Newsletter #14

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Dear friends and family,
Cheridy and I are incredibly blessed and before getting into any business news, we just wanted to thank all of you that are in our lives. We are so fortunate to know all of you.

We are just finishing up our busiest stretch of the year. Our peak wedding season is now over and the high school senior shoots are slowing down a bit. We're looking forward to life moving at a bit of a slower pace soon but we're also greatful for the great jobs and amazing clients that we have.

Mayz is getting bigger and more playful every day and we've been having fun tickling and goofing around with him. It's really cool to watch him explore and process new things.

Here are some links to our latest short video clips with Mayz:
Mayz' crazy sleep animation: http://arisingimages.com/blog/wheres-mayz-tonight/485/
Playing at the splashing fountain: http://arisingimages.com/blog/an-evening-splashing-around-with-our-little-one/474/

"Best Photographers" two years in a row!!
We wanted to thank all of you who voted for us and for all the great comments that were left in the WDIV "Vote 4 the best" contest. Thanks to all your votes, we're ecstatic to announce that we were once again voted #1 in the Best Wedding Photographer category. Thank you so much to everyone who voted, it really means a lot to us!
To view all the other winners, please go here: http://wdiv.cityvoter.com/winners/4-the-best/1830

Since our last newsletter, we've been to some more amazing weddings!
Below are a few highlight photos and here's a link to our wedding website: www.ArisingWeddings.com

Basic Photography Class Starts Soon - Sign up now!!
The next Introduction to Photography class starts in just a few weeks (Oct 9). There are already a number of people signed up with quite a few more considering it. If you are still planning to sign up, please do so now so that we can have a class book printed for you in time.
All the information about content, dates, times, locations, and registration instructions can be found here:
http://www.arisingimages.com/learn/basic_class

View all educational opportunities: http://www.arisingimages.com/learn/

High School Senior Shoots
Over the last few weeks we've had some great high school senior shoots and we feel like we're finally in our niche for high end, artistic senior photography. People are now coming to us because they want something exciting and different and we're having a blast with that! We recently did a website update and posted a lot of our latest favorite photos: http://arisingseniors.com
One of our favorite products is called the Pirlo which is a painted photo that I do in Corel Painter. Here are a few small samples of those:

Here are some recent favorite photos:

Free Screensavers Slideshows!
We're starting a new initiative with our travel photography. We're going to be offering free downloadable screensaver slideshows that have various themes. I will try to release a new one each month. Our first slideshow called Castles of Europe is now available. Information and download instructions can be found here:
http://www.arisingimages.com/fineart/screensavers

Blog Post

Summer Contest Winners - The Taberts
We finally had the chance to get together with the Tabert family to do their photo shoot. They were the winners of our Family Fun Photo Contest that we had earlier in the summer.
They won a photo shoot, 2 one hour massage gift certificates to Revitalize Day Spa in Birmingham and a 5x5 pocket image album with some of the favorite pictures from the shoot.

Blog Post

Amateur Water Photo Contest Winner - Chris Belli
Voting for the first amateur photo contest is over and Chris Belli was the winner with his really peaceful photo of water coming up the beach. Thanks to everyone for their image submissions.

Blog Post

Here's what Chris had to say about his photo:

"I took this picture while in Costa Rica on my first mission trip this past summer. We had an amazing week serving the people of Costa Rica. God was on the move in many ways. On our last day, the team got to go to the beach. I was walking on the beach and noticed a nice curve when the waves were rolling into the beach. I setup my camera to capture the curve thinking it would be interesting and that the curve would draw the eye through the entire shot."

The newest amateur photo contest is now going on. The contest title is Dramatic Sky. Below are just a few photos to get the creative juices flowing. To learn more about the contest and how to submit photos, check out the blog post:
http://arisingimages.com/blog/new-amateur-photo-contest-dramatic-sky/471/

Condo for Rent
As some of you may remember, we were trying to sell our condo for a long time. That didn't work out so we found a renter but due to a rough economy and job situation, she needs to move out so we're looking for another renter for our condo in Warren. It's 1600 square feet with an atttached garage and private entrance. 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths. If you know anyone that might be interested in renting, here's a link with more details that you can share with them:
http://www.arisingimages.com/miscellaneous/condo_rent_web.jpg

Planet Earth - France
To continue our planet earth series and go along with the theme of our first screensaver (mentioned above), the gallery of the month will be France..
http://www.arisingimages.com/fineart/00_all/index.html?show=__France
Use the discount code "france" to receive 20% off through October 30.

Our main fine art page can be found here: http://www.arisingimages.com/fineart in the event that you want to explore other parts of the world.