Captivating Time Photography: December 2008

Garnsey's Trash The Dress Video

Hello everyone! This is Ben, Jemma's Husband.
I hacked my way into the blog to show you something special:
Vanessa & Brent Garnsey's Trash The Dress Session, now on video!
Click the picture-link below to see the video in a pop-up window.

This video is part of a new promotion between Captivating Time Photography and Christian County Video. When brides-to-be order the "Creme De La Creme" Wedding-Video Package from Christian County Video they will get a $200 credit towards a "Trash The Dress" Photo session with Captivating Time! They'll also get a fun video like the one above!

Hope you enjoy!
Ben Russell

Name Change... 3 days to Post a Comment!

We are very seriously considering changing our name... seeing how our name is WAY too long! We are going for something (obviously) shorter, fun, and shows how we work (we are ALWAYS barefoot, unless we are wadding 6 foot tall weeds :) ) So..this is what we have come up with....

Option #1

"The Barefoot Sisters"

We like it- we are always barefoot, and we are sisters. The negatives- it has nothing to do with photography and may not show up on google searches.

Option #2

"Barefeet Portraits"

Once again, like it due to the barefeet part, and it at least states that they are portraits. That helps. However, does everyone know how to spell "portraits"? That seems to be a hard word... I'm just learning which is REALLY sad, seeing how this is what I do :)

Option #3

"Barefeet Artwork"

One of the personal favs. We are constantly advocating that we don't produce your mundane portraits you can get from those walk in photography studios in the mall.... instead we create artwork you will treasure forever and can proudly display on your wall. The negatives... is it too confusing that its artwork instead of portraits/photography?

Option #4

"Barefoot Artwork"

Pretty much the same as option #3... just another variation.

Option #5

Suck it up and get over it girls.. keep the same name.

Great because we are already established under this name. We have the shirts, cards, brochures, all business stuff done. However, IF we are going to change our name, we need to do it now before TOO many people know about us. AND.. we write this ALL the time and it gets quite annoying! We didn't even think about the SUPER long title until we started writing it 500 times a week :)

So... we want as many comments as possible. Lets see how many comments we can get in the next 3 days!!! Help us out on this one... we have a lot of loyal customers out there and your opinion matters so now is the time to show it! Its SUPER easy to leave a comment, just click on the "Comment" button under this post and type it in. You can also choose to be anonymous too! Then click submit and your done! Easy as pie!

What do you think... Option 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5?

Sparkman Collage

Little Miss Eggerman

Seriously... how cute is she?! We had such a great time, and captured some true personality shots! She is 9 months old, and has booked her "Smash the Cake" session pictures for next year... so you will be seeing her around! Enjoy your sneak peek... more to come!

AMAZING CHRISTMAS CARD 2 DAY SPECIAL!!!!

We have a spectacular special going on!! This is for 2 days only. All orders must be received by midnight Sunday, December 7th to qualify for this huge discount! You can choose ANY photo from your previous session to put on your Christmas Card. All the cards are custom made and can say anything you'd like. The cards come in sets of 8. Below are the amazing examples. Here's the spectacular special:
If you purchase 3 sets of cards (totaling 24 cards) you save $9!! Instead of paying $36 you only pay $27. That's almost a set of cards free!!
If you purchase 4 sets of cards you get a $12 discount which is equivalent to getting the 4th set free!! You only pay $36!!
When purchasing 5 sets of cards you save $15!! You will only be out of pocket $45 instead of $60 which is our normal price. What an amazing gift to give for Christmas! Your family and friends would love to see your family so beautifully captured. These cards will be treasures and take center stage among all the Christmas cards received.

Santa's Coming Saturday!

Time has really flown. Santa's coming to the studio tomorrow! He'll be there from 2 to 4. To see more details you can scroll down the blog to the info and examples we put on here earlier. We're waiving the sitting fees on this day and offering our Faith Package. It'll be fun! Downside is I've now lost my voice so I have no idea how we're going to make it through tomorrow! Everyone say a prayer.
Jemma

Proof for Ms. A

You guys proof this crop and shoot me an e-mail.

Some Recents

Yes.. we have been working! Very hard actually. So the blog has been neglected because we are TOTALLY covered up... but I just wanted to post one from one of our recent sessions!

Gearing Up for Christmas

... So here's the scoop. We did a family photo shoot with our entire family for our Christmas Cards so we thought we would share! Every single person in this photo is absolutely vital to this business! Without all of them, this business would cease to exist. So here is the whole clan Captivating Photography's style...

And for our more traditional viewers... a right-side up view of the world...

So here's the breakdown. First we have the Girls. In the center is our wonderful Grandma- and our awesome Mother. They are both so much love and support.. from watching kids to consulatation- these women are absolutly wonderful.

Then we have the boys. Our great Dad, and wondeful husbands (who feed our kids and put them to bed when we are still at the studio at 11 pm or up till 4 am editing pictures)...