I know I’ve been a bit quiet lately, which usually means we have so many things going on that our blog posts suffer.

January is always our time to finish all of our albums (I’ll show some off soon) from our late fall and winter weddings and prepare for the upcoming year. We have a lot of great things planned and we are really excited.

This year is shaping up to be very busy. While we still have a few open dates, many of our Saturdays are booked for wedding season. We’re working on our plan for the year, trying to find new ways to provide even better customer service and quality. We just installed new studio management software to help with efficiency and order tracking.

New sample albums are the works. Our album companies have been been busy too, with fresh new albums and products.

We can’t wait.

We attended Imaging USA a few weeks ago, the national convention of the Professional Photographer’s Association. The inspiring seminars and talks and the chit chat with our fellow photographers, always stirs the creative juices.

Marketing is a necessary evil for us. If we can’t find new clients, we can’t do what we love. Barb has been working on a marketing brochure and campaign for high school seniors and was thrilled to find that she won first place at the international AN-NE marketing awards ceremony, which was presented at Imaging USA. Kudos to our wonderfully creative graphic designer Anne Lehman. The award wouldn’t have been possible without her.

I’m proud of Barb – it was a ton of work.

Steve