Operation Smile Studios

Become an Operation Smile Studio!

In 2005, PPA Charities named Operation Smile as its charitable partner. A perfect fit for photographers, whose daily business is creating smiles for their clients, Operation Smile's mission is repairing childhood facial deformities including cleft lips and cleft palates. 

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The following studios with PPA Charities in showing the world what can be accomplished when talented and dedicated professionals work together toward a single charitable purpose: putting smiles on the faces of deserving children around the world. 

2010 Operation Smile Studios

ALABAMA
Love it Out Photography, Huntsville - Suzi McGehee*

ARIZONA

Fourwalls Photographic, LLC, Mesa - Jim Walls

Kay & Company, Phoenix - Kay Eskridge*


ARKANSAS

Beyond Photography, Benton - Sheree & Bill Ramsey


CALIFORNIA

Ana Gatchell* - San Diego

Choco Studio San Mateo - Mike Peyzner*

Christine Photography, Solvang - Christine Lester-Deats*

dePolo Photography, Menlo Park - J dePolo*

 Dylan Studios Inc., Los Altos - Kathleen Dylan*

Jesse Gabriel Photography, Scotts Valley - Jess & Susan Flippen*

inGrace Photography, Costa Mesa - Kristin Gedney Palkoner

Jen L. Molander Photography, Berkeley - Jen Molander*

 K2B Creative, Healdsburg - Kate Karwan Burgess*

Laura Cottril Photography, Walnut Creek - Laura Cottril*

Mugshots Photography, San Rafael - Linda Russell*

 Natural Light Photo Studios, San Marcos - Jayde & Khoa Nuyen*

Steve Shams Photography, Los Angeles - Steve Shams* 

Studio EMP Photography, Fullerton - Joel Maus*

Studio Montclair, Oakland - Reenie Raschke


COLORADO

Heather Sams Fine Portraits - Colorado Springs - Heather Sams


CONNECTICUT 

 Harvey Goldstein & Associates, Branford - Harvey Goldstein*

Storytellers Photography, North Haven - Joan & Rene Genest*


DELAWARE

Angie Capano Photography, Wilmington - Angela Capano*


FLORIDA

Belvedere Studio, Lakeland - Britney Fullgraf*


GEORGIA

Angel Eyes Photography, Canton - Jessica Duplantis Ball*

Clara Chambers Photography, Atlanta - Clara Chambers*

Jena Golden Photography, McDonough - Jena Golden

Visual Statements Photography, Mableton - Markesia & Korey Akinbami* 


HAWAII

Stephen Slater Photography, Hihei - Stephen Slater*

Yukotopia Inc., Hilo - Yuko Tsukamoto*


ILLINOIS

 Behnke Fine Portraiture, Mokena -  Bert & Cindy Behnke*

C. Romano Photography, Woodstock - Cindy Romano*

Lloyd Photography, Girard - Bob & Edna Lloyd*

Portrait Life, Washington - Jeff & Julia Woods*

Sarah Petty Photography, Springfield - Sarah Petty*

V Gallery, Morton - Jed & Vicki Taufer*

Wancket Studios, Spring Grove - Audrey Wancket*

Woods Studio, Clinton - Mark Woods*


IOWA

Dan Phillips Photography, Cedar Falls - Dan Phillips

Jacquelyn's Photography, Ames - Jacquelyn Olson

Kim Anne Photography, West Burlington - Kimberly LaFauce*


LOUISIANA

Bush Photography, Inc. - Baton Rouge - Heather Bush*

Romaguera Photography, Metairie - Ralph & Cindy Romaguera*


MARYLAND

digitimage, llc, Smithsburg - Christian Huerich*

 Ikona Photography Inc., Olney - Luca Caserta*


MASSACHUSETTS

Diaz Digital Discoveries, Oxford - Ed Diaz*


MICHIGAN

Angela Carson Photography, Northville - Angela Carson*

Craft Photographic Gallery, Marshall - Dennis & Lori Craft*

Portrait Scene - Sterling Heights - Peter Budabin & Tracy Harris*

TimeScape Photography LLC* - Grand Rapids


MINNESOTA

 Fitz Photo Inc., Dultuh - Mark Fitzgibbons*

David Grupa Portraits, Maplewood - David Grupa*

HMD Photography, Apple Valley - Heidi Duke*

 Anita Jader Photography, Maplewood - Anita Jader*

Jesse Valley Photography, St. Louis Park - Jesse Valley*

The Country Camera, Medina - Jenny Phillips


MISSOURI

Moments by Pat, Saddlebrooke - Pat Lambert*

Ryan Brown Photography, Lees Summit - Ryan Brown*


NEW HAMPSHIRE

AnnMarie Lidman Photography, Merrimack - Annmarie Lidman*

Candace Pratt Photography, Lee - Candace Pratt Stiteler*


NEW JERSEY

Allyson Hurley Photography, Chatham - Allyson Hurley*

Best Friend Photography, Montclair - Wendy & Michael Stahl

Danielle Richards Photography, Teaneck - Danielle Richards*

E-n-E Photography, FPO, AE - Erin L. Clark*

Lora Carr Photography LLC, Haddonfield - Lora Carr


NEW MEXICO

Christy Penn Photography, Roswell - Christy Penn*


NEW YORK

 Domenica Comfort Photographs, Pelham - Domenica Comfort*

Fred Marcus Photography, New York - Andy & Brian Marcus*

Peanut Portraits - Katonah - Philip Calaci


NORTH CAROLINA

Ascencion Photography, Kitty Hawk - Gordon Kreplin

Autumn Song Photography, Thomasville - Rodney & Karen Slate*

Cari Long Photography, Cary - Cari Long*

James Walters Photography, Raleigh - James Walters*

 Studio 104, High Point - Rick Gibbons* & Doug Penninger*


OHIO

Essenza Studio, Milford - Angela Talentino-Kurkian

Images by Karen, Orrville - Karen Smith*

Kent Smith Photography, Pickerington - Kent & Sarah Smith*

Mears Photography, Chillicothe - Kevin & Amy Mears*

Terry Ann Photography, Painesville - Terry Brooks*


