Some Shppping Ideas

We are right in the middle of the Holiday Shopping season. If you are looking for something to give friends or family, we have some ideas here for you to choose from. Double click the image to enlarge it.

Autumn Newsletter

For anyone who didn't receive this in the mail last month, or pick it up in the Steamtown Mall, here is our autumn/Holiday newsletter! We are also offering a 15% rebate on your portrait order. That rebate will be given back to you as a gift certificate that can be used as a gift or use it for yourself! Just double click on the newsletter and it will come up larger.

Happy Halloween!

The studio was a-buzz today as our Halloween special started. We had several of our regular clients come in...let's see, we had Arial, Hannah Montana, a Carbondale cheerleader, a mouse, and Happy Feet, among others. Tomorrow is the town-wide trick-or-treating and are expecting many more kids. We ran a coloring contest for the local schools and pre-schools. It is awsome to see how many pumpkin pictures hanging in the hallway. It is going to be difficult to judge who will win! We will post more when we choose the winners!

School's back in session

I can't believe summer is over. Things have zoomed by so fast that I am still kind of waiting for summer to begin! I guess because it didn't really get that hot for long and we were busy at the studio too. My daughter Taylor helped quite a bit assisting myself of Caitlyn with senior and baby sessions. When she was in that is. She had a babysitting gig this summer so she stayed home quite a bit so she was on time for that. Then she was out of town visiting the grandmas and we had vacation too. Now that I stop and breathe, I realize it is time to gear up for Christmas specials. I will be posting my newsletter shortly as well as getting it in the mail. Lots of things coming up! We are offering a rebate this year as our holiday special. We are also excited about having our work on display at the Steamtown mall! At the moment there is a tv with a video running in the former Hot Topic window. Watch for our "models of the week" starting tomorrow.

Stay tuned for more to come!

Class of '09 Seniors are everywhere!

It is summer and summer wouldn't be complete without senior portraits. Caitlyn and I have been busy busy busy with indoor sessions and outdoor. We changed the program this year so every senior can customize their session to be exactly the kind they want. It has proven to be terrific and very inspiring for us at photographers - we always tried to make each session different but now they definately are. We have some new backgrounds too, not to mention the areas right on the studio property that have made for nice portraits too. Check out our Myspace page for more details (www.kaiserfinephoto/myspace.com) and some videos of our ambassadors. These DVD music videos have been popular this year as we produce one for every session as an add-on to our packages. Anyway, check it out and if you have not had your senior portraits done yet - call us!

I've had it with the idiots on the campaign trail - I'm ready

Spring is in the air

I'm so glad to have nice weather! Of course that means the grass is growing like crazy. So any eveing during the week when you are driving by the studio you will hear the whir of the lawnmower. Of course that is if I get more gas for it. I ran out half way through the back yard. I'm kind of afraid to look now since the one area hasn't been done yet at all. I also need to get some landscaping done. My friend Randy who own R&A landscaping took out the row of trees last fall for me. They were too big and not looking so nice. But I am going to replant. Hopefully with something that will grow quick to hide the naked cinder blocks of the Pizza Man building! I do miss the screen of trees that was there. In the back I need to finish my beach scene but need to find special gravel-like sand for it.

The best news is the new addition to our staff. Shannon joined us two weeks ago. She is awsome and will be handling our sales, customer service and some administration stuff. On her first day she already had made some changes so we are more organized! So when you call or stop by make sure you say hi to her. She is expecting her second baby in August and we are exited about her new arrival coming.

Women helping Women - we had great PR for our fundraiser on May 1 to benefit the Women's Resource Center. The event featured 10 vendors at our studio. We held a basket raffle and raised $130 for the Center. Women who attended were treated to Mary Kay samples, Tastefully Simple sample and a number of other items that were available. It was a great event and we are planning on doing it again next year!

