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We are so excited about our booth at the 4th Annual Delta Visual Art Show this weekend in downtown Newport. We will feature our fine art line of photography at the show, with some new photographic mediums this year. If you haven’t seen our photographic prints on metal or acrylic – come out this weekend. Some original Greyhound and St. Louis Cardinal art will be featured.

Over 100 artists will be participating and there is something for everyone. Plan to spend the day in downtown Newport, enjoying the hisotrical architecture, arts from the Delta, and taking in a demonstration or workshop. This is the place to be Saturday from 10 – 6. See you downtown! ~ Cheryl and Nicole

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Although different from our usual posts, I have a little soapbox about sales. If you’re bored, with nothing else to do, you might be entertained. If not, check back later this week and we’ll have our usual previews to post.

I saw a post on facebook today complaining about the cost of a dozen donuts. The writer thought $8.00 a dozen was ridiculous. Someone posted below the comment they’d just buy their donuts at ____ (insert un-named retail store here). The facebook user actually got quite a few comments to the post, and pretty much everyone seemed apalled over the cost. That got me to thinking… There is a marketing principle called Project Triangle. You are given the options of Fast, Good and Cheap, and told to pick any two.

Here Fast refers to the time required to deliver the product, Good is the quality of the final product, and Cheap refers to the total cost of getting or buying the product. This triangle reflects the fact that the three principles are interrelated, and it is not possible to get all three – you always have to choose not to have one. In other words you have three options:
1. Good and fast – You can have something of high standard quality, and get it fast – but it will not be cheap.
2. Good and cheap – You can have something of high standard quality, and get it cheap – but you won’t get it quickly.
3. Or, Fast and cheap – You can get something quickly and cheaply – but it will not be of high standard quality.
Again, you can never have all three. You cannot change or exchange any side of the triangle without affecting the other sides.

This of course, made me think of professional photography. No matter where you go there are professional photographers, and there is always a wide array of pricing structures, quality, and customer service. There are photographers that charge $1000 for a session, and photographers who’ll do your session for free and for $25 give you an unedited CD of all your images. I’d be willing to bet the $1000 photographer will deliver a much higher quality portrait, even before the editing is finished. And, you can bet their portraits are printed at a professional printing company that specializes in producing high quality portraits, not at the local photo processing center at the retail store. It comes down to what are YOUR memories worth?

Our goal at Studio 1910 is to give you the highest quality portrait product that we can and get it in your hands as quickly as we can (Good and Fast). We have chosen our vendors with both of those things in mind. Those two things – quality and customer service / turn around time are two of the most important things to us. So that brings us to cost… we are definitely not the most expensive professional photographer you will find. But, we are also not the cheapest. From our market research, we typically fall somewhere in the middle of the pack. Will you always be able to find a cheaper photographer? Sure you could. Just like finding cheaper donuts, someone can always be cheaper.

So I go back to the donut analogy. Would I pay $8.00 for a dozen donuts? You bet I would! A freshly made donut, still warm from the fryer… I’d probably pay more than $8.00 for that experience. In my book, that beats day-old cold donuts, or donuts that have been frozen and thawed anyday – at any cost comparison. Getting a donut from a pastry shop / bakery (that’s pretty much what they specialize in) versus a get-everything-under-one-roof store (where they specialize in nothing) – well, let’s just say I would expect a bakery to charge more for a higher quality donut that is fresh and still warm. Maybe I’m just crazy. For me quality on some things will always trump cost. It’s why I buy Ragu spaghetti sauce instead of the store name brand, and JIF peanut butter instead of the store name brand – some things just aren’t worth saving a few dollars. That is the premise that professional photography is built upon – that your memories are worth finding a photographer that respects your waiting time, gives a top-notch customer experience and delivers the highest quality portrait in the end.

Whether you choose Studio 1910 as your professional photographer, or one of our competitors, choose wisely and do not always base your decisions upon cost… because one of the other sides of the triangle has to be given up for cost. We hear and read horror stories every year from people who wish they could go back in time and un-do the decision they made solely on cost. Sadly, they cannot. Your memories are preserved through photography; it is often the only tangible things left to keep the memory from fading. Invest wisely in the two of three things that mean the most to you… Good… Fast… Cheap.

We love telling your stories through photography, and appreciate the love and support of our clients. If we can ever photograph for you, we’d love to hear from you! If you made it to the end of this post… I know you must really have been bored. LOL But, thanks for indulging me. ~ Cheryl

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Nicole was driving to work one morning and saw the words, “Will you marry me Markee” spelled out with styrofoam cups on the foot bridge over Campbell Avenue. We talked about it all morning, and she made it her project of the week to find “Markee”. It actually only took a simple face book post, and Markee emailed Nicole, with an “I heard you were looking for me.” God, I love facebook!

Through facebook we learned more about Markee and Bradley, and their awesome love story. We loved it, and wanted to share it with you, along with some of their engagement photos. So here is the story of Markee and Bradley, in Markee’s own words…

“We met because we worked together at ruby Tuesday in Nixa. We both had significant others that we were very serious about, so we decided to start hanging out and going on some double dates together. We all became very good friends over the next four months as we all hung out more and more. Unfortunately, both of our relationships came to tragic ends for different reasons. Bradley, still being a friend of mine, helped me as I made the hectic move to Springfield. Over the next month of settling into my new apartment, Bradley and I became even closer and even considered starting a relationship, though we were initially worried about how quickly we were jumping back into dating after the end of such serious relationships. We took it slow, but began to officially date, which is a lot like being best friends, only you hug more and hold hands during movies Anyway, over the next year we felt that our relationship was a gift to us, and after much consideration and prayer we began to plan a life together.

