Not just pin-ups and web images

We shoot a lot more than just pin-ups. Glamour, fashion, boudoir, maternity, graduation, events, weddings and just plain fun.
Our images don't just look good at 72 dpi in a small web site jpeg, they are crystal clear up to 30x20 prints. We shoot everything intending it to be printed at at least 8x10 and we keep the details for even larger prints.
Just about any picture can look good in a small web thumbnail (even one of me!), how does it look zoomed in?

Hot Rods

We are grateful to Motor City for use of their large collection of awesome cars.

http://www.motorcityusa.net/

Turning points

I've been looking for larger studio space for some time. I'm shooting under an 8' ceiling and would really like to be at 12'. I've posted Craigslist ads off and on and recently received a reply from a well established antique shop in a local tourist based economy town close by with a very tempting offer.
They have lots of seasonal foot traffic and the opportunity for walk in business would be very high. The rent is reasonable, my commute time would be about one large coffee, the building itself and of course the antiques certainly fit into by genre'.
What has suddenly occur to me is that I'm currently shooting people for 2-4 hours. I have a wonderful opportunity to establish relationships with great people in that time. Frankly I rarely shoot people I don't feel good about being around. The product, generally prints and a disk with post production print and web files takes about a week to be readied and mailed out to the client.
My work flow would have to change a lot in order to do walk-ins. There will be little opportunity to screen people, the sessions would be much shorter, I will need to do post production quickly on the spot instead of when I felt most creative and print would need to be done right then and there rather than sent out for professional printing.
Perhaps this is all alright and the next step I need to take, purposefully putting myself under the gun a bit to be able to quickly come up with a quality product. Personally I had envisioned longer sessions of higher end work for more money, being able to really fully be at my very best for a day to one person rather than shooting for an hour and shouting out "Next!".
Desisions, decisions.

Gracie is a vintage clothing model for my excellent hair/make-up/wardrobe Godess Bobbi of Dressed to the 9's Vintage

Mother's Day special

$249- gets you-

The experience:
Pin-up hair, make-up and vintage clothing and accessories.
2 hours of studio time.
300 or so high resolution frames shot with professional equipment.
Your choice of 10 final images.
Full post production and expert touch up.
A lot of fun.

The product:
10 professionally printed 8x10 inch pictures on Fuji Lustre paper (the good stuff, not some home printer)
The same 10 hi-res images print ready on CD along with matching web ready images and copyright releases.

Don't want to do pin-up? You can do your own hair and make-up and wear your own clothes and get the same package at $199

Goodbye Valentines Day

We had a ton of fun doing Valentine's Day sessions this year! Thank you ladies!

After those surprise gift albums are presented to the lucky guys getting them next weekend we should be able to post some samples here, until then they are top secret.

If you didn't get booked in time for V-Day, how about Mother's Day? It' about 3 months away and this would be a good time to start planning your shoot.

Gals, we can take pictures of you that will bring joyful tears to your Mom's eye. Dump that old graduation picture she has on the wall and replace it with something modern and cool.

Guys, if your gal's a mommy this would make a great gift, contact us about gift certificates.

How about a gift certificate for you mom? Maybe she doesn't want to get all gussied up for pin-ups but we can make her look her very best.

-Ric