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Archive for April, 2010

Rainy-windy wedding from this weekend

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Today was undoubtedly the wettest, windiest wedding I have ever shot.  I felt really bad for John and Jessica.  They had a huge tent set up in their back yard and had to change ALL of their plans on the spur of the moment today as the rain was coming down (hard!).  Amazingly, they made it happen and it was a huge success.  Instead of being in their back yard, the wedding was moved to a small Baptist church just around the corner and the reception was moved from the HUGE tent to a warehouse just down the road.  Talk about making stuff happen quickly, these guys are resourceful.

All that being said, the day was really a huge success and we even got some pretty amazing images from their day.  The last shot of these three is one of my favorite wedding shots that I think I’ve ever taken.

Enjoy a quick sneak peek from John Hunter and Jessica Hardin’s wedding day.

 

Something a bit different for a family portrait.

Monday, April 19th, 2010

This was the 2nd of two family sessions that we shot on Saturday.  It was early afternoon and the sun was blaring high in the sky.  This would typically be a nightmare scenario for most photographers (I know it would have been a nightmare for me when I first started shooting).  But . . . if you learn how to harness the sun and use it to your advantage as a photographer, you can really create some unique images.  Here are a few shots that we took of Julie Lohr and her family (John, Luke and Sasha).

 

The Schuette Family

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Don and Donna and their kids, Hunter and Lauren (and their dog, Sport), came in for a family session this past weekend.  We had such a great time with them.  Super neat family.  Here are a few images from their session.

 

 

The BIG Announcement

Saturday, April 17th, 2010


So I’ve been teasing you all for a week.  The time is now here for the big announcement.

We’re holding a High School Senior contest this year called: Heartland’s Next Top Model

1st prize: We’re sending one senior (and a parent) to Cozumel, Mexico for a 5-day, all-expenses paid vacation during the week of Nov. 14-20th, 2010.  While in Mexico, you’ll bathe in the sun, swim in the ocean and go on several photo shoots with myself and 6 other of the top senior photographers from across the country.  Trust me, this will be an opportunity of a lifetime and you will have senior pictures like NO ONE ELSE  (who else is going to travel to Mexico to get senior pictures taken?)

Interested?  Here are the details:

Who may compete? Any class of 2011 Senior that gets their senior pictures taken by Tyson Zahner Photography AND orders their print collection before Sept. 17th, 2010.

How many finalists will there be and how will they be chosen? There will be 5 finalists total.  3 finalists will be chosen through an online voting poll taken right here on my blog during the week of Sept. 27th, and the other 2 finalists will be chosen by Tyson himself.

When will the finalists be announced? The voting polls will close at midnight on Oct. 1 and the finalists will be announced on Saturday, Oct. 2nd.

How will the 1st place winner be chosen? I will send a picture of each finalist to the other photographers attending this trip.  From the 5 finalists that I send, the other photographers will vote on who my grand prize winner will be.  This will be the one person who gets to go to Mexico.

When will the grand prize winner be announced? This will depend in part on how long it takes the judges to choose the winner, but we should be able to announce the grand prize winner by Oct. 8th.

Will the other photographers be taking a senior too? Yes, each photographer will take one senior.  I’ll be voting for their finalists just like they’re  voting for mine.

Are there any additional prizes? Yes.  All 5 finalists will have their images displayed in our brand new display case at the West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau, MO.   Also, the 3 contestants who win in the online voting poll will each receive a $100 cash prize.

How do I sign up? Book your senior pictures with Tyson Zahner Photography right away before his summer and fall schedules fill up.  In fact we’re running a 25% off special this week to commemorate the announcement of this contest.  If you call to schedule your senior session by April 24th, you’ll get 25% off your session fee (you don’t have to shoot by April 24th, you just have to schedule now and then we’ll shoot later – sometime before Sept. 17th though).

David Watts – Cape Central High School

Monday, April 12th, 2010

This is David Watts.  He’s one of our models from Cape Central High School.  Great guy, very photogenic.  Glad to have him as part of our team.

Huge Announcement . . . coming soon!

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

I can’t say much yet . . . but there’s a really BIG announcement coming this week for High School Seniors. 

Stay tuned here on the blog.  I promise it’s worth the wait.

We took 5th place out of 180

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Some of you may remember from a few months ago a blog post that I made about an Extreme Make-over competition.  In case you don’t remember . . . here’s a quick refresher.  My hair dresser, Danielle Moffitt from Elements Salon entered a makeover competition.  The hair dresser gets judged as does the make-up artist and even the photographer.  Well . . . she asked me to be the photographer (you can see the images we came up with below)

Anyway . . . I just found out today that we got 5th place out of 180+ entries.  It would have been way cool if we had gotten 1st, but I’m still pretty stoked about 5th place and I know Danielle is too.  If you’re looking for a great hair stylist, you should totally give Danielle a call.  She’s really awesome.  As is the entire team of girls at Elements Salon.

 

Yes – we do shoot nudes!

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Assuming that the subject is 1-year old or younger of course.  This is Jackson Miller in his birthday suit.  Thanks for bringing him in this weekend Lindsay.  He’s super cute.

Violinist – Diana Lanpher

Monday, April 5th, 2010

First of all – I apologize for the strange thing that happened with my blog last week. If you’re subscribed and you got some backdated posts sent to your inbox, I really have no idea what happened there.

This post however, is in fact a current one. Diana Lanpher is a senior from Dexter High School and she’s a remarkable musician. We shot her session on Friday and she brought her traditional violin with her, but she also brought this really cool electric violin too (I think she told me that it was built by the lead violinist for the Trans Siberian Orchestra – pretty wild, huh?)

 

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