The winning photograph!

Final Days of Voting

Time is running out but voting continues for the Nation Charity Model Search. Votes must be in by April 2nd to help me raise funds for, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Please vote for a Mettler Portrait cutie. These families have joined with me to raise funds for this deserving organization. A most heartfelt thank you goes out to them. Go to the link below and click on Chicago. Mettler Portrait kids can be found under B, C, H, L, M, and T. http://www.sandypucvotes.com/pickpic/gallery/jump.php

Your donation helps families who suffer the heartbreaking loss of a newborn. NILMSTS and their growing team of volunteer photographer's provide treasured keepsakes to the families of the only time spent with their beloved babies. Read more from 2 articles that ran in Newsweek magazine:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/182665

http://www.newsweek.com/id/182572/1

Thank you all,

Julie

Extra, Extra - Portrait to be exhibited

I just found out one of my portraits has been voted into an exhibit that will run from April 6th-May 6th at Waubonsee. If you are passing through Sugar Grove then please stop by to see it in the Arrowhead room at Dickson Center. The work is entitled "Piece of Me" Also on display will be approximately 25 works from the 2009 Skyway Competition.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Mettler Portraits is proud to be involved in the National Charity Model Search that is raising funds for the non-profit organization, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. I myself have been blessed with three healthy children, so my heart goes out to those who must endure the loss of an infant. If you will, please take a moment to read the article that ran in the February 9th issue of Newsweek magazine about this charity, http://www.newsweek.com/id/182665.



If you would like to make a contribution to Now I lay Me Down To Sleep you may do so through voting at the following link: http://www.sandypucvotes.com/pickpic/gallery/jump.php Mettler Portraits children are entered into the Model Search under the Chicago Il category. Each vote is $1.
If you would like to enter your child please email me at metro_jm@sbcglobal.net or call me at (630)421-0246. For more information on the model search scroll down to see my December entry.

Photograph to be published

And now let us welcome the New Year
Full of things that have never been.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
2008 saw Mettler Portraits make a bit of a splash. (hopefully not flash, as in, the pan) For the first time I had work appear in an exhibit. I also was able to see one of my images published in a Best of Photography annual. It was a great year and it's bittersweet to see it end, but 2009 is a new year that has already brought things that have never been; the opportunity to participate in the National Charity Model Search and my trip to Arizona to meet Anne Geddes. 2009 promises change and the chance for adventure and so I look forward to what will be.
The New Year brings excitement for one my of my clients as well. The photograph below is one of my favorites and at the (very) last minute I entered it into a contest. For this little sweetie, this will be the year she appears in a book. (a second publication for me) Wouldn't it be wonderful if the next big news I announce is one of my clients winning the $5,000 savings bond for the National Charity Model Search?!
For those of us in the Midwest, January is still a time for hot chocolate and fires in the hearth. The snow is still falling and the temperature can chill your soul. So no matter where you live, surround yourself with those you love, count your blessings, close your eyes and dream big, our futures await!
Blessings,
Julie If you would like to enter your child for a chance to win the $5,000 savings bond from the National Charity Model Search please call me at (630) 421-0246 or email me metro_jm@sbcglobal.net. Scroll down past the Anne Geddes post to read more about the National Charity Model Search.

An Evening with Anne Geddes

Model search info-Scroll down

Please don't pinch me. If I'm dreaming I don't want to wake up 'til Wednesday. I'm on my way to Phoenix AZ for an Evening with Anne Geddes! My Birthday is just around the corner and my husband surprised me with the trip last night. (THANK YOU to all who cheerfully rescheduled their sittings.) I have been, not so subtly, hinting for many months now that I would love to go and had given up hope and started booking those days!

The Imaging Expo.
I cant wait! Along with Anne Geddes I will be getting pointers from Sandy Puc, (national model search coordinator) Julie Klaasmeyer :), and what a personal bonus for me, Audrey Wancket. For those of you who have been to my home you know Audrey is my own inspiration. Her portraits of my children have hung in my home for many years. What an opportunity, what a gift?! (Thank you Honey) So please don't pinch me!!

See you when I get back.

Win $5000 for your cute kid

Is your child America’s Cutest Kid?

I’m so excited to announce our participation in the National Charity Model Search to select “America’s Cutest Kid” and to raise funds for "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. Please take a moment to go to their website(NILMDTS.org) and click on "about us". This wonderful organization sends photographers into hospitals to take beautiful keepsake photographs for families who will never be able to take their newborns home. Your participation in this model search will touch so many lives. Read on for more details.

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from votes benefit the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. The grand prize national winner will be determined from the 50 city finalists. The winners will be selected by photography and modeling industry experts.

If your child is selected the national winner, you’ll receive many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

Who can enter?

We’re looking for cute children ages 18 months to 14 years old to model for a portrait to be entered into the contest.
Model grand prize winner: National model winner receives thousands of $$ in prizes and certificates, including US Savings Bonds and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera (retail value $499.99).

We’re excited to announce that PhotoVision Video Magazine has signed on as a sponsor of the National Charity Model Search. PhotoVision, a bi-monthly publication for professional photographers, is highly regarded in the industry and is delivered to over 12,000 studios.After the National Charity Model Search is concluded and the winners are announced, Sandy Puc' will fly to the winning photographer’s studio to interview the photographer and child for a video article to be included in an upcoming PhotoVision edition and to be taped for a live session at the photographer's studio by Sandy Puc' .

Model city winner: Parent and Child may elect to attend a photography industry seminar that I will be attending in Oakbrook, IL where the child can model.

Models Search Special:
$25 entrance fee, which includes a 30 minute model session and one image submitted to the national gallery.

If you’re interested in entering your child(ren), please call the studio at (630) 421-0246 or email me at metro_jm@sbcglobal.net

"Who's the Baby?"

New Christmas Cards

I will be scheduling sittings until the first week of December. Thanks, Julie

This is an example of a 5x7 fold at the top card. The three pictures would appear on the inside cover of the card. (The size has been reduced here.)

Many Miracles

November is here and it's time to take stock of all that we have. I have a few more pictures to share. It was especially nice to see some of you on Halloween. Thanks for coming by to show me your costumes. I am grateful for my family and our continued health and for the blessing of friends both old and new. Without all of you none of this would be possible.
Albert Einstein said,
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.