Mini-Session Marathon ~ Sunday June 6th

 Sunday June 6th, Miranda & Adam will be hosting a Mini-Session Marathon!

What: 45-minute mini-portrait session (normally our sessions are 1-2 hours)
Where: a Milwaukee park
How much: $100 (+ tax), plus prints or product investment (no minimum purchase)*
What's included: Our shooting time, time to process and enhance all photos, online viewing and ordering


Why get a portrait session?
It's a fun way to celebrate Summer
You've been longing to get some artistic photos of your kids
Father's Day is around the corner
You and your best friend rock
Your kids are growing faster than you could have ever imagined
You have some friends or family members in town
You'd like to look at some Summery photos when it's 20-below outside
You like your new hair-do
You'll have the best photos ever to put in your holiday cards
You or your kid is going off to college
You always wanted a nice photo with you and your grandma
It's been 20 years since you and your husband took a good photo together
You'd like a good excuse to buy some new clothes

Email miranda@capturingyourday.com or call 414.405.6693 to schedule your session! A $50 non-refundable retainer is required to reserve your session time. In the event of poor weather, the photographers may elect to cancel the shoot and will refund your retainer.

* High-school seniors, engagement and maternity sessions require a minimum purchase. Please call for details.

Calling all Awesome Seniors ~ Free Sessions!

Not the senior citizen kind of seniors. The class of 2011!

We're looking for outgoing, stylish, fun teens to rock the camera and inspire our next senior portrait season!

Also, earn print / product credits with each friend you send our way who books a session with us! Saving your parents $ = you score points with them = you might be out of the dog house if you pull a senior prank.

All sessions are on-location for modern, fresh photos with as much personality as you. Check out our galleries on our site or the senior category on our blog to see what we mean :) We're also totally open to your own creative ideas!

So here’s what you need to do. Message me on facebook or send me an email (miranda@capturingyourday.com) by the end of March telling us why you should be involved. Feel free to get creative, and get your friends involved! :)

Looking forward to chatting soon!
~Miranda & Adam

Show us the Love ~ Winner Announced!

Thanks, everyone, for the super sweet comments on our blog! It warmed our hearts :) We're excited to see so many more blog subscriptions, and we hope you have fun seeing our latest work and happenings!

Here's a taste of what you can look forward to seeing: a danish ring cake (if only you could have actually tasted it!), some exciting announcements, spring engagement sessions and a personal project or two! And, of course, wedding season is right around the corner!

Hopefully you'll find that feeding your soul with some awesome photos is a great way to start or conclude the day (or as I hear a lot from people, a fun way to take a break at work)!

Without further ado, the randomly selected winner of our contest is invitesbyjen@yahoo.com, who ironically happens to be a wedding vendor! Looking forward to meeting you, Jen, and seeing what kind of session we'll be doing! Talk to you soon :)

Thanks again for the blog love!

~Miranda & Adam

And since every post is better with a photo, here's a spread of one of the custom-designed albums we're currently working on (just click to enlarge)...

Show us the love for a chance to win a FREE SESSION! :)

Awesome, right?! All you have to do is:

1) Leave us some blog love (aka a comment) ANYWHERE on our blog... could be about your favorite photo, favorite session, favorite place, etc.

AND

2) Subscribe to our blog using the subscription box on the upper left of our blog (don't forget to confirm the subscription- you'll receive an email asking you to do this).

The contest ends Sunday, February 28th at midnight. One winner will be randomly selected to receive a complimentary photo session with Reminisce at one of the locations of our choice (we'll give you a selection to choose from). The winner will not be obligated to purchase prints.

Let the blog love begin! :)

Talk to you soon...

~Miranda & Adam

Book your Sultry Session for a steamy Valentine's Day!

Hi Ladies~

Don't miss your chance to give your honey a gift that's sure to leave a lasting impression on him!

I have just a few session times still available and am offering $75 off if you book your session by January 14th! Sessions will take place the weekend of the 23rd at a contemporary and swanky hotel suite. I also offer in-home sessions anytime.

Invite some of your gal pals to book, and you'll all be eligible for even further discounts!

All sessions include a steamy little book for you to give your man!

Sessions are fun, tasteful and empowering! Call 414.405.6693 or email miranda@capturingyourday.com to schedule your session.

