Watching my fan base continuously grow and receiving the on-going support never fails to pleasantly surprise me. I am more than appreciative for my clients, fans and followers that I want to give stuff away!! Within the Facebook guidelines, it specifically states that I cannot hold direct giveaways or sweepstakes on their site. Nor can I obtain a list of all of my fans to hold a random drawing. So the next easiest way to give away a $150 credit toward any session of your choice (family, engagement, maternity, high school senior, wedding) is to have you leave a comment on this blog post. Once I reach my 1500 fan mark, I will keep the contest open for 2 full days then will randomly select a name from those who left a comment. The comment can be anything!!
Leave your comment here and thank you again for the love!!
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
114 West Pacific Ave #209
Spokane, WA 99201
509-499-1090
$150 credit to be redeemed by December 31, 2013. Credit is not valid for newborn sessions.
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High School Photo Pricing
Multiple wardrobe changes, flashing lights, strangers inquiring as they pass by, attention on only you for 2 hours, and smiling. Lots of smiling. Yeah I get it guys, having your senior photos taken probably isn’t the highlight of your summer. If you’re like most high school senior boys, you’re “only doing this for Mom.” While that is an EXCELLENT reason, lets at least enjoy your experience! Let me help you achieve high quality images that show off your personality and interests all while having a great time shooting them!
As a photographer who specializes in senior photos in Spokane, WA I excel at helping you enjoy your experience. I promise you its not as bad as you think, at least with me it is not!
Once you contact me to inquire about me being your photographer, I strongly suggest that we sit down for at least a half hour and discuss what you want out of them. I won’t let you tell me, “whatever Mom wants,” because while the photos may mainly be for Mom, it is you going through the experience and one day, you will want to look back at your high school senior photos and remember how you were during those years. We will discuss location ideas, props, activities, wardrobe and time of day. Again, I want you to enjoy your experience and love your final product…this process helps us do so!
I have to tell you, high school senior guys who show up to a session grim and skeptical that they will enjoy themselves are one of my favorite obstacles! 90% of the time I receive a huge smile and a “Thank you, I had fun” at the end of the session. That lets me know I’ve done my job 
The other 10% don’t have a pulse! 
Take a look at these boys senior photos to see how awesome yours can be!
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 West Pacific Ave #209
Spokane, WA 99201
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High School Photo Pricing
With the school year coming to an end, its time to start researching high school senior photos. In this blog post, I am going to help you gather ideas on how to show off your personality in your Spokane senior photos (we’ll touch on choosing a Spokane photographer later in the week).
What is the point of high school senior photos? To show you off! To show the world your unique personality, your achievements, your beauty…You as YOU are today!
As a high school senior portrait photographer in Spokane, I excel in helping you bring out your personality. I love getting that unique photo that no one has ever seen before, because you and I created it together. Before we head out to our session, we sit and discuss our goals on location, wardrobe, time of day, and props. How colorful do you want to get? How playful or dramatic do you want your photos to be? Do you want to emphasize an activity or sport?
To be able to tailor your senior photos to you and your personality, your photographer should discuss all of these options with you in mind.
If you have a sport that you love and want to remember that part of your high school year, bring your gear and uniform. We can get a killer image in the studio, or we can go to your sports field and create something awesome.
Play a musical instrument? Bring it and lets come up with a sweet location that works in harmony with your love for music.
If you have a passion for cooking, reading, or fashion lets brainstorm some super creative ways to work that into your photos.
Its time to get excited for senior photos! Most Spokane photographers fill up fast for the summer, so call today to set up a consultation to discuss your photos!
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 West Pacific Ave #209
Spokane, WA 99201
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High School Photo Pricing
Are you the type of teen that LOVES having your picture taken? Do you change your Facebook profile picture weekly? Or Daily? When you and your friends hang out, is it a requirement to snap the perfect picture to show how much fun you are having together? Do people tell you that you have a contagious smile?
If you answered YES to ANY of these questions, then you’ve GOT to consider becoming a high school senior portrait model for me!
Each year, I select a handful of models to positively represent my studio to help grow my business and get my name in front of as many high school teens as possible. Ask any of my former models and they will tell you how much fun we had on our photo shoots, how great the benefits are, and what a great experience they had.
I choose representatives who are responsible, dependable, FUN, outgoing, creative, original, stylish and who are involved in extra-curricular activities. I want people who love to show off their unique personalities and who cannot get enough camera-time!
This year, the following benefits will be included in my modeling program:
-Free modeling photo sessions (1 studio and 1 on-location)
-Makeup application for girls provided by Makeup By Evelyn Mauro
-$10 Product credit for each booked referral
-Multiple watermarked Facebook marketing images
-25 Personalized representative marketing cards
-2 Mini-Accordion marketing books
-50% off of an additional summer photo session if model chooses to do so
If this sounds like a program you are interested in, you’d like to have your senior photos taken for FREE, and you truly believe you will be the BEST Spokane High School Senior Portrait Model, then please go to the link below and fill out the application. If I believe you and I will make a great team, I will follow-up with an email with further instructions!
http://crystalmadsen.wufoo.com/forms/senior-portrait-model-application/
I will choose my models by March 15th, complete our photo sessions by April 15th, and have marketing materials in your hand my May 1st.
I am so excited to meet you!!
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
114 West Pacific Ave #209
Spokane, WA 99201
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When you meet a high school senior as genuine as Bethany you are really taken back. Her mature personality and good natured sense of humor are one of a kind, I knew working with her was going to be special and I was eager to catch her natural beauty at any location she wanted.
