Palmer Studio

Specialties

Children & Baby Portraits

Family Portraits

Pet Portraits

Studio Portraits

Location Portraits

Wedding Photography

Event Photography

Photo Restoration

Passport Photos including American, Canadian & all other countries — same day service

ID Cards — same day service

History

Established in 1958.

It has been the pleasure of the Palmer family to photograph families and weddings in Mobile and all along the Gulf Coast for over 50 years.

Palmer Studio actually started in 1946 when W. F. «Buddy» Palmer began his career photographing neighbors and their children. Some of those families are still our clients and we are on the fourth generation of photographing children and weddings. In 1958, the first store studio was opened «At the Loop» on the corner of what is now Airport Boulevard and Williams Street. Business thrived, even in a recession, and in 1966 the studio moved three doors east to our current location.

Parents, brothers, sisters, and aunts, have all been a part of the studio. We have gone

from Black and White and hand-​colored portraits made with sheet film cameras and flash bulbs, to roll film cameras with electronic flash for color weddings and

portraits, to the finest high-​resolution digital cameras.

Meet the Manager

Gretchen W.

Manager

Gretchen maintains after over a decade in the professional photography industry she has never had a client, she just makes new friends and creates the most beautiful portraits of them & their children. Expect a one-​on-​one personal experience when you come to Palmer Studio as Gretchen will handle every aspect your session from your pre-​consultation where she will help you decide what to wear, to the session itself where she will masterfully pose you & your family, to the proofing appointment where she will help you decide which of your portraits will be the ones to display on your wall for years to come. If you are coming in for portraits of your children, look out — the way she works with kids is unbelievable. She tells parents just to sit back, and watch the magic unfold, and it does! Be ready for a fun filled session with a little humor, brutal honesty and breathtaking portraits.