Talk to you soon :)

~Miranda

Adam’s Birthday Giveaway! (Plus donate to Relay for Life!)

Hi All~

To celebrate Adam’s June 12th Birthday, we’re going to give away gift certificates ALL MONTH with the purchase of any of our rockin’ products!*

Choose amongst our Framing Alternatives or Heirloom Books, and we’ll give you a Gift Certificate worth 20% of your purchase! Keep the certificate for yourself or give it to someone special :)



Either select from photos we’ve already taken for you, or PRE-ORDER products for your upcoming session or Big Day.

Certificates may be used towards prints, portrait sessions or more products.

Maybe you’d like to use the certificate towards a Boudoir Session to celebrate your anniversary or give to your hubby on your wedding night...?

Also, don’t forget about the other fantastic reason to purchase keepsakes this month: Reminisce Photography & Design is donating 20% of print and product proceeds to Relay for Life! Click here for details.

Call 414.405.6693 or email miranda@capturingyourday.com to place your order.



* Limit ~ One gift certificate per customer
* Excludes albums, prints and the purchase of gift certificates
* Order must be received by June 30th, 2009

Run, walk or donate: Relay for Life

Everyone’s lives have been in some way, shape or form affected by cancer. Just in the last few years alone, Adam and I have lost an Aunt, lost a friend and co-worker, and have been ever so grateful to see a cousin and two friends Survive.

One of our closest friends, Jenny, is one of these survivors, and is very involved in Relay for Life. Since our summers are filled with weddings galore and we won’t be able to make the event, we’ve decided to help out with a donation instead.

During the month June, Reminisce will be donating 20% of session commissions and product proceeds to this very important cause.

Relay for life has a party-like atmosphere that celebrates life and the memory of those we miss. Just a couple of highlights are the Survivor Lap and the Luminaria Ceremony. Click here to learn more about Relay for Life and to see how you can get involved! Jenny will be doing her thing at the Wauwatosa relay, but if you can't make that one, check out the organization's other dates and locations. One awesome thing about the Tosa one, though, is this year they’re also hosting enrollment for a cancer prevention study!

Jenny was kind enough to share her inspirational story with us...

January 14, 2007 my life had changed. That was the day I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

It all started in December of 2006 when I had noticed a small lump on the right side of my neck, but thought nothing of it. I was a normal 21 year old female attending the University of Milwaukee for my college education. I went to the doctor over my Holiday break only because I was sick and thought I had strep throat. Since I was there, I asked the doctor to check out the lump on my neck. I ended up getting a CT scan to discover what they thought to be a large cyst in my neck. They weren't concerned, but they decided it would be best to surgically remove it. After surgery and recover and received a call from my doctor asking my parents and I to come in and talk. Thinking I was invincible, again thought nothing of it. That day is when I heard the bad news and my life had dramatically changed.

I was terrified. Naturally, I thought "why me," "how can this happen to me." I didn't understand how this happened. I had plans and now they had to be put on hold because I had to take care of my health first.

A week later I was back in the operating room to remove my thyroid along with several positive lymph-nodes in my neck. To live without a thyroid you have to take a pill called Synthroid to naturally act as your thyroid which controls, most importantly, your energy and metabolism. After my second surgery I was unable to take this medication because I had to undergo my treatment. This treatment is a Radioactive Iodine treatment, which will only work if you have no Thyroid activity going on. So I had to go through 2 miserable months without and thyroid to prepare me for this treatment. Not only was I EXHAUSTED, wanted to sleep all the time, but I also had several other side affects that weren't the most fun.

I finally was able to get the Radioactive Iodine treatment, which means I had to take this nuclear iodine pill that forced me to be quarantine for a week. I couldn't be around anybody because I would be giving off "X-ray" radioactivity. It could harm anybody who came near me. Once that was over with I had several body scans to see if the remaining cancer cells were killed.

Fortunately, I was able to go on living my life, FINALLY taking the thyroid medication and only doing routine checks ups.

Then the year 2008 (age 23) rolled around and I had my routine check up. Long story short, after a biopsy, multiple scans, my doctor found some more cancer in my lymph-nodes. I was back in the operating room for the 3rd time. This time the nodes they took out ended up being negative. Which make me wonder "where the heck is it then?" Thyroid cancer is a slow growing cancer so I had to sit and basically wait until it popped up somewhere. That is not a very comforting feeling knowing that you still have cancer, when will it surface, what is going to happen next?

