Help us to serve you better

We are in the midst of creating a whole new website. It's very exciting and I am hoping it will be live by February 9th. But, we will let you know the exact time when it is ready.

In the mean time maybe you can help us out? Are you getting Married in the next little while or just planned your wedding? We need your input! We have much writing to do from frequently asked questions and products to about us and were wondering what do you want to know about us or our business?

Being in the business for close to ten years and planning our own wedding so long ago we tend to forget what the consumer is looking for and questions they have?

So, here is where YOU come in. What questions would you want answered? What would you like to see that better explains our services and how we can help you?

If we pick one of your Questions to use you will receive a 50% discount on any of our studio session fees and one 8x10 enlargement as a Thank you.

On your mark, get set, go email go!




Would not be a photography blog without an image. Enjoy!


Thanks!
Cheers,
Kate & Andrew

Robin & John's E-Session

Robin and John are getting married this week! So, exciting. Andy and I photographed Robin's sister Nicole's wedding last summer. Robin enjoyed the day with us and decided she would like us to be apart of her special day.
We photographed Robin and John's engagement session in Midland where she grew up. It was a very windy and cold day so we decided to come back early and have some fun in the studio. Here's a few of our faves:













See you on Friday!
Cheers,
Kate & Andrew

Happy Brand New Business Year!

It's a New Year! Did you make a New Year Resolution for yourself? What about your Business? What about your image and your brand? If you don't think you have a brand or need one maybe it is something to think about.

Brand You
Coke-a-cola has an estimated brand equity value of over $67 billion, making Coke the number one brand in the world. Amazing for a company that sells sugar and water in a can. But there is actually a brand with a higher brand value than Coke. What is it? Stand up and look in the mirror — the greatest brand in the world is YOU.

Why personal branding?
If you don't brand yourself, you can rest assured that others are branding you. And letting others brand you can be risky business. Instead, we should have control, as much as we can, in determining our reputation, our image, and the intangibles, the ephemerals, and the perceptions and ideas that other people have about us. Here's a partial list of what personal branding can do for you:

Differentiate yourself from others in similar fields
Position yourself clearly in the minds of others
Focus your message and your mission
Project credibility
Develop loyalty
Make emotional, visceral connections

You know that branding is big business for companies and organizations, but when did this whole self-branding or "BrandYou" phenomenon begin? It really is not a new idea to tell you the truth, and you could argue that self-promotion and techniques for marketing yourself have been around since the days of ancient Egypt. And many of the issues that Dale Carnegie talked about in the 1930s could be applied to the development of personal branding, to be sure, though he did not call it "branding." But, of the people who have really been preaching the need for personal branding in the modern era, it is Tom Peters who has been screaming loudest. Tom's first article on personal branding came out in a 1997 issue of Fast Company. For many people, the world has not been the same since.
Read more at Gary Renolds



From January 12th until the 16th of February Visual Roots will be having a Sale on business portrait sessions.
So, why not create a new image to brand?




Cheers,
Kate & Andrew