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/

In Celebration of Bellies and Babies...

Also, in celebration of the miracle of life, I have created this slideshow of my maternity and new

born portraits from over the last few years. It amazes me what a woman's body can do. It is really all such a miracle to witness.

I have never been pregnant and it's ironic that one of the first photo/essay books featuring pregnant portraits is one that I created back in 1997. That was around the time I was trying to conceive but found out it would not be easy. Half way through creating this five year photo/essay project, I realized I could conceive a child without doing in vitro fertilization. It wasn't something I wanted to do. So doing this project was a very cathartic experience and one that I would never have missed. It led me to creating this portrait business where I am honored to create artistic pieces for women and their families to put on their wall as art.

Part of my business logo line is "Celebrate Your Life as Art." I feel very strongly about not having art that matches your couch. How amazing to have fine art portraits printed on canvas, acrylic or medal gracing the walls of your home to view everyday of your life and hand down to the next generation!

I'm very very grateful to all the women who gave me the honor and priveledge to caputure their beautiful swollen body full of baby in a fine art portrait. It has been a wonderful journey.

It's been almost 17 years since Pregnant Goddesshood: A Celebration of Life, was released in 1997. Amazingly, it was launched into the media as a very controversial book. Many magazines and bookstores thought the images of naked bellies would offend their customers! The TV show The View reviewed the book in "Hot Topics"  along with Inside Edition and Extra. Life Magazine did two full pages the same with the New York Post. The book blazed the trail for what is now the popular pregnant portrait.

All I can say is, I love my photographic work!

I Am Fearless. I Am Beautiful.

I have created four photography/essay books in the last 16 years. It's really been my journey through life. Now I am really exploring a real sexy woman's body as art. 

I created a Valentine's portrait campaign I called, Fearless Diva Valentine's Portrait Party. I did a shoot with a beautiful woman featured here, Christina Dunbar. She is a poetess and as she brands herself a "Catalyst for Badassery." She is also blessed with an amazing body and the confidence to love it and express that love in poetic posing. She was a blast to work with. I am grateful to have a fantastic makeup/hair artist Nicole Bolin.

I have posted many of the portraits from that session on Facebook to promote the portrait party. Most of the comments where, "Well if I had that body..." So it made me realize that I needed to create a project I am calling, "I am fearless. I am beautiful." I see how so many of us women, no matter what age, have body issues. I know, I'm not the first to bring this up. 

So I am putting out there that I am looking for women with full bodies and mature faces. I am looking forward to exploring, body as art!

Birthing a Book

This is my fourth photo/essay book in 16 years. My new book, Fearless Women, Visions of a New World, just got released. It's been a journey to say the least, traveling to four cities to photograph the women in the book, having Fearless Events in each city as well, working with the designer and getting it to print...yes we are also publishers! We even have a new Fearless Women Global membership site! fearlesswomenglobal.com. Why do when you can overdue?
It has been gloriously creative and very exciting.

We just launched the book at a Fearless Women Los Angeles Event with a red carpet awards dinner. Me with the women from my books.

For the next few weeks, purchase a copy and a book will be ear marked to go to a fearless sister in Uganda.
To purchase your copy: fearlesswomenglobal.com

A Fearless Circle of Women

When I sit in the Circle of Gratitude, I think of the Native American Ancestors from our mountain community who say that trees that grow in a circle grow from each others' roots. It's such a great symbol of what conscious women of today are doing. We are growing from each others' roots, in our sharing, connecting and inspiring one another to listen to the calling of our heart, move through fear to our dreams, help ourselves and help the whole world. I welcome you to join fearless visionary women, Mary Morrissey, Linda Gray, Rebecca Grossman, Marsha Wieder, Mona Polacca, Kathy Eldon, Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh, Kathy Buckley, Tabitha Kyambadde, Lieutenant Colonel Karen Mertes, and the women featured in the new book, Fearless Women, Visions of a New World. Gather in the circle of fearless gratitude and inspiration at an event that will ignite the calling of your heart, inspire you, motivate you and connect you with women from around the globe. 

 Be Inspired! Be Fearless! 

 Fearless Women, Visions of a New World Los Angeles Event May 18 & 19, 2012
 Connect with women from around the world.
Where: The Sportsmen's Lodge, Conference Center, Studio City.