Year 2009, it was like deja vu. Routine check up, multiple tests, and of course more cancer. By this time, I was sick and tired of dealing with this. Not only is it emotionally and physically draining, but it really got in the way of my life AGAIN. This time I went to a new surgeon who specialized in thyroid cancer surgeries. Surgery number 4 occurred in March and it was the most painful of all of them. Reason being, he pretty much cleared everything out of me because he didn't want me to be returning with this the following year. So I finally have hope that I can put this behind me.

All I have to say is that I have the most AMAZING family and friends in the entire world. They stood beside me the whole time holding my hand and basically carrying me through this. I could not have done it without all of them. They are the reason I have so much courage, strength and hope. They kept my head held high and always portraying a positive attitude. I believe that is the true way to survive.

I am proud to say I am a Survivor!

Quote that I live by:

"God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can and Wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr

Calling 2010 Seniors ~ Model for a Free Session!

Reminisce is looking for fun, outgoing '10 seniors to inspire our upcoming senior portrait season. Models receive their photo sessions free of charge and have the opportunity to earn print / product credits for referrals. All sessions are on-location for modern, fresh photos with as much personality as you. Check out our galleries to see what we mean :) We're also totally open to your own creative ideas!

If you're in the Milwaukee area and think you have the personality and attitude we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Spaces are limited, so please call 414.405.6693 or email miranda@capturingyourday.com by May 1st to set up a consult with us and potentially schedule your session.

Thanks for sharing the love! ~ Love Story Contest Results

We’re so happy we threw our Love Story Contest in honor of our anniversary! We had so much fun reading all the entries and were truly touched by each and every one of them :) Nothing better than real-life love stories.

It was a really tough decision, but we’ve selected our winners... and we have a tie! We honestly couldn’t decide between the two, so BOTH win! :)

Drumroll please... winners of an Anniversary Session with us and an 8 x 10 linen print are Denni & Brian Kraus and Trina & Rene Rodriguez! We’ll be in touch with you soon to schedule our sessions :)

We’ll share their stories with you soon, but for now, here’s part of ours... our engagement.

Miranda and I always go on mini-vacations to Chicago, and the city holds a lot of great memories for us. We had an upcoming trip planned, and I wanted to propose there. I went ring shopping with Miranda’s mom and sister April, having April try on the rings because she’s Miranda’s hand twin. Well, as our trip got closer, Miranda started to suspect and on Christmas said something to her sister about it. April wanted to throw Miranda off, but really overcompensated, making Miranda cry. Guess she was a little too convincing!

Skipping ahead, Miranda and I were in Chicago seeing Wicked. I proposed after the play while we were walking out of the theater, on the corner. There was a saxophonist playing, theater lights twinkling, and everyone pouring out the the theater was congratulating us :)

A couple months ago, Miranda and I went on a little photo shoot with our friend Craig of Craig John Photography to capture our engagement memories from a few years prior. We went to the Knickerbocker where we stayed, the historic water tower where we always go to see their art exhibits, and of course Cadillac Palace Theater where I proposed. Here are a few of our favorites!

Love Story Contest: Enter to win by March 17th!

Miranda and I have been in each other’s lives for almost a decade, and a couple for almost 8 years. Well, this month marks our two year wedding anniversary, and to celebrate, we’re holding our Love Story Contest! Enter to win an Anniversary Session with us, and rekindle the flame :) Anniversary Sessions are a way to honor your relationship- past, present and future. Take some time out of the hustle and bustle of life, and focus on each other during a fun photo shoot at the location(s) of your choice (valued at $225)! The winner will also receive a complimentary 8 x 10 linen print.

To enter, simply email us your love story to adam@capturingyourday.com. We’d love to hear how you met, fell in love and came to be where you are today. Feel free to share your first date with us, what you loved about your wedding day, milestones in your relationship, and even words of wisdom.

We’re looking forward to reading all of your stories!

Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, March 17th, and the winner will be announced on our anniversary, March 19th. Session must be booked by April 30th.

Feel free to share this contest with your friends and family, or enter for a special couple in your life.