From the Haugen Heart

I LOVE the Holidays! Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, beautiful music, candles, cozy fire in the fireplace, presents, Christmas trees and lots of hubbub. I love it all! To add to the craziness, we have some crazy sales going on at Haugen's... Gift Certificates are 25% off, Black Friday Door Busters, Holiday Card Special... make sure to read on to find out more! Black Friday @ Haugen's! Friday, November 26th Yes, you read it right, we're doing a BLACK FRIDAY DOORBUSTER from 4 to 6 am on the day after Thanksgiving (yes, I mean the wee small hours of the morning when all the sane people will be sound asleep). In fact, I plan to be one of those sane people at home in bed so don't come beating on the door of the studio at 4 am. Just log onto your computer (or your Iphone while waiting at Fred Myers to buy socks) and purchase our BLACK FRIDAY special. During those hours we are offering a certificate for a Signature Portrait Session PLUS $100 toward your portrait session fo...

We all have our heroes. Some are famous, some are not. Abraham Lincoln is at the top of my list of famous heroes. This week I met a man who is never going to be famous but goes on my list of heroes because of his courage, his pride and his belief that no debt goes unpaid. The story began a few weeks ago when I picked up the phone at the studio. The voice at the other end was craggy but vibrant. "Hello, my name is Wes, I am a Navy veteran." "A few years back, I donated a model of a Corsair airplane to the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville and I haven't been able to go to the museum in years to see it. I am crippled up and can't really get out and about anymore. I would like to pay you to go and take pictures of it so I can feel like I am right there looking at it." “You called the right place,” I told him, “Neil and I love that museum and we would love an excuse to go and take photographs.” I never told him what our normal fee would be for travel ...