Hi everyone. Hope you all had a good Memorial Day weekend. I would like to thank Chris our graphics guy for adding the Memorial Day page to the site to honor those men and women who have served and are currently serving our country. No matter what duties you were or are assigned to, you should be proud of the service you have given. There are many who for one reason or another just simply refuse to allow their efforts in the service to our great country to be recognized. For those I would like to say that you're not special. There is no way that anyone can spend any time in the service and was able to get away without doing a military type service for your county that was not essential to the performance of the military. There is not a drill sergeant alive with any kind of self respect at all the would allow any less of you! So get over yourself! Basic training alone has earned you enough for all of us to be in ah of you and give you our respect. Basic training may be a lot of things but easy is not one of them. Thank You ALL for your unselfish service to our country! You are all people of honor and integrity! You are why people like me can have a business and enjoy life to the fullest.

We are going to be offering 360 degree photography to our clients starting this week. In the next day or so the graphic guy will be uploading a sample of what one looks like. You may have seen them before were you can place the cursor over the picture and see a panoramic view of the entire area that has been photographed. I traveled all the way to Kansas to take a 360 degree photo of a Scottish Rite Temple and they look great! We have already had several showing interest in this service and we're looking forward to getting it off the ground. Pricing for this service we think will be very competitive and we should have that service posted soon so watch for it and let us know what you think. I heard that! Someone out there just said "Who would be in need for this?" Well let me take a deep breath and start a list. Real estate, hotel/motels, restaurants, theatres, resorts, entertainment venues, clubs, civic organizations, governmental agencies (city, county, state, fed.), churches, schools, ......gasp, cough, choke, breath. I think the "etc." thing would be appropriate here. We're even going to try shooting one inside a car. We'll let you know how that goes.

Finally, let me ask you how the Pro Pix Tips are doing for you. Has anyone gone out and tried any of the suggestions. If so, let us know. Send us a few you think are the best and depending on how many we have we may just post a few in a gallery somewhere for all to view. Photography gets into your blood if you keep working at it. It's rare when you can do a job that you can just immerse yourself into and real like what you do. Sure, there are times when you have to take a picture of something that may not be your most fab thing to shoot but because of that love for what you do is so strong you still will work very hard to get whatever your subject is to look the best you can. If you're going to capture the moment you need to make it count and make it right. I see a lot of photos on the web, ads, books/magazines, etc. that I wish could have been done just a little different. Then on the other hand I see shots I wish I had taken (jealousy, another virtue of having a passion for photography)! But whether you get that deep into the photo junky thing or just do it as a hobby, I still want you to be pleased with your shots. That's what the PPT posts are all about! So don't be shy. Let us know and see how you're doing. We might even have a job for you. No promises but it wouldn't surprise me any.

Hey I got to get going, so I hope you all have a great day!

Richard

It works in the movie!

Hi everyone! Welcome back to our blog. Have you ever wondered where the name blog came from? I am sure it makes sense to someone but I guess I have missed it. Well something we don't want to miss is the Pro Pix Tips I promised last time we met. Let's get to it.

Pro Pix Tips: Picture composition is a major part of a photography that separate casual photographers from the more advanced photographers (how's that for a little diplomacy). One of the most basic rules of composition is called "the rule of thirds". Now I could go into a great deal of rambling but instead let's just cut to the heart of the matter. Positioning the subject of your picture is tied to what is appealing to the human eye. Rarely does the placing of your subject look the best or most appealing to the eye when the subject is place directly in the center of the shot. So how do we get the picture to be more eye appealing? It starts with tic-tac-toe. Take a piece of paper and draw a tic-tac-toe playing board. Now draw a box around the playing board to represent the view finder of your camera. Note how the view finder is divided into thirds horizontally and thirds vertically. Where any horizontal line crosses a vertical line that is a point where a subject can be placed in the picture and be a more appealing placement to the human eye. Any point of interest can be placed at any of these points and will fit in the rule of thirds for picture composition. One additional point here is if the point of interest is a living thing that has the ability to look at or face something. These should face into the picture and not out of them. If they are looking out of the picture the viewer of the picture will be left with a sense of question or confusion as they wonder what the subject of the picture is looking at. Now as with all rules they do have exceptions and when to use those exceptions is why there is still a need for professional photographers (how's that for a not so subtle comparison).

