On the hunt...

for new locations that is!  Well I WAS at least.  DC experienced a bad storm and left us without power... until possibly Thursday.  Oh man I really hope and pray it comes on sooner than that :S  So the kids and I are at a hotel.  I had planned to spend all week looking for new locations but it's temporarily on hold.  BUT I did find this awesome place that I am in love with.  The kids hate me taking their pictures now but I managed to still get a few.  Forget about smiles...  I think the soulful, and even "pouty," expressions are just too precious! :)

I am now booking holiday sessions and the special may be viewed here.  And don't forget to get your photos in for my contest!  Everyone who enters receives a discounted session and 2 complimentary prints :)

2010 Holiday Special is HERE

I am excited to announce that booking for holiday sessions is now open!  The holiday special details are below.  Email me at info@tylerplankphotography.com to schedule your session today... as always, it is first come first serve :) 

*50% of fee due at time of booking and the remainder when final order is placed.

Attention Charleston, SC Fans!

WOOHOOO!!!!  I will be in Seabrook, SC August 14-22nd.  If you are interested in a session on the beach or anywhere in the Charleston area, I will be offering my prime session to include a custom dvd of your 10 favorite images for $200.  You may email me at info@tylerplankphotography.com for further information and to book a session!

Bye-Bye crib!

Wow it's been quite a weekend of excitement and milestones!  We had an earthquake here in DC early Friday morning... Ander started walking Friday afternoon... we took Avery to see her first movie on Saturday (Toy Story 3 and she loved it!)... then today we finally converted her crib into a big girl bed (Thanks Mi-Mi, Avery LOVES her new sailboat bedding!)...  My babies are growing up so fast but we are having more fun than ever :)

WINNER WINNER!!!

Congratulations to Jennifer Amie!  You won the Giveaway prize from RWR Knits!   


Thanks to everyone who entered!  

Guess WHAT?

Ander officially started walking today!!!!!

Remembering Maggie

This is really painful but I feel I have to do it as part of my grieving process.

Today Maggie was 14 years 2 months old and laid to rest.   She was rescued when my husband was in college when she was only 4 weeks old as she was taken from her mother who was badly beaten by her owner and had to be put to sleep.   Jay says she fit in the palm of his hand and he fed her milk from bottles.  I hear many stories about Maggie from the college years... eating rat poison in the fraternity house and being rushed to a regular ER... being hit by a car... she was truly invincible, even up to the very end.  I don't know that Maggie would have ever passed on her own.  She loved life.  But when her arthritis and hip dysplasia got so bad she could hardly walk or even get up to go to the bathroom we decided she wasn't truly living as "Maggie" and needed to be let go.

I've known Maggie as long as I've known Jay and she's been there for it all.  I can't even begin to imagine how hard this is for Jay.  I believe my sadness is only the tip of the iceberg compared to his.  Our younger dog Mason has never known life without her and he is walking around lost... because he truly is.  We will move past this difficult time and she will of course live in our hearts and memories.   We take solace in knowing she is no longer in pain, was loved by many and lived a long full life.

Her remains will be spread at North Beach in Seabrook... where she spent many days running and swimming, where Jay proposed to me and where Grandma and Grandpa Olen's ashes were spread.  I know she will love it.

Thank you so much for all the kind words and thoughts.  It really means so much.

RIP Maggie.  We miss you already :(

It's a GIVEAWAY!!!!

Would you like the chance to win a RWR knit diaper cover AND one pom pom hat like the ones featured in the photos below?  If you are interested in this awesome giveaway valued at a total of $56.00 then please read on...

I have so much fun entering contests to try to win great free stuff so I thought I would team up with my favorite photography prop provider to offer a giveaway of my own!  The quality of RWR Knit diaper covers and hats is truly amazing.  Not only for adorable pictures but simply to make adorable babies look even cuter!  Would also make a great gift to a new mommy!  Now without further ado...

To enter for the chance to win 1 ivory handknit diaper cover (size 0-6mos) AND 1 pom pom hat (size 0-6 mos in pink/brown OR blue/brown) simply follow these 4 easy steps!

1. Click "Like" on Tyler Plank Facebook Photography Fan Page and leave a comment on the wall
2. Click "Like" on RWR Knits Facebook Fan Page and leave a comment on the wall
3. Post the link to this blog post to your Facebook wall 
4. Leave a comment here with your name and the link to show you posted this to your wall.

That's it!  After completing those 4 tasks your name will be entered to win.  Winner will be posted here on Monday July 19, 2010!

The fine print:

* Giveaway will close promptly on Friday, July 16, 2010 at 5pm EST.  No entries posted after that 

    time will be accepted.

* Only one entry per person will be accepted.  Entries will be tracked closely so please play fair.  

* All four tasks must be completed for entry to be counted.

* One winner will be selected using a random number generator at www.random.org

* There are NO substitutions for prize. 

* Prize will be shipped to regions only located in the United States.    

4th of July Tea Party Mini Session

Our best friends from Chicago came to visit over the holiday weekend and we had an incredible time sightseeing, eating out, playing and all the usual fun stuff.   I have also been promoting my tea party mini-sessions for July and August so naturally we had to take advantage of this with the girls all together.  Our little mini-me BFFs loved the tea party and we all of course loved the photo opp!