PENNSYLVANIA

Monteith's Countryhouse Studios, Annville - Jim & Ann Monteith*


SOUTH DAKOTA

Emily Eggebraaten Photography, Sioux Falls - Emily Eggebraaten*


TEXAS

Ahh! Photography, Frisco - Peter & Marla Horn

Andrews Photography, Houston - Carol Andrews Jensen*

Angela Weedon Photography, Garland - Angela & Matt Weedon*

Cindy Crofford Photography, Houston - Cindy Crofford*

Cris J. Duncan Photography, Lubbock - Cris Duncan*

Don Dickson Photography, Plainview - Don & Charlcey Dickson*

Laurie A Weaver Photography, Austin - Laurie Weaver*

Kimberly Wylie Photography, Dallas - Kimberly Wylie*

Marlo Collins Photographic Artist, Waco - Cris Duncan

Parish Photography Inc., San Antonio - Charles Parish

Rachel Campbell Photography, Center - Rachel Campbell*

SnowPro Photography, San Antonio - Dawn Snow*

Winkels Photography, Round Rock - Robin Winkles*


UTAH

Heather Brown Photography, West Jordan - Heather Brown*


VIRGINIA

Delp's Photography, Galax - Sandy Worrell*

Elyse Cardon Photography, Virginia Beach - Elyse Cardon*

Joan Brady Photography, Great Falls - Joan Brady*

Photo Reflections Inc. - Newport News - John Warters*

Real Life Studios, Midlothian - Mary Fisk-Taylor* & Jamie Hayes*


WASHINGTON

Jenny Joy Photography, Auburn - Jenny Joy*

Timeless Memories, Olympia - Marie Martineau


WISCONSIN

Dave Junion - Junion Photography & After Dark Education, Schofield - Dave Junion*


INTERNATIONAL

Tait Photography, Calgary, AB (Canada) - Jean-Paul & Erica Tait


*PPA Charities honors these individuals as "Operation Smile Leadership Studios" for demonstrating outstanding leadership by becoming PPA's first Operation Smile Studios. Their donations of $240 or more, made before December 15, 2009, helped to inaugurate PPA Charities' Operation Smile Studio annual giving program.


Here's How to Become an Operation Smile Studio

For a donation of $240, you can become a 2010 Operation Smile Studio, which proclaims to your clients that you are part of an international commitment by PPA Charities to support the life-changing work of Operation Smile, the highly regarded Norfolk, Virginia-based charity that provides the gift of surgery to precious children suffering from facial deformities. Operation Smile is the charitable partner of PPA Charities.

Your donation of $240 will make it possible for Operation Smile's volunteer medical professionals and support personnel to perform a single surgery that will transform the life of a deserving child born with a facial deformity, such as cleft lip or cleft palate.

Once your donation is made, you can download a 2010 Operation Smile Studio door sign and a larger sign to frame and hang on your studio wall. Your business will appear on the Operation Smile Studio listing above.

For each $240 donation you make to PPA Charities on behalf of Operation Smile in 2010, you will be entered into a drawing for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to photograph an Operation Smile mission. To read the heartwarming narratives and view the images made by PPA photographers on previous Operation Smile medical missions, click here.

The mission drawing will take place on January 15, 2010, at the annual PPA Charities Celebration in San Antonio, Texas, the evening before the start of PPA's ImagingUSA convention.

To make your Operation Smile Studio Donation, click here.

2010 Operation Smile Studio Downloads

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2010 Door/Window Sign
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2010 Wall/Counter Sign
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Easy ways to raise funds for Operation Smile

  • Donate a percentage of each sale to benefit Operation Smile.
    Send your donations to PPA Charities as often as you can so that everyone can watch the ppacharities.com home page Smile Counter increase. Make sure that all donations for 2009 are received by December 15, 2009.
  • Designate a portion of each session fee to benefit Operation Smile.
    Send your donations to PPA Charities as often as you can so that everyone can watch the ppacharities.com home page Smile Counter increase. Make sure that all donations for 2009 are received by December 15, 2009.
  • Sell "Smile Cards" as a year-round purchase add-on to benefit Operation Smile.
    Find more information and a card template by clicking here.
  • Host a "Day of Smiles" in your studio.
    Advertise a one-day opportunity for a basic session, with all proceeds going to Operation Smile.
  • Offer a $240 retail specialty item through the year to benefit Operation Smile.
    Pick a specific product, such as a photo jewelry piece or a portrait with frame, then at the sales session inform clients that all proceeds from this item will benefit Operation Smile.
  • Offer $240 gift certificates to benefit Operation Smile.
    Try offering a $240 gift certificate for $200 as a blog or special for the first 5 callers.
  • Join with local businesses to host an event to benefit Operation Smile.