We just posted our company page on Facebook!    If you have a FB account, log on and become a fan!  We’ll get some images linked to your FB page too.  Just send a friend link and become a fan.

We’ve been designing some really unique holiday cards this year.  We can take photos from any of your previous sessions, or, come out and photograph your family.  Our cards are custom designed and printed on premium card stock.  This is the same stock we use for our Save the Date cards. 

If you’re still looking for something unique to send this year, give us a jingle or an email-jingle and we’ll get you started.  Here’s a sample card design.  This is a 5×7 postcard style design.

It’s that time a year again…time to update your family portrait.  Everyone always says they want a portrait taken in the Fall.  Well, now’s your chance!  Plus, they make GREAT holiday greeting cards.  Our award winning photography combined with custom designed greeting cards will have your family and friends in awe.  So, here’s the deal…..Be one of the first 13 booked sessions and we’ll give you $50 off your session, a FREE 5×7 print, and a $25 credit towards your order or greeting cards!  But you must be one of the first 13 to book and be photographed by October 25th.  This is a $135 Value!  Email the office now for more info or availability.

Trumpets Rule!…as we say here around the house.  Evan has such a blast playing with the Music Alliance Honors Band.  He took trumpet lessons through his school and then began playing for the Honors Band last summer.  The Honors Band is like an all star team of musicians from about 30 parochial schools in the Cleveland area.  They meet once a week to produce three performances throughout the year.  This past Christmas, the band played at Lakeland College’s auditorium and it was absolutely stunning to hear about 50-60 6th-8th graders perfom. 

Here are some photos from the spring Honors Band.  The theme this session was Jazz.  The band played at the annual Kids Show at the Great Lakes Mall and attracted hundreds of people to watch.  The kids had so much fun too.  The got to wear ‘jazzy’ ties.  It was fun watching them compare ties and show them off during the performance.  Songs included Gonna Fly Now, You Really Got Me Now, Celebration, In the Mood, Close to You and other jazzy favorites.  No one missed a beat….incredible! 

Music Alliance is located in Mentor, Ohio and their website is http://www.musicallianceinc.org/   The Honors Jazz Band was under the direction of Franklin Adams and David Littman.  Here are a few photos from the event.  Enjoy and watch for more.

We are so thrilled here at the office…our website won the 2008 Ohio Visual Excellence E-Commerce Award for Best Photographer Website in Ohio!!  This award is given out by the Certified Professional Photographers of Ohio.  I had just attended the Professional Photographers of Ohio Mid-East Regional Conference in Dayton, Ohio this past weekend.  This conference brought in some big speakers like David Jay, Parker Pfister, Gary & Pam Box, Doug Box and Rod Evans.  And of course, I was asked to speak on Saturday on the trade show stage about proper lighting on location.  But the highlight of the weekend was the awards ceremony on Saturday night.   I entered the print competition, album competition and the e-commerce competition.  All three prints scored Honorable Mentions, the album missed the blue ribbon merit by one lousy point :(  , but the website took the prize!

Websites were judged on thier originality, content, photographic quality, and consumer ease-of-use.  The only way this can be achieved is with user friendly website design software.  I take care of the photography and content, the web control panel does the rest.  A big thanks goes out to my friends at FlashPalette Web Design for creating the custom template and control panel software that I use.  Lindsay and Yongtong are awesome and just super to work with.  Plus, their sites look so much more different than most of the mass marketed look-alikes out there now.  Thanks guys….FlashPalette Rocks!!

Thanks to the Professional Photographers of Ohio and the Certified Professional Photographers of Ohio for awarding us with the 2008 Visual Excellence E-Commerce Award.

Here’s a few photos of the program I put on.  It was titled “See the Light in Location Photography”.  Thanks to all who attended.  It was so nice to hear all of your comments and speak with you afterwards.  Thanks to my great friend Craig Weiglein of Mansion Hill Studio and Gallery in Newport, KY for taking the photos of the speaking gig.

 I had the opportunity to photograph Jillian for her upcoming First Communion.  She will be making custom invitations and also using her portraits for display and gifts.  To personalize her portraits, we photographed at her church, St. Anthony’s in Fairport Harbor, on a cold winter morning.  We got some amazing and unique portraits.  Jillian is so fun to photograph…I’ve been photographing her since the day she was born!  It’s so cool to see the kids growing up and getting their own personalities.  Here are a few images from Jillian’s session.  Enjoy.

I have been photographing Olivia since she was born.  She’s now seven years old and had a goregeous dress that she wanted to be photographed in.  Stopped by the house to do some photos of her.  We even included Wrigley, Olivia’s pet dog.  Both had so much fun and it was a breeze shooting at her home.