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What a blast. Little Steven came into the studio rarin' to go! His older brother Jacob had been in at about this same age a couple of years ago and was just a calm, cool and collected sort of kid.We captured beautiful, calm, quiet poses of him. His mom Lauren warned me that things would be a little different with Steven. She was right. Steven is high octane and we did have to chase him down a few times. Hilarious...at least for me, but it was his parents who ran after him haha. He settled in, though, and we did capture some really beautiful images. What eyes he has! And of course this image of him sitting backwards in the chair is "so him." Funny.

97 Pound Five-Month-Old

So when was the last time you saw a 97 pound five-month-old?

Gertrude is a five month old mastiff puppy - not done growing -  who wanted to be photographed with her best friend, 50-something-pound, 8-year-old *human,* Gabriella.

Actually, it was Gabriella's grandparents, Kathy and Dom, and I who cooked up the ballerina idea...they live right near the studio and stopped in because

A Little Girl's Loose Grip On Her Piggy Bank

Ebe has such a big heart. At a tender 5 1/2 years old, she heard that Rutland has an International Aid Organization called Pure Water For The World (you can read more about them here and here) and she wanted to do her part. So she went into her piggy bank and totaled up the money she had been saving. $65.33. Pretty good for tooth fairies and only five birthdays!

Here's the story pulled from Pure Water's blog:

Here is a story that

Family Plan Friends

I started photographing the Maseroni's as part of our 'Family Plan' when the girls were only about 4 and 6 years old...and look at them now! Quite the grown up ladies and what a gorgeous family. We have photographed them in cowboy hats, outside in the snow, with the new puppy, casual, formal, in basketball jerseys...the works!

Incredibly, they somehow had not yet made it into our beautiful "White Room" here at the studio. So when I saw the nice blues, I knew it would be a great color contrast to the coffee colored trim in the White Room. I love the look of the 'blown out' windows in the year's image. I'm still itching to get up to their property to capture them with their horses...maybe this will be the the year!

Your Family Portrait Can Benefit Haiti!!

Beltrami's is happy to announce 
that we are partnering with 
Pure Water for the World, an international aid organization (that just happens to be run by Rutland's own Carolyn Meub) to raise $$ for Haitian relief.


Here's the scoop:

**Have your family's portrait created by Beltrami's in the months of February or March.

**Donate as much as you want for your session fee (we usually charge $150 for a Family Portrait Session)...we're asking for a $25 minimum but, really, let's dig deeper than that, right?

**100% of your session fee goes to Pure Water for the World!
 Plus, you can get discounts when you order prints and even frames.

Call 802-773-8480 to schedule your family's appointment.

Expires on World Water Day, March 22.





**$1200 gets a water purification set up for 200 children in Haiti. How many kids do you think we can help?!


Check out PWW's website here.

Here is PWW's Facebook...become a fan!

Here's our Facebook...become a fan!

Here's our website.

One more thing: Another kind of 'aftershock' of the Haiti earthquake is disease, and disease spreads easiest through bad sanitation and dirty drinking water. Many more people in Haiti will die without the help that Pure Water is and will provide. Please tell your friends about this so we can raise as much $$ as possible to send relief to our Haitian neighbors!!

Thanks so much!!

-Chris

Children's Modeling Call!

Time again for our most popular special! The Children's Modeling Contest is back and we are excited for your kids to come in for some adorable portraits and a chance to win $1000! Call Chris for details: 802-773-8480.

So one of our own GOT MARRIED this weekend! Some of you may remember Anna Dundas, who worked here at the studio for several years through high school (before moving to Florida for college). Well, she found a boy and married him. Just like that.

Well, not really. Actually, she had known him and his family from a very young age! So the lovers had known each other since they were kids, but not like that, if you know what I mean.

Turns out the lucky guy was none other than my nephew Greg Karabensch from Florida. So our own Anna (I've known her and her family since she was 7 or something...) has now married into my family! So we don't have to 'lose' her after all!

The happy couple was stunning and their smiles were just beaming all day long....God bless them as they head off into wedded bliss!