Personal Trainer and/or Model in the making! Kansas City Senior Portraits.

I love photographing people.  I especially love it when a person has a passion for something and I get to show it off in their portraits.

Tyler is a Kansas City senior that I photographed not long ago. He wants to be a personal trainer and has a passion for fitness.

I LOVE his images - they show how amazingly fit and tough he is but also the fact that that he has a very sweet spirit shows through as well!

Enjoy watching Tyler's video!

Baby's First Year!

It is amazing to me just how fast a year goes by and how fast a baby changes from new born to toddler in that year.  Hear are a couple of babies first year.

It was really fun for me to photograph them and watch them grow.  Maybe that is because my kids just turned 17, 19, and 21!

Dean and Deluca, Town Center Plaza

Muffet Petrehn Image Design is Very Excited to have been asked by Dean and Deluca to Deck their Walls the month of December with images.

To Celebrate and to add to the Christmas Cheer We are giving away one hour portrait sessions!

Call soon (913-783-4529) and mention Dean and Deluca to reserve your free session.

Even Better:

E-mail me, facebook, or text me a picture of my display to receive a free 5x7 with your session. Would you like to upgrade to an 8x10??? Purchase something at Dean and Deluca and bring in your receipt.

Be sure to tell them I sent you!! : )

Dean and Deluca is located at 119 and Roe in the Town Center Plaza.

http://www.deandeluca.com/Aboutus/Default.aspx?id=196

This offer good through the month of December - Sessions need to be completed by Feb 28th

to e-mail: muffet@muffetpetrehn.com

to text: 913-980-5871

facebook: muffet petrehn
www.muffetpetrehn.com

Overland Park Family Wall Portrait, Christmas Gift Idea...

Need an Idea for a Christmas Gift? How about giving a gift that will last longer than a lifetime.

A gift that will be cherished and looked at everyday!

A gift that becomes more priceless the longer you have it.

Give the Gift of Photography!

We still have a few Sessions available that will get your images or Christmas Cards here in time for Christmas. We also have gift certificates available for sessions and dollar amounts.

Call Soon!

913-783-4529

Kevin Kubota's Bootcamp / Sister's Oregon/Five Pines Lodge

Wow 10 days hanging out with Kevin Kubota and Company and all the amazing other photographers has flown by. Five Pines Lodge in Sister's Oregon is an incredible place to stay and I have learned so much! I can't wait to start using all of this new knowledge and fun creative tools when I get home!

We have been together learning and working on projects literally from 8:30 in the morning until after 10:00 every night. I am very thankful to Kevin and his team for choosing me for this wonderful Scholarship and for all of the new friends I have made!

Here is a collage of a fun project that Kevin encouraged us to do. The project was to take images of the Alphabet using lenses that we do not use often. I used a wide angle 12-24 and a lens baby lens invented by the amazing Craig Strong for these images.

Check this out!!

http://www.onelifephotos.com/Muffet

A VERY SWEET NOTE!!

I just received a really sweet note from the mom of Lili from my Lili's heart book. I thought that I would pass it along : )

To see the book Lili's heart follow the link below

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=226758&id=633441893&l=932adf242f

Hi Muffet,

I just wanted to let you know that the Down Syndrome Guild had a little article in their Nov/Dec newsletter about the books that we both donated to them. They extend their thanks and explain the book as a resource for families preparing for heart surgery. It is a really nice article and they mention you by name as the "very talented photographer" and include your website. I wasn't sure if they would send a copy of the newsletter to you so I wanted to be sure you knew about the good coverage. : )
Thank you again and forever for the pictures, video, books and experience. I am so glad to have met you and to have this beautiful record of our experience and to be able to share it with so many others.
Matt's mom took her book to the NICU she works at in Des Moines and they loved it. She said the neonatologist was absolutely gaga over the book. She wanted everyone in the hospital to see it!
I also had the incredible privilege of meeting Dr. Lofland's scrub nurse at the Step Up for DS Walk. She found our team tent there (I don't know how - a God thing) and introduced herself. She said she had been out to your place the day before to pick up her book and you told her to look for our team. Thank you! What a blessing to meet her and be able to thank her face-to-face for her amazing job. I was thrilled that the Lord worked that out, as I'm sure they rarely get to see their little patients running around after having their hearts fixed. And how wonderful for her (and other nurses) to have such a beautiful book that shows the amazing work she does. I love to see how our God works out so many stories at once and thinks of details that never occur to me. We serve an awesome God!
Thanks Muffet!
I hope you have a fun-filled and blessed week-end.

Tammy

A Senior Session at the farm/studio

Here is a proof video to show a little of what to expect of a Senior Photography Session.

Kristin was really fun to photograph!!

SO EXCITED!!

