Brian “Head” Welch came and spoke at Fairhaven Church on January 29th
The church (a very large church) was packed to the gills with people of all ages who came to hear Brian “Head” Welch speak about his life as a heavy metal rocker. I’m not sure how it all got worked out, but it was a part of the Next Generation Ministries at Fairhaven Church. Most of the Next Generation events occur in a meeting area called the Mac at the church, but it quickly became clear that this would have to be moved to the main sanctuary.
After telling his story he explained that all the money and drugs and fame had left him feeling like an empty shell. Then he explained how he was drawn to Jesus and his life was changed from the inside out.
Here is the Facebook Page for the NextGen ministries: Don Solin on stage with Brain “Head” Welch formerly from KORN
Horse and rider portrait gallery
Some of these are senior portrait sessions with students that own a horse. Others are portraits of horses with their owners at local boarding stables. It’s always interesting to try to find the best place to set up the portraits. Each stable has its own flavor and areas that will work well.
One of these girls is looking toward a career in horse management. She is also trying out modeling as well. Several pictures from her session became the building blocks for addition modeling work.
Schedule or Discuss your Horse and Rider Portrait Session
If you would like to discuss scheduling a portrait session with your horse, please send me a note or give me a call. For senior portrait sessions we can do some with your horse and some without so that you have a nice variety of meaningful portraits. For Megan, she wanted some portraits in her prom dress and I thought it would be really fun to have some of those with her horse. I think they turned out lovely and she selected one to make into a framed canvas print for her home. She picked others from the session for wallets and gift prints and of course I included some Facebook images with her purchase which her friends on Facebook went nuts over.
At liberty and Under Saddle
Although I am not showing any here, I do photography of horses at liberty and under saddle as well. Go up to the menu of this website and explore some of the other areas to get a good idea of what your horse and rider session can be. And since I have horses and I know horse photography, not only will you look good, but your horse will too. There are senior portrait photographers that will come out to your boarding stable for part of your sessions, but sometime they look at your horse more like a prop, similar to a basketball, a football, or a musical instrument. They don’t understand that if a horse is photographed with the wrong angle or the wrong lens it just won’t be pleasing to the horse owner’s eye. If you horse’s ears are back like he is angry or he looks bored and uninterested (ears every which way and eyes half-shut), it doesn’t matter how good you look, the portrait becomes average and a disappointment to you, the horse owner. I guess I look at your horse as your companion or your friend rather than as a prop and I think that makes a difference in the end result.
Peter DeMott Photography • peter@photosbypdemott.com • 937-478-6222 • Located in Germantown, OHIO • Serving SW Ohio, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Eastern Indiana and NW Kentucky.
Learn how to run a Groupon deal for photographers that works
Sherri over at The Business Lens posted a new Groupon Disaster example. Then she listed out what she expected would be the time needed to complete the 1200 plus portrait sessions, how much was given to the photographer as a result of the deal and, in the end, how much the photographer would be making from the deal.
Go take a look HERE: http://thebusinesslens.com/2010/09/15/groupon-photography-sessions-vs-working-mcdonalds/
It just took her a few minutes to realize that this was not going to be pretty. One legal pad and a calculator and a few minutes of thought can help you not to make a huge mistake with your business.
Now, if you are considering running a Groupon, Living social, or other similar buy it now online and save type deal, go to the bottom on here post and click on the link about “How to run a Groupon for photographers that works.”
Melissa’s senior portraits from her mom’s perspective
I was pleasantly surprised by a lovely testimonial this evening on one of galleries of a senior portrait session.
Here is Melissa gallery from our session together (Melissa, her mom, my assistant and me) at Cox Arboretum near the Dayton Mall. Melissa’s Gallery Click here
Melissa is a lovely young lady and was delightful to photograph. She has been posting about her plans for the future on her Facebook wall. College will be here in no time at all for sure.
Peter DeMott • Peter DeMott Photography • Greater Dayton area • peter@photosbypdemott.com • 937-478-6222
Megan’s senior portraits created a dilemma for her and her mom Lori
After having several conversations with Megan’s mom, Lori, Megan and Lori were finally able to placed their order for her senior portraits taken this fall. Their order is arriving within the next couple of days and they are very excited to see everything and get their canvas image framed and hung.
Megan chose several different images for wallets to give friends.
Here is the image they chose to make into a canvas print. It was fun to have a Megan in her prom dress with her beautiful horse.
It was fun talking with Megan’s mom about the portraits because she and Megan were having such a difficult time narrowing down their order. I said, of course, that they can order everything if the wanted. But, they didn’t take my advice and order lots of prints of every portrait. That was their dilemma, how to narrow their order.
Here is a link to her gallery. Megan’s Senior Portrait Gallery
Seems like spring will be here soon. If you have a horse and it is time for your senior portraits, remember that many photographers don’t know much about photographing horses. Since I do senior portraits and I am an equine photographer here in the Dayton, Ohio area, I can give you the best of both worlds.
Peter DeMott • Peter DeMott Photography • Located in Germantown, Ohio near Dayton • 937-478-6222 • peter@photosbypdemott.com