Big Changes

2014 marked this biggest change at Phil White Photography since we opened in 2005.  I have went into a Partnership with another studio in Downtown Boise!  This will enable us to do several things, first of all I'll be working full time as a photographer.  This allows a lot more freedom in terms of scheduling and allows easier access since I'll be in a store front location.  We'll have an expanded line of products and services that we haven't had before, and will certainly raise the bar on your portrait experience. 
I'll be working with two studio brands, first is CsiPhotoDesign which specializes in High School Seniors, Business/Commercial imaging and Model Portfolios.  The other is Cherished Images Fine Art Photography, which specializes in Family and Child portraiture.
As a result we are winding down Phil White Photography.   We want to thank all of our clients and friends for their support over the past 10 years  We want invite you to check out our new locations and invite you to be part of the CsiPhotoDesign and Cherished Images experience!
Thanks again!
Phil White, F-PPI, CPP

Boise Photographer: Taking the stress out of wall art selection

Actual screenshot of room view in action.

The results are in, our clients are raving over our new viewing and ordering software!  It seems that one of the anxieties people have when investing in wall portraits is getting the wrong print size or a frame that doesn't go with their decor. With our viewing and ordering software, there are no worries when making wall art decisions.  Simply bring a picture of the wall where you want to display your portraits during your ordering session. With a click of a mouse, we can change the image size, change the frame and change the arrangement until you've found exactly what you need for your home.  Enjoy a stress-free portrait experience, contact us for a free consultation.

Sometimes tomorrow is too late...

My Grandmother and Grandfather on their 50th

Wedding Anniversary ca. 1992.

My Mom and I sat to down this weekend to plan our family portrait session.  Mom and Dad will celebrate their 50th Anniversary in couple of weeks and what better time to get together and do a family portrait?  She then started talking about what portraits mean to her.  Our conversation became so profound that I asked if she could write about it so I could publish it in my blog.

In her own words:

"As I get older, it is becoming more and more clear to me that good, professional photos of parents and grandparents should be taken before it’s too late. Too many times, senior citizens slip away and the remaining family members are left with a lot of memories, but really no decent photos (other than informal snapshots) of their loved one. If your parents (or grandparents) are getting up in years and haven’t had photos taken for years, give them the gift of a photo session…it will end up being an amazing gift for both of you at some point down the road.

My father died seven years ago. I looked and looked for a really good photo of him to have enlarged to give to Mom because she was missing him terribly. In all the snapshots we had, the image was really too small to have enlarged to make a meaningful picture or we were unable to find the negatives. I finally remembered a photo you had taken on their 50^th wedding anniversary (one of the first official photo sessions you had ever done) and you enlarged it for us and we gifted it to Mom. It means so much to her and it’s the best photo I have of him, too. You really caught his essence!

My in-laws only had professional photographs taken at weddings…so when my father-in-law died, we had a good, but old, photo of him taken at our wedding and a photo taken at my brother-in-law’s wedding…but it was a full length photo and the image was small, so again we ended up without any really good pictures of him when he passed. Actually we have very few snapshots, because he was usually behind the camera…not in front of it.

I think of my grandmother, who was a very special, special person in my life. I wish you could have photographed her before she died. She had a quality that was never photographed. When she saw a camera come out, she assumed her ‘photo pose’ and the camera captured a white haired, stern faced lady. That was NOT her essence…she was an amazing person with an almost impish sense of humor. I think you could have brought that out in her and caught it…and I’d love to be able to see that in a picture of her now...as well as share it with my grandchildren who never had the opportunity to know her.

Too often we think only about our immediate family when we’re having photos taken…remember your parents and grandparents and catch their image now, while you can."

Inside Out Salon in Eagle Idaho Boise Photographer

Today we are celebrating the ribbon cutting to Inside Out Salon in Eagle, Idaho.  For the last two years, we've watched Dawn Maglish make this journey of faith and perseverance to her dream of a not-for-profit salon with the proceeds going to fight human trafficking here in Idaho, in the U.S. and abroad.  Fox 9 was there to cover this story, check out the story and video here.

Hansen family Boise Photographer

 

The Hanson's had a Fabulous Fall Family session!  We appreciated the privilege to capture these memories of this time for them with their newest addition.  They are such a special family to us as we have watched their oldest daughter grow through the years.  Now we have a new little boy to keep an eye on as well! They wanted to take this opportunity to share a few of their favorite photos with you all!

Boise Double Take, now available!

If you have been following our blog, last summer we did a photo shoot in front of the Idaho State Capital of Miss Idaho 2011 Genevieve Nutting.  The project was for a book entitled "Boise Double Take" which has just been released this weekend!  Our image is featured on page 55, and we're thrilled with how it turned out.  For those who enjoy local history, you'll find this to be a wonderful book, filled with images, stories interesting facts about early and present Boise.  Many thanks for allowing us to be in this book, and congratulations Rich Binsacca and Gate House Publishers on the release of "Boise Double Take".  Get your copy today! 

Something for Veteran's Day...

Today I find my heart filled with gratitude for the men and women who have served in our armed forces.  I can't help but think about my wife's Grandfather who has passed on a few years ago.  He was a Pearl Harbor survivor, and his experience was such that he mostly refused to talk about it.  It wasn't until later in life that he finally came to terms with some of the horrors he experienced, but even then was reluctant to talk about it.  One thing he did talk about was the fact that his ship was in dry-dock and the ammunition for the ship was in a box car at the ammunition depot couple of miles away.  Him and five other shipmates ran to the depot to find the boxcar with the ship ammunition and pushed the boxcar all the way back to the ship so they could finally engage the enemy.  I was quite amazed at the fact that these six guys could move a loaded boxcar by hand over that distance...his reply was, "You'd be surprised what you can do when people are shooting at you..."  Evidently the horrors he saw after the battle defied description. I later heard some of the details from other family members he has confided in over the years, it was little wonder he didn't want to have to relive those things.  To Navy Chief Petty Officer William Klaes and the thousand of others who bear scars of their service and gave their lives in service to our country.  In sincere thanks, I salute you.