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Thank you to all our clients for letting us be a part of your lives and for referring us to others. Our continued success is due to you! Just as life is not a destination, but a journey; our new studio location and flower gardens are an ongoing project. The studio is next to a beautiful nature preserve. When the flowers were put into the garden the butterflies came from everywhere and have decided to stay. Every day, all day - it's wonderful! We continue to add new and unique ideas to keep ourselves "thinking outside the box." We encourage you to bring your ideas and work together with us to create new and fun images for your family to enjoy.

Our canvas is the changing landscape of our private butterfly gardens and pond as well as the indoor studio. In this setting, we create images that preserve quiet moments of surreal beauty and exquisite sentiment. In this day and age, with the demanding schedules we keep, our lives go by so quickly; and our families changes before our eyes. That's why, at Laake Portrait Gallery, we believe capturing relationships is as important as the beautiful, individual portraits we create of your children.

We sometimes travel to other cities to offer our unique portraits of new babies. During those weeks we are not available for sittings at our studio location. If you are interested in having us come to your area call the studio and we'll give you the details of how that works.

 

A. From Tampa Airport - Take the Veterans Hwy north. Pay 2 tolls and get off at exit 14 (VanDyke Rd.) Go left on VanDyke about 1.5 miles to first light, Gunn Hwy. Go right on Gunn about 2 miles to Lutz Lake Fern Rd. Go right on Lutz Lake Fern to 7426 Lutz Lake Fern on right (one driveway past Stillwater Subdivision). Once you turn into the driveway it will pass a house on the left, keep going to the end.

B. From St. Pete - Take 275 across the Howard Franklin Bridge. Follow signs toward Tampa Airport then follow directions A.

C1. From Clearwater - Take the Courtney Campbell Bridge to Tampa. Follow signs to Veterans, then follow directions A.

C2. Go north on McMullen Booth to Tarpon Springs / Keystone Rd. Right on Tarpon Springs about 7 miles to Gunn Hwy. Go left on Gunn to Lutz Lake Fern Rd. Go right on Lutz Lake Fern to 7426 Lutz Lake Fern - on right (one driveway past Stillwater Subdivision). Once you turn into the driveway it will pass a house on the left, keep going to the end.

D. From I 75 exit at Hwy. 56 (one exit north of Bruce B. Downs) go west to Hwy. 41 (Land of Lakes). Go left on 41 then go towards the right onto Dale Mabry. Go about 1 mile to Lutz Lake Fern. Go right on Lutz Lake Fern about 5 miles. After you go under the Suncoast Pkwy. go another 1.5 miles to 7426 Lutz Lake Fern on left (if you see Stillwater Subdivision you went one driveway too far). Once you turn into the driveway it will pass a house on the left, keep going to the end.

 

If you get lost call the studio 813.920.3350

 

Hours are from 9:00am to 5:00pm tuesday to friday. Some saturdays.


Because we do location sessions, everything is by appointment.

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