New Blog

We have a new website and a new blog. Our website has the same domain, www.evamagana.com. Our new blog is located at: http://evamagana.squarespace.com/. Follow us over and let us know what you think!

Spring Portraits and Beach Session Portraits 2010 Promotions

We just emailed our current clients with all of the information for our Spring Portrait Session Promotions and Beach Portrait Sessions 2010! The event dates are as follows

Spring Portrait Sessions:

We are scheduling sessions for March 13-14 & 27-28 and April 17-18 & 24-25. Sessions must be booked by March 15 to take advantage of the special package pricing. But don't wait, these spots fill up within a few weeks of posting the information.

Beach Portrait Sessions in Port Aransas, TX:

We are scheduling sessions for July 8-11 and August 5-8. We have limited appointments and they book quickly! If you book your session by February 28, you receive a complimentary 11x14!

We have great packages and promotions for both types of sessions. Our Spring Portraits and Beach Sessions book extremely quickly. Call us right away or email us for additional package and promotion information. We look forward to chatting with you and photographing you and your family!

Haiti: Helping in any way we can!

We are trying to do our part for the people in Haiti. Struck by two earthquakes in one week is unimaginable to me. I can't fathom what they must be going through. Most have lost everything they owned, many loved ones, and have no food or water.

We will be donating 10% of the profits from all January orders to the American Red Cross and Food for the Hungry. Although one person cannot do enough, together we can all make a difference. Ask yourself what can you do to help. Give one, ten, twenty dollars. Whatever you can give will help tremendously. Give to a trustworthy organization like www.americanredcross.org or www.fh.org.

Waiting for Benjamin!

My long time clients and friends drove in from Corpus Christi so that I could photograph their family/maternity session. We had such a great time! Their last session was one of our beach sessions in Port Aransas in 2007. The girls have grown so much and get even more beautiful and well mannered every time I see them. Mommy looks amazing and is waiting for Baby Benjamin any day now. Can't wait to meet the little turkey who is weighing over 8 lbs. already and is still in the womb! Wow! Poor Mama!!! Well he is one blessed little baby. So much love awaits him!

Back to work!!!

I have had a wonderful few weeks to relax with the family during and after the holidays. We've been back to work for a several weeks now and it is hard to concentrate with such an adorable distraction! My little Emma. She is at such a fun stage. She is crawling and having a blast trying to get into trouble every time I turn around. She is trying to stand and take off running. I just can't believe she is almost nine months. Time is going by way too fast and I wish I could just stop it just for a moment. My boys are nine and five and I'm having so much fun with them, too. I can't believe I'll have a tween in my hands in only a couple of years. When I hear him talk about his crushes I feel like I already do! So, I am trying to live life to the fullest and enjoy every minute I can with my munchkins!

I didn't get a chance to post any images of my kiddos at Christmas since I was so busy ensuring all our clients received their orders in time for the holidays! These are a few of my favorites!

A Salvadorean Orphanage Needs Your Help!

Can you believe Christmas is around the corner and I have yet to buy one present? I have been so busy preparing Christmas cards and holiday orders for shipping. But I have no worries. I'm sure I'll get all of my shopping done in two days, as always. As soon as I have some free time, I'll be able to upload some images from our recent sessions. Can't wait!

For now, I'd like to share two things that are very dear and near to my heart! I love children! I would have a fourth if I could! When I see a child hurting, my heart aches! I was recently put in contact with a non profit organization, Stand By Them, www.standbythem.org. Click on the link and read all about them. They help provide funding for an orphanages in Latin America. When I heard about them, God put it in my heart to help in any way I could!

Most of us will celebrate Christmas in our comfortable homes making memories with our children and exchanging gifts with those we love. But so many children all over the world are not as fortunate as ours are, especially those that don't have a mother or father to provide them with love and to meet their basic needs. Please click on the link to see how you can help: http://www.standbythem.org/Stand_by_Them/Events. There will be a concert benefiting an orphanage in El Savador, Fundacion Albergue on Friday, December 18th, 7:00 p.m. Read all about it, and I pray you can be there! If not, pray, and see if there is another way in which you can help! Have a great week! BlessingS!

Such great kids!

In the midst of such a busy season, I wanted to share one of our recent sessions with Joseph, who is now two! I can't believe I first photographed him when he was only four weeks. He is such a beautiful spirit and handsome boy! We had a chance to run and play in his backyard and empty field. Any boy's dream, he was able to play in his dad classic!!! Woohoo!

We also had a chance to photograph three of his older siblings! I loved chatting and catching up with them! They all are just beautiful and well-mannered! Just a pleasure to photograph and talk to! Loved hanging out with them!

More to come soon when I have some time to post!

A Brave Dragon Slayer and a Beautiful Ballerina

I have been having such a great time photographing since I returned back from maternity leave in August. I must admit, it is challenging to manage the business and an infant, but I am managing... Of course, I have been so busy that I've neglected our blog!!! I keep reminding myself to update it with images from recent sessions and of my growing kids, specifically of Emma, but, by the time I realize it, I've taken care of the kids, the house, dinner, client correspondence, editing, order fulfillment, shipping, marketing, even Facebook, but, "Blogging" has taken a back seat. NOT GOOD!

So I thought I'd update with a recent session of the most adorable kids (and their parents, of course)!!! He was a brave dragon slayer searching for dragons in the wild area of "Cibolo Nature Center", ha, ha!!! He was so adorably handsome and sweet. Of course, like most four year olds, he could not and would not sit still for more than a minute and has such an active imagine. But that is why I love my job so much. My favorite task is to run after happy, active kiddos. My second boy is exactly that way, so I felt right at home!

The beautiful ballerina was just precious and happy! Oh, she loves her brother; and mommy and daddy always brought a smile to her face. And of course our famous Mr. Frog did too!!!

This was such a beautiful family! I can't wait to finish editing! Enjoy the images. I did go a little crazy on the number I'm posting, but I just thought these kids were adorable. I do promise I'll post some updated portraits of my own kids soon. Emma has changed so much!

More Images to Share, New Website Coming Soon!

I must admit, juggling running a home, two school age boys, a 4 month old, and a photography business is nothing to sneeze at! I knew it would be time consuming, and I was right. However, I have to say that I am enjoying every minute of it all. I am truly blessed that I not only do what I love for a living, but I am able to set my own schedule! And I am ectstatic when I get to work with bouncing, happy babies! The beach sessions were a total success and I've spent alot of time working on editing them while also spending time photographing sessions here in San Antonio. Of course, I have found some time to photograph my own little ones. Although my oldest isn't little anymore... If all of that weren't enough, we are working on going live with our brand new website! We are still working on some last minute details but hope to have it up for you all within the next few weeks. I am so excited!!!

I've posted a few of my favorite images from the last month. I hope you enjoy! Almost all of our weekends are booked between now and November. Call or email us right away if you will be interested in a holiday portrait session. Do not delay, as we do anticipate being completely booked within then next week or two.