Archive for March, 2010

I shot Tammy and Brian’s very snowy wedding reception a mere 48 hours after Erin and Mike’s engagement session below. Can you believe that? Ca-razy stuff. Tammy contacted me last week with a last minute request to shoot their reception – she and Brian had already tied the knot in Mexico (LUCKY!) and were having a reception for family and friends back at home.

Quite a hand was dealt by mother nature – while we were excited about the chance to do some shooting out in the snow, we were NOT excited by the fact that the wind was gusting to 25mph+ and even 5 minutes out and any uncovered body parts turned bright red. There was NOTHING to stop the wind, and it felt like being in a wind tunnel. With snow. That hurt. Tammy especially was all for it, and was such a trooper for even setting foot outside in her dress!! Not once, but twice! We had to work fast with lighting to keep everyone from getting frostbitten, but below are a few shots from the reception itself as well as our snowy excursion outside.

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…a few quick, informal bridal shots of Tammy…
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Now, on to spring? Please?

Erin and Mike drove up all the way from Emporia, Kansas Thursday evening for their engagement session. That’s not all – they actually were in Emporia for the week from Mississippi! Lucky they were; as I sit here blogging this session we have 3 inches of snow on the ground, and our good friend Gary Lezak said we are expecting 4-8 inches of additional snow before the day’s over (should make for an interesting wedding reception I am shooting this evening!). But no, it was in the mid 60s and the sun made a rare, rare appearance for their session – the only glitch was that their photographer was a bit under the weather, but as I do….I deal. :) Actually, you could set a bomb off behind me when I am shooting – so I tend to ignore the fact I’m a bit miserable until I’m sitting in my car after the session.

I’ll be shooting Erin and Mike’s wedding this August in Emporia at a couple of GORGEOUS, historic venues – so you’ll be seeing a lot more from this couple right here!

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Seth called me last week and wanted to schedule a “surprise” engagement session for his fiance, Adriane – Seth is a Marine and is returning to Quantico, Virginia today. We scheduled for Sunday – which turned out to not be so much of a surprise when Seth realized Adriane was going to have to plan clothing changes and such! The weather the first half of the day was positively dreary with heavy mist and low overcast, but it broke up enough in the afternoon that we were able to get some serious work done. We wandered quite a bit and discovered a lot of new places – which I always appreciate! Kansas City is just a great city to explore from a photographic standpoint. I had a hard time narrrowing down the selection for the blog…there are some additional shots on my Facebook fan page (you are a fan of SDP, right? ;) ) Seth and Adriane – I wish you the BEST of times ahead!!

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Ok. Let’s set one thing straight – Semper Fi! (my father was a Marine, Vietnam vet – and my assistant Lori’s son Ted just became one as well!)
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The weather is getting nice(r) out! I see green grass starting to poke through the brown, dormant stuff in my yard. It broke 60 degrees yesterday. Yes, another “busy season” is shortly upon us which includes YOU, seniors!! So, to entice you out of hibernation and out for a FUN photoshoot featuring fabulous YOU, I’m including 50 complimentary wallets for anyone booking their senior package by May 1st. No, you don’t have to have your shoot DONE by May 1st, just scheduled. What’s not to love? You can choose up to 3 images for these 50 wallets, and of course you can order more wallets, enlargements and much more in your custom online gallery after your shoot – or in person at my studio in a proofing/ordering session where I can show you some of our fabulous products in person, including INCREDIBLE senior albums we are getting in shortly!

Our packages can be viewed here - you can do as little as the shoot itself and ordering whatever you wish from your online gallery, to ordering a CD of your full-resolution images, and purchasing print packages and/or albums. Yay for SPRING!

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A few pretty large announcements to make this evening!

First and foremost, our pricing has JUST adjusted for 2010. All of our online price and product guides (found under the information/investment tab here, and the investment and pricing tabs on the main sarahdickersonphoto.com site) are now updated and uploaded to reflect this change. These prices are effective immediately (March 5, 2010). For those of you that have a copy of my old price sheet but have not yet booked a wedding or portrait sessionĀ - whether you met with me for a consult, at a bridal show or have been in contact with me regarding my services via phone or email, I will honor the old, quoted prices for 90 days – which is June 5th, 2010. (This doesn’t mean you have to have completed your shoot by then, it simply means you must book your session or wedding by this point to take advantage of the older rates).

Brides and clients who are already booked with me – what does this mean to you? Absolutely nothing. Disregard! :) You booked in under our previous rates – so the rate sheets and product guides in effect when you booked your session or wedding are the rates that will be in effect for you all the way through your wedding or session and ordering. You’re good to go!

You might have also noticed a bit of “housecleaning” around the SDP blog and website. I hope you like the changes!

And while we are on the subject of houses, our studio is moving into a new home effective June 1st. This is SUPER exciting news and deserves a post of its own – which it will get in due time! Sarah Dickerson Photography will be located inside of Shana Vaughn Designs and Salutations in Briarcliff Village and I am SO excited to share the news! We will be building out a workspace and are already using the meeting space inside Shana’s shop for client consults. Look for much more on this to come – photos, updates, and perhaps an invite to an opening reception?? :)

Well, I am going to eat crow after my last post about my move away from horse show and equine competition photography. I was asked today to photograph the Kansas City Dressage Society’s March Competition at Hale Arena (the American Royal Complex) in Kansas City, Missouri, March 27 and 28th, so we’re going to sneak this one onto the calendar before the wedding season fires up in mid April.

Competitors, we will be offering some of the same great at-show specials that were hugely popular at some of the shows we attended last year, such as the Iowa Dressage Classic and Missouri Dressage Classic. And, we’ll be offering our usual artistic twist to standard competition photography! :) Look for more information forthcoming….see you there! :)

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