For Photographers

I have lots of photographer friends and we chat often - I know many of them are just as busy as I am so we're always trying to figure out ways to be more creative, learn from each other and speed along the tedious process of processing our images. I've come up with a few 'starter packs' of announcements. I'll be adding more as I have the time and get my creative juices flowing.

Right now I have two sets available - a total of 5 5x7 horizontal templates - both birth announcements, one for girls, one for boys. The text layers are completely customizable and are for CS2 users. Because the backgrounds are copyright protected, they are not customizable. They are saved at 300 dpi and zipped together and then emailed after you purchase them. They do not include the font files.

Hope everyone enjoys!!

Reign Over Me

Okay - the most recent movie we've seen is 'Reign Over Me' - its a new personal favorite. Now I grant you this movie does get a little slow in the middle, but the overall story is very heartfelt and deep. You'll laugh during the movie, but this is by no means a typical Adam Sandler movie. There is a little bit of language but not bad, no violence, no sex ... Sandler and Don Cheadle make a great pair on screen.

The overall premise of the movie is a man (Sandler) has lost his entire family (wife and daughters) on 9/11. The movie doesn't really focus on the 'what' happened to them as it does more on how that day totally changed the direction of his life. It really tells his story of heartbreak, loss, and looking ahead to find himself.

I thought the movie would be good, but was really surprised with HOW good by the end. I will admit that I did get teary-eyed in the last few minutes... if you haven't seen it - do!!!

For Graduating Seniors

We love to do fun, creative things - so we offer to our high school seniors (and brides for that matter) fun, unique graduation announcements. Something that can make you stand apart from the crowd and really make a statement! Graduation announcements can incorporate your favorite picture(s) from your session, your school colors or something different! Just provide us with your graduation date info and we can create samples for you!

We offer a variety of sizes and paper options just so you make sure you get exactly what you're looking for!

Something We're Proud Of

The Oklahoma FFA Association is something that we've always been a MAJOR part of - since pretty much since I was born (and we won't name dates/years....). It's an organization that is very near and dear and whenever I can give back to an organization that really shaped my life in a major way - I like to.

This year the Oklahoma FFA Alumni Association will hold an auction to raise money for new scholarships for graduates who wish to pursue a career as an agricultural education instructor (Ag-Teacher). The auction will be held during the 2007 State FFA Convention in Oklahoma City. We wanted to donate a couple of items that could not only show off our work, but also would be something that someone else could be proud of as well.

We've been doing this type of work for a few months now - looking at the world around us in a new and different way - looking for the unexpected. This first piece 'I Believe' - is a reflection of a trip around the family farm...this piece will be auctioned off during the convention and we will also have additional prints available for sale via our website.

First Wedding of 2007

Rachel & Ryan were our first wedding of 2007. Shot in February we had a blast!! Rachel was a beautiful bride - we shot her bridals in January! This couple was a photographers dream from start to finish. Their bridal party was a blast as well!! We were so excited to share this day with them and their families!!

The church was up in northeastern Oklahoma - wonderful faux finish walls really added to the shots!

Bricktown Shootout

Okay seniors - this is something to be excited about!! We certainly are. June 23 & 24 we will host our first 'Bricktown Shootout' in Oklahoma City. We have VERY limited appointments for this event, but we will meet clients in Oklahoma City where we will take a 'walking' trip around Bricktown for your session.

We'll photograph you in places along the canal, the Myriad Gardens, the ballpark - EVERYWHERE downtown! Session fee is $75 for a 2 hour session, you can change clothes up to four times (however dressing in layers - i.e. a jacket/sweater - won't count). With this special session, you'll also receive 10 custom graduation announcements!!

This is the type of session to bring fun, funky, favorite clothing - bring out all of your accessories - hats, sunglasses, jewelry, letter jackets, pets, etc.

In case of inclement weather, we will have a back up date of July 28 & 29.

Big Changes in April

April 1st will mark a big change for our studio. After lots and lots and LOTS of thought and consideration, we've decided to stop doing family, children and event portraits. This decision has been a long time coming and one we hated to make, but one we feel will really be a god-send to us in the future. Our seniors and wedding business has grown so much over the last two years, we've found ourselves stretched really thin and want to be sure we give each of our clients the very best service and attention to detail. In order to do that, we knew we needed to scale back a bit and re-focus our business.

We're very excited about the change because it will allow us a lot more creative freedom than we've had in the last couple of years. With this change, our clients can expect to see big, new things over the next year and beyond. We are temporarily closing our indoor studio in conjunction with this shift in focus - allowing us to make some much needed changes and updates in equipment! That's one thing we are REALLY pumped about right now! Over the next few months - you'll be seeing all the big changes coming to our studio!!