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There will be more changes going on in our Carbondale studio. Well, for anyone who has been there knows the vast retail space in the front. Well Donna (my jeweler friend who runs Carbondale for me) will be transforming our front area there to a gift shop and jewelery store! So now you will be able to have your portraits done as usual but if you are also looking for a gift - we are the place for you. She is planning for a November 10th grand opening. Watch for announcements!

Friday and Saturday is our pumpkin patch portrait special. There is no session fee and we have special packages. Friday sessions will be in Justus and Saturday's in Carbondale.

So everyone getting geared up for Halloween? My daughter decided she wants to be an Encyclopeida Salesman. Not sure which direction we are going with that yet - probably to salvation army store for a suit. We don't get too many, if any, trick or treaters. We kind of gave up on that a couple years ago. If anyone, we see the younger members of the famly of 10 up the street at around dinnertime. That's it. So now we don't worry about missing anyone and take our daughter to a friend's party (the parent party is in the kitchen!). Then the kids go out in that neighborhood. Makes me think of the costumes I had as a kid. But that was a really long time ago! lol

As you know, today was really cold. Well still had one senoir who wanted her portraits taken outside. Well it was 36 degress and sleeting. But we still got some nice poses! It was a speed session though because the last thing we want is that "error" message from a cold camera! Hope this isn't going to be a long winter.

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Well, we enjoyed having Ryan around the studio last week. Was fun discussing photography as well as music.

Thought I'd post a coupel recent collages done for two of my seniors. Jeremy received this 4 image panel as part of his bonus with his package, and the other is one of the collages that Lauren ordered.

October 17 2006

Hi everyone. This is my first time blogging. Pretty cool stuff.

Tomorrow I'm looking forward to the student coming to the studio for career day. He is an 8th grader and interested in photography. Sounds like an excuse to order pizza for lunch! My assistant will also be in and will show him around her workstation too so he can get the big picture (no pun intended). My assistant laughed and busted my chops about how the poor kid will leave tomorrow knowing he DOESN'T want to be a photographer once he spends time with us! Very Funny, everyone's a commedian...