The Wellness Cruise to the Bahamas!

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Fearless Women & Fearless Couple Portraits

Join us on the Clean Cuisine's "Clean Start" Wellness Cruise on the Celebrity Cruise Line. How would you like to have a Fearless Women or Fearless Couple Portrait holding the fearless sword of courage. Your portrait will be taken on the beach in Nassau or on a cruise ship with the ocean as your backdrop? Photographer Mary Ann Halpin, creator of the Fearless Women photo/essay book features celebrities Erin Brockovich, Linda Gray, Joni Mitchell and many other extraordinary Fearless Women. Mary Ann’s books have been featured on The Today Show, The View, and Extra. Mary Ann will create a memorable wall portrait that will be the touchstone to remind you of the fearless woman 

or fearless couple that you are!

Your fearless portrait will be part of Mary Ann’s 

 Fearless Women Cruise to the Bahamas 2014 Book!

To book the Cruise: http://cleancuisineandmore.com/clean-cuisines-2014-health-cruise/

Portrait Fee: $350 (paid in advance to hold your session spot) includes the creation fee & a $200 credit towards any chose of portrait prints. To reserve your portrait session contact the studio: 323-874-8500

Portrait Print Investment range from $150-$1500

SPECIAL OFFER:  WITH YOUR ORDER OF A 20 X 24 OR 30 X 40 GALLERY WRAP or a portrait on acrylic or metal PURCHASE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A personally signed BOOK COVER (Dust Jacket) OF YOUR FEARLESS PORTRAIT. It WILL BE INCLUDED FOR YOUR “FEARLESS WOMEN” How cool is

Fearless Women Cruise to the Bahamas 2014 Book

Be part of the book that will be documented over the four days on the Clean Cuisine Cruise to the Bahamas. Mary Ann Halpin and her photo assistant Teddi Hart (portrait environmental photographer) will artistically document the cruise adventure. Those having a Fearless Portrait taken will be featured along with other photos from the trip in this 8x10 hard cover photo book. Others are welcome to purchase the book.

Book Price: $150

  

Portrait Print Styles: Canvas Gallery Wrap or Linen Texture.

·       Canvas Gallery Wraps offer a striking way to exhibit your photograph on a fine art canvas. This artful canvas is retouched to perfection, printed on fine art canvas and covered with gel coating to protect it. The canvas material is wrapped completely around a stretcher frame. A great way to hang your portrait art frameless!

·       Linen Texture portraits are custom produced with light retouching enhancement and mounted to art board covered with a gel coating for protection.

·       Acrylic portraits are also custom produced on acrylic resulting in a stunning portrait with the vibrancy of a glossy finish. (Comes with wall mounts.)

·       Metal portraits are the latest in printing surfaces offering a breathtaking portrait. Amazing for “Fearless Portrait” with a sword hanging over your portrait. (See price of custom engraved sword below)

Fearless Products

A Sword of Your Own

You can purchase the same sword that you hold in your Fearless Portrait. This sword is the exact sword featured in the book. Diamond engraving of up to 35 characters with your special name or phrase will be engraved on the blade of your sword. How amazing this will be to hang over your portrait!

Price: $225    ** Credit not applicable towards this product

Fearless Sword Necklace

You can purchase a sterling silver sword necklace with chain, as a fearless touchstone. Engraved on the blade with the word “Fearless”, this necklace is an inspirational piece that will be a treasure for you or a friend, forever.

Price: $59.95 ** Credit not applicable towards this product

maryann@maryannhalpin.com ~ 323-874-8500
http://maryannhalpin.com/

Method of Payment: Cash, Check, MasterCard or Visa 

Holiday Card Templates

For the Mini Howliday Sessions & the Home for the Holiday Sessions

Pick a Holiday Style that expresses your greeting and well wishes!

 If you haven't book your Holiday Session, book now!

Call the studio: 323-874-8500

Howiday Template#1     Love And Joy Paw Print

   Howliday Template #2 Pawliday Chalkboard

 

Template # 3 Paws to Enjoy the Season

  

Howliday Template #4 Peace, Love, & Treats

  Howliday Template #5  Santa's Little Helper

Mini Holiday Portrait Sessions!

Mini Holiday Portrait Sessions!

Book your holiday session between now, October and December 10, 2013 and choose either a mini family, maternity, baby, child portrait or a mini HOWLiday portrait session with your furry friend. You will get festive and fabulous  holiday cards or a holiday gift for grandma!

 The Mini Holiday Portrait Session Includes:

Price: $197

30 minute studio portrait session with Mary Ann Halpin

25 poses

viewing/ordering session immediately after photo session

25 holiday cards with envelopes

Several Card Templates to choose from!

