Welcome to The Chatter Box! This is the offical blog of Gary and Pamela Box from Box Portrait Gallery. Subscribe to find out what is going on in the Box world.
So, why Box? For starters, we do things differently here. We are not about running as many people through or doing cookie cutter photography.We are about doing everything we do as well as it can be done. Quality is always the highest priority. This is why our clients love us.
Box Portrait Gallery offers the most variety you can find in a portrait studio. Nobody else comes close. They use state of the art equipment and know how to work it. Plus, our entire staff is dedicated to making sure you look your best and you have a great experience with us.
So let's keep in touch! We will try to keep you informed of what all is going on at Box. Let us know if you have any questions or would like to know anything.
Our web model search is finally over. We still are working on images. But we got some CUTE stuff! This is little Kruz. We did his dad’s senior pictures several years ago. They brought in a bunch of hats and he is a CUTIE! They also brought his golf clubs, and that kid can hit a golf ball bettter than me! Maybe a future pro golfer.
Thank you to all of the Children Portrait Model Search participants! Over the next several weeks I will showcase photograph’s featuring our models! The first little lady is Miss Aubrey Bowlin, parents are Jamie and Robbie. Jamie and Robbie preferred a classic and timeless portrait of Aubrey who recently turned one! She was such a little sweetie to work with!
Well Pam and I were supposed to fly to Florida today. To be keynote speakers at the Senior Youth National Conference (SYNC). But Mother Nature decided to bless us with about 1/2 inch or so of ice and then top it off with about 8 inches of snow on top. Here are a couple of pictures of the ice, then one of our 12 foot tall bamboo that is bent over to about 3 feet tall now.
As you probably know, ice and airplanes don’t mix well. So they cancelled our flight and scheduled us on another. Then they cancelled it and put us on another, and so on, and so on. At this point, we are wondering if we are going to get out at all!
They are re-arranging the SYNC schedule to move our program to Monday morning. Hopefully we can make it there by then!
The snow sure is pretty. Unless you need to be somewhere.
If you haven’t noticed, we just launched an all new family and children’s website at http://boxportraits.com. We think it looks great, but the only problem is, for the past 6 months, 90% of what we have been photographing is high school seniors. It’s good that we are busy, but we want some new non-senior images on some of our new backgrounds and sets to put on our website and our display at Woodland Hills Mall.
So we are doing a web/mall Model Search special. Simply sign a release so we can use your images on the web and at the mall, and you get a FREE Family, Baby, Kids, Couples or Maternity session. Plus you get 15% off of your portrait order! Talk about a deal!
What’s the catch? You need to act fast. We start getting real busy with spring pictures late in February. So this deal ends on Feb 12th, 2010.
For more info, see http://boxportraits.com/modelsearch/ or simply call our studio at 224-7838
In August of 2009, I was just a lost little kitten in a Sapulpa alley. I was all alone and I hadn’t eaten in days. One morning I saw a girl walking through the parking lot, her name was Nichole. She stopped to pet me for a minute and then continued on her way. I thought maybe if I followed her she could help me. She led me to Box Portrait Gallery. When I got there, she and the other girls who work there let me in and gave me something to eat. Gary the owner of Box Portrait Gallery named me GoBo, which is something black that photographers use to block unwanted light. Then they took me to the vet and got me all cleaned up. When I got back I even had a photo shoot! Now I have a place to sleep, plenty of food, and a family that loves me. I also get to meet and play with new people everyday!
Like many other professions, we photographers get together to learn new ideas, techniques and new equipment. There are often local, state, regional and national levels of professional organizations.
Gary and Pamela Box are some of the most requested teachers in the country on the subject of senior portraits. Photographers like to watch them and how they manipulate light and pose their subjects so that every picture is great. Consistantly good pictures do not happen by accident. A real pro get’s it right every time.
Here is an example of one of their images. And one of Gary’s cute drawings howing how they got the lighting on this image. This image was shot on the rocks out on the beach in San Diego. Pam shot the image while Gary, risking life and limb ( LOL! ) climed up on the rocks just outside of the picture, bouncing the late afternoon sunlight back into the models face and across his body to show off his physique.
Yeah, who am I kidding??? We got lucky and missed s chunk of Oklahoma’s cold spell. We flew to San Diego, California to the Hotel Del Coronado to photograph senior models for SPA. What is SPA? No, it’s not someplace you go to get a facial or massage. It is the Senior Portrait Artists annual convention. Many of the top senior photographers from all over the country go to this convention to learn from others. They choose 15 of the best senior photographers in the country to photograph the models while others watch and learn their techniques. Well Gary and Pam have been chosen for the past 4 straight years to photograph models and teach classes there. That’s pretty cool since this is the most elite senior shooters in the country!
High school Senior Models are chosen from all across the country and are flown to the convention for fun and photography for 4 days. So class of 2011, watch for information on how you can be entered into this contest and perhaps get to go next year!
Here are a few images of the models that the Boxes made while teaching. And a group of all 15 Senior Models on the beach.
Pamela and Gary Box recently traveled to the Hotel Del Coronado on the Island of Coronado, in San Diego California. This is an incredible resort with a very rich history. The hotel covers 28 acres on the island and was built over 120 years ago! It has housed many presidents and famous people and has been in numerous movies. It was the backdrop for the 1958 film “Some like it hot” staring Marilyn Monroe. If you ever get a chance to go and stay here, it is quite a sight. www.hoteldel.com for more info on the hotel.
The sunsets are AMAZING here. The sky is filled with beautiful colors late in the day. Pinks, blues, ambers and reds that simply glow. Here is a photograph of the hotel from the beach. And a shot of the colorful sky behind a palm tree. And YES, it really looked like that! Then Gary looks real serious as he is scouting locations for the next day’s model shoot.
It’s official, 2009 is history and we move forward to 2010.
We have some exciting things in store for Box Portrait Gallery’s customers this year! Starting with the official release of our new blog, The Chatter Box! Please subscribe to stay on top of what is going on! This will be a way to let our clients know about events, specials and new ideas at Box!
Have a safe, happy and prosperous New Year!
by Gary Box
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