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It’s the Stark County Fair week – and we have a booth set up to display our portraits and to answer any questions that you may have about any type of photography.

Stop by our booth and purchase a gift certificate, and we will double the amount right on the spot. It’s like magic, except we tell the computer what to do.

Take a look at another special that we have going on. If you are a senior, need a family session or have some kiddos that need their school portraits done, we can help.

Both of these specials are good for the week of the Fair. August 30-September 6, 2010.

If you cannot make it to the Fair, then give us a call at our studio. Don’t worry if we do not answer our phones. Leave us a message and we will get back to you after the Fair is over, and we will honor this special – but you must call and leave us your information for us to call you back. OR you can send us an email and we will get back to you ASAP. Click Here for our contact form.

Our family pet, a Kairn Terrier (like Toto from the Wizard of Oz) was getting jealous of us photographing other dogs, so we had to bring him to the studio for his model session.

He did very well in front of the camera. The only problem that we had was that he would not smile for us on command. My fellow photographers have commented that getting their children to pose for their portraits is difficult because they use them so often as models – as we do with our children, but I did not know that this would also be an issue with our family pet.

We had this little fellow in our studio to take some baby pictures. Unlike human babies that are extremely inactive, sleep – eat – and (something else), puppies are full of energy and can give anyone a work out trying to keep them in one spot. Next time I will have to see if meaty dog treats will do the trick, as pleading with the puppy to sit still did not do the trick.

Even with an active little puppy, we managed to capture some really cute images as well as some that were great for my blooper folder.

Today’s house hunters are turning to the Internet more and more when looking for a home. What does this mean? First impression is something that you need and its only a quick click and they move on to the next house listing on any Real Estate Website. How easy is it to take a picture of the interior of a home? Grab a point and shoot camera and start taking pictures. The one thing that you want to ask yourself is – am I doing right by my clients in showing images of their home that were taken in a hurry and that does not properly show off their home to attract the most number of clients possible?

Recently I was able to help out a local Real Estate Agent, Patti Oney (from Whipple Realty), to photograph the interior of a home that she is showing in the Alliance area. The images below are an example of what I captured using a point and shoot camera, and using a professional grade camera with the skill that a professional photographer can offer.

Living Room

As you enter the house you see the living room first.

From a point and shoot camera

Dinning Room

Dining room – professional image

From a point and shoot camera

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom – professional image

From a point and shoot camera

Bathroom

Bathroom – does it look like the tub is filled with water?

From a point and shoot camera – impossible to capture everything that was captured
on the image above this one. Is this a half bath or a full bath? It’s difficult to tell
from this image, but not from the one above.

If you are interested in finding out how we can help make your listing “POP” compared to other Real Estate Agents, and get an advantage over your competition – contact us and we will be glad to help you in selling that home for your clients.

OK – so I am a little late in posting this – but then again, I did not have this cute image to post before July 4th.

Coming back from our family vacation, which was in Nova Scotia, Canada, we had the pleasure of capturing Jazzy’s portraits, with her many clothing changes. She was such a great subject to photograph –  a little nervous upfront, but I knew that she was getting into this picture taking thing because it almost looked like she was posing on purpose. This image of Jazzy looks like she is extremely relaxed and looking like she needs to be served a doggy treat because she did so well during her photo session.

Beverly and Jazzy – thank you for coming to our studio.

Jessica and Matt tied the knot a few weeks ago. We had a little bit of rain on that day, but there is a saying “a Wet Knot is a tighter Knot”. Jessica and Matt were married, they had a great reception and we captured many images that they will charish for years to come.

The slideshow below is just a handfull of images that were captured that day.

Congrats Jessica and Matt – thank you for allowing us to share in your special day.

This Saturday is the BIG DAY for Jessica and Matt. When Matt proposed to Jessica, she did not hesitate to contact us to see if we were available for their wedding day and we were honored to have been selected to photograph their wedding. Capturing portraits during several engagement sessions with them was great as we had the opportunity to meet Matt and see how he would be in front of our cameras. We already knew Jessica from a few years back – we photographed her mother’s wedding and Jessica has worked with us as an assistant on several weddings.

The images below are table favors that we provided them, with images from their engagement session. Everyone loves pictures, and why not have something for the couple to share with their guests. Plus the guests will have our website information readily available so that they can look over images from Jessica & Matt’s wedding once we have them posted online.

Kelsey and Ronny were married this Saturday in front of the Glamorgan Castle in Alliance, Ohio. For those of you that are not familiar with this landmark in our hometown, it houses the Alliance Schoolboard (that is where all of my taxes go to) .

The ceremony was intimate with family and some close friends, followed by a reception at Bender’s Restaurant in Canton, Ohio.

Prior to the reception we took some time to capture some images of Kelsey & Ronny, and we also captured some great images after the reception.

Kelsey & Ronny – thank you for allowing us to share in your special day. Hope you are enjoying your honeymoon. Here is one teaser image from their day.

During the seminar that both Nicole and I attended, we signed up for a shoot-out. What is that? It very similar to a cook off, except whoever gets the best picture wins.

The shoot-out consisted of 5 photographers, 5 digital retouchers – we were not aware of what we were going to photograph before we were thrown into the mix. As I entered the room, I was the first victim on the photographer side of the shoot-out, I saw that I had a female model, an old wooden golf club and an orange plastic truck. And I only had 5 minutes to capture an image that I could use for my digital retoucher, which I was very fortunate to have Tabitha Norris (from The Metropolitan Gallery) do my digital retouching. From this effort we received the most number of votes from our peers, of approximately 1,000 members, on a website that ideas about anything that involves photography is shared.

Nicole and Dawn Sheree (from DS Photography) came in second place with their effort.

Here is the image that took first place:
Photographer – Bruce Nicol
Digital Retoucher – Tabitha Norris

Here is the image that took second place:
Photographer – Dawn Sheree (DS Photography)
Digital Retoucher – Nicole Nicol

Furthering our photography education is something that we strongly believe in. That is why we continually attend seminars that feature different photographers, as well as other professionals that help us improve what we can offer our clients.

We were in Chicago for the past 4 days taking private courses as well as group courses on how to improve our photography, how to see the light when photographing and collecting information on items that our clients would love to purchase to enhance their portraits from our studio.

Below is a group image that was captured of all of the attendees, as well as most of the speakers that were present at the photography seminar. As usual we had a blast, and we also connected with some of our friends that we have seen in the past. You can see that its a little bit different then your normal group portrait – well the group that we belong too challenges all of the members to offer a portrait experience that everyone will love.