Graduation is just around the corner and your senior doesn't look at all like he or she did in June or July when they had their Yearbook portraits done. Can you still get portaits made? Absolutely! If fact, many seniors have their portraits done during the spring of the year, when they look like they will on graduation. At Huth & Booth we specialize in capturing your senior the way they look now. We allow an hour for our sessions, not the ten to fifteen minutes the "other" photographer gave them last summer. We have many background choices, and are creative in the poses we take. We offer a relaxed, fun environment photographing one person at a time. We can show your senior's personality and what makes them unique. Our price list is easy to read and understand, and we offer 1-2 week delivery of your finished portraits.
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Recently The Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce awarded their annual awards. We are proud to say we have photographed them all here at Huth & Booth sometime in the last three years.
Brown Comfort Systems was awarded the Business of the Year. Recently we photographed Deforest and Shanisha Brown and their boys, Forest and Deven. What a neat family! We had a ball with them. Here are a few of the images.
This is the one of the family.
Forest
Congratulate them when you see them.
The Business Person of the Year went to Walt Vickers of St. Law Pest Control Services. Walt has been very active in the Chamber serving on the Board for three years. Here is an image of Walt and Bonnie we did when they had their family portrait done a little over a year ago.
The Ambassador of the Year this year was Joe Eletto. What a hard worker Joe is! We have known Joe since we joined the Chamber back in 2006. He has his fingers in several pies - Century 21 Beggins and Pure4U. The man nevers quits working as he is always out there for the chamber as an Ambassador.
The Volunteer of the Year is Donna Fore. Anytime the Chamber has a function Donna is there volunteering her time to see the functions are a success. Donna and Pat run PF AutoGlass and Donna sells Mary Kay Cosmetics. She has a busy life. This portrait we took of them last year and it is one of my favorites.
The last award was for Citizen of the Year. Jim Johnson of Mosiac was selected for this honor. Jim was president of the Chamber in 2007. There is not an event in the community that Jim doesn't support. He is in all the Chambers; Brandon, Riverview, and Ruskin and represents Mosiac at all of them. What a big supporter of the community they are. Jim does so much for us all. It is an award that was greatly deserved. We did Jim's portrait for the Chamber and it hung in their office from the year he was President.
Be sure and let any of these winners you see know you are happy for them.
Mother's Day and Father's Day are coming May 10 and June 21. Recently we photographed the Case children for the parents.As I looked at the images we had created, I realized what great gifts they will be for grandparents. We chose one of the three together and I think you will agree that we captured their personalities.
We decided to print them in an enhanced black and white . It concentrates all the attention to the kids themselves. Color images sometimes take away from the impact that the faces can have.
Kids change so quickly, we need to capture each stage of their growth. I have so many wonderful memories of my kids growing up and they are prompted by portraits I had done as they grew. If you want to check out the "7 Stages of Childhood" go to our newsletter last month and read all about them.
Our good friend Kitty Cunningham, the Executive Director of the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce, is retiring this week. We have enjoyed working with Kitty for the past three years. She has been the driving force behind the Chamber and she will be greatly missed. She has become a personal friend as well as Ed's golf buddy. We wish her luck in her retirement and are envious of her travel plans...a cruise through the Mediterranean, what a great trip!
We coerced her into coming into the studio last week so we could do a nice portrait to put with this blog. If you see her, wish her luck and a good retirement.
One of the things we love to do is to portray people with something about which they are passionate. For many people this is their business. John and Kay Sullivan are behind the development of Winthrop Square and the homes in that area of Riverview. When we were asked to photograph John for his portrait as Chairman of the Board of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, we asked if we could also do his portrait at Winthrop. The building behind John is The Times Building - one of his favorite buildings in the plaza.
One of the best tools to use in the marketing of your business is an image that reminds your clients of who you are. That could be a head and shoulders portrait or it could be one of you working in your own environment. Statistics show us that when people can associate a face with a business, they are more likely to call that business. In an economic time like this, we need all the help we can get. Use your image on everything you do in the marketing part of your business - your business cards, your website, your brochures, your emails. It is important to keep your name and face in front of your clients. Plan on something each quarter in the year. Put it on your calendar so that you don't forget when the time comes. The way to have repeat business is to keep your past clients thinking about you.
Wanted to share with you an image we took of Savannah and Brennan for their parents. Sometimes we are just lucky and get the greatest kids and I think you will agree we were able to capture the love of these two for each other. We had such a good time with them and I love the way you can see their personalities just shining through in the image.
We were honored to photograph Tammy and Paul Holmberg and theeir family at the beach right before Christmas. Tammy is the Honorary Mayor of Brandon and is seen everywhere. We had the most perfect day at the Beach and the image we captured is awesome, if we do say so ourselves. We just had great clients.
Jake ended the morning chasing the birds on the beach. Sometimes it's fun just to be a kid.
