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!

The Gorgeous Gallery Wrap

Ok, this item is a real WOW. It's called a Gallery Wrap and this is just a guess-timate, but I'd say a good half of our clients for the first half of this year have walked out the door with a Gallery Wrap.

This beautiful wall display item is unique. We create stunning images of your family or child (or whatever!) and custom design a collage of the images. The collage is then printed direct-to-canvas and stretched onto a painter's stretcher frame. The imagery itself can be 'wrapped' around the edges of the stretcher frame to give the whole presentation a more 3-D feel as it hangs on your wall. Plus: needs no frame!

What a way to decorate your home!

Our Best-Kept Secret?

So we have a secret that probably shouldn't be so secret: Beltrami's does commercial and advertising photography too! Sure, we're known all over as the area's premier portrait photography studio...but did you know that we also create amazing images for local (and not so local) commercial companies? A partial client list includes such companies as Rutland Regional Medical Center, IDX, General Dynamics, Carris Reels, Omya, the Mountain Top Inn, Velco and Central Vermont Public Service.

Here's a video to showcase some of our work:

Wedding Vid

Wedding are of course a total blast. Where else can I go where people are all dressed up and happy to see me...and smile whenever they look at me? 

Twin Time

Ok, there aren't eight of them or anything, but I'll tell you, two at once is still a handful! The Ecklers brought in their 9 month old twins Madison and Zachary and I just had a great time with them. These little ones were an absolute delight. Usually, kids this age have a very limited time that they will 'last' in front of the camera. Not so for Madison and Zachary. We just laughed and these two just hung out together and climbed on eachother and SMILED for the camera continuously! What a hoot.

(By the way, we captured these images in our 'Camera Room B,' also known as 'the White Room.' It's a beautiful window-light-only camera room here in our studios. We're located in an 1865 Victorian...you can see some of the beautiful woodwork in the background.)

A Valentine's Wedding

Erica and Nate entered wedded bliss on Valentine's day....about 2 weeks ago now. Can I just say that they were just a stunning couple? Nate stayed calm, cool and collected and Erica was radiant of course.

I photographed Erica's high school senior photos, as well as her sisters' and brother's, and also created a beautiful family portrait a few years ago. And now she's married. I'm sure I'm quoting their parents when I say, "where do the years go?!" What was especially cool was seeing, at the house on the BIG DAY, Erica's parents' wedding album which had been photographed by Bill Bartlett back in 19?? Bill's studio was purchased by Chris Beltrami back in the 80's. So we see this continuum of photography in the Bove family...

Thanks so much to the Bove's and Mahany's for allowing me to be a part of that great day!

House Fire

Kevin and Calista called the other day to make a portrait appointment for their son, Carter. They had recently lost everything in a house fire. Yet here they were, amazingly, just a short while later to create new portraits of their son. Actually, I feel quite honored to photograph Carter...creating all new photographic memories for their family. And what resilience this family has...bouncing back after their tragedy!

Senior Vid

Senior Vid

Here is a video of images from the Class of 2009. We had such a great time photographing everyone. Thanks to each of you for giving me the privelege of creating your high school portraits...unforgettable!

Wow, ok, here's Beltrami Rutland's Blog....at last! We've been super-busy getting things set for our Children's Portrait Contest...and gearing up for wedding season...and redecorating the whole camera room for the class of 2010 seniors who we will photograph in the summer...and finally creating our BLOG....!!!! February is a great month for gearing up!