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This month we have had the great pleasure of photographing several families vacationing from the midwest – who can blame them for wanting to escape the frigid cold and snow for some lovely weather??  Certainly not me!  Being from Boston, I can appreciate the desire to seek warmer climates in the never ending months of  February and March!  As I tell friends and family back east – I’ll take our summer over their winter any day!

What a wonderful coincidence that this family session recently took place at the Desert Botanical Gardens.  The DBG is such a perfect place for a portrait session, an engagement session and especially a wedding!  Don’t forget – tomorrow (March 12th) at 8pm is the deadline for the DBG Garden Wedding giveaway – don’t miss out!

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Our partner charity Free Arts of Arizona has announced a great event on May 19th:  Lunch at the Movies.  If you would like to know more about Free Arts of Arizona, please visit their website and see what an amazing organization they are!

Below is a an overview of the event taken from their website – don’t miss out – a great movie, a great cause!

[Guess who the paparazzi will be for the event???  If you guessed Keith Pitts Photography - you are right!]

An Event Benefiting Free Arts of Arizona

Tickets are on sale now! Click here to reserve your seat!

Join us at the Harkins Cine Capri on May 19th where Free Arts is proud to premier the short documentary films, “Every Child Matters” and “Unleashing Creativity” by award winning film maker Phyllis Lane, directed by Alejandra Nash.

Each year our luncheon raises essential funds for the continuation of our one-of-a-kind outreach programs bringing hope and healing to Arizona’s abused child population living in over 110 facilities here in Maricopa County.

Ticket Information

VIP Admission Tickets $500.00 per person
Includes: Valet Parking, Preferred Seating and Movie Munchies and Boxed Lunch

General Admission Tickets $250.00 per person
Includes Movie Munchies and Boxed Lunch

Event Details
On May 19th, 2010
Doors Open at 11:00am
Registration, Networking
11:00am to 12:00pm
Program
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Meet the Film Makers & Art Exhibit Opens
1:00pm to 1:30pm
Event Concludes at 1:00pm

A Few Facts about this Event:
• As the premier annual event for Free Arts of Arizona, is attended by supporters from all segments of our community. Included are business and community leaders, arts and education leaders and educators as well as local businesses and elected officials.

• The Lunch at the Movies event and its sponsors receive media attention through major outlets including our media partner, Clear Channel Communications, television coverage through local news, internet and social media coverage. *A full Media Plan to follow as requested

• Our new location and format include a full hour for networking and viewing of this year’s special exhibit presented exclusively by the children we serve. Click here to reserve your seats now!

See you at the Movies!

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Just a reminder for any one who knows someone getting married – the deadline to enter the Desert Botanical Gardens “Garden Wedding Giveaway” a little over a day away!  You must have your application in no later than 8pm on March 12th!  Good luck everyone!

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Hi All,

Here are a few shots from the other day. I had the distinct pleasure of working with a wonderful couple that really love their dogs. I can easily relate as I was raised with a seemingly endless parade of dogs. I am currently dad to a 10 year old Jack Russell Terrier named “Pooch” as well as my two bi-pedal girls. Pooch is my first born and commands the respect of her two younger sisters. I can’t imagine them growing up without a dog to love. I believe that a good relationship with pets from a young age in addition to nurturing parents (or parent in my case), helps foster empathy. While there are many instances where this has not been true, I do feel that it can be a factor. Regardless of whether or not I am correct, dogs are awesome!

Sincerely,

Keith

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[Spring is] when life’s alive in everything. Christina Rossetti, English poet (1830 – 1894)

Our Spring mini sessions will be held on Sunday, March 14th and Sunday, March 21st – just in time for Easter!  What a great time of the year (especially here in Arizona) to take advantage of gorgeous weather and get some lovely pictures of the family!

THE BIG NEWS:  any past client that books a session will receive an additional print credit of $50 that can be used towards ANY print or product we offer!

Ready to book your portrait session?

Please send us an email (melissa@keithpitts.com) or give us a call at 480.947.0460!

$125 price includes:

*15 minute on location session for up to four people (near our studio in Old Town Scottsdale)

*10-15 beautifully crafted images displayed in an online gallery includes (1) 5×7 (value $45) OR a (1) digital file

*5% of all sales are donated to Free Arts AZ

*up to 10 web optimized images for electronic sharing (facebook, etc)

To book your Spring mini session you will need to pay the $125 non-refundable session fee to hold the date and time of your session (transferable to another date if you need to reschedule due to weather or illness).

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Here is a list of all the other wonderful vendors that are involved in The Garden Wedding at the Desert Botanical Gardens.  We are truly looking forward to working with each and every one of them!  It is so wonderful that they were all able to donate their time and/or service to this great event!

The Desert Botanical Garden would like to thank all of the following vendors for donating their services:

Click here for official contest application and rules: dbgwedding.azcentral.com

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  PROMOTION OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ARIZONA 21 YEARS AND OLDER.   VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.   Contest begins 3/1/10 and ends 3/12/10. For Official Rules, prize descriptions and odds disclosure, visit dbgwedding.azcentral.com. Sponsor: The Desert Botanical Garden, Inc., 1201 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, Arizona, 85008.

