10/15/2023

Kathy is a featured guest on Building Fortunes Radio

My writing adventures are starting to get traction these days… especially with my latest book project Health-a-Pedia. Life took me […]
10/05/2023

Another Commissioned Painting

One of my clients knew that I did acrylic painting and thought a perfect present would be a painted portrait […]
08/30/2023

ImageWerks to Host Ribbon Cutting and Series of Career Accomplishments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             CONTACT: August 30, 2023                  […]
06/11/2020

Another Pet Portrait Commission — Marla the Greyhouse

I’m excited to share my latest painting commission… a friend reached out when her pup, Marla passed away during COVID-19… […]
03/22/2020

Tips to Stay Happy, Healthy + Business Growth

How to use “self-isolation” as a tool for personal growth! Now that you’re prepped for “self-isolation” and you have enough […]
10/04/2019

Commissioned Paintings to Remember a Loved One

Two months ago I was contacted by a gentleman who wanted to commission a painted portrait. I told him that […]
08/22/2019

Bella’s Mural for Covenant United Methodist Church

This past spring we were given the opportunity to create a custom mural for the new education building for Covenant […]
08/19/2019

Photo Restoration: keychain photo to print!

We were recently asked by a client if we could create a print of one of his favorite photos of […]
08/10/2019

Muggle’s Painting!!

Recently I was commissioned by a networking friend to create a painting of his girlfriend’s dog, Muggle. I had no […]
08/06/2019

Debbie’s Personal Branding Session

I’ve been doing photography for a while now—but haven’t jumped into the latest “rage” of doing personal brand photography until […]
08/05/2019

Fun Family Photo Session | Myrtle Beach Photographer

I was going through some of my archived photoshoots and came across this one I did back in N. Virginia […]
09/14/2018

Tips for Salvaging Flood & Water Damaged Photos

So, as we are sitting in safety up here in Woodbridge, VA and my husband has the television on watching […]
12/20/2016

Come With Us! Storytelling with Photography Cruise to Bermuda

It’s never too early to start planning your summer vacation. Why not join us on a very special cruise from […]
11/11/2016

“SoCo Neighbors” Joins the ImageWerks Family

Another publication has joined the ImageWerks family… We are very grateful to be the lead photographer for this new magazine, SoCo […]
11/16/2015

Bringing the Past Back to Life: Photo Restoration

I thought it might be fun to share a little photo restoration project we just did. The original image was […]
11/04/2015

Fun & Creative Family photography session–Northern Virginia Family Photographer

Oh what fun we had at the Workhouse Arts Center… the Luncefords were fun, easy going & really wanted to […]
10/07/2015

ImageWerks Photographer for the 2016 Business Resource Guide

Did you get it yet? The 2016 Business Resource Guide that is. ImageWerks is pleased to have been the photographer […]
08/11/2015

ImageWerks Wins Best of Prince William 2015 (2nd year in a row!)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kathy Strauss kathy@imagewrks.net 703-492-8215 ImageWerks Wins “Best of Prince William” Award. Each year, Prince William Today […]
03/03/2015

Malones of Manassas New Chef

How pleased we were when Malones of Manassas asked Kathy to take headshots for the newest member of their team, […]
01/25/2015

Wine, Nibbles & Scribbles featured in Washington Post!

Wine, Nibbles & Scribbles was featured in the Washington Post | Prince William Extra section (front page!) on January 25, […]
09/04/2014

ImageWerks Wins Best of Prince William 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kathy Strauss kathy@imagewrks.net 703-492-8215 ImageWerks Wins Two “Best of Prince William” Awards Lake Ridge Company Voted […]
08/12/2014

Hot off the Presses! (again) Spotlight on Prince William 2014

ImageWerks is pleased to have been the photographer again for the publication, Spotlight on Prince William this year. This is […]
01/13/2014

Kathy to be a part of Create You Telesummit!