Now, to help you with with this rule of thirds and the tic-tac-toe board thing many of the new cameras have a display option that will place a tic-tac-toe grid on the view finder itself. Play with this rule of thirds and try to take a picture of someone or something placing it in each of the 4 crossing points and the middle of the picture as well as your subject looking alternately in an out of the picture at each of those point and study each of them your self. Then show them to someone else and get their opinion. If you do I am sure your composition will improve greatly. Try it, you'll like it.

Now on to the rest of the blog (blog? How did they settle on that?). The title might be a little thought provoking at first and maybe you've already guessed what it's all about. On Sunday we were on location of one of many movie sets of the documentary film of the "History of Branson". Our friends at Bear Creek Video Productions are doing the film and I'm telling you they have gone to great lengths to research the facts and capturing those facts on film. BCV Production owner, Mike Johnson and his entire staff are great to work with and present a professional work ethic that made the entire movie set relaxed and easy to do the job. And not to be left out, the actors and technical director are all classy people who love their work and, like the BCVP staffs' work ethic, professionalism was clearly in their blood. It's one thing to do a good job because you're paid to do it, yet another because it's a passion and clearly that was not lacking in any of the crews. The only negative encounter I had involved a ground hog and maybe I will share that incident in a future post if someone reminds me.

This is a great film and has so much information about the Branson area that I had no idea was a part of this local history. It's been a project in the works for years as I understand it and the research behind it has been exhausting. Some of the stories have been filmed on the location where they took place and some of them are a little difficult to find I'm told. But found they where and I for one am looking forward to its release sometime later this year. Our excitement has nothing to do with the fact that some of our photos are going to find their way into the final project........really nothing to do with that. Over the upcoming weeks I am hoping that we will be able to share some of these photos with you when we have the release to do so. I do know that Mike got video of us taking photos while on the set and will being getting some of that video to us for display on this website. I'm looking forward to that as well, not because I'm on it.....really not especially sense I'm on it....really!

Now I want everyone of you to mark down on your "to do" list to watch for the release of this great documentary movie "History of Branson" and buy one for yourself and everyone you know! They plan to have the movie distributed nationally and I'm sure we will have links to where you can find them. You can bet we will scream the news about the grand release here and I'm sure we will have several more entries to post in the future about our further adventures with this film in this blog (blog? Where, how, ......oh well).

Have a great day everyone! Richard

Paying attention!

Hi everyone! Been a few days since we last talked but we have been getting a lot done and will be bringing a couple of new exciting services online soon.

Now during the scurrying around over the past few days I have had the opportunity to visit a few fast food establishments around here and I have had some experience that I thought might have some things in common with the work we do here at 2C Photography. When was the last time you had your order screwed up at one of those places. If your like me it was the last time you went there. I swear those people use headsets that only hear what they want to hear. I've actually had them screw up my order twice in one visit. Yep, they got it wrong when I first ordered and then after being told again what I actually asked for they attempted to fix it and screwed that up as well. I've attempted to order ice tea with no sugar and have made sure I made the no sugar part real clear and they have even told me that it had no sugar when they handed it to me but you guessed it. It seems to be a trend that is on the increase in almost every walk of life. I haven't even seen the fast food business commercial about getting your food done your way lately. Have you?

We keep hearing about customer service but I think it may be going the way of common sense. In fact that may be because that in many cases the two are interconnected. More frequently we are having to take what we are given and be happy about it. Well we don't want that to be the case around here at 2C Photography. We listen to you and what you want from your photography needs. We want you to feel that you are in charge and have control over what you receive. If your needs are not satisfied than what's the point. When I get sugar in my ice tea I can't drink it cause it makes my doctor very upset. If I get the wrong dipping sauce for my nuggets than my taste buds rebel and that can be very ugly from time to time. If the memory you get from your picture is the memory that you asked for a picture done your way and the photographer found it more easy to do it their way, than the picture didn't do either of you any good.

