Wednesday December 10th, Braveheart Day!

Texas weather is unseasonably cold. But, that didn’t stop the team, leaders, and volunteers. The first group arrived around 5:15am (25 degrees). The crowd reached over 200 and included a special March of Dimes contingent. They marched with Texas pride to the existing house and rallied around the Wall Homes team. Hoorah! This was the official kick-off to our Braveheart/Demolition day. Special guests – Championship Bull Riding, complete with an amazing group of horses were filmed racing in the field across from the home and then circled the home in front of our crowds. One horse in particular, had the honor of starting the demolition by pulling the chimney off the roof. Roar! At 3:00 p.m. today, the demolition team was on standby with heavy bulldozing equipment… ready to do some demolition! At 3:45 p.m. the house was leveled.

My personal thanks again, to Wall homes and Extreme Makeover: Home edition for allowing me to be apart of this amazing project! Also, Today's demo. images were made possible huge in part to the nice Ft. Worth fire fighters who were on set. They let me climb on top of the truck to be able to get a better view of the house being leveled. Especially thanks to Les for freezing while he kept me from falling off the top of the truck. Please continue to check the official site for this project at http://www.extreme.wall.com/ and to see all the amazing people who help make all of this possible.

Day 2 on set of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was great!

Today was the last we will see of the house the Augustins once called home. It will be demolished tomorrow, I was able to get in today and take the final interior shots of the badly damaged home due to the flood waters, that is before Wall homes begins rebuilding the beautiful new home and this family's new life. What an amazing thing to be apart of!

We also got word as we were leaving the filming today that one of the images I was able to capture of the family yesterday would be on Chanel 8 news. They showed the image 3 times during the story at 5:00. I was so excited!

In addition, today was a very exciting day for me personally as my daughter River-Beth was one of the four children chosen to have a part in the "Ty opening" for this show to air on March 1st. She was chosen by Ty to be the birthday girl for a staged party which included Ty attending her party! What are the chances of that happening in real life? It was a big day for her that is for sure! You can watch a little clip of the video I recorded behind the scene and view images of my kids having their little moment of fame meeting Ty. I want to say a thank you to Ella Bell- Arlington for providing the adorable outfit Riverbeth wore in the filming today, as well as to Arlington Camera for providing me with an amazing lens to use for the week in shooting the still photography for the show. Tomorrow we will be on set at 6:45am, the Brave heart walk scheduled for 7:45am.

Please continue to check back to see the daily updates.

Day 1 on set of Extreme Makeover: Home edition is completed!

The Family
The Augustin family from Keller, TX is an amazing family. Their world was first shaken after their son, now age 4, was born ten weeks prematurely. Amber Augustin, a professional photographer, knew after those anguishing weeks in the NICU, her family would never be the same. They had a new purpose… a new goal.
The Augustins are a proud “March of Dimes” family dedicated to the survival of premature babies. Because some premature babies don’t survive, Amber created a foundation called “Tiny Works of Heart”. She takes pictures of families and their fragile babies. For many families these pictures are treasured memories of their babies who had very brief lives. The photos, often as many as 1,200 per family, are all free. Amber will not accept money for her mission.
With full support from her family, Amber began working to give families something they were unaware they might miss. Her husband, Peter, knew the first time he saw Amber in the NICU passionately photographing the babies, he needed to make Amber’s newly found mission a priority. He bought her a new camera and converted the garage into a photography studio.
The family’s world was shaken again on Father’s day last year, when their home was overrun with flood waters. The Augustins were notified that the home, uninhabitable, would need to be raised over a foot in order to meet code. Monetarily, it was simply impossible for them. Their first home, one they remodeled over a twelve year period and welcomed their three children into, sits vacant.
Another Hero in the Home Peter Augustin is a project leader for Habitat for Humanity. He won an award last year, the same year he lost his home, for his role in the charitable organization. He zealously built a home for someone else, while his family was homeless. Very few people knew his secret.
Tiny Works of Heart “My work is hard and emotional. But, it’s not about me. It’s about them – the families and the babies.” – Amber Augustin
Learn more about the Augustin family throughout the week, as their new home is being built!

My thanks to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Wall homes for allowing me to be apart of such an amazing project!

Major Images is honored to be part of the next Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project

We are so excited to have been chosen as the still photographer for the next Extreme Makeover : Home edition -Texas. We will be sharing details of the project soon, please continue to check back to see images from each day on set of this amazing project! Thanks to Wall homes for allowing us to share in this journey with you!

2008 Santa Charity Event

It is such a long journey for Santa, coming all the way from the North Pole to join us in the studio for this special Santa charity event. We have had so much fun with him being here with us! We have photographed lots of babies that came to visit him for the very first time, for some this was the second year to see him and they were much more aware that he looks nothing like mommy or daddy! No matter the age there is something magical about this time with Santa, He spends the whole Christmas season traveling from place to place raising money to help a Wish with Wings, a non-profit organization that grants the Wishes of Texas children with life-threatening diseases. Major Images is donating 25.00 to a wish with wings for every portrait package ordered for this event, To all of you who came, Thank you for helping raise money for this great cause! We will be having other Charity portrait events throughout the year to continue to help in making our community a better place to live and improving the lives of us all as we give to others. Please visit http://www.awishwithwings.org/ for more information regarding this great organization. Thanks again and may all your Christmas wishes come true! If you missed out on this event please be sure you are on our email contact list that way you won't miss out on anything else! If you would still like to give to this cause and experience a truly magical Santa, please visit him at The Lincoln- square santa land, where he will be. But, only till Christmas eve.

HALLOWEEN PORTRAIT CHARITY EVENT

WE ARE SO EXCITED IT'S HALLOWEEN! THERE IS SOMETHING SO FUN ABOUT THE CHANGE OF WEATHER, THE BEAUTIFUL FALL COLORS AND THOSE SWEET BABIES IN THEIR COSTUMES! WE HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK GETTING READY AND HAVE A GREAT HALLOWEEN SET DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR FAVORITE LITTLE CLIENTS IN THOSE FUN LITTLE COSTUMES. STOP BY THE STUDIO FROM 2-6 ON OCTOBER 30 AND WE WILL PHOTOGRAPH YOUR LITTLE GHOST OR GOBLIN FOR A SWEET LITTLE PRICE, 22 BUCKS GETS YOU A SESSION AND A 5X7. WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE CRAFT AND BOO BAGS FOR THE FIRST 50 KIDS! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YA!!! CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW AND READ ALL ABOUT OUR HALLOWEEN PORTRAIT CHARITY EVENT!!!

Major Images Models...

"Let's Play" campaign coming soon... Each month we choose one image that best fits Major Images style of photography, I have to just love it... That image becomes the face of our studio for the month and is seen on the back cover of a local magazine, as well as other places. We are looking every month for a new child the be the "IT" image. We will be having a casting call for the new year of ads soon and if you think your little guy or girl has what it takes. Please call the studio for our "Let's Play" campaign ... Here are a few of the covers from this year, Thanks to all of our models and please visit us at Holiday Magic gift market November 14-16 to see our "IN THE PRESS" display of our models. If you have been to us this year for pictures, We want to say thanks... Please stop by our booth and check out all the fun and exciting prints we have designed this year as well as some new product coming to you for next year...We also have a little Thank you gift we would like you to have so be sure and say Hi! Thanks for another great year!!!