Archive for Seniors
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.
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. 
Santa Claus is coming to Rubicon Photo Mon Dec 6th book your appointment today!
Want to avoid the long lines at the mall or other Santa photo opportunities? Book your appointment for Monday December 6th at our Studio and we will capture an heirloom quality photo at a great value. Have award winning photographer capture your child’s photo with Santa. Special print pricing and you can have a Free session with a minimum purchase of $45 per child/family. Includes a Free gift for your child from Santa, enjoy free cookies, hot cocoa, and hot cider after your photo. Order online your favorite images and get them back in time for Christmas gifting to those hard to shop for Grandparents and relatives. CALL TODAY Appointments times are limited and will go fast!
Get your Burriotos from Brian at Hot Harry’s!
The great thing about doing senior photography is getting to know something about them, and I always like to know what their part-time jobs are in the consultation. So when Brian from Marion HS mentioned Hot Harry’s Burritos was his gig– I had an idea pop instantly. I love the name of their business so I asked if we could incorporate Hot Harry’s into his senior photos; Brian said it is a fun place to work and I suggested setting a burrito on fire would be must! So here we go, we are going to make a poster for Brian to hang in his room, and hopefully at Hot Harry’s and who knows maybe Brian of ” Hot Harry’s” will be the equivalent of Jared from “Subway” someday soon. You can see the rest of Brian’s session at this link. You might want to check out what we did to his trombone too, thanks Brian for a great session!
Delaney a MODEL Senior
I have known Miss Delaney for a pretty long time she she is best friends with my daughter. Delaney has always dressed nice, and often looks like she just stepped out of a magazine, so when I got the call to do her Senior portraits I was honored to be selected. While really Delaney is a natural beauty, the way she does her make up brings your attention immediately to her dark brown eyes, and her fantastic smile–EXACTLY what you want for your portraits! The other key for a successful portrait is the attention to detail, and so Delaney’s fashion accessories come into play… the jewelry, the scarfs, her jackets ar the little things that take her images over the top and make her images ROCK. Hmmm wondering if I can hire Delaney to be a “fashion consultant” for future seniors…? Thanks Delaney for a great session you “Got the Look”! You can see her studio session at this link and her fall session at this link
Marissa John F Kennedy Senior 2011
What a beautiful day to photograph a beautiful young lady from JFK! Marissa has been in front of my camera lens a few other times for family photos but this was her day, though we did sneak in a few family photos for her folks again . Here are just a few highlight images of Marissa you can check out the rest at our online gallery.