It is true that your photographer needs to have input into the photography needs you have. It may surprise you to know that from time to time we do have a few good ideas. But those ideas still needs to conform to and satisfy the original goal/need you had. In order to accomplish this it is imperative we hear what your asking for and not what we think or hope you're asking for. We feel that we should join forces with you to meet your expectations and want to treat that as job number 1. And while we will suggest a few extras for your consideration we regret that among those will not be pies or fries unless they would be in picture form and guaranteed to not have near the fat and calories of the real ones.

Any business should be striving to provide the best possible serves to you that they can. But try as they may all of them, including us, make mistakes from time to time. But that doesn't mean we should be ok with that. At 2C Photography we will do our best to make sure that we hear you and do everything we can to get it right. We will listen to you and work to get you the results you want if its within our power to do so. So I guess all that is left for me to say is "Welcome to 2C Photography! Would you like a great portrait today?"

Next time we'll post another Pro Pix Tips for your consideration. Have a great day everyone! Richard

Big, Big Week Up Here At The Lodge!

Well, this has been quite a week! We have been working on several projects including a couple of new services which we hope to bring online within the next week or so. We have already done some preliminary test marketing in a few select areas and have some shoot concerning them scheduled for next week. We're all kind of excited about that! But that's not all the excitement we had around here. I'm told my graphics guy thought I had fired him because I inadvertently change one of our project codes that he's currently working on. Sorry, but sometimes I'm not that high tech kind of a person. That's why I have people like Chris the graphics guy in the first place.

Now, you might choose to laugh at me about that, but the way I see it, I'm in pretty good company. Henry Ford had people. I may be wrong (and I'm sure I am, I'll have to check with my people), but I heard somewhere that someone tried to make a claim that Henry was not very smart. In an attempt to prove their point they asked Henry several questions that anyone should, in their opinion, have known. As I understand the story Mr. Ford didn't know the answers but instead pointed out his people who he said he had hired to know the answers to such useless trivia. Good enough for Henry Ford is good enough for me. However, I have been reminded that messing up the codes to our project is not trivial, and therefore not good and I believe received a treat to take my computer away for a week! I wonder if Henry's people ever did that to him?

Seriously, the staff has been putting things into high gear and have accomplished a great deal. The website is still in over haul mode but looking better everyday. It's fun and interesting to watch it as it all comes together especially when you know where it's headed.

We will be looking to put on a couple of new entry level photographers and will probably post that up on the usual spots on Monday. If you would like to avoid the Christmas rush you are welcome to go to the home page and go to the employment section and fill out a pre-application. We will be hiring for our basic event positions which is where we start out most of our employees. We are looking for dependable and trustworthy people who do not need constant supervision and have a professional work ethic. If you have photography skills, that is helpful to some extent (depending what bad habits we have to unlearn you), but if you don't, we'll try to learn you some. In short if you can work hard, do what we tell you, like to make money, have fun, and not cause me or the staff any grief, well Uncle Sam said it best, "I want you!"

Also, we are still looking for model and model want-to-bes. It's a great way to build up some experience and a portfolio.

Finally, I would like to give you a preview of a new service that we hope you will find useful. If you sell items online you now that in most case presentation is everything. Good quality photos make a lot of difference and with so much competition out there they may make the difference between choosing your item over someone else or just how much the buyer is willing to spend. Sometimes it's easy to overlook the difference a quality photo or serious of photos can make. Just look at the items that catch your eye or give you a better feeling and more confidence in the quality of the item. I know myself when I get on those sites, I won't even look at an auction that doesn't have a picture. I want to see that item and everything that goes with it as clearly as possible because if I don't I wonder what the seller may be hiding. Now maybe all your customers are not that way, but I don't think I'm the only skeptical cowboy on the block. We are planning to have a plan for individual shoots as well as for you hard core online sellers in the form of a monthly subscription type service. If you're interest, keep your eye open on this blog for the full details or drop us a note. We'll be glad to answer any questions you might have about this or any of our services and if we don't know the answer, well, we'll make some up (just kidding)!

