Matthew and Sandy Jagmin ~Marketing, Virtual Tours, Photography~

I am tasked by realtors to go into all kinds of homes to photograph them. Most are beautiful homes and some even leave me with a little house envy.

Around here right in the middle of the US we don't have any beach front property, very few grand cityscape views, but we do have our own marvelous touches of nature.

Wouldn't you love to look out your window and see this everyday?

Boasting 25k sq ft of gallery space Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will display American Art from the Colonial period all the way up to the 20th century.

They have announced some of the works that will be part of the permanent collection: Hudson River School masterwork Kindred Spirits by Asher B. Durand; Charles Willson Peale’s 18th century painting of George Washington; Gilbert Stuart’s George Washington (The Constable-Hamilton Portrait); Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand by Thomas Eakins; Spring, by Winslow Homer; Martin Johnson Heade’s Cattleya Orchid, Two Hummingbirds and a Beetle; and Marsden Hartley’s Hall of the Mountain King.

According to the official website the museum will encourage regular visits by linking to local neighborhoods with walking trails. The grounds will accomodate group activities such as concerts, fairs, gatherings, and meetings. The Parks and Gardens will be available for play, picnics, and fun.

When I'm not shootin' Real Estate...

The portraiture division of my business, Enchanted Prints Photography, has just recently been selected to participate in Operation: Love ReUnited. Operation: Love ReUnited is a program which aims to give back to our soldiers by providing military themed family photos for deploying, deployed and returning military families. Deploying soldiers can have photos taken of them and their family and the album will be shipped to the soldier once he/she is deployed, providing them treasured images while they are away from home. Families of currently deployed soldiers can have photos taken and an album will be shipped to the deployed soldier hopefully helping the time away from home go by a little easier. Photos can also be taken at the reunion as a soldier returns from deployment capturing the joys of the homecoming forever. All of this is provided at no cost to the military family.

From the first second I heard about this program I knew we had to participate, and I feel very honored to be able to give back in this way. I know deployment is difficult at best and if I am able to use my talents to put even the smallest smile on the face of someone out there leaving their family to serve our country, I'd do so in a heartbeat.

If you know of a soldier that qualifies tell them about the program, we are honored to use our talents to give back.