Artistic Magic

It never ceases to amaze me the skills I have learned over the past few years. For many years most of my studies in photography were in planning the image before clicking the shutter. Making sure it was perfect before the image was recorded. Now my studies have changed.....now it's what I can do post production. The included two images illustrate my point. This is a well planned photo...simple but well planned. Nice pose and well lit. But look what happens after the image is made. Other than the braces, the changes are subtle but dramatic. Just a little enhancing of an already pretty girl. The removal of the braces is fairly impressive though. Every finished image we produce goes through the same painstaking process. This retouching is included with all our our Portrait and Senior Portraits.....the braces removal is optional...

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The Last week of school

As the Class of '09 gets ready to graduate this weekend, it makes me think of all the seniors we photographed this past year. What a great group. All of the promise of graduating and beginning the next phase of their lives, all of their dreams and goals, all of the new horizons to reach. To all of them, and to those few who we didn't photograph, we wish you the best of luck and the hope that you have fun and stay safe this summer.

Senior Portraits 2010

Senior Portrait time is rapidly approaching. Our May-June Special is a free 48 wallets and a free pose change with any portrait order. This is a $79.50 savings. This special is only for May and June. There will be other ones later in the summer, but this one offers the most savings.

There are many new specialty items this year. One of my favorites is the Composite Wall Portrait, like the one pictured here. It is offered on wall portraits 11x14 and larger. You can order it with 2, 3 or 4 smaller images on the larger image. I will be posting more examples of this and some of the other specialty items available next time.

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For those of you smart ones out there....your Prom Portraits are now ready.

They are also posted on our site. Just go to the opening page, scroll down to the login box and put "prom"in the box, enjoy

Our 29th Anniversary

On May 1, 1980 this ad ran in the Newnan Times-Herald. It was our first day as the owners of, what was then Norman Studio. Yes, 29 years ago today Georgia and I walked into the old studio on the court square and and tried to act like we knew what we were doing. Those of you with sharp eyes will recognize Alan and Denise Jackson in my ad. It was one of my first weddings, shot while I was still with the newspaper. I wonder what ever happened to them.........Wedding prices have gone up a bit since then but Prom portraits have not. Thirty dollars this year but for a lot more photographs. Just like then, the proms are tomorrow and we will be set up next door at The Major Long House in an area we have never done Prom Portraits before