I never know exactly HOW people end up at my studio... it's unscientific sometimes... Through our website...Through a mailer... Through an ad they saw... Maybe they saw something on facebook they liked...
But more than any other method... the way that MOST have come to us over the years... is through word of mouth.
Most veteran photographers, and heck, business owners in general, will swear that THAT method is what keeps us all afloat... and I won't argue with that...
Case and point? Danielle.
Danielle was our Wednesday afternoon senior and when she and her mom walked in... I saw the CULPRIT trailing behind them!
East Marshall Class of 2001 senior Jenna Foulk was to blame for this happening. ;-)
Mama Sharon explained that Jenna was Danielle's "big sister" and I knew then that THAT's how the Propst's were steered in our direction.
The pressure was on as Sharon explained that they just loved Jenna and that they trusted her opinion and that if Jenna said I was "The Man" than that was good enough for them.
Of course, not wanting to make Jenna look bad... we were off and running.
The fun thing to me was seeing how much Jenna has come out of her shell in the last decade. Always really quiet and reserved in high school... she kept Danielle on her toes the ENTIRE session with one razzing after another... and I'm not gonna lie... the girl was dang funny and heck... I got to take a session off, so to speak, in the entertainment department! ;-)
The girls had done their homework and had some specific requests about certain poses they wanted... and the one that made me laugh the hardest was the merry-go-round shot you see here....
It had rained that morning and everything was still wet around town... including the merry-go-round... It was dry on the edges.. but there was some standing water in the center. Not thinking much of it... Danielle sat on the outside of it and I gave it a spin. We got the totally fun shot you see here with her hair whipping out to the side... Mission accomplished, right?
Well Danielle got up... and we had a problem. Of course there's a little something called centrifugal force that pulls everything towards the outside of a spinning circle like that.....
Including the aforementioned standing water.
Let's just say that Danielle looked like she had needed to "go" and not gotten to the bathroom in time.
Let me tell ya... Jenna let her HAVE IT about THAT! ;-)
Danielle changed from khakis to jeans to complete that outfit and disaster was averted...
Never a dull moment around this place! Special thanks to Miss Foulk and all of our loyal clients that love to blab on our behalf! :)
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