2011 Mount Vernon Family Benefit–looking for YOU to show off your TALENTS
Mount Vernon is such a beautiful place to live and one of the charms of this small town are it’s people. Another cool thing about this town is it’s talented and caring citizens. Through a chain of circumstances I am co-chairing this benefit with Virgina Roudabush and with a lot of help from Noreen Bush and Kristin Reimann, and the passion of the Cornell College students and Mt. Vernon youth and you get something special. In this post you can see the plans for a benefit to help 2 families with their medical expenses. Rubicon Photo is also going to set up a FUN Photo Booth this evening and donate the proceeds from the sales to the benefit–so if you are coming to this event make sure to come dressed in your “colors” you know your Mustang gear, Cornell Rams, Hawks, Clones, etc and let us recreate a nostalgic photo strip, similar to what Kmart photo booth produced but with professionally captured images with FUN poses. We hope you will support this FUN family event, it will be a great night out and for a good cause. One of my responsibilities is the talent show and we are looking for all kinds of acts so contact me for details on how to get your talents or groups talents showcased. We still have lots of openings to fill. Please help spread the word about this event. We have a Facebook page search for 2011 Mount Vernon Family Benefit.
Award photos from PPI Winter convention
Since it is rare that I end up in front of camera, I just received these photos from PPI winter convention and thought I would share them on the blog. I am photographed with Michelle Wilbur the outgoing Professional Photographers of Iowa President. The awards are for 1st Place Ms. Photogenic for Andrea Hallier of Mount Vernon, 2nd Place non-master commercial “Vipers Pit”, 3rd place and honorable mention to “Devin’s Sunset Ride”
Congratulations to Mookie Mlynarczyk on being crowned Mr. MVHS
Mookie aka Christian Mlynarczyk is on a roll this year, not only Mt. Vernon’s Homecoming King he is now Mr. MVHS, check out all the photos on our Facebook page, all the guys did a great job of entertaining us and keeping us laughing! It was a fun evening masterly conducted MC by Mr. Joe Wallace new business teacher . The proceeds of this show were for a great cause, Students for Positive Choices to help fund their Drinking and Driving Awareness Program.
Cool website to check out Evernote–store your important files for Free in “the cloud”
My good friend Bob Randklev at Cyberinnovation.com helped me with one of my goals for the year, and that is to start residing in “the cloud” more with my applications and documents. So taking me to Google applications for my calendar, contacts and email, he mentioned this cool site call EverNote I would highly recommend you check it out it is great place to store all kinds of file in “the cloud” and you can search it in so many ways, and the really cool thing is not only is it Free of course but you can get to your files from your SmartPhones, or iPads/iTouches. So many times I have to tell someone I will have to look that info up when I get back to my main computer…well no more! Check it out only takes a few minutes to get the idea of this useful site!
Our results at Professional Photographers of Iowa Print Competition
Our results at Professional Photographers of Iowa Print Competition this year brought very good results and helps prepare me for regional affiliated judging where the scores will help me in the steps to earn my Masters in Photography. I feel very honored and blessed to be recognized for my artwork that was all generated for clients, meaning none of these were set up to try to win an award. There were over 400 entries submitted this year for competition and here are the results and the images that received awards.
-1st Place Ms. Photogenic for the photo of Andrea Hallier my beautiful bonus daughter!
-2nd Place in Commercial non-master division for Viper’s Pit
-3rd Place in Outdoor Male Portrait non-master division,and received an Honorable Mention of ” Devin’s Sunset Ride”
-Honorably Mention in Lil Ms. Photogenic contest for Sophie Dailey.
Our photo entitled “Delaney’s Natural Beauty” & “Jonny C” scored high enough to be displayed in the print show.
Helping Sabrina get the message out DON’T DRINK & DRIVE!
I have been blessed to have many cool opportunities in my photography career and have photographed several famous people in this role, like Lance Armstrong, and President George W. Bush, but I think last weekend’s session to help Sabrina Amundson with a Public Service Announcement poster will for sure one of the top memories in my profession.
Sabrina almost lost her life due to a stupid and selfish actions of a drunk driver a few days before Christmas. I called here a couple of weeks ago to ask how I could help her family out during her recovery and she came back of wanting to do some photos with her friends and maybe coming up with something to remind people to not drink and drive. You can read a great article by The Mount Vernon and Lisbon Sun that tells her story.
Sabrina is an awesome young person and I admire her attitude on trying to make a purpose out of her pain that has suffered at the hands of drunk young man who suffered no injuries from his actions. Sabrina injuries are going to be a life long challenge, but her determination to get back to her volleyball team by next fall is an admirable goal! If you ever worry about the future of our country with stories of problem youth—well I am here to tell you that young people like Sabrina give me much optimism that our future is bright. Thanks Sabrina for trusting me to create a PSA poster to remind people the decision is Black and White… DON’T DRINK and DRIVE! Update to this post I just created the back side of the poster today, hope to have these out for distribution this week, we will be asking for a donation to help Sabrina’s family with medical expenses.
Rubicon Photo invites you to join Send Out Cards. Send a free card on us
Are you tired of running out to get a greeting card at the last minute and then realizing you also need stamps? Would you like to send a personalized card but hate your handwriting because it is so sloppy from all your computer time? Well these problems can be easily solved by using Send Out Cards. Check out this link for a quick video about Send Out Cards.com You can even send out one free card on us by using that link.
For less than a $1 you can create a custom card in minutes using your own photos. Need a gift to go with the card? There are hundreds of a gifts and gift cards to choose from in the Gift Catalog. You can mail the card immediately or select a future date for it to be sent. No more forgotten birthdays or anniversaries! Call or email me for more information on this card company and how you can send cards to your friends, family and business associates from your own computer.
Do you know anyone who buys greeting cards or gifts? How would you like to make a percentage of every card or gift you or anyone else you know buys? You can start your own Send Out Cards business and supplement your household income or if you are serious about a “Plan B” and want a lifestyle change Send Out Cards can be a full-time business. Help us change people’s lives one card at a time.
Please vote for Union Pacific route for vintage steam train.
Please take a few seconds to vote for this opportunity to have a vintage train travel through Mt. Vernon and Cedar Rapids on the Union Pacific tracks! Right now our route is leading so please vote and spread the word. Click on this link to go to the website
Engagement and Couples portraits special
City Revealed Magazine readers our January and February specials for couples or engagement sessions is Free Session fee with a portrait credit purchase, and Buy 1 8×10 at regular price $49 get the second one FREE, limit 3 free 8x10s. Take advantage of this great offer if you just got engaged, or for Valentine’s Day, or just to tell your partner you love them. Let us capture a chapter of your love story.
Rubicon Photo co-sponsor again for Elliott’s Uptown Fitness Challenge VII
Get ready to get your New Year’s off on the right foot and get moving with the help of the Elliott’s Uptown Fitness Center, as the the Fitness Challenge VII kicks off on January 6th 2011. This poster will be hitting the streets of Mt. Vernon next week. 