Thanks for stopping buy! Have a great day and weekend everybody! Richard

Hi everyone! I want to personally thank you for taking the time to visit our website and read our blog. It's still very new but I do get several reports back and so far they have all been very nice and flattering. Everyone here has really dove in and are all doing their part to make what you see look great and fresh. We are continually working on making 2C Photography better everyday and we do that to better serve our customers. I want this studio to live by a principle that I learned years ago. That principle is "Be better today than you were yesterday, but not as good as you will be tomorrow."

We have been working on several projects and hope to master those soon. One of those projects we have already mentioned in an earlier blog regarding our modeling program. We have had some interest shown and look forward to contacting them this week. We will be adding that program to the site soon and hope to get your input. Part of the program depends on those who visit the site to give their opinion on the pictures you view. Comments may be a little scary to get, but without them there is no growth, no improvement, no idea on what works and what doesn't. Besides you may give that one little feed back that will launch the career of the next supper model and with a little luck they may feel like they owe you something!..........Na, I doubt it. But think of the bragging you could do. Wouldn't that be Great! Well, it might.

Mike Johnson from Bear Creek Productions showed us his new business cards he had print with his picture, that he had us take, printed on it. We had a great photo shoot with him taking promo shots for his video company. Those pictures turned out great if I do say so myself and Mike was a lot of fun to photograph. He's a great guy and has a lot of credibility as a videographer with several documentaries to his credit not to mention a few Crystal Awards to boot. As our website continues to improve, we intend to include a list of people and businesses that we like working with and recommend to you. You can bet that Bear Creek Productions will be one of the first added.

We are always looking to make new connections with people and businesses with whom our studio may cross paths professionally and be of mutual service. We have some already but we hope to build on that list. Business like caterers, banquet rooms, convention centers, salons, florist, clothing stores and rentals, transportation services, and lodging and resorts are just a few associations we would like to have. If you fit into any of those or have a service or connection to something not mentioned here that you would like to associate with us, feel free to get in touch with us. We love to show our work and have several ways available to benefit you and your business. We would love the opportunity to talk to you about them at your earliest convenience.

Have a great day everybody! Richard

So your getting married and need photos.....

Hi everyone! In this blog I thought I would get a little deeper into what I was taking about in the Grand Opening post. In doing so, I wanted to concentrate mainly on the wedding photo part of why getting a professional photographer just might be a better idea than a relative, friend, or friend of a friend, etc. But before doing that I thought I would do a another first here for this blog and give my very first camera and picture taking tip. Now how cool is that!?

Pro Pix Tips: As some of you might have noticed, I am a religious kinda guy. And I'm sure that whether you are or not you remember as I do the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) thing that was so popular a while back and I guess still is to some degree. Well, for this our first ever Pro Pix Tips (isn't it so exciting?) I want to have my own WW thing. Let's first start by having a question: "What's a good picture to take?" There are so many things that go into what makes a good picture and over time I will hit on several of them. But there is a fundamental, down and dirty starting point that you should consider before you take a picture. It's something that you should do after you decide what you're going to take a picture of. For example, lets say that you are at a park and you want to take a picture of a flower. Before you point your camera at anything, you need to find some place were you can set down where you can see the flower you want to take a picture of. Sooner or later some tourist is going to see that same flower and take it's picture. Then another tourist will do the same thing. Take note of the angle and positioning of the tourist pictures being taken. Why? Because that is the pictures you don't want to take. Why? Because it is these pictures that are repeated over and over again. They're usually the normal garden variety common shots that are taken. For your pictures to be good they need to be different or unique. Taking a picture of a flower from a position where you have just walked up to it is boring and the way everyone looks at the flower. Find a different view or angle from which to take that picture. Seeing things from a different perspective is a fundamental key in planning a shot. As an exercise try taking a picture of a common item, a park bench, picnic table, trash can, or any thing that normally wouldn't be that interesting as a "common" picture. Look for ways (more than one) to find a different angle, view, and position to get the shot. The object is to add interest to a subject that doesn't have much on it's own. How many different shot can you get? I believe you'll be surprised. Oh, so what about the WW thing. Well, one of the questions you should ask yourself before you take your picture should be WWATT, What Would A Tourist Take? DON'T TAKE THAT ONE! It would be a Cardinal Sin!