For information and reservations: www.fearlesswomenglobal.com/events or call 323-874-8500. Fearless Friend Special to come to both events-bring a fearless friend for half: http://www.fearlesswomenglobal.com/FearlessFriends

10% of the proceeds benefiting the non-profit A Billion Fearless Women
**When you register now, Marcia Wieder (our Keynote speaker) is offering her one day workshop "Create Your Future Now" - for free! This is a $400 value. It will be held in Los Angeles, June 23rd, 2012,9:00am to 6:30pm, Austin, August 25th, 2012, 9:00am to 6:30pm

Treat Yourself by Retreating...

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.

Special Guest Speakers, Workshops and Accommodations
(Included in your retreat):
Jean Carpenter-Backus: CPA, CFP, author of "The Naked Accountant asks: Who's Standing on Your Financial Hose?" Jean will lead a money workshop and offer "hiking money coaching" sessions. http://www.thenakedaccountant.com/, www.carplang.com

Paul and Sarah Edwards: Residents of Pine Mountain, Paul and Sarah are best known for their book, "Working from Home." Creating over 14 books on business, they will lecture on how to turn your books into profitable
E-Books.http://www.9lives4yourbook.com/about/:

Sarah-Jane, aka SunJay: www.powwowlodge.com. She will provide yoga each day in her beautiful home studio (optional). Sunjay will be available for sound healing (for an additional charge). She will lead us in drum circle ceremonies in the woods called "The Circle of Gratitude."




Pamela Jansen: Motivational Speaker, Actress, Writer, Author of "How I Became a Fearless Women" also featured in Mary Ann's book, "Fearless Women, Midlife Portraits" Pamela will speak about her own extraordinary journey to becoming a Fearless Women!

We will hike to the "Seven Sisters" and make prayer tie/intention offerings in the circle of trees with a medicine wheel built within.

Some of you will stay in our log home and others will stay at very nice mountain homes we will rent.


Sumptuous meals will be prepared by Chef Joe!

Included in Price:
Workshops
Yoga
Yummy food
Lovely Accommodations
and much more...

Available but not Included in Price:
Relaxing Massages
Sound Healing
Airfare and transportation are additional.

Cost:
$1595.00, A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required on or before
November 5, 2010, to hold your reservation and balance due by
December 5, 2010
***Bring a friend and receive a $400 discount***

Payment Plan:
Cost: $1695, A non-refundable deposit of $500 required
on or before November 5,2010
1st payment, $597.50 by December 5, 2010
2nd payment, $597.50 by January 5, 2010

Payment Type: Check, MC, Visa


The Fearless Women Mountain Retreat is limited to 15 women. It will be an intimate and powerful experience
that will transform the way you will create 2011.

Treat yourself and Book NOW!!!

To book your reservations or for more information:
maryannhalpin@aol.com
micheleatstudio@aol.com
323-874-8500

Family Holiday's

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.

Fearless Activism

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
It thrills me when my portrait photography helps a charity. My friends, Leeza Gibbons and Nancy Alspaugh asked me to do a Fearless Women Portrait for the luncheon they are hosting together on Monday, May 3, 2010. It's a Mother/Daughter luncheon to celebrate Mother's Day but also to fundraise of ACT Today for Autism and Leeza Gibbon's Memory Foundation and Leeza's Place which helps families living with Alzheimer's.

I am happy to be bringing my mom to the luncheon. I am grateful and blessed that at age 87 she is healthy, with a mind as sharp as a tack. My grandmother died due to complications from Alzheimer's. So Leeza's organization comes close to home for me.

So many children have been diagnosed with Autism. It has become an epidemic. So it is interesting that Leeza and Nancy teamed up to create a fundraising luncheon to help the young and the old. It touches us all.

If you are interested in attending go to the website: Act-today.org or call Laura Marroquin at 818-705-1625.

Here's to the Fearless Woman or Man in all of us!

Bark Avenue Foundation

Last week we participated in a fundraiser, Barking for Bedding, at Villa Firenze, a wonderful home decor store in Studio City. The evening benefited The Bark Avenue Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to ending pet overpopulation through spay and neuter, humane education and community outreach.

It was a fun gathering of people and pets all mingling, playing and making new friends. Lisa Laporta was there from HGTV, love her! I watch her show, "Design to Sell". Bark Avenue brought many little rescue dogs there and some were adopted that night. I wanted to take them all home but alas, I couldn't.

