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We always enjoy hearing from our past wedding photography clients, especially when their family has grown by 2 feet. About 4 years ago, we photographed Cari and Shawn’s wedding day and we recently heard from Cari regarding her son’s 9 month old pictures.

Here is one image that we captured.

Cari & Shawn – thank you for allowing us to capture an image of your growing family. We look forward to capturing other important “steps” in your lives.

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.

When is the best time to have your little bundle of joy photographed? Immediately – because we can capture the new baby smell. Just kidding. The reason we like to photograph newborns between 0-2 weeks of age is because we can capture them sleeping and we can have them in position that are comfortable to them which makes great portraits.

Here is a little guy that we photographed recently. He was the perfect little gentleman, and we loved the images that we captured of him.

Are you expecting a bundle of joy soon? Call (330-821-7714) or email us to schedule your maternity or newborn appointment.

Tuesday I met Henry, the English Bull Terrier. What a great dog and friendly – just watch out for the wagging tail.

He did such a great job at coming in to a strange place, have to sit still – and then get his picture taken. For a one and half year old dog, I think he did VERY well.

Here is Henry.

Nicole and I are currently visiting a senior photographer in Indiannapolis.

Scott Crosby is a photographer that thinks out of the box and gives his senior clients something different and new. This gives them the chance to be unique and to have images that no one else would capture for them. The big thing is that his seniors have FUN. Yep FUN while being photographed. This fun concept is something that we incorporate into all of our portrait sessions and is crucial for our wedding couples. Why? Because it relaxes everyone that we are photographing so that the image that we capture looks natural and not “forced”. When others look at the images we want them to say WOW – that is a really cool portrait.

Check out our portfolio to see what we have to offer and contact us to see how we can help you capture life’s important moments they way they should be captured.

What a great visit from one of our new furry friends.

Samson is a 2 year old rescue dog that Amy adopted. He’s a little large as a German Shepard, but he is so tame and loves his treats. I had a fun time capturing images of him, and the best thing is that Amy loved the images. Like many 2 year olds he had a lot of energy and could hardly sit for long to have an image taken. No big deal – this is why we take our time to capture great images of pets. We understand that they can be nervous in front of strangers pointing a strange thing at them.

I just added a new item on the “must have” for studio items – nice meaty dog treats. Amy had these with her, so we were covered – I was so thankful for this. Like human models, furry models like payment too – just in the form of doggy treats. In Samson’s case – Trail Bologna.  As you can see it’s HARD work being a Super Pet Model.

Amy – thank you for allowing us to photograph your furry friend.