(Don't you just feel all getty inside?)

Ok, now for the rest of the post. Back in the pre-digital days, hiring a professional photographer seemed to be more of a necessity than it does now a days. It wasn't as seemingly goof proof as it appears now with digital. The equipment and knowledge level seemed out of reach for most folks. It was tricky at best to make sure you got the picture right sense you couldn't be sure until the film was developed. And then there was the expense and time involved. $500 to over $1000 just to have the proofs developed not to mention the editing of the proofs and the reprinting of those proofs with color corrections, well, cheep it was not. It was somehow a bit more understandable why wedding photos cost so much. Then came the digital age. Once the cost of a digital camera reached a level where it was affordable and people where able to set them on "A" for automatic or "P" for professional (that's not what it stands for by the way) things began to take a bit of a change. Part of the change came from the pros themselves. Even though their expenses decrease many didn't lower their pricing because the cost of software and computers and the time and expense the pros felt they were adding offset what they were saving on film development. True or not the problem quickly became that those non pros were able to take a "good" picture with their "good" camera and put them on a disk so they could be printed at some inexpensive photo center. Remember the old saying that if something sounds to good to be true it probably isn't true? Well in reality someone can take pictures at your wedding and give you a disk and charge you far less than what most pros charge. If that was the whole story than that would be a unhappy ending of the pro but it's not. To start with you might take this opportunity to reread the PPT at the top of this post. Than is there going to be any editing. How about quality lighting. How about catching the majority of the event. Most of the weekend photographers I have heard about only take enough pictures to mostly fill a disk and how many of them are usable and quality of the contents? How many pictures where missed? The problem is that you have nothing else to compare those pictures too. I recently talked to a person who has taken wedding pictures and senior pictures for a few years now. They had actually had to fly across county to do one wedding. As we talked it became quite clear that this person knew very little when it came down to photography. Basic camera functions seemed vary removed from them. Yet there were those out there who where having some of the most important picture in their lives taken by someone who didn't understand much about photography in my view but I'm told they have "a good eye" for it. And if that's not enough evidence for you then let me add this. This individual was taking the few pictures they were taking (the good, bad, and ugly ones) and putting them on a common disk they purchased at a office supply type store and gave it to their customer. Why is that bad? Because most experts say that the pictures stored on those common types of disk could fail to maintain those images in a usable state after a short number of years. To be sure that those images maintain there viability they should be placed on disk designed for long storage. Anything else could allow you to loose the only images of your special event allowing for your memories to be at risk as well.

All of this is a lot like bowling. The object is to roll a ball down a lane and knock over all 10 pins for a strike. While pros don't score a perfect game of 300 all the time they do get a lot of strikes. Now it's not uncommon to find someone who has never bowled a day in their live, take them bowling and have them at some point knock all the pins down for a strike at least once. But just because they did what a pro did by knocking all the pins down with one throw doesn't make them ready for the Pro Bowlers Tour.

I could go on and on but I've already been that this for a week now. I'm not trying to bad mouth anyone. My point here is to try to inform you that taking pictures isn't as easy as it looks. There is more to it than pushing a button and the focus be good. As I said in the first post, who would you want operating on you? A trained and skilled doctor who does this work every day and makes their living at it, or someone else who normally works another profession and does this as a hobby on the weekend after reading a book or two about it and has a sharp knife and a big bandage? Remember, a memory is a terrible thing to waste. Don't gamble with more than you can afford to loose! If it's important enough to do, it's important enough to be remembered.