I received the greatest news today! Kevin Kubota - one of the most amazing photographers and one I have learned so much from - offered a scholarship to his incredible "boot camp" a week long, intensive, inspirational photography business workshop to one photographer who has a passion for photography, a financial need to improve his/her business and a history of personal charitable giving. I WON THE SCHOLARSHIP!!!! I am thrilled beyond words and so excited to have this opportunity to learn for a whole week from Kevin and other amazing photographers! AND the bonus is that it is in Oregon! I am so excited and thankful for this opportunity!!

Words from Kevin: Muffet, we are honored to have you! You won because of your talent, giving heart, you need it, and it's a really good time for you to do something like this. We can't wait to see you!

A Senior Session and a puppy : )

Wow time flies when you are busy! I just realized that it has been a while since I have posted any thing on my blog. I will try harder to keep my blog up to date. So you ask what has kept me so busy?? Besides lots of photography of course... Check out www.simplygoldenpuppies.com. On Aug 12th our Golden Retriever had 11 puppies! Because there were so many my son Reagan and I - with help from many friends- bottle fed the pups for 4 weeks to help our Golden keep up with the milk demand. The pups are adorable!! And we are totally smitten by all of them!

We are planing to photograph all 11 tomorrow so hopefully we will have pictures for the blog soon - in the mean time check out the puppy web site.

On another note here are some of the beautiful images from Rachel's senior session!!

A Customer's Thoughts!

I have often said that I have the greatest job ever! Yes I work very hard but it is so very rewarding!! I love blessing people with images that show their loved ones "heart and soul" And in return I am blessed right back!!

The following is a very sweet note that I received from one of my customers:

Hi Muffet, I looked on facebook, your blog and website, I saw some stunning pictures
of China, a great AE video of you and your kids, read your blog, and saw
tons of beautiful photographs of babies, kids, weddings, dogs, seniors, etc!
OMG - It made me wish I had known you when my kids were little! You do
such an amazing job of capturing "that look" -- like no other photographer
I've ever known. And believe me, I think I've tried them all at one point
in time or another! What a gift you have -- if I didn't know better, I
would think you have a special camera that sprinkles in "Disney-like" magic
on your subjects to make them look extra special - even better than they do
in real life!

Lisa

More Images from my trip to China

I will continue posting images from my trip to china as I have time to do so. I hope you enjoy them!

Katelyn

I love photographing Kids as they grow from new born to toddlers. Here are some images from Katelyn's 7 month session.

China Picture of the Day!!

Here is another image of the Great Wall of China, It is an absolutely amazing thing to see and climb on. I say climb and not walk on because it is incredibly steep and slick in places. It seems to go on and on forever. There are places where someone can be just 15 feet in front of you and seem to disappear because the wall is so steep.

HOME FROM CHINA!

HOME from CHINA!! Reagan and I had a great time. It was wonderful to experience China and Hong Kong with my daughter who has been living in Beijing for the last 6 months. She can really speak Chinese now!
I will be posting some of my images over the next few weeks.
Our first night in Beijing We went to a little tiny village where you can walk a mountain trail up to the great wall - Not your normal tourist destination. The Great wall is amazing! I was surprised how steep in places it was. At one point we squatted down lifted our hands and " sledded " down the wall on our shoes. It was raining a little so it was pretty slick. Quite a hike caring 3 lenses and my camera. Here is one image that I took - more to come later...

Furry Friends - Help raise money for Animal Haven!

The other day I had a couple of fun photo shoots : ) If you are interested in having your furry friend photographed - During the month of August, for $55.00 and a bag of dog food or a kong toy -which will be donated to Animal Haven- you will receive a photo session a 5x7 and a FB image!

Muffet is a "Guest Shooter" on MadDog's Blog- half way around the world!

Check this out!

A cool image showed up on my face book one day that a man took of Roz Savage when she arrived at Madang Papua New Guinea. I thought that it was a great image so I commented to the maker Jan Massersmith on FB. He has a very fun blog where he talks about life in paradise and shows amazing underwater images that he has taken. He invited me to be a "guest shooter" on his blog. : )

http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2010/06/18/guest-shooter-muffet-petrehn/comment-page-1/#commen

Jan's underwater photography is beautiful and I know, being from Kansas, I certainly don't get to experience what he sees on a daily basis.

Thanks Jan for bringing a bit of your world and the beautiful ocean to those of us that may not otherwise get to see it.

And thanks too for featuring "me" : ) on your blog!!

Jewel Ball 2010

Today I am packing up my camera bag and heading to the Nelson Art Gallery. This is my 4th year to help my good friend Mary Watkins photograph The Jewel Ball. I love photographing this event! It is like photographing 20-30 brides at one time. You will never see so many beautiful dresses in one place. Among other things, I have the wonderful job of capturing candid images in the dressing room as the girls are getting ready... So much fun for me!

It is amazing every year how they decorate for this event... Flowers and bouquets everywhere - it seems like every year they out do the year before.

Kaite's Senior Session! And I Love Horses.

OK... so being a horse lover and owner most all of my life it is probably obvious that I get excited when a Senior wants to bring their horse or in this case horses along for their photography session. Katie is a great rider and this session was a lot of fun!

Enjoy her images!!