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The Desert Botanical Gardens officially announced today that they are giving away a wedding valued at $85,000!   WOW!  What an amazing opportunity!  The Garden Wedding will take place on 10.10.10 and will feature wedding vendors that have all donated their services for this fantastic event!

If you are wondering who the wedding photographer will be: guess no more – it is Keith Pitts Photography!  We are so excited about this event – once the couple is selected (you can submit your application until March 12th) we will be photographing their engagement session and on 10.10.10 we will be photographing this amazing wedding at the Desert Botanical Gardens!

We will use this blog to keep you updated on the contest, the couple and all the planning of The Garden Wedding!  With Victoria Canada Weddings & Events on board – we can only imagine how fabulous this event is going to be!

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Norton Photography Gallery
March 6, 2010 – June 27, 2010

Photography is uniquely suited to documenting change that happens over such a long period of time it barely registers in the mind. Many photographers have exploited this photographic quality by returning to the same subject – either a person, an exact view, or a general place – to capture change that has elapsed over months, years, or decades. By juxtaposing their photographs, the elapsed time collapses, and the change that has taken place becomes evident. Exposing Time seeks to offer engaging visual experiences enriched by a variety of approaches photographers have brought to the project of documenting change. Drawn from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography, a private collection, and the artists themselves, the exhibition shows the work of five contemporary American photographers: Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, Andrew Phelps, Milton Rogovin, and Robert Weingarten.

Frank Gohlke (born 1942) photographs the American landscape, from New England to the Pacific Northwest, with extensive work in the Midwest. Two projects represent his interest in how a camera collapses time, allowing the immediate comparison of disparate moments. Both his Wichita Falls tornado pictures and those made at Mount Saint Helens begin after a catastrophic natural event. From this disordered starting point, his photographs demonstrate regeneration, rebuilding, and restoration – processes too slow to be observed in person. Gohlke is Laureate Professor of Photography at the University of Arizona, in Tucson.

Nicholas Nixon (born 1947) was part of the landmark New Topographics exhibition in 1975 for tightly composed and densely descriptive landscapes of urban Boston, but he has also produced a superlative body of people pictures during his career. The pinnacle of his portraiture is an annual series of the his wife and her three sisters, that began in 1975 and continues to this day. The thirty-six black-and-white portraits captivate attention, as we read changes evident in posture, body language, clothing, expressions, and appearance.

Andrew Phelps (born 1967), a native of Mesa, Arizona , now living in Austria, recently completed a three-year project tracing the development of Higley, his grandparent’s farming community east of Phoenix. As open fields gave way to manicured lawns and new homes, the incorporated township of Higley was eliminated. Rather than comparing explicit “before” and “after” shots, the mix of images in this project points to the non-linear process of development.

Milton Rogovin (born 1909) was an optometrist by profession and a photographer by avocation. In the early 1970s he began documenting the residents of Buffalo’s Lower West Side, the neighborhood near his optometry office. Situated in their homes or on the city’s streets, groups and individuals are portrayed in their environmental context, offering a wealth of sociological detail in self-presentation, domestic spaces, and streetscapes. Over the subsequent three decades, Rogovin returned to these same subjects, creating updated portraits. Presented as two-, three- and four -picture series, the photographs encourage viewers to identify differences, noting the ways the subjects have changed radically over thirty years.

Robert Weingarten (born 1941) was born in New York City and graduated from Baruch College in 1962, where he studied finance. Ending a successful career in business, Weingarten invested himself fully in photography beginning in the 1990s, transforming a longtime passion into his fulltime profession. In 2003 he created a series of photographs, all shot from his bedroom porch in Malibu, towards Los Angeles, at 6:30 a.m. Seeing a group of these large photographic prints, each with dramatically different colors from the next, demonstrates the changes in light and weather. Not only does it erase the intervening hours of each day from view but the pattern created suggests a cycle, refuting a linear perception of time.

This exhibition is organized by the Center for Creative Photography and Phoenix Art Museum.
Support provided by Lowry Hill. Promotional support provided by Tempe Camera.

Image Credits:
Milton Rogovin, Lower West Side Triptychs, 1973, 1985 and 1992. 2007.36.2, 2007.36.3, 2007.36.4. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John Knaus ©1952-2002 The Rogovin Collection/ Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona

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Hi All,

Here are a few photos from a fun group I worked with recently. They had me laughing a lot of the time and even tipped me with a bag of grapefruit. Mmmmm… grapefruit. It was really good. Thanks again. I hope you all enjoy the sneak peek.

Sincerley,

Keith

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Hi All,

Last night Melissa and I were at the Inspirador Lounge in Chandler for their monthly open house. It is such a beautiful space. It reminds me of a large SoHo gallery (minus the hipsters looking for free wine and cheese). The event brings together potential bridal clients with vendors from various disciplines related to the wedding day. We were invited to demonstrate the “Live Photobooth” which is our new event offering. Check out http://thelivephotobooth.com for more information. While there I met the vendors in the following photos. Rebecca and Jessica from “Embellish- design for entertaining“are as sweet as can be and set up a beautiful table display. Holli Christensen is the President of “Kensington Makeup Artists, llc“. She was fun to talk to and of course had a great portfolio to show the skill of her and her stable of artists.

If you are getting married and haven’t decided on a location then you really should check out the Inspirador. Enjoy the photos.

Sincerely,

Keith