And the story of the styrofoam cups on the side of the bridge… “We were running errands in Springfield on a warm August day, and he decided to take me to a ‘surprise dessert’. He said I had to close my eyes and if I guessed what it was I would get an extra surprise. I went through the normal desserts (ice cream, frozen yogurt, cake, ect), but I was never right. He said I got one last chance, and he led me inside and told me to breathe in. As I did it was very obvious that we were in Starbucks. I got my java chip frap and he asked if I wanted my other surprise? Of course I said yes, and he led me outside. We were at the Starbucks on Campbell, across from Steak n Shake. He took me into the parking lot and told me to look up. It took me a minute, but I finally looked up at the footbridge and saw “Will you marry me Markee?” spelled out with styrofoam cups.

I said yes. ” – Markee (Adams) Hebden

On January 7, 2012 Markee and Bradley got married! We couldn’t be happier for them. Awesome couple that we are so glad that we met and got to know. Although the first planned engagement session turned out to be on a freak monsoon day, the second session’s weather was perfect with blue skies. Enjoy some of our favorite images from their sessions.

Aren’t they just adorable?!? We couldn’t be happier for them, and wish them a lifetime of friendship, love, laughter, fun and love! ~ Cheryl and Nicole

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It’s that time of year… out with the old and in with the new. This time every year we start archiving images and preparing our storage drives for all the new images we will create this year. It’s unbelievable how many images we take every year… and that means lots of storage space on our computers.

From now until February 29th you can take advantage of our annual archiving and buy your 2009 or earlier digital images at bargain basement pricing! Normally one digital image is $25 or the entire session / wedding is $800 to $1500. But, for a limited time you can get the entire disc of high resolution images for $199! Wow! You’ll be able to use them on facebook, or take them to your favorite printer and have prints made because you’ll have personal use and printing rights to the images.

This includes portrait sessions, events, weddings, engagements, bridals, or entire football / baseball games! It does not however include any book or album design pages that were created from your images. Not applicable for any images created after January 1, 2010.

Hurry and let us know you’d like to have your images on DVD for the insane price of $199! Sale ends February 29, 2012!
Cheryl and Nicole

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Maybe you’ve just put off ordering portraits from your session last year…. or maybe you just didn’t get all the portraits you needed at the time… In either case, we’ve got a great sale going on through January 31st for all 2011 weddings and portrait sessions (excludes event photography and custom designed flat or folded cards). Enjoy 20% off on all portrait products – just enter winter20 in the shopping cart during checkout!

Don’t let this sale pass you by! Sales ends at midnight on January 31st! Lost the link to your proof gallery? You can find all the 2011 weddings and sessions on our proof site at this link.

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In conjunction with all the bridal fairs and expos going on this time of year, Studio 1910 is offering brides a great way to customize their wedding photography package. Until Valentine’s Day, all wedding contracts will have $200 in Studio Credit to customize their photography package.

Having a destination wedding? No problem, and our pricing doesn’t change for wedding photography! Looks like 2012 is going to be a busy wedding year for us. Call us today to talk about your wedding. We can’t wait to meet all this year’s brides!
Cheryl and Nicole

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~ Nation’s Leading Wedding Review Site Unveils WeddingWire Rated 2011

WeddingWire is pleased to announce WeddingWire Rated 2011, the annual award program that recognizes reviewed Wedding Pros across the country for their excellence.

WeddingWire Rated, the industry’s first formalized review program, is the most recognized and trusted brand among engaged couples looking to find the best local businesses for their wedding.

This is the third year in a row that Studio 1910 has received this award. Much LOVE to our past clients for their wonderful reviews and referrals. Your trust and confidence means so much. We do what we do because of YOU, and are only happy when you are happy! We also heart Wedding Wire! We encourage our wedding clients to review our services on our Wedding Wire site - sometimes your referrals are THE reason other couples hire us.
Cheryl and Nicole

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We <3 Arkansas Bride for featuring three of our couples on their blog. Check out three of our gorgeous couples, Maggie & Kris, Britt & Alex, and Krystal & Adam featured in the last week.

One of our bride’s, Hanna Hale, is also featured in our ad in the fall issue of Arkansas Bride, on news stands now! If you are planning a wedding, head on over to the blog or flip through the magazine to get all the best tips!
Cheryl and Nicole

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You all know Arkansas Bride… It’s Arkansas’s largest magazine resource for brides. The place to find it all – great tips on planning, connections to the state’s best wedding vendors, features on real weddings, this year’s hottest wedding trends… It’s all in Arkansas Bride! Studio 1910 has had several brides and wedding couples featured in past issues, and regularly advertise there. So, we are pretty excited that they have launched a blog! We love digital and technology, so bravo Arkansas Bride! Check out the new Arkansas Bride Blog today!

And, if you recognize that cute couple whose engagement is the first post of today…. that’s our gorgeous couple Maggie and Kris!!! ~ Cheryl and Nicole

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Meet Mistie, a senior at Newport High School. We meet her downtown a few weeks ago to photograph her senior portraits. We just ran out of time with her session because we could have photographed her for hours. A beautiful girl with a beautiful smile. Here are some of our favorites…

See all of Mistie’s senior portraits here

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