Have a great day everyone! Richard

Modeling anyone?

When 2C Photography was in the planning stage, there where many services that we wanted to incorporate into the old business plan. We are currently working hard to bring some of them online. One of those is a modeling program that is designed to help people to work on their modeling skills without spending huge amounts of money for time in front of a camera. Let's face it, modeling isn't something you just read about and go do. Models need time to work on their posing abilities so they can refine their transitions from one pose to the next as well as their instincts on when to free style as well as work hard staying comfortable and relaxed even when your not. These come from time spent in front of a lens, but $60 to $100 per hour plus editing time could be a very expensive proposition. So what's our solution? Time for Pints (TFP) or Time for CD/DVD (TFCD).

Our goal in the up coming week or so is to put the finishing touches on this program. What it will include is in exchange for a model release and your time, we will schedule a number of photo sessions with you. These will include in studio and location sessions. You will get a chance to go though the editing/proof process and will receive a number of pictures to use for your growing portfolio with a release to use them for your own personal promotion, Other benefits to our models will include the possible addition to our model gallery were a collection of your pictures will be available for view by any one you choose to give permission to. You will also be able to start assembling a resume as we use your photos in our self promotional material. Being published always look good.

Now I'm not going to tell you that we are experts in the modeling field, but we do know what looks are good and what we as photographers need from our models when the clock is ticking and the pressure is on. References always looks good on a resume as well. We're also not modeling agents and for that mater, I didn't stay at one of those fancy motel express last night (or any night for that matter), so can't make any claims there either. What I can tell you we will do is our best to work to get a great look for you and give you the opportunity to get experience in front of a camera,

One last note I think I need to cover. Cover is a pretty appropriate word to use here because those are the types of pictures we take. The day I need or you need to to be in a varying state of not covered to sell my pictures or you as a model is the day a change in profession should be seriously looked in to. Hope that does not offend anybody but I have seen some of the ugly side of the profession and in my opinion a certain amount of integrity and self respect is lost and very hard to regain if one ever can.

Well if anything here interest you, than go to the "Contact Us" section and drop us a note. Make sure you leave us some way to get in touch with you and let us know you are interested in this program. It may take us a few days to get back to you but we will. We do look forward to hearing from you.

Have a great day everybody! Richard

More than me at 2C

Hi guys. This still is a new step for me. I have read blogs from many different people (mostly photography sites........imagine that) out there, and I guess I've always thought how great it would be to write something and actual have someone care enough to read it. Well, I'm writing but not sure who, if any, is reading. I do know that the things that are going on with 2C Photography could not happen if it was left up to me to do it.

The facts are very clear. I feel so blessed to have several good people working on my staff who have devoted themselves to this company to the extent that I can say that if not for them I would be in big trouble. It is, therefore, right and proper to take the time to recognize who they are and what they do that makes me look good. The fact that this blog is new and has so few current readers at this point has nothing to do with the timing of this post.........well it doesn't.

Chris is our go to guy for graphics and editing. The work on this website is his handy work. Most of the editing on the pictures we take happens on his work screen. Chris has worked on commercial and personal projects and is a master of making things look good. If there are light poles and snow banks in the picture, Chris makes them go bye bye. We worked a wedding once were cars where parked right next to the walk area where the bride made her entry into the ceremony area. Nothing like having a dirty 4 door car as the back drop for a bride dressed in white. No problem for Chris. What was the answer? He turned the row of cars into a very nice looking row of shrubbery (no connection to the Knights who say "Nee"). Chris is also very creative in generating graphic designs for such projects as CD covers, booklets, and photo folders. Now everyone has there limitations, but so far I haven't seen many out of Chris, however, come to think about it, I've not seen him walk on water........yet.

