Wow! Looks like we are in the Calendar business. Besides doing a 2010 Version of the Breast Cancer Survivor Calendar which will benefit the American Cancer Society, we will be doing another Bachelor Calendar which will benefit the Hillsborough Humane Society. There may even be another calendar on the horizon. We're inckuding here two images from our past calendars. Just a reminder of the incredible people we worked with the last times.
The first is Peggy Sherry - our August from the Breast Cancer Survivor Calendar.
The second is Dave Liehr - our June in the Bachelors of Sun City Center.
With our continued watch on the economy, we have noticed things are not snapping back as quiuckly as we all had hoped. In talking with many of you, we have heard you express how much your family means to you and how the family values are more important than ever to all of you. Too, many of you have told us how you want to have your family portrait made, to capture your family at this time in their life, but that you just don't have the funds or that it is just a little more than you can afford at this time.
We have heard you and have decided to roll our prices back to what they were in 1985. This is a 50% reduction on our current prices. We are doing this for the months of June and July and hope you will take advantage of our lower prices to have your families photographed. The kids are out of school, the older ones are home from college. Now is a perfect time to get those images done, you can even use them later this winter for gifts for the family. You know, portraits are the one gift no one returns or re-gifts.
Recently, we photographed Dr Sage Campione and her dog, Cara Mia. She is going to use the images on her website and for advertising purposes, but they would make great gifts for her family as well. We wanted to share them with you.
Sorry I haven't been here for a few weeks. I had to make a trip to West Virginia with my daughter to attend a funeral and we were gone from Mother's Day until last weekend. Hope all is well with everyone. I am working on the May Newsletter and coming up with some neat "stuff". If you don't receive the newsletter, go to the E-Newsletter page just above and you can read the archived ones there. We have tried to keep them informational to help you with your own photography. This month's topic is 6 Ways to Better Vacation Photos. I hope they give you some ideas. If you like the Newsletters and want to subscribe, there is a button on the newsletter that will get you on the mailing list.
We are participating in an informative program for seniors and parents of seniors in the Fishhawk Area on May 20 at the Palmetto Club. Our goal that evening is to show that senior portraits need not be boring. That they can be "edgy", elegant, fun or traditional. We have a lot of fun with the kids when they come to the studio. It helps keep us yooung at heart. I am attaching a slide show of some of the last two year's seniors for you to see.
As you can see our Blog has a new look. We are still trying to figure out the new features and how to make our links work the way they did before. Please bear with us as we approach the learning curve. You will notice we have copied some of the old posts and included them here as we didn't want to lose them. The neat thing about it is that we can now post video on the site. Check out the one of Morgan below. It is Awesome!
Last week we did a Model Portfolio for Morgan and decided to make a "Splash" for her. It is a new Senior Product that we heard about and though Morgan is not yet a senior, we decided her session was perfect for one of these. They can also be made from children's sessions. It is a good way to show some of the many images we do in a session.
Morgan was fun. She had her hair and makeup done by Kim Wirick from South Shore Day Spa & Salon. We did several different clothing changes and were able to capture her personality for the portfolio.
This year the number of boys photographed for their senior photos have outnumbered the girls. We had a blast! They are such fun and we have been able to get some really unique images for them. Here are two.
Greg Mc Daniel, Bloomingdale High School
Cory Valencia, Newsome High School
f you know any seniors not happy with their "school" senior portraits, from Bryn-Alan, Leonard's or wherever, have them give us a call. We have fun, you can bring your own music and ideas and we will help you express who you are. There is no reason not to have the photos from this special time in your life and have ones you like.
Wow! We hosted the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce's Networking at Noon along with Doreen and Mike Freid of Robecks Fruit Smoothies and Healthy Eats.
An event that normally lasts an hour went from 11:30 am until nearly 2 pm with good food, lots of laughter and a multitude of door prizes. Over 140 people attended the event and spent quality time networking with other businesses. All three of the sales areas in the photographic studio were occupied by people carrying on serious networking - the purpose of the lunches. The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce offers many such opportunities free to their members. Each month there are coffees, lunches and after hours. These are part of the MVPs (Member Value Perks) that you receive as a member of the Chamber. We were amazed at the number of people who came to the lunch and appreciative of the response of the Chamber Community. The lunches are held the third Tuesday of each month and guests are welcome. Call the Chamber for more information. 813-689-1221.
We received the plaque from Jeff Sheffer of IT Solutions. Jeff is co-chair of the Small Business Development Committee at the Chamber. We love Jeff, he has become a good friend over the past three years. We see him everywhere - involved in most everything that happens in Brandon or at the Chamber. Jeff's business was Small Business of the Year in 2007, an honor we were privileged to receive in 2008.
