Getting ready for Alaska

Very wild week ahead. Got the studio office moved Sunday before last and still working out of boxes. We're leaving for Alaska and Vancouver B.C. Thursday and a mountain of stuff to finish before we go. I finished up shooting still and video images for the reenactment of the "Battle of Carthage" that took place 150 years ago just prior to the War between the States. It was a great time. I went to a camp site on Friday night with the idea of capturing a scene that would open the presentation but after being there shooting early Saturday morning and afternoon my options greatly expanded. The battle in Central Park was really great action with the cannons, smoke, horses, and noise. I remember the first reenactment in 1961, the 100 year anniversary, really didn't think about being around for the 150th. What life has in store for us that we never expect....

The Move.......

It's over !! The move was successfully completed last Sunday and now I'm trying to organize my office. Wow....the amount of files I've built up is truly amazing. The filing of them has always been a challenge because of the varied nature of the images. There can be several different subjects on a disk from different locations, with several different uses. However I got them under control by filing each image and cross referencing the subject as to use, color, subject, and date.

This morning I spent some really quality time at the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce breakfast. It was a great bunch of business people from Tulsa and the surrounding area gathering together to connect and prosper. One of the BEST moves I've made since arriving in Tulsa. It is almost as good as relocating my office and studio.

I'm leaving next week to go to Alaska and Vancouver B.C. and will be out of pocket while gone. Be ready for some exciting imagery when I return. Approximately a week or so after that, IMAGES OF THE NEW STUDIO !! It's huge and offers my clients so many more options than I had in the old location.

THE NEWS !!!

As promised in my last blog entry, I have some real news to forward to my clients and friends. Business has taken off and I have found that I need more studio space for larger families, senior portraits, and commercial photography. I am in the process of leasing a much larger studio, 8000 square feet, that will give me a larger seamless wall than what I have, a freight elevator to transport commercial products and clients to the studio area, and available light areas that are much larger than where I presently am. It is a move that I am excited about and the area is so unbelievable that I will post images of it the first part of June. I would post images now but I need to move out of the space where I presently am. I'm leaving the last part of this month to go to Alaska and Vancouver BC to photograph. I'll be back after the first week in June and I'll keep you posted with new studio and interior shots then.