Beres Family

My best friend's little guy turned 2 last week. So amidst the tears, we went and did some family photos (and we laughed about how in the 2 years of his life, we've never gotten out to do some--odd seeing as her best friend is a photographer). Here are a few samples from their shoot. Happy Birthday Little Man :)

Melissa, Bella & Lauren

With the cold weather, it tends to be a *slower* season for photographers who don't own studios :) Recently however, I have worked with a few good friends and photographed their families for them. Here are some of our photos from the session with Melissa and her two beautiful girls:

"Heroes"--Matt & New Package Information

After doing the photos for Captain Brad Ziegler, I've been asked now by a few other firefighters and others in uniform to do the same kind of fine art-lifestyle portraits. I'm now offering an open ended offer of my "Heroes" package for anyone in uniform (the photos are IN uniform so permission may be required). The session is in the style of the fine art-lifestyle portraits for fire, police, paramedic, and military. It includes the session and disc of images in high resolution for $75, which is 50% off of my portrait session. I will also be offering "Family Behind the Heroes", which is once you have your "Heroes" session taken, then book a family session (for up to 5 people, including the Hero), you will receive the session and disc for $125, saving an additional $25. In total, saving $100! Please contact me for booking information and other questions.

Here are some samples from the session with Matt.

These two go into my "Aftermath" series:

Firefighter Photos

Just recently, I was asked by a Captain in my husband's fire hall to take some photos of him in his gear. I could not have been happier with them! I am using one of the images in my upcoming exhibit because it was captured exactly how I envisioned it. I nearly floated off my chair while I was editing :) And now I am very pleased to be asked to take photos for some of the other guys in the department. Which brings to mind my newest project! Details will be released VERY soon but I will give you the one clue that it has to do with firefighters and it's not what you think :)
Here are some of the images of Captain Brad Ziegler.

























and the one I am using in the exhibit

Arts Council and Exhibit

Very exciting news! I went today and joined the Arts Council of Fort Erie! It's been something I've wanted to do for a while, and my husband has been at me to do, so I decided with my whole New Year resolutions about my photography, that it is something I should do! And I am very glad I did :) I am looking forward to networking with other local artists and getting my name and business out there even more!

One great thing about joining the council is I am also going to be submitting pieces for my very first exhibit! The Red Ribbon Art Exhibit is on Februaryth 14th & 15th (7-10pm and noon-4pm respectively) at the Crossroads Welcome Centre in Fort Erie. All artists will be selling their work this year as well, so please come take a look or support your local artists! Hope to see everyone there!

I also revamped the website a little bit. Something just felt....off about it lately. So I hope I fixed it up :)

Thanks for all the love,
Cheers,
Samantha

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting Samantha Petrushak Photography. I also currently own and operate the photography for Tribute Images (http://www.tributeimages.ca/). Tribute Images is a production company for event videography and photography. I also assist a wedding photographer in the area--Amanda Lachapelle (http://www.amandalachapelle.ca/)

I have created this blog and my website under my own name to establish my name as a fine art and portrait photographer. My website is currently under construction but will be up as soon as possible. Please check back here often for updates as well as photo shoot samples.

Samantha