3.20.2009

Introducing Image Art and Design!

Ah, vacation snapshots. Whether you went to the beach, an exotic location, or the neighborhood park for a family cookout, you're bound to have gotten a few "gems" out of those hundreds of photos you snapped. In this digital age, often those photos get lost on the hard drive, stuck on the memory card, or generally buried under the deluge of images we take in a given year. Why not do something more with those favorite shots? Why not bring them out of the computer and into your home?

That idea has driven us here at Wendell Powell to start a new division, one that is aimed at taking your prized photos and turning them into artwork suitable for exhibition, be it in a gallery or your living room. We call it Image Art and Design. We have a lot of creativity and talent at our finger tips and we would like to share those gifts with you in a very personal way. Take this photo for example:


It's your typical beach snapshot, cute and fun but not exactly wall art. After we get done with it:


Notice the bold colors, the painting-like effect, and the shift from realist to impressionist. And this is just one example of the magic we can work with your favorite photos. The possibilities are endless!

We can work with any photo you give us, whether it is of pets, children, family outings, sporting events, or favorite vacation spots, and turn it into one of a kind artwork. We can make photos look like water color paintings, black and white sketches, or abstract art, just to name a few, and give them the extra kick and punch they need through cropping and image enhancement. We can even take care of matting and framing your image so that it is ready to hang as soon as you walk out the door!

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so check out our slideshow on the left hand side of the page or go to our website and click the Image Art and Design link at the top to see some more samples of what we can do. We approach every image with care and creativity to create a custom work of art that you will be proud to display in your home.

If you're intrigued, give us a call at 804-741-6732 and let us talk to you about your image and show you what we can do.

3.09.2009

Our Very Own Stimulus Package

Exciting New Wedding Pricing, for a limited time only!

We recognize that in this uncertain economy, everyone has to be a bit more flexible. Each dollar has to stretch farther than the last one and price is often the deciding factor for many purchases. Even wedding budgets, those fanciful creations of brides to appease their fathers, need to be more realistic in these troubled times.

At Wendell Powell, we don't believe that you should sacrifice quality to meet your monetary requirements. The photos from your wedding day and the memories they represent are the only parts of your wedding day that will last forever. The cake is cut, the food devoured, the music fades, and the dress gets packed away.

That's why we are offering brides more choices than ever before! You can go with one of our existing packages, starting at $2695.00, which include a custom designed, library bound, leather album of your hand-selected wedding photos among other extras, or you can take advantage of our new stimulus pricing plan.

Starting at only $1595.00 this coverage includes 6 hours of photography by one of our trained, professional photographers, online proofing and ordering of your photos for you and anyone you'd like to share them with, and a printable, hi-resolution DVD of all your wedding images! Also, for a limited time, we are throwing in an engagement portrait session in our lovely studio absolutely free!

The hi-resolution DVD has been one of our most popular additions to our offerings in the past year, as it allows you to keep and use the images from you wedding day however you'd like. You can print, share, post, e-mail, use them on your cell phone, desktop, or Facebook page, whatever you can think to do with them, the images are yours.

If you need more than 6 hours of coverage or would like an extra photographer, we can absolutely work with you to create the perfect coverage for your wedding day. We are also working on competitively priced album options to add to this very budget-friendly pricing so that you can create the perfect package for your day without sacrificing the quality of your irreplaceable photos.

As always, we recommend that you come into the studio to see samples of our work and talk more personally and in-depth about your day and your situation. Our website is a wonderful resource for a first-look at what we can offer, but nothing can match seeing the portraits, albums, and prints in person and talking face-to-face with a member of our studio.

We know that there are many, many choices involved in planning your perfect wedding day. We hope that this new pricing will make your choice of wedding photographers that much simpler. Choose quality, choose personal attention, choose professional detail and artistry. Choose Wendell Powell Studio.

3.06.2009

Welcome!



Welcome to our brand new blog!


We'll be using this blog for a variety of purposes, including updates on specials and studio news, tips and tricks for photography and wedding planning, information about the studio and our photographic style, and a resource for Richmond natives to connect to all of the news, ideas, and businesses dealing with weddings and photography.


We're hoping to keep it updated at least once a week, but hopefully once we get going you'll see updates almost every day. Let us know in the comments if there is anything you'd like to see us talk about, information you'd like to get, or a resource that you use and love and would like to see us feature.