Jackie wears a lot of hats although you'll never see one on her head. She's kind of office manager, venue manager, photographer's assistant, photographer, secretary, delivery person, and master ice tea maker. And if that's not enough, she also is a pretty darn good PR person for the company. She can hob nob with the big stars, business owners, guest, clients, concession/gift shop staff, the young, the old, pets, Tasmanian Devils, and even my kids. She has the ability to talk to almost anyone and make them feel special and valuable. Every successful company needs a Jackie on their payroll. They're the kind of employee that will look you square in the face and tell you how little skill and value they bring to the table and then put all magicians to shame with the kind of rabbits they can pull out of their hat, and as I said, Jackie wears a lot of them.

We also have a number of people who play very important roles for 2C Photography but fortunately haven't asked for any pay. They include Vick and Chris (a different one) who are just two we use as business consultants. They also include Becky, Melissa, Ryan, Bobby, Katrina, and of course my parents and my brother Terry (most of whom deny any and all knowledge of being related to me or even knowing me). Each in their own way provide an absolute invaluable service to me with there input, efforts, and restraint of laughter and heckling.

I've saved the Boss for last. He is very patient with me and chooses to keep me around, taking care of the things I need. I have to say that it really does embarrasses me that I don't accomplish the assignments given to me as well as I should a lot of the time. In fact, I sometimes act like the company is mine when in reality it's not. He's made all the right moves and any time those moves haven't worked out has been due to my "I have a better idea" brain glitch. I would do so much better if I would choose to remember who's really in charge. Fortunately, mercy is something not in short supply with the Boss. Those who know me know whom I'm talking about. For the rest of you please know that I don't wish to offend anyone nor give the impression I'm some sort of religious nut but in my world and chosen faith if it was not for the blessings of God which includes each and everyone of those folks mentioned in this post, 2C Photography would not be what it is today! For that I am truly thankful to all of them.

Have a great day everyone! Richard

2C Who?

I'm sure there are many people who are asking this question. After all, many of you are at this website because you were invited by some of the staff to visit it for any number of reasons. Some may be here to fill out our pre-application forms while others may be looking for photography service. Either way I thought that I should take a little time and give a short commercial for 2C Photography LLC.

2C Photography is a service that has the ability to meet most personal and commercial photography needs. Weddings, senior pictures, portraits, promotional portraits, special events, and organizational pictorial directories are but a few of the services in which we are experienced. Our staff collectively can boost many years of working experience in the photography industry. Our staff continues to strive to improve on their skills, taking advantage of training as often as we can. As an example of this I recently attended a training course presented by one of the top wedding photographers in the country, David Ziser.

Continuing to add to our education and skills is vital to us because it gives us all the more tools in the tool box to be the solution source for all your photographic needs. Our staff even has experience with commercial aerial photography (but may I say that hanging out of a helicopter door taking pictures does make me a little nervous).
On location or in a studio, we use all our acquired skills to provide you with the best service we can. We want to exceed your expectations and earn your confidence in using and recommending our service in the future. We feel that each and every project we do is an advertisement for the future. That's why no matter how big or small your needs may be, you can always count on us to give our very best efforts to see that we successfully serve you.
We also do souvenir photography in numerous venue locations in our local area. In doing so, we help our customers add to their bottom line with little or no investment.
Fund raisers are always presenting challenges for organization and charity groups alike. Photography fund raisers are a unique way to interest people in participating by offering them something different and desirably useful for years to come.
We have working relations with other businesses in the area who we can team up with to further meet your needs. One of those businesses is Bear Creek Production which is a truly awesome award winning video production company. They have years of experience in video and documentary work and have earned the trust and respect of their customers.
These are but a few of the things we have available in which we can use to serve you. We have more and plan to add still others in the near future and we will announce them as they come on line.
Well, I hope that this has at least shed some light on who we are and what we do. We hope that as you or those you know have need for photography services that you will keep us in mind. We want to join with you in providing solutions for all your photographic needs. Drop us a note and we get back to you quickly. We look forward to serving you soon!
Have a great day everyone! Richard