Author Archives: Lisa Mercer

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Some of my favorite clients brought their BRAND, spanking new baby BOY, to see me for his newborn shoot!  Baby August, previously known as Jan baby lol, (because Becca and Freddy didn't find out the sex of baby prior to his birth) was just 3 days fresh at his big modeling shoot,  just the way we love them!  He's so stinking cute and lovable, just like his brother and sister!! I really do love this family and how they can light up a room. Not to mention Becca and Freddy are probably the funniest people I know, I am seriously in hysterics the whole time! I included one of their outtakes! LOVE THEM!

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It is almost Valentine's Day. One of my FAVORITE holidays, and to keep up with tradition, Tara and I dressed up our little ones and MADE them do a "couples" shoot.  Yes... we just pimp our kids out like this every year. We swear one day we will be sitting at their wedding, and these pictures will be the most adorable thing EVER!  But until then...

Each year it gets a little harder, the kids get a little older, and the days leading up to the shoot we really have to bribe them to do it for us!  I'm really wondering if next year, they will put their foot down and just tell us NO!  Even though once the shoot actually starts they have a BLAST with each other. Like seriously, it's a play date! And OH MY GOSH give them a fake flask and a pair of sunglasses and our kids turned into little actors! Pursed lips, rock and roll signs and even the whip and nae name!  I love these 2 ... They are such balances of each other, Liv is an ambitious and assertive girl, and Gabe is the laid back, go with the flow boy!

I just love these little humans! And I hope you all love their little shoot! Happy Valentine's Day (a couple days early.... if I would've  waited, I seriously might have combusted) Livgabe-7 Livgabe-15 Livgabe-16 Livgabe-31 Livgabe-33 Livgabe-45 Livgabe-56 Livgabe-70 Livgabe-75 Livgabe-82 Livgabe-87 Livgabe-91 Livgabe-95 Livgabe-100 Livgabe-110 Livgabe-113 Livgabe-122 Livgabe-125 Livgabe-139 Livgabe-153 Livgabe-159

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So to any of our Tiptoe people who are local know that we just got hit with the biggest SNOWMAGGEDON we have seen in quite some time! While many people around here are all upset about being stuck inside, I live for days like today where everything is beautiful and white outside, it's not windy, it's fairly warm, and has just the perfect even lighting there is. So my poor Olivia realllllllyyyyyy didn't want to go outside for pictures but I traded her letting me take some pictures of her for an ice cream sandwich!  I WIN!! WOOO HOO!!  Enjoy some of our snow day fun!! snow-2 snow-7 snow-8 snow-11 snow-16

 

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Hey all!! It's that time of year! Where a couple of the Tiptoe girls will be running in our undies to raise a BUNCH of money for one of our special kids! So as a kickstart to our fundraising, I am auctioning off a Tiptoe Gift Certificate for $150. Just call, email, or message us your top bid and whoever has the highest bid on January 20th at 10pm... WINS! I will keep you posted via social media what the bid is up to!

Also if you aren't needing the gift certificate and just want to be a gracious donor here is a link to my donations page! Just 5$ makes a world of difference to me!! Lisa's  Cupids page! 

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Check out highlights from last years run here!

The Cupids Undie Run as promised!

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Christmas is almost here! And I just want to give a huge,huge shout out and THANK YOU to our loyal clients! We love you guys! We have had another AMAZING year. We have grown leaps and bounds again this year!  Thank you all for believing in us and thank you for being so loyal! We cherish YOU all (and all of your babies!!) I know we all say it all the time but it really is the best thing in the world to get to see you all each year! We love to see the babies grow up! We are so happy to say that we now have a big handful of families that started with us as an engagement shoot, to the wedding, to maternity, to newborn, to first birthday, to baby number 2! We also have one family that started with us as high school seniors then all the following!!  How amazing is that, we have literally seen them grow and now they are raising babies of their own! There is nothing more we could ask for out of this business! When we started Tiptoe, we said that our ultimate goal was to be LIFE photographers to our loyal families, to be there to capture all the important times in their lives, and now we can say we have done this (and want to continue to do this) for some!  Whenever I get to feeling like, man my workload is really getting to be too much (like this very busy holiday season right now, lol) I think about this and it makes me be forever grateful that this is the way I get to spend my life, capturing others most meaningful times in their lives. What is more important than the images of your wedding day or your perfect newborn baby? And for Tiptoe to be the one you trusted for those memories is EVERYTHING to us! Thank you again, and again, 1000 times!

So Merry Merry Christmas to you all! And we can't wait to see you again in 2016!! 🙂

 

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I wanted to send out a quick teaser of some of my favorite shots of this princess!! She is and has been one of my Olivia's besties since before they were 2! I can't wait to see what those 2 will get into once they hit 12 years old! Everyone say a little prayer for us now!! LOL! Here is Kayden doing her favorite thing, CHEER! She's amazing!

Isn't she the cutest!

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So I just wanted to give you all a great opportunity to get some free pictures!! I mean who doesn't love FREE!!

So here is the jist of it, just like any at home party like Pampered Chef, 31, Mary Kay etc... We just want the host to get 6 of your best friends/families signed up, and you will receive your 15 minute session with 2 print released images for FREE!! For each family you have sign up above the 6 you will receive a $25 credit towards other prints and print releases.  And if any of your guests book a Tiptoe party you receive a $50 credit.  If your guests order more than just the 2 print released images, you get credit for that too!! So basically here is your chance to get the whole shoot for FREE!!

THE GUESTS- For $85 the guests receive 5-8 images to choose 2 print released images from.  Which is a $115 savings from our regular pricing for them! Totally a win!!

We know you want to book one!! Now's the time!! Just call us at 304.995.6743 to schedule yours today!!

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Here are some of my favorite images from some of our parties!!

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I love that this career gives me the opportunity to travel all over! I especially love when it allows me to see some of the most spectacular local venues! We really do live in one of the most beautiful places in this country! I recently had the pleasure of photographing this awesome couple at the Hillsborough Vineyard.  From the view, to the sunset, to the decor, to the couple and their family everything was PERFECT and an absolute BLAST! These two are just so in love and laughed the whole time!  They definitely were the life of their party! I love it! Hope you all love your pics as much as I do!

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I wanted to give a quick teaser for a beautiful couple! Not only are these 2 gorgeous but they are also the kindest and most delightful couple ever! They had a perfect wedding set at Cacapon State Park in Berkeley Springs, WV.  The trees were at their peak of color! Gahhh!! I love it! Check them out!

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