This is a direct repost of the email I got this morning from my friend, teacher & mentor… Whitney Freya. […]
10/21/2013

Cameron’s quinceneara family photos

What a delightful young lady… she opted for a family photo shoot for her quinceneara. Happy 15th birthday Miss Cameron………  […]
09/03/2013

Artist Turned Entrepreneur – Potomac Local article

Very honored to have been interviewed for this article in today’s Potomac Local. Hope you enjoy it! All of this […]
08/30/2013

Hot off the Presses! New Spotlight on Prince William

Hot off the Presses! New Spotlight on Prince William ImageWerks is pleased to have been the photographer for the publication, […]
08/24/2013

Joe & Kelly get married!

This was a beautiful June wedding – a hot summer day too! But, Joe & Kelly were glowing and so […]
04/19/2012

Using Photographs to Support Content Marketing

I saw this post the other day & it was too good not to repost here. It’s everything I’ve been […]
11/06/2011

What Do Art & Education Have to Do with One Another?

What does being a kid again & creativity have to do with one another? It’s a thought that crosses many people’s […]
10/23/2011

Reliving My Past… or I Should Say – Clearing the Dust

Over the past couple of weeks my husband has been nagging me to go through our daughter’s old room & […]
10/09/2011

To Spec or Not to Spec – that is the question

Many times we’ll see jobs posted that ask us to come up with a design spec for a project even […]
08/03/2011

Being a Part of History

If you’ve been following the news in our parts you know that the 150th anniversary of the start of the […]
06/29/2011

Getting Creatively Fit with a Corporate Twist

Again – it’s one of those delayed posts, where have I been? It’s been an exciting time in the life […]
02/04/2011

Another Nod of Excellence

I apologize for not keeping up with our blog – inbetween life, the universe & everything…. something had to give […]
07/17/2010

I’m Published! In CNNMoney.com No Less

Wow! What a surprise when I got an email from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce saying that CNNMoney was […]
07/07/2010

What to Look for When Hiring a Designer

When looking to hire a designer for your next project, a team, your company, whatever your creative/communication needs are… you […]
06/05/2010

Connecticut gal in the south

What a difference…  I’m a Connecticut native & last evening I experienced the south (again). Our kids live in North Carolina, but […]
06/02/2010

Reviving the Creative Conversation

Back in January, the excuse for not contributing to our blog was I was busy – and then 6 months […]
01/19/2010

Been a while… why?

When you realize that the new year (2010) has come and started—you begin to ask yourself where did the last […]
10/31/2009

ImageWerks Wins Business of the Year Award!!

ImageWerks, lc Named Home Based Business of the Year by the Prince William County Regional Chamber of Commerce WOODBRIDGE, VA […]
10/09/2009

Two-sided Creativity

For a long time we’ve been telling people all about our business & our talents. They know that GC & […]
09/25/2009

where has the time gone?

Dear g-d… where has the time gone? It seems like just last month we were in Spokane sitting on the […]
08/12/2009

Success & Marketing

I do alot of reading or investigating of what to do to market our business & our clients. There seems […]
08/07/2009

creative intuition

This evening, I thought I would sit & see if I could tap into a part of myself that I’ve […]
08/05/2009

ideas rolling in my head…

I’ve been thinking to myself that when I decided to start writing a blog, it was a gut wrenching idea. […]
08/02/2009

new ideas… staying positive

Today was an interesting process. When I say process, I actually mean working a process to my day. I’m working […]
07/31/2009

deadlines & creativity….

just simple post this evening… wait – it’s morning! why is it that everytime there is a deadline, the creative […]
07/30/2009

How am I creative? Am I? Are we?

I wonder, am I creative? Do people like my work? For that matter, do people like the way we do […]
07/29/2009

1st National Juried Photography Show

What an exhausting day. Really a day of excitment—the 1st National Juried Photography show was hung today at the Workhouse […]
07/26/2009

Photography & Illustration….

Photography & illustration are really important to us—photography for Kathy, illustration/painting for GC. If we had our way, we would […]