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!

New Phone

Okay, I have gone to the dark side! I got a new phone a couple of weeks ago, and it has a camera on it (which I swore I never wanted!) I started taking the first couple of photos, and I'm still trying to figure it out. Today was my birthday, and my friends and I went to the Hard Rock Cafe in Cleveland. The photo of Vivian (my friend's daughter) drinking out of a Budweiser can was actually an empty can. I think she thought it was an actual bottle for her! We had a great time. The other photo of Vivian was taken at the fair. Hopefully I will get better at the camera phone. Right now it is the only camera I have, as I can't find the battery charger for my real camera! Hope you all had a great weekend, too!

Water World

I had to chuckle today. Morgan came in for her session and asked about the portraits that have been taken in the water. She wanted to know if she would be allowed to go in the water, too.
We have wanted to do poses like that for a while now, but at the start of the season, Walter didn't think anyone would go for it. I told him all he could do was ask them to get in the water. The worst they could do was say no. Now that we have been doing it and showing it, people are coming in requesting that they get drenched! I guess it's like the saying....

Build it and they will come. Show it, and they will want to do it!

Kendra

Back to School Special

Here is the next mailer that is going out soon. I just ordered it at the printer. It's the back and the front. You can click on the image if you want to view it larger. This is a great deal if your schedule works so that you can take advantage of it! Everyone wants an after school appointment, and since we're here all day long, I figured someone that can come in during the school day should get a bonus! Times won't last long, so look at your schedule and give us a call.

Oh, and if you're on the blog looking for a slideshow, be sure to look in the senior galleries on the website. I'm changing images as fast as I can! Have a great weekend!

Susan