Coming November 22 - Tiny Tailgaters

Back by popular demand

Tiny Tailgaters - Ducks n' Beavers Portraits

Special Limited Edition Portraits for your little Beaver Believer or Die Hard Duck

We'll have the entire set for each school - almost everything you'd see if you were really tailgating. The only thing missing will be the smell of the hamburgers and chili cooking, and if you really want that, you can visit Casey's hotdogs around the corner for some of the best tailgate food in Salem.

Schedule your 15 minute session any time during the day, and you can choose from special limited edition packages designed just for this event. Dress them in their Orange and Black or Green and Yellow, and we'll supply the rest.

These may be quick sessions, but all the portraits will be fully retouched and finished just like any of our other portraits.

GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS for those grandparents who bleed orange or green. We'll have these back in plenty of time for Christmas.

Call the studio today at 503-588-0902 and reserve your appointment time.

I had no clue that 5 year olds played Tackle Football

But this year, our five year old grandson Owen is playing Pop Warner tackle football.

So the other day, I had the opportunity to go to a "game" , and take some candid photographs of him on the field. This one is Chelsie's favorite. Mine too.

Watching one of these games is very interesting. No score is kept. Each team has the ball for 10 consecutive plays, and they can run it into the end zone on every play if the other team will let them. At the game I attended, the other team was mostly 7 year olds, so they did just that.

It's just to give them the chance to get on the field, and start to get the flavor of playing football. But what a kick.

Then, last Friday, he came into the studio and we captured the images for his very own Varsity Edition (if you haven't seen these, check out our website). We'll post that as son as it's finished.

Kathie and I are loving being grandparents. It's easier to start with a five year old - we inherited him in a package deal with his daddy Chris, who married our daughter Chelsie in August.