I'm gonna miss this age, aren't I?

So we were at home last night just in our normal Monday night routine when Bree came to me dressed like this and asked if I wanted to go into the studio and "get some pretty pictures." Who could resist? Not me. So we went out side and here is one of the shots "we" got.

A Reel Sevier Day

My cousins Angie Reel, Missy Sevier, and Amy Day (get the title now...I'm creative see?) brought their families over a while back and we got some family stuff and stuff of the kids individually. Some of you might recognize little Katie as she has been in a few posts on the blog. She's the little one with the cake for her first birthday. Well any way to get the family discount you have to wait a little longer for your pictures than the normal customer and Angie has been on my for a while now to get these things done. While I have quite a way to go before I'm finished here are a few from the session mainly to get Angie off my back..... :)

Another day of family fun...Part II

For our second shoot of the day we got to shoot Payton and Alivia. These kids did a good job and had plenty of fun too. We ran them through the paces and got the shots we wanted. My buddy Peyton helped me keep everything under control and get the shoot wrapped up in double time. Here is a taste of the captures from the day.

Another day of family fun...Part I

Theckla, Kinley, and Kade came over today and we shot some family shots as well as some solo stuff of the kids. As usually we pushed these little ones just about as far as they would let us. We had a good time and of course captured some great moments of these little ones. Thanks for coming over guys....here are some of the shots we're working on.

John's Senior Session.

John's mother called us the other day and scheduled a last minute senior session. I think John was hoping to win out with his idea of a disposable camera shoot and avoid an actual session with a photographer. Any way we had a good couple of hours during out time with John. He's a really nice kid with some cool and interesting hobbies. We had some studio firsts: a snowboard, bloody hands, a bowstaff, and a 3 shirt shoot. We ran him through the paces pretty quickly and we wish that we would have had more time to work with John (I had some really cool ideas I was hoping to try out). In the end all is well and the images we captured are nothing less than what our customers have come to expect. I think John and his family will love what we have for them. Here is a small sample of what is on its way.

Whales, a surprise wedding, and a lot of fun!!

Adrienne and I are just about to return from Mexico in fact as I write this I'm sitting in the resort lobby missing out on some of the last of the sun. We came down here with Erica, Adrienne's sister and some of Erica's friends. First let me tell you about the whales. I got up early one morning to get some shots of the sun rise. As I'm sitting on the beach taking pictures I heard someone say "there he is." There was a whale swimming right across my field of view only about 200 feet off shore. He or she, who know, was there for about 10 minutes just swimming along. I got some really cool shots of that. As a matter of fact, looking back at some of my pictures, I see that I had some shots of him before I even knew he was there. It was a really cool experience.

Now the wedding...Bridgette and Jim, some of Erica's friends, got engaged while on the trip here and unknown to everyone, Jim had done his research and gotten everything in order to have a wedding. The entire event was put together in 24 hours. I didn't have two of the needed lenses with me to shoot a wedding, but what the hell, we did it anyway. Adrienne did Bridgette's hair and I shot the wedding. The results turned out pretty good and I think Bridgette and Jim will be very happy with the pictures.

So I know someone famous!!!

I was watching American Idol tonight. I know I know please don't make fun of me. Anyway one of the contestants, a very pretty young lady named Amy Davis, looked very familiar to me the first time I saw her on the show but I couldn't figure it out. Tonight while she was being introduced before her song Ryan introduced here is "Amy Davis from Lowell, IN." Bang!!!! Holy Crap that's AMY! Amy was a model in a class I took in Chicago this summer. I really disliked the class, it wasn't structured very well and it was the last class the school put on before they closed their doors. The models were all really cool people though and made it easier to get through the boring sessions. Amy was a very nice person we made small talk at different times. I'm struggling to find any of the shots I might have of her. Help me wish her good luck.

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My 2 year old could kick your 2 year old's butt....

....on the computer. LOL! We woke up the other morning to the clicking sound of a mouse. Briley our 2 year old got up (as she has been doing for a while now) and started her morning visit to her two favorites sites. pbskids.com and nickjr.com. I got some new lenses in the night before and had a camera close to me so I was able to get a few shots of Briley and her "mad" gaming skills in action. Things have been slow this week (we all got sick and had to cancel sessions this weekend). I thought I'd use this as an excuse to put up a picture of one of my girls. Enjoy...and if I could make your computer make clicking sounds in you bedroom at 6AM, I would.

Mallory's newborn session.

Audrey and Chad came over again today but this time they had someone else with them. Introducing Mallory! This little bundle of joy was so cooperative we really grabbed some great pictures for this family today. Mallory is such a beautiful little girl as I'm sure you can tell from the pictures. The session had all the making of a great newborn session...a little #1, a little #2, a hungry baby, and a sleepy baby (the sleepy ones are my favorites). Enough of me rambling on....Here's Mallory.

Our new pricing is complete.

We listened to what you liked and what you didn't like about our first run at pricing(we really didn't expect the studio to take off like it has). The big change is that there is now only 1 discount, the Build Your Own Package discount. This will make it easier for customers to figure their order totals. The Grand Opening sale has ended but some of the prices came down from their original point to a lower price. I think that our customers will love our new pricing and the flexibility it offers over the other studios in the area. Our customers get a new and fresh approach to their portraits and at the same time they typically get many more prints for their money. To check out our new pricing head on over to Rowe Portrait Studios and click on the information link.