2020 Is Already Truly Amazing
Wow! Just looking back at last month’s blog post - just 5 weeks ago! - How much our world has changed since then. Amazing. At times, scary. Other times, wonderful. All of a sudden, I have time to do things I always wished I had time for. At home it’s yard work and there’s plenty of it since last fall’s storm that took down 30some large trees on our property. The garden needs to get prepped for this year’s crop, and it looks like this year, I’ll even have time to sow my own seeds. We are also redoing the siding to match our preferred log cabin look
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then there’s an addition in the planning to add a room for one of our teenagers, but also a guest room (I’m really excited about this! Probably because then, we will have a proper room to make family and friends from all over this country and also from my home country, Germany, feel at home. And maybe, we will host exchange students again, …)
But here at the studio, things obviously are slower than they should be. While this business is essential to me and my family, and maybe to you, I still have to be honest and admit that it doesn’t fall into the ‘essential business’ criteria the government is talking about, does it? So, for now, all in-person sessions are on hold. Even if it’d be on your front porch! If I’m at your front porch, I’m not following the guidelines of ‘Safer at Home’. That’s not okay with me. I want to be here this summer and fall and would much rather do proper sessions with you and your family in beautiful surroundings and flattering lighting set ups.
However, here’s what I CAN offer at this time:
> Product Photography: We chat via phone about what you need photographed. You drop your item(s) off at the studio – or I can pick them up from you. I’ll create images and make them available to you via an online gallery. I can also create unique and absolutely customized business cards.
> Collages, Composites, Artwork: Either from your photos, or from photographs that I created for you in the past. There are so many possibilities. I’ll just share a couple of images here, but this is just the beginning:
> Prints and digital downloads: If your gallery is online, you can order prints at any time. Keep in mind though, that some of the labs including the ones my website uses, had to close their doors, too for a while. That may cause quite a delay in your order. If you don’t want to wait, just share your shopping cart with me, and I’ll try to find a lab that’s open at this time. Some galleries have pricelists attached that offer digital downloads. Just check your gallery.
I was looking forward to photographing the Highschool’s musical, ‘The Little Mermaid’ right about now. It makes me sad, that this is not possible at this time. Most of all, it makes me sad for the students who have been looking forward to this performance, especially this year’s seniors. Last I heard was that the play will be performed this summer. So, fingers crossed and prayers sent that it will be possible.
Talking of this year’s seniors: One of them is my own kiddo, my oldest son, Simon. Obviously, none of us know at this time what is going to happen, if there will be a few more weeks to end the school year ‘properly’, or if this is it for this year’s ‘in-person’ schooling, … Will there be a graduation ceremony that we all can attend? It’d feel like ‘unfinished business’ if there wouldn’t be. This is truly an amazing time we live in. I pray that we ALL will come out of this challenge stronger than ever, more together than ever, and more prepared than ever. I hope each and every one of you is healthy and will stay healthy, that you can face this incredible challenge with love, strength, and faith that it will all be worth it in the end.
I am blessed to be able to enjoy this time at home with my immediate family, that we can be closer, and have the time to work and play together. BUT I also am truly looking forward to being able to literally open my doors for business again. Until then, feel free to reach out to me. We CAN make plans for this summer and fall. We CAN get prepared NOW.
Blessings,
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