A New Client Logo

A pal of ours decided to rebrand her 6 year old marketing business and reached out to Pixels for some inspiration and a logo design. She is a brander, copywriter, strategist, blogger and calls us “family.” We love her too. We were her first clients and go way back, so the “heck yeah, we’ll take a crack at it” came fast and furious.

Ryan worked to understand the original brand and what she wanted and because they’d worked together in the past, some of it was easy and some of it was a game of Getting to Know You. She loves Mad Men, the way embossing creates a sense of “appearance out of nowhere”, Art Deco, a variety of movie production house logos, and Pre-Raphaelite painters. NO problem.

The Lady of Shallot by William Holman Hunt

She has been using orange and blue and loves that combo, so Ryan worked on tweaking those. The Focus Features intro is a favorite as well, so that was taken into consideration.

There will be more to come as she puts her new brand in motion, orders business cards, re-releases her website and further animates the dynamic gif that Ryan created by adding sound. Stay tuned for that. She has asked that we withhold the gif for now, but did share her feedback about the process.

Ryan did exactly what I try to do with my clients: he listened. He sifted through a mountain of disparate thoughts and idiotic spasms/requests and gave me something way better than I imagined.
I’m beyond thrilled.
It pays off to have such talented friends.

That’s enough for us!
If you have a branding or graphic design conundrum, project or need, we hope you’ll contact us.


We love graphic design, architectural photography and commercial photography whether logo design, brochure design, head shot photos, architectural photography or product shots. At Pixels On Paper we pride ourselves in listening to a broad range of clients and customizing our photography and graphic design services to meet each individual request. Our skills, styles, and visions come together to be a permanent record that either reflects an identity or delivers a message that speaks to thousands. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your business needs. Email us at mail@pixelsonpaper.net or call 336.990.0080 to learn more, receive a quote or to let us know how we can put our skills to work for you.

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Pixels On Paper Photographs MBI Builder’s Custom Home

Ryan took the lead on this shoot as these are definitely in his wheelhouse. MBI Builders has engaged Pixels for commercial architectural photography before and we love that they want to have us capture images for their portfolio and website. They do beautiful work, so we try to represent that. The proof is in the pudding.

This is a custom design build home at the Blue Ridge Mountain Club. The views, the architectural details and materials speak for themselves.


We love graphic design, architectural photography and commercial photography whether logo design, brochure design, head shot photos, architectural photography or product shots. At Pixels On Paper we pride ourselves in listening to a broad range of clients and customizing our photography and graphic design services to meet each individual request. Our skills, styles, and visions come together to be a permanent record that either reflects an identity or delivers a message that speaks to thousands. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your business needs. Email us at mail@pixelsonpaper.net or call 336.990.0080 to learn more, receive a quote or to let us know how we can put our skills to work for you.

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Newborn Angelina James

She’s here and she’s here early! Meet Angelina James. Her parents Jessica and Bobby are a couple we’ve known for a while and a family we love dearly. Adding to their ranks was completely approved by everyone who knows them.

This sweet girl was born 3 weeks early, but she is a healthy baby, weighing in at 8 lbs and 11 oz. The new parents and baby came to our studio and it was an easy, fun and safe shoot.

We shot Jessie and Bobby’s maternity portraits and this couple comes to PLAY. They love outfits and themes and for Angelina’s first portraits, they did not disappoint.

Purple is one of Jessica’s favorite colors and with the various and adorable outfit changes, that color still factored in.

Dad Bobby is a lacrosse coach in Charlotte and he wanted to incorporate some gear in the images. What a stitch!! This little doll fit perfectly into the goalie stick’s netting. She was equally delicious dressed up as a little elephant (another of Bobby’s choices). This child………. what a dream!

Love this image of Angelina – the wee elephant, snuggling her “lovey” and fellow elephant.

Only newborns and their parents are being hosted in our studio at this point, due to Covid-19, and our need to follow strict protocols. We will be welcoming this crew back very soon. Jessica and Bobby bought our one year baby portrait package, so we look forward to more cute outfits, more laughs and more celebration of this sweet little girl.


We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs newborns and families, special events and portraits  of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.

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Fall Portrait Sessions

We are in the midst of booking fall portrait sessions and with the mild weather and coolish temperatures, these sessions are some of our favorites. I thought for today, I would share a handful of our blogs that feature fall portraits and encourage you to book yours asap!

Find more of the Martinez family portrait blog here.

See more of the Anderson family fall portrait session.

See more of some of our favorite locations for fall portrait sessions.

Before the weather turns against us, let’s schedule your outdoor autumn portrait session. Contact us and we can make it happen!


We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs newborns and families, special events and portraits  of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.

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Expecting Baby Driver

This is not a reference to the 2017 film with Ansel Elgort and Lily James. Rather, this is a recent maternity shoot of a lovely couple in the NC Mountains. Macy & Jesse are expecting their first child, a girl, any day now. They called the pregnancy their honeymoon surprise, but will probably name the child something entirely different. 😉 They are the cutest couple.

The couple came to us when Macy was at 34 weeks and we met up in a special mountain spot, because this mama-to-be loves the mountains, loves vistas and scenery.

Despite mentioning that they are not particularly into public displays of affection, the pair were so touchy and sweet together and this helped me capture images that will become keepsakes for this family.

They say that the best gift you can give a child is a set of parents that love each other and show it. I feel good about the future for this baby girl.

Once again, during this session, I realized how absolutely ratified I feel about what I do and why. Maternity photo shoots give me such joy and every setting, especially these outdoor portrait sessions in the mountains – with Macy in her especially chosen blue dress, are just the magic.


We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs newborns and families, special events and portraits  of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States LicenseAll photos are ©2020 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.