This year, aRt doGraphi will benefit East Tennessee Border Collie Rescue It will be held March 31st and April 1st ONLY. These short weekends fill up extremely fast so please email me at Julie@JuliePoole.com and make your appointment. Once they are full, they are full. These mini sessions will be held at the studio in Rocky Hill shopping center. $35 for the first dog and $15 for additional for extra time. The entire creative fee goes directly to ETBCR. The creative fee does not include pictures, those can be purchased at your view and order session(this is fun!) Please look at my raves section to see what those who have known me are saying!

Shepard is an aspiring children’s model. He definitely has the look and personality, as you can see! He loved playing with Chroma, who I brought to make him at ease.

This is a nice, quiet time of year for me. I catch up on my accounting books, I do some charity work and enjoy the calmer side of the business year. It doesn’t last very long, but, while it is, Anyone up for another contest? Not a voting one or a photo one. In a paragraph or so, please describe why you or a friend would be the best recipient of a free session and 11×14. I will have my friend Amy Coe from {In}spire Portrait decide the winner, so, there will be no favoritism. Add your reason below.I prefer that comments be placed on my Facebook page, in the comment area where I asked, but, on here is good too! I am going to send out an email to my list also!

You have from tonight until Tuesday March 13th to enter. You don’t have to be a current client, you don’t have to use this yourself, so why not? Just a short little blurb as to why you’d like to win!

The Sullivans had so much in common from me, from the same area in Indiana, to moving to Knoxville. Amazing how that happens! They are HUGE NC fans

Hobby the Aussie that is! CH Barnwoods Expensive Hobby OA OAJ and I met out at the cove to make beautiful photos for ads. One of my favorite things to do! I love love love doing advertising photography. Hobby made it so easy! It was bitter cold, spitting a mix of rain and sleet and she was perfect.

The winner was BRADY!!! Amy loved her canvas and it is hanging proudly in her home Here is Brady’s photo and a recap of 2011! Feel free to pin these on Pinterest

All clients from last year(2011) will be entered automatically. The prize is a 20×24 gallery wrapped canvas. It will be by popular vote on facebook. You will vote by “liking” the images in the gallery. If you don’t see yourself in the contest and you had photos done this year, you will just need to contact me. If you do not want your photo in the contest, just contact me.

Just share to win!

Facebook Contest Here!

Please, no user submitted photos in this competition. This contest is of images taken by me in 2011.

This is the third year for Portraits with Hope. This is a wonderful hometown charity. The Hope Center was established in 1996 to address the unmet needs of patients infected with HIV in Knox and surrounding 20 counties. Due to gaps in care for this population, Hope Center began developing practical supportive care programs at no charge to inpatients, outpatients, and families affected by HIV and other serious illnesses. The non-profit Center relies entirely on charitable gifts and donations for its existence.

You will only find me doing fundraisers for those I truly believe in and those that I connect with. Please help me make this the most successful to date! My animal rescue fundraisers are wildly successful, lets do the same for people in need!

Same structure as my Christmas pet fundraiser, $50 donation written directly to The Hope Center and you purchase your pictures at the view and order session. This is half off my normal session fee. This is a 100% donation of the session fee to the Hope center. If you have been waiting to do pictures, now is the time!

I love this time of year, of course planning for the holidays comes early for the studio!  I have been going full speed since the beginning of September.  If you know me, you know that being busy and having a full schedule is my favorite thing!  Because I have been a blogging failure, I am going to play catch up with the videos from some of the sesssions. Lets start with a couple of weddings….

Matt and Kate

Matt and Misti

Chris and Michelle

Charon and Gayle

Sarah McQuinn and Family

The Caiado Family

Jennifer and her GSD

Roxy

The Bengstons

Gabby

Bowser and Bode

The Caughrons

Boston Terriers

Lucky Chihuahuas