It's summer time!

Summer is a marvelous time of year. Gardens are blooming. Color everywhere. Even with my hectic schedule I still find time to photograph nature somewhere, someplace, sometime at least once a day. This butterfly happened into our garden and I couldn't resist taking this shot. Anyone with a camera can enjoy this hobby and all its rewards. So get out there and shoot.

August Promo

Our July retouch promotion is over today. It was quite a good deal and not many people took advantage of it. Too bad. I know almost everyone out there has at least one photo in need of restoration. We will be posting this promotion again sometime so keep watching if you missed this one.
Our August promo will be buy one print ( any size ) and get the second for half price. Just mention our code: "August Bonus Days" and get the discount. Simple as that.

Nikon performance

This is not a blog to argue of camera makes and who's best, but I am so impressed with the D3's performance, I got to mention it. I have been a loyal fujifilm S3 user for many years but my fuji never came close to this camera. Here is a crop of a photo taken at night. You can clearly see the people inside and maybe whats for dinner. Totally amazing what digital cameras have evolved in to. Now you possibly could take this image with other camera brands but none make it as easy as this D3.

Off to the races!

I took a break yesterday and went to Fort Erie Race Track in Ontario, Canada. It is a great deal. Free admission, free parking and on designated days one dollar hot dogs and soft drinks. The tracks infield is nicely landscaped and the horses and people are colorful. A great place to be entertained and take photos too. Here are some of my favorites from the day. I have plenty so I may be posting more soon.

Restoration

Today's image came from a smart consumer. She has taken advantage of our July Special and has qualified for one hour of free restoration work. This image is severely damaged and needs quite a lot of repair. The client is mostly interested in restoring the main subject, her, so we did a liberal crop around the edges to save time. The original image was wallet size and we needed to enlarge our final image to 4x6 and then added the white border for nostalgia. It came out really good considering the lack of cloning material in the image.

A few more...

Here are a few more of my favorites from Josh & Caroline's wedding. One neat thing they did was have a live band play at the reception. This is rare now days, as most brides opt for the DJ.

The band ( named Music Krew ) was rockin' and a very nice touch of cool to a wedding celebration.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Josh Miller and his new bride, Caroline. They tied the knot on Saturday at St. Bernards Church in Youngstown. What a wonderful couple to work with. Both families had a great time celebrating the occasion. Here is one of my favorite images from the day. A prominent local dentist loaned his estate to Josh and Caroline to use for their outdoor environmental portraits. A beautiful property and I will post more of my favorites later.

Wedding bells are in their future.

Congratulations to Joe & Jessica. Engaged to be wed in August. We are looking forward to working with them again soon. Yesterdays photo session was a blast. We got a great set of images and this couple had fun and looked great together.

Framed ?

Do you want to make your 8x10 photo an even more impressive gift or a more handsome subject for framing? Consider the inexpensive option of having it mounted in a double mat.
We offer a huge selection of mats. Or, you can use our new computer generated mats. These mats can be added to any size image and give the appearance of the real thing. So real in fact people have to touch our wall portraits to tell the difference.

Female Blue Jay

I took this image on the 4th of July of a female blue jay. We went to Wendy's aunt Sandy's for a picnic in Gerry, NY. She has a lot of bird feeders and it was a good opportunity to take some bird pictures.

Family Portraits

Yesterday, Mark bullock who owns Scott's Furniture here in the Falls came in with his son Jeff and his daughter Jen. We had a wonderful photo session with this family. We lots of pictures with dad and his kids , then some with just Jeff and Jen together. We took one or two individual portraits of each and this gave Mark exactly the kind of coverage he wanted. These are a couple of my favorite from the session and I am sure Mark will be very pleased when he sees all of his images.

Happy Fourth

Today the Gallery is closed, but I still post things from time to time even on holidays so keep checking in. Happy Independence Day.

Cloudy Days

Make the most of cloudy rainy days.This image was taken just after the rain. The sky was still heavily overcast and the light was wrapping around my subject perfectly. Colors are more saturated in this kind of light. Your images will look so much better. Try this with your camera.

July Promo

Hi Gang,

Another new month and another exclusive Portrait Gallery promotion. For the entire month of July you can receive one free hour of retouching on any photo restoration. Just mention our code: .... Save 25 ..... and you'll save $25. Yes, that is right, retouching fees run $25 per hour and this could give you a substantial savings. So dig out those old photos and bring them in. This promotion can only be used once per customer and may not be redeemed for cash.