website). Know someone who would be interested in a session? Send them my way. I reward those who send clients to me, each reward is different. Always awesome and FREE.

 

 

 

Olivia Jean Williams

oliviajeanwilliams@gmail.com
ojwstudio.com

Happy Easter Everyone!

 

This year I didn't give much of an advance notice for my Easter Minis. That was because "I was hunting for rabbits". (said in an Elmer Fudd voice)

The bunny I used the last few years is getting older and I couldn't handle the thought of giving the bunny a heart attack. So lucky for us there is a lady near by who shows rabbits and breads them! She has two little children herself so these bunnies are very very kid friendly! Plus, they have great names! The one in the above portrait is Bolt. The one in the portrait below is Olaf!

I hope next year to have a better turn out to these great family keepsake sessions! It is fun for the children and the adults. Remember I also take a few pictures without the bunny for Spring!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter this weekend! 




OH and I am getting a Cinderella Dress for some Cinderella Minis!!!! Who would be interested? Please let me know in the comments section.

Welcome March!

I am so excited March is here! That means Spring is on the way! Just the last few warm days has brought me so much joy!

Everyone who has been following my journey the last few years, knows my goal of being a full time photographer. Right now, I still work part time. Which takes time away from editing and return calls/emails.  It also limits the days and times I can have sessions.

At the start of every new year I sit down to figure out how I can reach full time and leave my part time job. I try not to change too much at once. I felt that a nice slow pace for the changes was a good idea, until I realized it will be another five years before I am at where I needed to be. So, I decided this past new years eve that I was going to just jump right in. Now with three kids of my own I can't just quit my part time job until I have a steady amount of sessions each month. To achieve my goal I needed to make a few changes. Here they are.......



After April 2nd I will have three types of sessions.

1. Regular; perfect for larger family sessions, newborns, maternity, and any session where you would like to make more than two outfit change. Can be at my studio or at a local location. Session comes with between 75-100 printed proofs.
2. Small; perfect for small family portraits, birthday sessions, senior portraits, and any session where you would like two or less outfit changes. Can be at my studio or at a local location. Session comes with between 30-70 printed proofs.
3. Mini; fast sessions with no outfit changes on select dates and times only. Comes with 8-12 images on CD with rights to print.

Prices will vary depending on:

• day: Monday - Friday OR Saturday and Sunday
• time: Sessions 3pm and later will have a different price as well as weekends.
• proof sizes. You will have options to upgrade your proofs from the 3 1/2 x 5 prints to 5x7 or 8x10!

I decided to go with the printed proof options so you can see what your portraits will look like as a prints. Plus it makes it so you can give them as gifts or keep and use them in a scrap book for yourself! All proofs will have a small logo on them on the bottom right of your portrait.


A Regular session will start at $350 for Monday-Friday before 3pm. Small Sessions start at $200 Monday-Friday before 3pm. Weekday Studio Mini Sessions will be $80 and Weekend Studio Mini Session will be $125.

If you think of it this way a Weekday Regular session will be about $3.50 per printed 3 1/2 x 5 proof! What a deal!

Please take a moment and leave me some feedback on my blog. Tell me what you think of printed proofs, is it easier for you to pick your session needs knowing the information above (regular, small, and mini). Thank you so much for your input!



Prices subject to change without notice.

February Update!

Wow! Seems like February flew by way too fast! With every weekend came a huge snow storm! Trying to keep up with just a shovel for my pathway wasn't working. So we now have a snow thrower! If you haven't been to my studio before you need to know a little something about the driveway down to the studio. It is a long, curved, steep driveway. We had a plow come once and he broke part of his truck trying to back out of the driveway. So since then he hasn't plowed past a certain point in our driveway. I don't blame him, when there is snow there ends up being no spot to turn around at the bottom like there is the rest of the year. 

It took a week but I now see some dark pavement on the path and I am ready for sessions again! My first session since all the snow storms turned out great! I was so excited to get back in the studio! Can't wait for more!

I had so much fun that the next day I just wanted to work some more, SO I brought my Dogs and their Pups into the studio for some fun!

Oh and a little heads up, I will be donating my time at Petco again on May 16th for Pet Cancer Awareness Month. So Save the Date and have your pets photographed by me and help out a good cause!

Happy New Year!!!!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful start of 2015! Things here have been busy. I have been planing out my entire year of mini sessions and a few other behind the scenes photography stuff that has to be done before I start in all the photography fun for the year!

If you haven't heard I now have a rewards club. The cards have arrived, I will be mailing out the cards and letters to the families that have already signed up. If you would like to know more about it click here.

First Mini Sessions scheduled are the Valentine Mini Sessions! Click on the "Specials" link above or click here to see the dates and times.

Other upcoming events to look for on my facebook page.