The proms just keep getting more and more exciting! This Saturday we photographed a prom for Crockett High School at La Zona Rosa in Austin. It was fabulous!
With the Austin Cityscape as the students background of choice, we were able to deliver portrait packages to every student who purchased... On The Spot!
Of course the evening was not without its hiccups. As policy, we always arrive to proms an extra hour early to leave room for any challenge that may arise. And this Saturday was no exception. It's a good thing too, because we ran into a big one! Our Virtual Background system has light module assembly inside it that basically makes the whole system work. On the first test shot we took on Saturday, our flash tube blew. I don't know if it was the massive thunderstorm that rolled in, or just that flash tube's time to die, but we didn't have a way to take any pictures. That's not exactly correct. We could take photographs, we just couldn't see the backgrounds. And when you've promised a school an Austin Cityscape background, you had better deliver.
As luck would have it we have just recently purchased a second Virtual Background system. It has been so popular that we simply needed a second system to handle all of the events. Along with the purchase of our second system, we bought a backup for our entire light module assembly. So with the additional time we had and the new assembly sitting back in our office, we were able to be up and running before our scheduled start time of 8 PM.
Whew! That was a close one!
Tune in next week for more prom adventures.
Kate
Monday, May 12, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Austin TX Event Photographer / Prom Photography
Proms are now in full swing for 2008. We completed our second prom of the year last Saturday night for Stony Point High School. Wow! Did we ever have a blast! With our new Virtual Background system, we are able to offer prom portraits like no other photographer can.
Stony Point High School juniors and seniors we able to select from six different background choices for their portraits. They viewed their photographs on the computer monitors, and selected their favorite pose from the photos taken. Then, within 10 or 15 minutes, the students returned to pick up their portraits.
I must tell you that even though I have been delivering prom photographs onsite at proms for nearly nine years now, I have never been so amazed at the results, or as proud of our team as I was on Saturday.
Event photography is a real art when you are dealing with large numbers of people. And 800 high school students is what I call HIGH VOLUME! Most photography companies wouldn't dream of taking the time to show the students their portraits, but to show and deliver portraits.... with six background options? Well, it is nothing short of miraculous that we have figured out how to do it. And do it really well!
The students were ecstatic! I was so fun watching their expressions as we told them that they could pick their backgrounds, pick their favorite pose, and receive their portraits in about 15 minutes.
And for me, it was truly gratifiying to realize that after nine years of perfecting our process, we finally actually have this thing down to a science.
We have more proms to come... and graduations too. So stay tuned!
Kate
Stony Point High School juniors and seniors we able to select from six different background choices for their portraits. They viewed their photographs on the computer monitors, and selected their favorite pose from the photos taken. Then, within 10 or 15 minutes, the students returned to pick up their portraits.
I must tell you that even though I have been delivering prom photographs onsite at proms for nearly nine years now, I have never been so amazed at the results, or as proud of our team as I was on Saturday.
Event photography is a real art when you are dealing with large numbers of people. And 800 high school students is what I call HIGH VOLUME! Most photography companies wouldn't dream of taking the time to show the students their portraits, but to show and deliver portraits.... with six background options? Well, it is nothing short of miraculous that we have figured out how to do it. And do it really well!
The students were ecstatic! I was so fun watching their expressions as we told them that they could pick their backgrounds, pick their favorite pose, and receive their portraits in about 15 minutes.
And for me, it was truly gratifiying to realize that after nine years of perfecting our process, we finally actually have this thing down to a science.
We have more proms to come... and graduations too. So stay tuned!
Kate
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