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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.
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St. John’s Youth Ministry poster
Look out Mt Vernon, here comes the St. John’s Youth Ministry poster that will be hitting the streets next week. The theme comes party due to their Church having a major renovation and since things are bit behind schedule we made lemonade out of the situation and used the construction theme– and the kids ran with the idea further and brought lots of props. St. John’s has a lot of young people in this Youth Group, lots of familiar faces
6th Elliott’s Uptown Fitness Challenge Sponsored by Rubicon Photo
Hello All,
Rubicon Photo has been a sponsor of the Elliott’s Uptown Fitness Challenge since the start and we are really excited about our 6th Challenge as we add Christine Davis and Liz VeDepo of Transformation Fitness as sponsors –but also as teachers! Christine and Liz are going to teach some free classes on how to not just make some changes but to Transform yourself so the changes stick! So a great value to be apart of the challenge and a chance to win $300 cash along with a $100 gift certificate from us at Rubicon Photo! So check out the poster on this post or you will see these next week around town! Get ready to TRANSFORM yourself in 8 weeks!
Rubicon Photo Celebrates 15th Anniversary next Friday 9-17 w/ an Open House
We would like to invite you to our 15th Anniversary Party Celebration next Friday Sept 17th from 11 until 1 pm at our Studio Open House. We will provide a free all-American lunch, we will have a ribbon cutting with the Mt. Vernon / Lisbon Community Development Group ambassadors and we will gift certificate door prizes for all who attend.
Please RSVP to jeff@rubicon-photo.com or on our Facebook Fan Page under our Events.
New – Old prop arrives today at Rubicon Photo
Well sometimes things just fall into place, while photographing a 1913 Model T and his very cool Viper for Jim Anderson this weekend of Anderson Racing and Anderson Automotive in Marion ( FYI we highly recommend them for your vehicles by the way) found out he just acquired this vintage truck and he needed a resting place for it until it makes it up his to do list, so now we have this very cool looking vintage 1947 Dodge Truck strategically located in our outdoor studio. This should be a fun prop for High School Seniors who seemed to have acquired an affinity for the vintage cars. For some reason I could not get a similar arrangement with Jim for the Dodge Viper! LOL
Attention Mt Vernon & Lisbon friends and customers
ATTENTION Mt Vernon and Lisbon friends– If you are interested in a NEW option for HI Speed Internet Service please post this blog so I can document the names. My ISP Speedconnect.com has bought my old ISP ( Commspeed) and is willing to expand into MTV/L if there is enough interest. If I can get 50 names they will look into our market. This service is WIRELESS so great for RURAL locations as well as in town. So if you are unhappy with Quest or MediaCom this is an opportunity to get a new service into the area!
Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market
It was a fantastic day for another Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market. It is great to see so many people take advantage of the Market and support local businesses. I enjoy capturing the Farmers Market for the Downtown District, who coordinate these events, full of entertainment like the Eastern Iowa Brass Band plus, you can find out information about area non-profits. The kids seem to have a blast especailly those lucky enough to get a balloon animal from Pappa Ballon–not your run of the mill balloon animals mind you. Another treat is getting a now famous “Primo Burrito ” from Victor’s Place , the line for these is long, but moves fast; Another cool thing about going to the Farmers Markets is running into friends/clients and catching up on news. Anyways check out some highlight photos of the day.
1st Annual Mount Vernon Chocolate Stroll
I volunteered a little time and talent today for the 1st Annual Mount Vernon Chocolate Stroll–thinking optimistically that it will be come a new annual event. Looks like organizers Trude & Rick Elliott of the First Street Community Center did a great job. I thought it was a very nice event, and heard great comments while taking the pictures; a lot of people of all ages enjoying music, art, shopping and of course very tempting FREE chocolate samples!
Check out my Rubicon Photo Facebook page for more photos but here are a few for you to check out the event.
Futuristic Laptop – Way Cool
This is an amazing idea:
A roll up laptop that you carry under your arm!
Check out the video here:
I don’t know if this is just conceptual or in process?
Looks extremely detailed to be just an idea but who knows?