I have changed the wedding slide who to include some on this year’s weddings. There is now an examples of a senior video under the Senior Packages link. The studio will be closed for most of Spring Break 3/19-3/26. We are once again setting up for the Enchanted Forest theme mainly for people who are part of our mailing list in Richmond and Oxford. It will run from 3/27 through 4/2. We have a wedding on 4/3, so if we cannot get everyone scheduled for the theme, we will extend it as needed.
We will probably be doing two themes in April, “I Want To Be A Rock Star” and “A Day With The Ducklings” The duckling day will be contingent on the availability of ducklings. We might be forced to improvise! Like maybe chicks??? We are being told that we will be able to get the ducklings, but you how life works!
I recently broke out my home recording studio and while I was snowed in, I decided to record a song that has been rambling around in my brain since Lareen and I went to the Chris Isaak concert last month. This song was recorded with me doing the vocals and playing all the instruments along with a lot of magic from my computer software!
Some of you might know about Topix.com, a web site that provides a place where you can view your town’s news, weather and participate in a forum or discussions. If you are aware of Connersville’s forum on Topix.com, then you will also be aware that it is a place where the majority of topics and discussions engage in negative and hateful discourse.
A friend called and told me that I was discussed in a topic about wedding photographers. I, of course, went online to see what the scoop was. Now the problem with these type of discussion forums is that everyone is anonymous. You cannot tell what is true and what is not because of this. I have only looked at Topix.com three times and each time was to see something that somebody told me about. There are a couple of people discussing me as a wedding photographer, more people who are positive!, but at least one person who claims to be a past customer of ours.
This “past customer” claims that my prices are too high, they didn’t get the photos they wanted and I was very difficult to “deal” with, thus lending stress to their wedding day. I simply cannot stand people who are dissatisfied with something or someone and are too afraid to say anything about it at the time. Then this “supposed customer” goes online anonymously and makes complaints. If you are a customer of mine, then I have complete faith that you know what really happens at weddings We shoot, and what our work is like.
I have seen people all over this town being slammed, libeled and attempts at having their reputation ruined on this forum and most of the discussion and accusations have been obviously false and completely unprovable. I sincerely believe that most of my customers would not be the type of people who participate in that form of entertainment. Also I believe that the majority of my customers would not have any problem coming to me about anything, especially regarding my work for them. Regarding my prices, well I believe they are reasonable and 90% of my customers say the same thing.
Due to recommendations from some friends, I have looked at the forums for other towns in our area and the difference between their forums and the one for Connersville is like night and day. Most of the towns around us use the forum in a mostly positive way while the huge majority of the topics discussed in Connersville forum are hateful and juvenile. I still haven’t figured out why.
So I guess I have finally made it in Connersville by being on Topix.com. Better people than me in town have been slapped around on that forum. You gotta love the internet!!!!
This year we are going to change some of the things we do in the studio and with our wedding packages. The first announcement is the Wedding Photo Premier Party. For those wedding customers that live in a 60 mile radius from the studio, we will be holding a Wedding Photo World Premier Party complete with food and drink. This party will be scheduled before the wedding date and the couple will be able to invite their family and the wedding party to our studio to see their wedding photos presented on our big screen . Typically the party would be scheduled for an evening about 3 weeks after the wedding.
The party will be a great way to have the couple see their wedding photos and possibly their Storybook as well. There will be surprises for the wedding couple as well! So, for all our new weddings in 2010, we are giving you a party to bring all your wedding memories back to life and share them with the ones you love!
The Storybook album for the Gribben wedding is now online. You can view it on their page in the Customer Photos link. The Storybook link is at the bottom of their page. You can CLICK HERE to go there now.
February’s studio theme will bring out the “inner rock star” in your kids. We have the amps, the mics, the guitars, etc. all your kid needs is the attitude! We will have some costume pieces and a lot of props and backgrounds. Bring your best rock star outfits! This theme is great for boys and will make great gifts, framed prints or a poster!
$10.00 Sitting Fee to help offset the cost of the set design. No obligation! If you don’t like your portraits, then you don’t have to purchase anything!
