Dave & Busters

Walter and I went to D&B last night with a few of our friends. The first photo is of Walter getting his butt kicked at Donkey Kong by 12 year old Taylor, with his brother Trevor looking on. Walter used to be the king of Donkey Kong, but like he said, that was 20 years ago.

The second photo is of my friend, Becky, and her son Trevor working the ticket system. They always work together on this game. Trevor is in charge of lining up the hoop on the front and Becky is in charge of lining up from the side. That's why you see her through the glass motioning for how far forward he should move. They usually win a lot of tickets! This is the favorite game there. It's nice to know that even though this is the really busy season, we can take a little break now and then to hang out with our friends!

Picture of the Week

Here is the picture of the week! Third week in a row! You should all be very impressed! This is of Tim Jaykel, who goes to Midview High School. He is in to trap shooting, so he brought his gun and accessories, and they got some really cool poses with the gun. Love it!!!! Have a great weekend! Susan

New Banner!

Well, I have finally found a guy pose that I want to use to make a new banner in our studio window at Rowe Photography.
No, you don't understand. I become very attached to my banners. I choose them very carefully, and I have to look at them every day! (only I'm usually looking at them backwards so they are the right way for those on the street!) The pink prom dress on the railroad tracks that you see on our website I love, and cannot bear to change it yet. So now I am changing my guy banner to the one you see here. It is of Aaron Frazier from Elyria High School. Walter took that pose and many other cool ones of him over by a grain factory about two blocks away. I especially love this one with the guitar strapped over his shoulder walking away. Looks like an album cover! So it is being printed at my lab now, and you will see it in my front window very soon! Have a great weekend! Susan

Apple Festival

Walter and I took his dad's car to the Apple Festival car show today. It's a 1933 Duesenberg. The car won it's class, and we got this really nice plaque. Not bad, seeing as it's the first time we've taken it to that show. Lots of people really enjoyed seeing it, because it's so unique and rare. It was a beautiful weekend for the Apple Festival. Maybe we'll do it again next year! Susan

Homecoming

Well, now that we no longer have school contracts, we no longer have dances to photograph. So what did I do with my first non-homecoming season in 20 years? I chaperoned the homecoming dance at North Ridgeville High School. My niece, Devan, is a sophomore there, and asked me to chaperone. Laurie is my sister-in-law, and Devan's mom. We actually had a good time! Here is the photo of the three of us in the school gym.

Picture of the Week

Okay, second week in a row, and I've met my goal of posting a picture of the week on Friday!!

Here is this week's. It is of Kyle Freedman of Amherst Steele High School. He swims for his school at splash zone, and wanted to go there to have some portraits taken. There are some cool poses Walter took there! This was my favorite pose. It's so unique!

Kyle wanted to incorporate swimming and basketball in a portrait, as he does both. You'll see his session here on the blog later next week. He is finishing his session on Wednesday, because it rained the day of his session. Watch for all the cool stuff later! Have a great weekend! If you're going to a homecoming, have a great time and be careful!
Susan

Picture of the Week

My goal is to have a picture of the week every Friday. I know it's a pie in the sky wish, but I'm gonna try! Here is this week's picture. It's of Mallory Girdler from Open Door Christian School. Awesome image, and my favorite for the week!

Gizmo

UPDATE: Gizmo was adopted on Sunday! I will keep you updated if it doesn't work out, but our hopes are high that he will love his new family and do well!

My friend Heather and her husband George are looking to have their dog, Gizmo, adopted to a good home. They got him before they had their two kids (6 months and 2 years old!) So now they are feeling a little overwhelmed! I told them I would try to help them out and put his picture on my blog so lots of people would get to see him!

He is a very nice dog! He is housebroken and comes with his toys, bed, etc. If you are interested, or know of anyone else who is, let me know. Thanks!

Susan

We love our job!

I just wanted to share a story I heard this morning. A mother came in to pick up her son's order and told me how pleased she was with the portraits. She has taken many photographs of her son over the years but told me how she has never gotten photographs as beautiful as these were. She said the expressions that Walter got were exactly him. She told me how her son is slightly shy and doesn't smile a lot. He said he wanted to come to Rowe Photography to have Walter take his senior portraits. She said he was so excited to come back to place the order because he knew he was going to love them, and he's never like that! She said she spent more on his portraits than his sister's that we did a few years ago. But she said that she did because he never asks for anything, and she knows that she will probably never get portraits that nice of him ever again. Stories like that really make all the time we spend on every session worthwhile!
Have a great weekend!
Susan

Facebook!

Just wanted to send it out there to let everyone know that we know have a site on Facebook! I sent out a plea for help on the blog and MacKenzie Tweardy from Elyria Catholic came in yesterday to hook me up and get me running. Just go to Facebook and search Rowe Photography and we should come up!
I don't have enough time to change the images on the website, but now I'll deal with that along with MySpace and Facebook! The internet is evil!!!!!!!!
Please go and sign up to be a fan (whatever that is), so that I feel that doing Facebook is worthwhile. See you on the web!
Susan

Birthday Weekend

This weekend I went to Columbus for my nephew's Kurt's 9th birthday. Actually it's my birthday, he was just born on it (along with my youngest brother, Paul.) So we always have a triple birthday celebration. This year was special, too, because my brother Paul turned 40! I'm older than him, but I won't tell you by how much!
This is the third year in a row that we have played baseball at his birthday party. I think he gets a big kick out of watching us old, out of shape aunts and uncles try to run the bases!
From left to right is: Laurie - sister in law, Nolan - nephew, Paul - brother, Connie his wife, David - brother, Devan-niece, my dad, Tom - brother, Shelby, Scott -neighbor, me, Cindy -neighbor, Kurt-nephew, Sarah-niece, Heidy - sister-in-law, Holly- her sister, Allison - niece and two of the neighbor kids that were Kurt's friends. It was pretty fun! I have also included a photo of Kurt with his new MP3 player that I am in charge of music for, and a photo of me and by little brother, Paul, whom I am happy to share my birthday with! We took the photo ourselves. Not bad, huh? Have a great weekend!