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Dear Craig,
My wife and I have always wanted to make a family portrait worthy of passing on to our daughter, Emily, and some day on to her children. When I came across your portraits, I knew now was that time since Emily is 10 years old, and since through you we had found someone that has the ability to capture the essence of our family bond and our love of Colorado. But I must confess that based on prior experiences, I personally hate sitting for portraits and dreaded the process. Luckily my trepidation proved to be completely unjustified due to how you managed this experience and your sensitivity in working with my family. The first step was the friendship and trust that you built with our family. I never thought that I would say this, but you made it enjoyable. The setting was beautiful, the process was fun and my family stopped for a great mountain dinner before going home. I knew that we would have a great family keepsake in the form of this gorgeous portrait, but we also found warm memories that will never be forgotten. We are very proud to show this portrait to everyone and can not thank you enough for helping us create our family treasure. I know we will keep in touch.
Thank you,
Dave, Ellie & Emily Norwood
Lakewood, CO
Dear Craig,
What an absolute delight you made or our day up in Vail for our photo shoot. From locating the perfect site... to entertaining two teenaged boys who were, shall we say, a bit reticent... to capturing the perfect image for us on canvas... (Dare I also credit you with the uncannily good weather and ideal lighting that day?) Truly our experience could not have been more enjoyable, or successful in its results.
Having spent so many years enjoying the Rocky Mountains, it was only fitting that this “already treasured” heirloom reflects our family's love of Colorado as well as for one another. And with great skill you have managed to merge both of these themes artfully into a stunning image which will call to mind not only the many moments our family has shared here, but also the laughter and camaraderie enjoyed that day, "on location" with you and your team.
Again, our heartfelt and most sincere thanks,
The Packard Family
Craig,
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you implicitly for all that you have done for our family. Taking the family portraits was not only fun, but extremely entertaining as well! You conducted yourself with the utmost professionalism, yet still managed to entertain us and make us laugh out loud the entire time, "No small feat" let me tell you. It is easy to associate family pictures with stiff, uptight, stuffy environments and annoying photographers who yell commands such as "cheese" and "show me your teeth." Our experience with McNeil portraits was exactly the opposite, and one that we will remember for years to come. It is very important to preserve history, and to take the necessary measures to ensure that your memories are captured correctly, and in a style that appeals to you. You managed to do all of this and more! Once again thank you so much for making this experience enjoyable for our family, and we look forward to working with you in the future.
Sincerely,
The Sherrill Family
We want to thank you for the great experience you provided for us in creating a beautiful family portrait for us. With a small baby and young grandchildren we were a bit concerned about getting a good picture. However, there was no need for concern because you and your asistant made the entire session a lot of fun! You were calm and easygoing and very positive and upbeat. Even the members of our family who dislike having their pictures taken were attentive and enthusiastic. It was a great family time. We also appreciated the care and concern you showed in making sure the final portraits were to our liking. We were very impressed with the process and the final product. These portraits will be a treasured heirloom for our family. Upon seeing our portraits displayed in our home, our friends have been inspired to have their family portraits done also. We recommended they contact you! Thank you, Craig, for making this a pleasurable experience from beginning to end!
Doug & Mary Windemuller