February 21 through 27, 2010. Call now to set up your appointment. 765-825-3232
The last week in January we are once again setting up the popular Enchanted Forest studio theme. We will be sending out the notice for the February Theme next week. We are offering a free 5×7 print to past customers who refers someone to the studio. Call for details!
The Storybook album for Michael and Tiffany’s wedding is now online. You can find the link at the bottom of their page under the Customer Photos link. – Craig
Lareen and I want to thank all of our wonderful customers that we had the pleasure of working with over the last year. It was thanks to you that I booked more work than I was able to get done in a timely fashion! Whether you were a wedding couple, or a football mom, your business was very important to us and we appreciate you a lot.
With a lesson learned over the last year, I have changed how I do things in the studio and how we schedule events, weddings and studio sittings so I will not be overbooked as I was last year. We still believe in giving our customers the best service and the best value in photography we possibly can.
We hope to see you this year for family photos and for our monthly themes. We can’t wait until wedding season because we love being a part of those happy, important days and love giving our couples images that remind them of their love for each other and their families.
To all our customers, we want to wish evryone a very merry Christmas and a great new year! Now that I have almost caught up with everything, we are going to once again start the monthly themes. Coming in January is the Fairy Magic theme again. We had a wonderful turn out for the last one and are setting up the studio to do it again! This theme is perfect for ages infant to 10-11 year olds. While it works great for little girls, boys can dress up like Peter Pan or a Pirate for the same set.
For the boys (and girls) February is going to be Rock Star month in the studio. We will be setting up the studio for a week of rock star photos. We have amps, guitars, etc. to make your child into the rock star they always wanted to be! Get ready for portraits with a lot of attitude!
I will be sending out the emails and postcards for these themes in the next week or so with complete details, examples and dates/times.
Also, our price/package changes for weddings will be done the first week of January, so if you want to lock in this year’s prices, book your date soon. We will be setting up an “Early Booking” special this January too. So look for that announcement around the first week of the new year!
Tiffany and Michael’s wedding photos are now online and can be found under the Customer Photos link on the website. Please use the User Name and Password that were passed out at the reception.
The Storybook will be designed and online in a few weeks.
The wedding photos for Jennifer and Mike Miracle are now online under the Customer Photos link on the website. Please use the User Name and Password that were handed out at the reception. Thanks.
The Storybook Album for Rebecca and Duane is now online. The link is on their start page under Customer Photos. Please submit any changes to the Storybook in writing, eith letter or email. Thanks – Craig
The wedding photos for the Bledsoe Wedding are now online. You can find them under the Customer Photos link on the website. Please use the User Name and Password that were passed out at the reception.
Lareen and I couldn’t have asked for a nicer couple and a funner group of people for our last wedding of the year. Tiffany and Michael were wonderful to work with. The bride was gorgeous! Along with great people, the weather turned out to be somewhat of a miracle. The wedding was outdoors at the Brookville Lake overlook and started out gloomy and cold and then just as the ceremony started, the clouds went away and the sun came out.
We ended up at the Heartland for the reception and the party was great! You can see a few of the photographs from the wedding by clicking on the image below to enlarge it. The rest of the photographs from the wedding will be online in 4-5 weeks and will be found under the Customer Photos link on the website.
We were in town and then off to The Heartlands with Ashlee and Jeremy, the new Mr. and Mrs. Gribben. Ashlee was stunning in a wonderfully beautiful dress. It was a great ceremony and the reception was a good party. Have to give a shout out to to the ushers, who for some reason were getting a hard time from the photographer. Stay on the fringe guys!
You can see some of the photos from the wedding by clicking on the image below to enlarge it. The rest of the photos will be online under the Customer Photos link on the website in 3-4 weeks.
As usual, this time of year I start getting behind in posting weddings and storybook design. This is due to all of the weddings from earlier in the year now making their selections for their packages and my having to process the orders. Also, the fall is filled with sports photos as well. So, this is my annual apology to everyone for being late. I should be caught up in two weeks. Thanks – Craig
