using php to get text with theme persona

Hello Guys!
I would like to display text under each of the images on the portfolio page of the following webstie:
andystoll.net/studio2

Obviously it is using a php generated template so I dont know how to add the textbox under each portfolio item. the following is the php code for the specific portfolio page:
Thanks in advance for all your help!!!

<!--PORTFOLIO : STARTS-->
   <div class="row layout">
    <section id="<?php echo $new_title; ?>" <?php $class = "twelve columns outer-wrap page-$count"; post_class($class); ?>>
        <div class="story">
          <div class="row">
            <div class="twelve columns add-top">
                 <h2 class="main-heading-alt  color-high"><?php echo $page_heading_booster;?> <span class="main-heading white-txt" style="color:<?php echo $theme_option['page_'.$count.'_h_color'];?> !important;"><?php echo $page_heading;?> </span></h2>
            </div>
          </div>
            <?php if($theme_option['portfolio_intro']): ?>
            <section class="row">
                <p id="work-intro" class="twelve columns medium-para white-txt pad-top pad-bottom" style="color:<?php echo $theme_option['portfolio_intro_textcolor'];?> !important;">
                <?php echo $theme_option['portfolio_intro']; ?>
                </p>
            </section>
          <?php endif; ?>

            <?php
            //Get portfolio categories
             $categories = get_categories(array('type' => 'portfolio_item', 'taxonomy' => 'portfolio_category'));
            ?>
            <section class="row">
              <ul class="filter group">
                 <li class="current all"><a href="#">All</a></li>
                <?php
                 foreach($categories as $category):
                    $categoryClass = strtolower($category->slug);
                    echo '<li class="'.$categoryClass.'"><a href="#">'.$category->name.'</a></li>';
                 endforeach;//Categories
                ?>
              </ul>
            </section>

            <article class="twelve columns">
            <div id="myworks-info" class="remove-top">

    <ul class="myworks group clearfix">
       <?php
       $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'portfolio_item', 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'ASC','posts_per_page' => 18,'paged'=>false ) );
       ?> 

       <?php
        while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
        $cate = wp_get_post_terms($post->ID, $taxonomy = 'portfolio_category');
        //print_r($cate);
        $video_url =  get_post_meta( $post->ID,'video_url',true);
        if(!$video_url){
       ?>

        <li class="item" data-id="id-<?php the_ID(); ?>" data-type="<?php  echo strtolower($cate[0]->slug); ?>">
            <a data-fancybox-group="gallery" class="fancybox-effects-d"
            href="<?php
              //Get the Thumbnail URL
              $src = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), 'full', true, '' );
              echo $src[0];
              ?>" title="">

              <div class="overlay-block"><h4 class="work-item-name"><?php  echo get_the_title(); ?></h4></div>
            <?php
            if(has_post_thumbnail()):
               the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
            else:
               echo '<img src="'.get_bloginfo("template_url").'/images/default-featured-image.png" class="portfolio-thumb" width="60" height="60"/>';
            endif;
            ?>
            </a>

        </li>  

	<?php } else { ?>

<li class="item" data-id="id-<?php the_ID(); ?>" data-type="<?php  echo strtolower($cate[0]->slug); ?>">
      <a class="fancybox-media" href="<?php echo $video_url; ?>" title="Use your mouse wheel to scroll between images. This text can be used as a title or description">
        <div class="overlay-block"><h4 class="work-item-name"><?php  echo get_the_title(); ?></h4></div>
	 <?php
            if(has_post_thumbnail()):
               the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
            else:
               echo '<img src="'.get_bloginfo("template_url").'/images/default-featured-image.png" class="portfolio-thumb" width="60" height="60"/>';
            endif;
            ?>
     </a>
</li>
       <?php } ?>

       <?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>             

            </div>
        </article>
        </div> 

    </section>
  </div>