First Holy Communion

Spring is almost here! How do I know? Well, the first indication is when we are almost done with our Mother's Day sessions. Three more weeks or so for the deadline for the Times. The other indication are the white dresses I see already in the department stores! We already have some of our prime appointments already spoken for so if you are looking to have your portraits done in time for First Communion - call us today to make your appointment. We can make appointments through the second week of April in order to have them for you the first week of May.

Our special? 50% off your session fee and 15% off your order. As always, every pose you choose is carefully retouched and enhanced and mounted. We include this discount on any collages you might be interested in. We have posted one below as an example of what a mom ordered last year. We also custom design announcements and Thank You's.

Is it February ALREADY!!???

Yikes. Not sure where the time went. But thankfully winter is mostly behind us now I would think. Maybe some late Feb/March snow but that doesn't last long - just long enough for the kids to have a school delay!

Well, it has been probably the most productive January & February I have ever had! In addition to my babies and seniors coming in for portraits, I'm proud to say that after all these years in business I have a complete marketing calender done - down to where and when my ads are going to be and when to get them in by (can you tell I'm proud of myself?). We have done some things around the studio too. I finally got a projection screen put up in the sales room (it's gorgeous) and portraits hung in the entryway. So there's been lots of good stuff going on.
Caitlyn and I have also spent time studying with other photographers from around the country on a number of different topics and we are so psyched for this new year. If you didn't get our email or our newsletter, contact us at kaiserfinephoto@yahoo.com and we will be happy to send it to you!

MOTHER'S DAY
The studio has been all a-buzz with mother's day portraits. If you haven't made your appointment yet, call us today! 282-4090





BUNNIES BUNNIES BUNNIES!

On February 29th and March 1st we will be photographing children with a live bunny! Some appointments are still available for both Friday and Saturday. Call us today and help to support the Lackawanna County Humane Society!

Whew - what a year it's going to be! Join us! And if you are in the neighborhood - stop by and say hi, we love visitors!

Happy New Year!

Here we are in 2008. I'm not sure what the heck happened to 2007! It was indeed quite a year. I closed both my studios and moved into the new one. Of course I have a huge to-do list for January. Alot of things didn't get done when we moved in so it could be business as usual for our customers and we wouldn't have to shut down for any period of time. Then there was the Christmas season. Holy moly what a season it was. Late one day, when Caitlyn and I finally had a moment to breathe - she looked at me - both of us were feeling like we just ran a marathon - and she said "how did you do this last year when I was only working 15 hours a week?" I thought about it and realized that she (now nearly full time) and I were doing the work that 4 of us had done just last year! No wonder I felt exhausted! Needless to say by that point we were nearly through the crush so looking for extra help wasn't really an option. I did make a mental note for next year though!

We have bid plans for January. I love the feeling of having a clean slate. Anything can happen with a new year - so I want to make sure that it will be a great year. On my goal list is a the project of converting an upstairs room into another camera room. Our goal with that is to offer special, limited edition upscale sets that can be left up for a period of time, uninterrupted by other types of sesssions. This room also has beautiful natural light that we want to utilize more. Of course before I can do that I have to reorganize my storage spaces because it was just so easy to just drop stuff in this empty room!

We will also be giving a new look to our literature, website (long overdue for updating) and business cards. We also have some new products in the works - including a custom line of sterling silver jewelry to hold your favorite portraits. So, as I sit here on the couch typing this on a Saturday night, I am surrounded by literature, notes, lists and ideas for the upcoming year - a typical scenerio for me in the month of January. There is so much I want to do that I don't even know where to start but I can't wait to get it done!

Caitlyn and I spent the last couple days planning the year. Watch for our upcoming Mother's Day specials - including an early bird special. Of course we will be delivering you glossies to the newspapers for you. We are also going to have a live bunny for our Spring/Easter special. You will get more info on that soon. If you aren't on our email list, contact us at kaiserfinephoto@yahoo.com and we will make sure you are kept up to date.

Well, back to the drawing board!