Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas everyone. We took the kids down to Millenium Park for some ice skating, hot chocolate and some fun photos. It is Christmas Day as I write this post and find my family in good health, happy, and enjoying life. Wish the same for you, and a remarkable New Year.

Antoinette & David

I had such an awesome time photographing this wedding. The father of the bride surprised the couple with a 1931 Cadillac to ride in for the day. The church was dark albiet beautiful, but not as bright & beautiful as the bride. This couple rocked! We all had a great time the entire day. They ordered a georgeous album too, can't wait til it's finished.

NEW 'Attitude' Panorama Posters! They're not just for sports.

Typically, when the Schu Crew introduces a new product from one of our photo labs, we’re always amazed at the resourcefulness of folks as they create new uses for the product other than the original use for which product was intended. A case in point is the new Attitude Panos that were created earlier this year for the sports market, but have been hijacked, in a manner of speaking, to perform in markets other than sports.
Photographer Scott Christenson of Champaign, IL has taken the lead in this arena with two of his most recent pano projects. One is a university marching band and the other is, of all things, a wedding party.
The Eastern Illinois University band was photographed with each of the 120 band members being photographed individually for their sectional pano shots, in addition to being photographed for a composite and a group band shot. Though sales figures for the EIU band are unavailable at this time I can tell you, personally, that the FUN element involved with this shoot—both for band members and photographer—was tangible. The band members were willing participants trying to outdo each other for the best pose, constantly creating new uses and poses for their instruments. Click images to enlarge.
The wedding party pano came about when Scott opened a a pano package in the company of a bride that was in his office to go over the final arrangements for her wedding photography. When Scott showed her his newest product, “she just had to have one for her wedding”, said Scott. The result speaks for itself as you can see. Another innovative way to expand the uses of an idea!
Other customers have suggested fire departments; family portraits; dance schools, Senior portraits (again; many different images of the same person on the same pano); and teams you wouldn’t necessarily relate to sports like the debate team and the chess team.
Call Dan Schumacher today to help develop the Panorama poster you've always wanted.