We were there promoting our photography fundraiser, "I Fearlessly Love You Fido" portraits, 2 Saturdays only March 20th & April 17th, sitting fee, $39.95 plus a 30 pound bag of dog food. All of the sitting fee going to Bark Avenue. It should be fun times in the studio! Call the studio to set up a portrait session with your Fido or Fifi and let us create a beautiful portrait for you to treasure forever! 323-874-8500

I Fearlessly Love You Fido!

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
I Fearlessly Love You Fido!
Special Fine Art Pet Portraits
By Photographer Mary Ann Halpin

Benefiting The Bark Avenue Foundtaion
Sitting Fee: $39.95 (100% going to Bark Avenue Foudation)
Included: Pet/family photographic session,
viewing/ordering session immediately following and (1) 5x7 gift portrait.
Additional portrait sizes and packages available.
Bring a 30 pound bag of dog food

Bring your favorite Fido or Fifi to capture a beautiful fine art portrait you will treasure forever...

Two Saturdays Only~March 20th & April 17th, 2010, 10am-5pm
Mary Ann Halpin Studio (Located near Universal Studios)
By appointment only~Space is limited!
www.maryannhalpin.com
323-874-8500

Fearless Woman of the Week

Becky Henry
Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.

Becky Henry became an “unwilling expert” when her daughter’s eating disorder took over the family in 2000. During those times of fear, trauma and drama, and extreme uncertainly about their daughter’s health and safety, Becky was often tempted to curl up in a ball and rock forever–but she refused to let the eating disorder win. How does a parent live through the terror of watching her child being consumed like that? Becky learned how to take care of herself so she could take care of her daughter and rest of the family. She educated herself about the disorder and soon became an advocate for other families. For several years she has conducted workshops for parents and professionals, giving them language to promote health. She learned to take the most terrifying experience and use it to rise above her circumstances and live her life with passion, and now coaches family members how to live fearlessly with this scary and demanding illness that is an eating disorder. From more than 40 family interviews, Becky has written a collection of their stories in Just Tell Her to Stop: Stories of Families Coping with Eating Disorders.
www.hopenetwork.info
www.movingmountains4health.com

Fearless Woman of the Week

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
We enjoyed seeing Cher's show in Vegas last month. We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet Cher after her show. She came straight to the green room to greet us, in costume after her finale. I sent a sword back stage to her before the show. It had "Fearless Goddess Cher" engraved on the blade. When she greeted us she told me how much she loved the sword. I gave her a sword necklace which she is wearing in this photo.
I am a great admirer of her. She has always fearlessly blazed her own trail with her extraordinary style and music. At 62, she looks amazing, dances like she's thirty something and sings better than I've ever heard her. She follows a spiritual path as a Buddist. Whatever your feeling about Cher, you got to admit, she's one fearless legand!

I Fearlessly Love You Portraits

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
Portrait of the handsome, Carlos Bernard (from the show 24) and beautiful Sherisse Baker Bernard

Unique Valentine's Saturday Special, February 13th Only:
I fearlessly Love You Portraits

Gift yourself, your loved one, family, or even your pet to a "I Fearlessly Love You Portrait" for only $99.99. The package includes one 5x7 gift portrait (valued at $150) a heart box of chocolates with a sword on it, a viewing/ordering session and a fabulous and fun portrait session that you will never forget as a Valentine's Gift.
Call the studio to book your appointment. Space is limited!
323-874-8500

Fearless Woman of the Week

Over the last two years, I have captured Fearless Women in a photographic portrait, holding a sword as a symbol of their courage. Each woman that I met conveyed to me amazing fearless stories that I will never forget. Honoring the over 150 women that I photographed, I want to attempt to feature many of them, one by one, in a "Fearless Women of the Week".

I photographed Rose Pagonis at the eWomenNetwork Conference in 2008 creating a "Fearless Portrait" for her. Coming to this country as an immigrant, Rose Pagonis married young and got divorced years later. As a single mom of three teenage children, she ignored her fears of being broke and did not accept going on welfare. Instead, she chose to make a difference by giving her kids the life they deserved. Today, she enjoys a fantastic life and a terrific real estate career in difficult economic times. She is a full time caregiver to her Mom who has Alzheimer's and is very active in the Alzheimer's Association. She started the George & Dimitra Vlahos Memory Foundation as a way to honor her parents and help others realize their dreams.
I honor Rose and her courage as "The Fearless Woman of the Week".