When deciding where she wanted to have her senior photo shoot take place, she couldn’t decide, but when I asked her about her summer events she was beaming ear to ear about the camp that she has been attending for years. This camp is Shoshone Base Camp, a sister camp of Lutherhaven, and is a special place to a lot of youth in the Spokane area and without a doubt it is a special place to Bethany. As she talked about her experiences there I could only focus on one thing, this is where we had to do her shoot. The place is gorgeous and unique, giving any photographer a perfect setting for a senior session and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to capture Bethany’s last year there.
The natural landscape takes your breathe away the minute you arrive to the camp grounds which are cut in around the large evergreens, the smooth running river, and the hidden trails. The perfectly constructed log cabins are placed precisely and give the kids a great place to hang out and share memories, which is just one of the spots we stopped snap Bethany in her summer element. Bethany’s beautiful blond hair and soft blue eyes glowed all day long among the beauty around her, giving us perfect shot after perfect shot.
I hope to go back to this fabulous spot and enjoy it maybe a fraction of the amount that high school senior Bethany has over the years. It was my pleasure to work with Bethany and I wish her luck as she walks down the many roads into her future.
Location: Lutherhaven Camp in Northern Idaho
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 West Pacific Ave #209
Spokane, WA 99201
I met high school senior Morgan by chance really. She was coming into town from Montana to visit her brother at Gonzaga University and thought that it would be the perfect time to capture some unique, original and completely different than her classmate photographs, so I of course was ready show off my home town and her style right in downtown Spokane.
We walked through downtown for over three hours finding the perfect places to highlight Morgan’s beauty and style. The shopping district, as any girl knows, is a great spot to bring out the fun and vibrant side of a girl, so we snapped some shots in the streets that are lined with some of the best shops. We also wandered through the beautiful Riverfront Park that is located in the center of downtown Spokane. The river runs through it, the falls drop by the gondolas, the Bloomsday statues stand for something special to our town, and the beautifully manicured grounds are a piece of art themselves in this exquisite park. The park screams come take photographs here and that we did. Morgan wouldn’t have gotten any of that in her pictures in Montana, so I think we meet and exceeded her desires in this photo shoot which is always what I strive for. Morgan’s crystal blue eyes and fun personality make each photograph beam. Working with her made my job so easy that those three hours flew by, I truly could have worked with her for an entire day.
I wish her luck and maybe when she heads this direction again we can do a follow up shoot!
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 West Pacific Avenue #209
Spokane, WA 99201
As the seasons change in the Inland Northwest and specifically Spokane, we are given some fabulous color pallets, textures, and sunsets that make a senior high school session just that much more amazing.
When I met with high school senior Rachel I knew right away that her look was going to be perfect under this new season. The gorgeous glows of auburn, burnt orange, browns and tans were going to work perfectly with Rachel’s skin tone. We were able to find some breathtaking locations in Peaceful Valley in downtown Spokane that gave us some shots with the river behind her and the eroded rocks underneath her feet, adding detail and contrast to her graceful poses. Besides Peaceful Valley we did captured some shots at my studio, where we played with props, her wardrobe, and the different subtle textures that came with it all. Just like outside, we were able to find her natural beauty and bring it to light in each photograph.
Rachel’s grace and beauty were brought to life in all of the photos that we got, which made my job pretty easy. It was blast working with her and I wish her the best in her future.
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 W Pacific #209
Spokane, WA 99201
A lot of the seniors I meet want to have a unique experience and strive to really capture their own style and their true selves, Kate was no different. The difference in working with Kate was the location. To bring Kate’s personality to life in photos, we weren’t going to hit the streets of downtown or the parks, after mulling over different spots in Spokane, we came to the Glover Mansion, which is located on the lower south hill. The mansion is old, ornate, unique, and truly beautiful, it was perfect for Kate.
Each portrait of high school senior Kate screams her style. The large entryway shows her detail yet a casual essence as she stops on the large stairway, the old fashioned rooms with her lace dress show she unique fashion sense that works perfectly and is brought to life when she sits in those gorgeous old rooms, and her genuine smile on the grounds of the mansion really show her happiness about life.
I had a great time working with Kate and I am looking forward to hearing about what fabulous things she accomplishes after high school.
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 W Pacific #209
Spokane, WA 99201
Sometimes I am just blessed with all aspects of a photo-session, and this was one of those occasions. I had the privilege of working with a beautiful, charismatic, and fashion forward senior named Sela and I was able to use the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest to snap some fabulous photos.
I met up with Sela and we went to a private property in Cheney, WA which is 18 miles to the west of Spokane. This location was found by another senior that I had the pleasure of working with earlier in the year, and amazingly the owners of the property were kind enough to let me come back with another high school senior to capture some more amazing shots on their land. As a thank you for letting us come photograph Sela for her senior shoot I brought them cupcakes from a local cupcake shop called Sweet Frostings. What better way to say thank you then some truly scrumptious treats?!
Sela brought some great outfits for her shoot that showed off her great style. Each piece she wore gave her a different look in all of the photographs that we took, which is always a great way to showcase the true person especially as a high school senior girl. She also had some small accessories that caught your eye, like her little navy blue bow bracelet and her simple pearl bracelet strand. They both added just a little touch of flare to the photos, especially when she was in the fields or posing with the old Ford truck. I love it when high schoolers have such confidence and share their own personalities through their fashion.
It was an absolute pleasure to work with Sela and help her capture high school senior year! I know there will be many more glowing roads she will be walking upon in her future.
Crystal
Crystal@CrystalMadsen.com
509-499-1090
114 W Pacific #209
Spokane, WA 99201