Book Now!

Space is limited! 

maryann@maryannhalpin.com or 323-874-8500

Or Come for a Mini HOWLiday Holiday Session

With your furry friend!

The Mini HOWLiday Portrait Session Includes:

Price: $197 

30 minute studio portrait session 

with Mary Ann Halpin

25 poses

viewing/ordering session immediately after photo session

25 holiday cards with envelopes 

Several Card Templates to choose from!

Book Now!

Space is limited! 

maryann@maryannhalpin.com or 323-874-8500

 

  

The Beauty of Pregnancy in Nature

The second location we went to on the Gather the Creative Women Mountain Retreat was in the woods of Pine Mountain in what we call the Circle of Gratitude. Our local pregnant Mom-to-Be was Kristin. She was a dream to photograph. Here is the a few of the images I photographed of her. The women on my photo retreat were overwhelmed with her relaxed lyrical posing. She was lovely to work with and inspired all of our creativity. 

As a portrait photographer, I am used to being in the studio. I am really enjoying environmental portraits! Leading and teaching on this retreat has been a great creative renewal for me as well.

Gather the Creative Women Retreat Creations-First Day Shoot

Getting with women to meditate, visualize and go on location to photograph a medicine woman is thrilling! We journeyed out to Soda Lake about an hours drive from our retreat in Pine Mountain. Soda Lake is a shallow, ephemeral, alkali endorheic lake in the Carrizo Plain in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California. The lake is located on the southwest side of the northern Carrizo Plain, 103 km (64.0 miles) east of San Luis Obispo.  To learn more about it go to this link: Soda Lake.

SunJay is a medicine woman, yoga teacher, artist and musician. When I asked her to model for our photo retreat, I knew she would be amazing and bring a true spirit to the photographers.

Tonight after a sumptuous dinner prepared by Chef Joe, photographer Izumi Tanaka will present a slide show of her photography and speak about the passion she has for her art.

Here are some images I took of her. What fun it was and truly inspiring in such an interesting location.

The Art of Nurturing: A Photographic Breastfeeding Porject

My first session creating my new passion project began with a lovely couple Kyla and Wyatt and their beautiful four month old baby boy. I felt a sacredness in photography Kyla with baby in arms feeding on her breast. I started the first shot with window light having her gaze out the window thinking about her profound roll as a mother. It makes me tear up to know what women are capable of doing. With the ability to nurture children just as Mother Earth nurtures us, is a stunning role to be given in this world of turmoil.

I journal everyday to ask myself why I am doing whatever project I have chosen. The answers unfold as I walk the path of each project. Where will it lead me? Who will I meet along the way to mirror a momentary transformation in both of our lives. The stories from women on the phone or when I meet them in person are profoundly magical. I feel blessed, once again, to embark on another creative journey.

This is one of my favorite portraits from the session. Although, I will be using another portrait for the gallery show and I want that to be a surprise!

To all my passionate women photographers! Join me for an amazing creative retreat in the mountains above Los Angeles, September 18-22, 2013. For information and to sign up, http://maryannhalpinretreats.com/. When you register now, get $100 discount by adding the code: creative

Nurturing meets Art

When I get what I call a "download" there is no stopping me. It's this energy where I feel I must move forward with a photographic project with wild abandonment. It drives my husband Joe crazy as he wants me to approach project with logic and business smarts like creating a business plan. I know he's right but I have no time to stop to do that and I know that my projects will always get funded. After four photo/essay books, I have found that to be so. However, it hasn't been without blood, sweat, tears and nail biting!

Now I feel called to do a project that honors women, mom's that are passionate about breastfeeding their children. It's a hot topic and I am determined to follow my bliss and create art that honors the notion that mom's can be sensual, beautiful, nurturing and magical in their passion to feed their child. 

In the past I have been commissioned to do pregnant portraits and then the new mom's come back for the baby portraits. While doing the portraits I usually ask if they want a nursing portrait. Many of the mom's say yes enthusiastically. 

So if you know of any mom's that are breastfeeding and are passionate and willing to participate in this groundbreaking project, please have them contact my studio asap.

It is starting as a traveling exhibit and then possible a photo/essay book. I will be searching out a non-profit organization that works with women in need in this particular area.

I love when my creative juices are flowing in a big bodacious beautiful way!

For all you women photographers, don't miss my Gather the Creative Women Mountain Retreat, September 18-22, 2013 in Pine Mountain California, just 70 minutes north of Los Angeles, http://maryannhalpinretreats.com/