Today is the day

Well, it's a day...a Monday to be exact. Part rain part sun and some wind. I took in the portrait off the porch easel and flag off the pillar so it doesn't blow away. Ever have one of those days when you don't seem to get anything done? Today was it. I had some appointements and spoke with people who called, booked appointments but that to-do list didn't get any check marks. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. Stephanie and I are having a good time. We finally got in some missing items in that we needed to finish all the orders we had in house - so we worked together on Saturday to get all the orders ready for delivery. Boy, we were efficient!

Looking foward to this week. It's busy as usual but I seem to thrive on that... How does your week look?

So what's going on??

Wow, the summer went by fast! I looked at my last post and realized that the whole summer has passed by. Hopefully you had a chance to get away this summer. We stayed close to home. Our daughter had time away but we stayed close to home.

The summer has been busy with seniors as the summer has progressed and there is no end in sight. i've had a blast trying something new with just about everyone who has been in. It makes it fun for everyone and it's great to be creative.. and of course we have our regular babies and have had many newborns coming in for their first portrait. There is nothing more precious than a newborn.

And while we said "goodbye" to Caitlyn in August, we are looking foward to saying "hello" to a new friendly face. Nope - can't say who yet until things are finalized so stay tuned!

More rain?

Holy crap I'm getting so sick of the rain. We have the deluge and then nothing. Friday I watched as my little beach scene practically washed away. Had to do beach reclaimation over the weekend. Monday my early morning outdoor portrait session was cancelled - rain. He is rescheduled for today and hopefully it will happen for the poor kid. Many of my seniors are getting rained out. Some are lucky that the sun came out long enough for us to get images. So the sun is out again and I'm hopeful that even though our feet will get wet, we can do this.

Our world is rocked.

Oh holy cow. Our world has been rocked. Well, the other day I got a phone call from my husband telling me that Kodak announced that they will be discontinuing Kodachrome film. I know, you are saying "so what". Well this film is an awsome film. The truest color, finest contrast and detail of anything I've ever shot. You can make bill boards of the images and not see any grain or imperfection because it is so fine. I used it quite a bit in the early years. Granted it isn't a forgiving film. If your exposure was off, it was off. Unlike print film that you can expose the print a little longer - it is just off. I have boxes and boxes of slides as does my husband, of our family memories and professional work on this film. Of course in the greater scheme of things - it isn't the end of the world but it just seems like another hit to the Big Yellow Father, Kodak.

Have you seen it???

We have a billboard campaign running on some of the various digital boards in the area. They include Chinchilla, on one side of the board at the entrance to Wegmans/Target and on Davis St. in Scranton!

And the one below is the hospital in Carbondale and I provided them with their photography.

ONE DAY SALE

Wow, it has been crazy here today with the one day sale. Class of '10 are calling and taking advantage of 50% off their session. We've booked alot of seniors day! We purposely didn't book any appointments to day so we could be available to answer the phone. Anyway, it should be a fun summer. On the list are all sorts of cool places that we will be going to do sessions - let's see, Browndale and Justus Fire Companies, a horse, one girl does fencing and is bringing her equipment for that, we have guitars and flutes booked, as well as cars. I love the inspiration that I find when kids bring their stuff (or we go to it!)

Senior Season is Here!

The new Senior Session guide is out and we are getting ready for our One Day Sale next Tuesday 5/26. Almost all our sessions are on sale for 50% off for anyone calling that day to make their summer appointment. We have lots of cool stuff this year, some new props and backgrounds and our price guide is revamped so you can order exactly what you need.

If you haven't received our session guide - call us today. 570-282-4090

Where's Spring?

Just when I thought maybe we'd start to see spring - it is like 16 degrees out today. Just to make it worse - we are heading out today to go to (of all places) Maine! We are heading up to see my mom who had knee replacement surgery. It's a long drive but should be a nice, albiet brief, visit. She still has a ton of snow. yea. Wish us luck!

What's new?

we've been buzzing with activity! On Feb 27-28 we had our live bunny event. The results were happy kids and the bunny was returned to the Humane Society with a $165 donation. We all enjoyed the bunny - and what a big bunny he was!

Anywho...in addition we have been seeing mom after mom come in for portraits. Want to see more information? See our group on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1059925822&ref=name#/group.php?gid=38594466327

I also have been busy networking at various mixers and seminar. It is alot of fun to get out there and talk to people...seeing people I know and meeting new people too.

February already?

Things have been buzzing at the studio. Here it is mid-February already. We have a great line up of events this year. January was out Model Search month. We photographed a whole bunch of great kids for possible call-backs for other sessions we will be doing that we need samples for. Sometimes we want to test new lighting or techniques we've learned and that's where our models will come in.

Then we had our Birthday Party Open house on Feb 7th. Families came in to sign up for upcoming sessions and took advantage of the 50% off discount. While the moms were booking sessions, the kids were enjoying craft projects and face painting and of course birthday cake!

The following Tuesday 2/10 we hosted the Chamber of Commerce's February mixer. It was fun. There were about 40 people from various businesses around. Many new faces that I hadn't met before so made some great contacts as well as visited with my business friends who came.

We have of course our babies coming in and exciting news of some of our moms who are expecting again too! Oh, and then yesterday we had some visitors! A local Junior troop came and spent time at the studio learning things for their photography badge. It was great fun having the girls asking questions and seeing them act silly while getting their pictures taken.

Now we are into mother's day season. It's always fun - having kids interracting with mom. If you have't made your appointment don't wait. The Times' deadline is a week early this year. Call today!

Happy New Year

Hi and Happy New Year! It's amazing that we are back to having to check the date when we write it again. Just seems like I was getting used to 2008. But don't get me started on how time flies. I took advantage of an extended time off with the holidays. There was one working day in there but it was good. I find it hard to take time off - drives my family nuts. So what did I do with the time off? I think all we did was entertain guests. Actually just mom mostly. That was fine. She doesn't mind riding along doing errands and stuff (yea, some were up to the studio to make sure all was well). I also have been using some time to get my new newsletter done so it can be out in the mail asap. Of course should have done that in December but who can think straight before the holidays?

So it's going to be an awsome year. We have so much planned. Portrait programs, events and classes. It is going to be great. Stay tuned!

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!