Walter's day in court!

About two weeks ago, we were photographing my family portrait. During the session a policeman drove thru the lot where we were parked and noticed that Walter's sticker was expired on his license plate. By the time we got back to the parking lot, the van was already hooked up to a tow truck and the policeman was writing a ticket. He said he ran the plate and it didn't match the van it was on.

We were very perplexed as to how Walter could have missed renewing his license plate sticker. You don't understand. I'm married to the original boyscout. I don't think he's ever had a overdue library book!

To make a very long story shorter, we found out that when we traded in our van, Walter paid to have the plates transferred. Apparently, the dealership skipped that part of the transaction, and never registered our vehicle. I also contacted the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles and found out that coincidentally they never mailed out a renewal notice this year for that sticker. Apparently it was a computer glitch!

Walter had to go to court today for having plates not registered to a vehicle. We had the state send us a letter stating that they never contacted us about the renewal and a letter from the dealership stating that they never registered our vehicle. We figured it couldn't hurt to take that evidence into court. After reading the letters, THE STATE DECIDED TO DROP ALL CHARGES! Walter didn't have to pay court fines or anything since everyone screwed up! YEAH! It's nice to know that sometimes the system can work in your favor!

Susan

Picture of the Week

Well, it's Friday, so I need to post my picture of the week. This week it's of Gary Edwards from Midview High School. I love the simplicity of the pose and all the color harmonies. Walter found the old chair at his dad's house, and it's so cool! The fall colors have been beautiful so far, and the weather has been cooperating! I can't wait until you see next week's picture of the week! Walter took it today, and if I could have had it ready, I would have used it! Stay tuned!
For those of you going to homecomings, have fun and be careful! Have a great weekend!
Susan
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Guy Frenzy!

We have had a huge run on guy sessions lately! I think the senior guys in the area just decided that now would be a good time for senior portraits. Just about all the slideshows on the blog right now are guys. Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with that. I love those sessions. They were great. But for a while there we were photographing mostly girls. Yesterday all of our sessions were of guys. I have several session slideshows to post, and most of them are guys. See guys!? Getting your senior portraits taken is not as bad as you think! Check out the guys we've done recently. They had some awesome sessions! Don't wait. And have a great weekend!
Susan

Picture of the Week

OMG! I forgot to do the picture of the week yesterday! And I was three for three! Oh well. This week's picture of the week is of Madalyn McMinn, who came to us from Wellington High School. She went down the street with Walter to take some photos, and it looked like rain, so I ran them down some umbrellas. Good thing I did! It started raining just as I got to them! This photo was taken as Madalyn was walking back to the studio to change her outfit. It is soooo cute! Love it! Just like in my earlier post, when life gives you lemons.....

When life gives you lemons...

When Kyle did his session recently, it was raining hard that day. He brought his wakeboard for some photos. Walter had him change into his swimsuit, and outdoors they went! The first photo totally looks like it was taken by water, like at the beach, but it's really the road next to our studio! I love the shiny look of the street in the other wakeboard photo, too. The weather in the next few weeks will probably bring more rain, but it presents an opportunity to create some really unique stuff! If you've got a session coming up, pray for rain! You might get some cool stuff that no one else has! You'll see more samples of it coming to the website, so keep your looking for them!

New Banner!

Well, my other new banner went up yesterday. It is of Rachel Clark. She came to Rowe Photography from Elyria Catholic High School. I loved her lime green shoes! I always add a word to the banner that I think goes with the photo. The word I chose for this banner was "Fierce".

I think it is such a strong pose and she looks fierce! That word always reminds me of Christian Serriano, the last season winner from Project Runway!

Come visit my new banners in the window anytime!

Susan

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!