Though we never specifically ask for it, we love getting feedback, reviews and testimonials from the clients that we work with – it helps us build a bigger and better business! The majority of the time, we receive these amazing comments after the client has had a chance to look at their images and evaluate our work.
Recently, Loretta photographed a Portrait Session with Sammi, a Minisink Valley High School Senior. Normally, our work flow takes a few weeks to get everything processed and ready for the final sales session. To our delight, we received the following review from Sammi even before she’s had the opportunity to look at her images …
I just recently had my senior portraits done with Wanamaker and I loved the fact that the pictures were more along the lines of what I wanted to do. It was so much fun laying in the grass then getting covered in it, climbing logs, taking pictures with my guitar! Everything was just simply amazing! I honestly hope to find a million more reasons to work with Wanamaker again. I guarantee I will and cannot wait for it to happen!
This is a great example of why our clients love us and continue to come back and ask that we capture their life in new and exciting ways!
As a thank you, here is one of our favorite images from the session as a sneak peek for you!

I met Heidi at a Lacrosse game at Minisink Valley High School. She was helping Sharon (the sports trainer) with her daunting tasks of running from game to game.
Heidi is very fun and I had the pleasure to work with her and her Mother. I packed up the mobile studio and headed over to her mom’s house in Westtown, NY. I set up in her basement and the three of us got some ideas together. I originally went over there to take just the standard yearbook photo but Heidi has a bright and bubbly personality so her session didn’t stop there. We grabbed a bunch of great shots! Enjoy!
Brittany contacted us as a referral from her classmate Ashley. You may remember Ashley as she is one of our Senior Models for Minisink Valley High School.
Brittany and I had a blast. We started out at her house in Slate Hill on her back patio. It took a little warming up but Brittany was a natural. She is very photogenic and we took a ton of photos in many surrounding areas. We rode around her parent’s property in a golf cart to different locations including the pond behind her house that had some beautiful stonework. We also noticed a lot of other areas including the wooded area next to the pond where I fell into a hole while trying to show her a certain area that would look awesome for photographs.
Before it got too dark, we went next door to an old, grungy church building where we created some fun shots with the old door and the paint-peeling walls.
To end the session, we headed inside for a mini studio session to finish off with the traditional drape pose and some photos with her sisters. We shared a lot of laughs. Enjoy the photos.
Ashley is one of our Class of 2010 Senior Models for Minisink Valley High School. When I had her consultation, they explained how dissatisfied they were with the quality of the portraits provided by the school and they were looking to have photos that really captured who Ashley was as an individual.
On Sunday, I was a little leery of the weather we were supposed to have but I packed up the studio and headed up to their home in Middletown. Ashley has a unique style and as I was really excited to work with her to get the portraits that she dreamed of.
Her one request was that we had to create a portrait with her and her favorite car – the old style Volkswagen Beetle. We really had a great time with this and got some really great shots. We then went back to her parents house and scouted other locations like the great flower gardens, an old swing set and various other places around. It was an awesome session! We had a blast!
I recently had the opportunity to help Shannon create her unique senior portrait session. Shannon really does not like having her photographs taken but we had a blast. It must run in the family! We also had the opportunity to photograph her sister’s wedding. Shannon is part of the Class of 2010 at Eldred Central School.
It was a perfect day seeing as though it was November and we should have probably had snow on the ground! The sun was out and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. It was an on location shoot and we used her backyard in Yulan, NY as a backdrop. She lives right on a lake and we were able to get all different types of shots. Enjoy