PUBLISHED!

In addition to my portrait photography, I have been doing a little Commercial Stock Photography over the past several years. I submit mainly to a microstock agency called Shutterstock and have mostly just done it for fun, submitting some of the many shots I take of my kids, or non-people shots. In a microstock setup a photographer will rarely find out where their images are being used, but last month I got a nice surprise when a friend e-mailed me after seeing a photograph of my kids playing by the edge of the Columbia River in the American Rivers calendar sent to its contributing members. My kids landed the month of August and it just goes to show that sometimes all you need to have fun is some water and a bunch of rocks!! For more about the American Rivers organization go to www.americanrivers.org.

Professional Education!

Well, in November I went to several Photography Seminars to further my photographic education! One of these seminars featured a renowned digital retouching artist named Jane Conner-Ziser. After studying her methods of eye enhancement I decided to put the techniques to the test and used this image of a friend's daughter as my sample. I think the eyes turned out great (although she had pretty amazing eyes to begin with) and I can't wait to use these new methods on more images in the future!

Holiday Card SPECIAL!!!

Well, here it is. My Holiday Card SPECIAL for this year. I will admit that this is not an idea I came up with on my own, but I have tweaked it to fit my own vision! Isn't this fun!! Each person gets their picture taken individually and any expression (goofy, serious, happy... etc) will work great! Then I will put the composite together and we are all done! While it would be ideal to have all family members together at the same time (it really is a fun session) I am able to work around busy schedules since each family member gets their picture taken individually!

So the special is 50 holiday cards (5x7 Flat, 2-sided cards) with envelopes and one storyboard (11x14 or 10x20) for $250. This includes the session fee so you are getting $350 (session fee and products) for $250.

If interested please call and set up your session as soon as possible as you will want your final order in time to mail out for the holidays!
509-205-4065



Here are the pictures individually so you can see them a little better!

Now Accepting Credit Cards!

Now I know this is something that is expected these days, but for a small business it is hard to justify all the fees involved when you don't have a large sales volume every month. Well, I found a credit card merchant that met my needs and just signed up today! Now hopefully I can get the business coming through my doors to justify the expense!!!

Speaking of business coming through my doors, check back in a couple of days to see my Holiday Card Special!!! It is a FUN ONE for sure!!!

Fall Family

Well, autumn is in full-swing here in the Tri-Cities! We managed to complete this session on Sunday, after having to cancel on Saturday due to very high winds! LOVED the colors this family picked to wear!! What a great compliment to the beautiful colors surrounding them in these portraits! Here is a sampling of the images I have sorted through so far.

"School" Portraits!

Well, my son had his school portraits taken last week. I have not seen them yet, but have high hopes as the company who took them is a well-respected, local business. But I just had to give Brandon a "rehearsal" the night before. He HATES any clothes with buttons, snaps or collars, so I think this sweater was a good compromise. He refused to smile with his teeth, but a nice expression anyway. Overall a keeper and I look forward to comparing it with what comes home from school!! Of course I still have to get a couple copies of the school picture to put in the scrapbook! :-)

EYE CONTACT!!!

Just look at the big, beautiful eyes on these kiddos! Cooper was very cooperative and sat right down where I asked him to, but his little sister was constantly on the move.... the only time she slowed down and stayed put was for a diaper change!