New for '08 Seniors

Since it won't stop raining [which means I have to keep rescheduling outdoor shoots] I decided to show some examples of brand new products designed for Seniors '08.

The first product is WideScreen Wallets. Everyone has wallets your thinking, even the um, yearbook photographer. I agree, but what you really want are wallets with images on both sides!
You can show twice as many unique pictures to your friends. WideScreen Wallets come in 2 forms, the standard and the 411. The 411 lists your contact info [or other info you want on your card] on one side and your image[s] on the other side. Here is an example from Britteny.








Next are bookmarks. A new way to share your image with your friends, including
full length images. You can order these creased in the middle or straight. When creased they could be place settings for a senior party, or fit into a wallet. Your call. Just like the WideScreen Wallets above these are totally customizable so you can express yourself. Allison has an example of bookmarks below.




Next we have Expressions. This is a great product to show all of your different sides together. Serious, funny, wild, hot? Room for each of them. Here is Jill's Expressions Image.


SeniorBlend is a perfect way to express your thoughts by including your favorite poem, quote, or message to the world. Another image by Jill, her SeniorBlend below.



Another new product is the Senior Cutout. This product requires a special shot, so dont forget to mention you would like to get a Senior Cutout when we do your session. Here is Kirstie's Senior Cutout.



The last new product I have to show is 1over3. Yet another way to show your personality. Check out Brian's 1over3 here.



The good news is these products are just the NEW ones. There are a number of great add-ons like the wildly popular Senior Strip, the Skinny, as well as senior albums.

For the last 11 years, you have had no choice on who took your portraits. It was whomever the school chose. This year, the most important one because you are transitioning to an adult who is responsible for them self, exercise your freedom to choose who will create your senior images. And make sure they have the ability to capture the real you and have products that are as unique as you are.

Rain Rain Go Away

So I was supposed to have an outdoor sunset shoot tonite, but looking outside, that isnt going to happen. I will have to wait to show images of that, however, I do have some great ones of Vanessa. Vanessa come by my studio so I could try out a red lounge chair I just got and pick up her spokesmodel shirt. The Senior 08 - Go Out In Style shirts will be available this year when you have your portraits made. You can't buy these in any store. No, just one place to get them.

Transformation of a SpokesModel

What can I say? Bridgette, this very quiet girl who my daughter used to play with in 4th grade, showed up at my studio with a suitcase full of clothes. That gets me motivated. We cranked the radio and started shooting. My camera loved her. Check out some of the stuff we created!!
Like all the other SpokesModels 08, Bridgette will have some special pricing cards to hand out. Get with her quick, because when the are gone, they are gone...

A hard life

It must be a tough life for Brian, who is the only male SpokesModel selected this year. To begin with he may make the ladies angry if he runs out of spokesmodel cards to hand out before everybody gets one. He has to continually assure his girlfriend that "being a male spokesmodel" is just another job, similiar to working at the health club every day. Of course, after meeting his girlfriend at the spokesmodel session, I don't think she has anything to worry about. I do not get an opportunity to photograph as many guys as ladies so I was glad that Brian needed very little direction, as if he had modeled before [is this true, Brian]? I had a blast and we created some awesome images, some of which are below.

New Studio Images and My Curse

Let me first introduce Kirstie, a super SpokesModel for 08. Kirstie had the distinction of being the first person to be photographed inside my new studio. See some great images from her senior session below. Now to the curse. Every time I photograph a senior I try to find something that is JUST THEIRS, a location or background that no one else has. As you can image this takes alot of scouting for locations and imagination. However, many times when I find a great spot, I will photograph a senior and the next time I come back it is gone. Examples: There was a great old barn on 380 and Lake Forest. I had a session scheduled for Saturday afternoon and Saturday morning they tore it down to build a Chicken fast food joint. I photographed another senior in this spectacular old house which had been condemed. The very next day they tore half of it down. Another time I found this beautiful field of yellow flowers. Just as we were setting up to take a photograph, here comes a guy on a riding lawn mower and litterly mows them down right in front of me. There are other stories but those have happened just recently. Today was the lastest display of my curse. On Sunday, I photographed Kirstie in a wheat field [image below]. They turned out great and I was really looking forward to using it for more sessions, but of course when I drove by it today, it was gone.. they had harvested it. Please, never ask me to do a photo session at your home!!
Just a reminder that during the month of June all indoor/ourdoor senior sessions are 75% off. I only have a few more openings left. Don't get kidnapped by the yearbook photographer, go out in style!