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where did the summer go?

it seems like this first half of the summer has flown by...with the start of it being so rainy and icky, to FINALLY getting some great hot weather, and now it's just july already!

we have been busy daily with seniors from all over, and that has been a blast.  i love shooting in the new sets, we have 2 yet to tweak a bit more, but, man...it just seems like everything is just moving along at such a fast clip...we have SOME openings left in early july and SOME sporadically spread throughout august, so, if you are on the fence about getting in for senior pictures, etc., don't wait much longer.  we cut our number back to 80 total seniors this year...will you be one of them?!

getting daily feedback on the online gallery and ordering system, and it seems to be a resounding success!!  i'm sure we'll encounter glitches as this goes on, but, so far SO GOOD.  comments i've heard: 

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"PS-I love the online ordering!  I love how quickly I was able to  see the proofs and that I could share them with friends & family.   Anything to save time is always a plus for me!"

"Love the convenience, I can order when I WANT to order!"

"Thank you for not having to have us drive back to order.  Coming from xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to place an order when gas is so expensive was not what we were looking forward to.  THANK YOU for thinking of your clients FIRST!"

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no, the thank you goes to you all for allowing us to try something new/different, and for being willing to work through the 'bugs' in the system!!  i do think the convenience, the time saving, the money saving in gas really DO make a lot of sense for everyone...it's getting so expensive in all things...it's good to work together to make it best for everyone.

off to work at the Goss Opera house today to get their printing needs handled.  i hear that saturday was a HUGE day for attendance at the Bodies, which is really just so exciting!!  it's good to see this new venture being successful, and i only see greater things in the future.  the retail location should be opening in the next few weeks...

if i don't check back in before the 4th, please, everyone have a safe and wonderful time with family, friends, and fireworks!!

h

it feels good to be:

1.  photographing awesome seniors again!

2.  playing in our atrium, getting rockin shots, and being creative...

3.  done sorting graduation/commencement photo's have them at the Post Office.

4.  seeing SO MANY PEOPLE at the Goss Opera House enjoying the Bodies Human Exhibit and
    the Common Ground Coffee and Internet Cafe...

5.  spending a bit of time with Rod Evans and being challenged to push my creativity even farther and into      new areas

6.  and have, i think, the major glitches worked out with our online ordering system!

7.  getting a 'facebook' presence--not sure i understand it all, but, seems to be THE PLACE to be, and of course, i'm late to the party!!

have lots to post...not a lot of time...check back for images and more!

h

ahhh, set building...

after doing construction for the past few weeks at the opera house, we are finally working on my sets here!

john, josh, john, kelli and i have been working hard the last 2 days on getting ready for our upcoming seniors...and i am SO excited by our progress.  alice in wonderland set is SO funky cool, heavy metal is coming along nicely, and the southern foyer area is a work in progress, but i see light at the end of the tunnel on that one too!

the front porch, the junkyard, joe's garage, the piazza, and the field of  flowers are done ( well, the flowers just need to grow now!).

tomorrow we should get our brick and metal walls up in the field of flowers area, and then we just have to paint them.

it's a good feeling to see daily progress!

i have 2 weddings this weekend, have printing to do at the opera house on monday, and then back to sets next week, as we start with seniors on FRIDAY!!

hope all have a great rest of the week and weekend,

h

the BODIES opened sunday to people standing in line

to view the exhibit.  what an exciting day, one filled with people from all over the state, and exhaustion on the part of many of us 'goss workers and volunteers'.

it's a good feeling to know that the 'bulk' of the work has been finished on the commercial bank building that is housing the exhibit, with only 'tweaky' things to still be completed...

the coffee shop, common grounds, is still being worked on, and the retail gift shop is unfinished, but, hopefully by the end of the month, they will have both of those ready for the public as well!

me, i'm tapering off my helping with the construction stuff, and now back to concentrating FULL TIME on finishing our sets.  the boys will be out tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday if necessary to help kick start all the new sets to completion.  i am SO VERY EXCITED to shoot in our new sets...it's so much fun to play in a new playground!!

i have weddings this friday and saturday, have sunday and monday to process those images, and then start into seniors next week.  we are OVER OUR HALF WAY MARK to being completed booked for our seniors, so, if you are holding out for an appointment, you might not want to wait too much longer.  we are only booking 80 seniors this year (we've always cut off at 100), so...seriously, don't wait!

back to  the opera house, i'm super excited, i've been named creative art director for the building!  this is so much fun to be able to create in a new venue, more art, more education...a great combination of my past and my future...life is taking some fun turns!!

anyway, off to bed...busy day in the morning with construction of sets here!

heather