Karecci-Swofford Wedding....

On Saturday, I had the priviledge to participate in the wedding of two really amazing young people...it was a beautiful day and a beautiful bride... I have to say, I was really impressed by the venue.  I have been around and seen a number of places, but this particular one was truly magical.  I loved that intense attention to detail by the owners and to my surprise...it was actually their home.  They invite people into their home and then celebrate amazing, memorable parts of those other people's lives with them.  I love it! 

The food that they had there was amazing and the service excellent.  I took special notice of how involved the owners were and how on top of things that they made sure to be.  They handle almost everything and did whatever the bride and groom needed to expidite the event.  The details were impressive and the accomodations for the wedding party to get ready in wonderful.  So here' s a little unsolicited plug by me for a place I would recommend to anyone looking to have an amazing event, amazing time, and wonderful service:

The Albees Garden Parties

4127 20th Lane

Olympia, WA  98502

360-866-4683

www.thealbees.com 

Ryan and Davina looked amazing and the love that they feel for one another was palpable.  I am honored that they chose me to capture those future memories for them and it was their special day that reminded me of why I started my business so long ago...I used to only do weddings and events and for some photographers it is their least favorite thing to do; for me though... it is my favorite.  There is something so mezmerizing and enchanting about the moment that a person says, "I do" to the one person that they know is their soul-mate...their one-and-only.  As for my position as photographer, I see my role as someone that is fascilitating future reminders of the wonderful love that two people can share with one another through the images I capture on their special day. 

 

It is has always been my goal to give the special couple something good to  remember about a day that should be all about happiness, love, and commitment to a life together.

 

Congratulations Davina & Ryan!!!

The Early Bird Gets the Worm....

          DJMdesigns is getting ready to run two different Senior & Grad’s promos in the next few weeks… The first one is all about getting your appointments schedule early.  Anyone that calls to get their senior picture appointments in the next month gets an instant 20% discount.  In the last few years we have had so many kids schedule at the very last moment and then it is crunch time....SOOO I am hoping that this is incentive enough to get them to follow through!  This special starts next Monday, July 23, 2012 and runs until August 23rd.  

          Be sure to get in on this deal…after August the rates go back up right after August 23rd.  DJMdesigns works appointment to appointment, so whatever time you need me…is the time that we schedule.  So call 360-285-3566 or email me at sales@djmdesignsphotos.com now and get your appointments before we all booked up!

         ALSO, watch for postcards that look like the one above to be popping up soon.  There are special savings that apply anytime and on any session (not just senior sessions) if presented at the time of service.  Things are changing, we are growing, and we hope to find all of you in our appointment books very soon! 

Introducing a few of our Senior Reps

            Saturday, the 14^th, I took the first in a series of senior pictures introducing two of my senior reps for the year, Ben & Devon.  I really loved every minute of it, and I think that what I love about doing senior pictures is that this school year in their lives is a major landmark event and a crowning moment of achievement as they take their first steps away towards adulthood.  Senior year is fleeting and times seems to speed up at crazy rates and before a kid knows it he or she is walking down that aisle to take his or her diploma from the extended hand of their principle. 

            It is my goal to help each of these kids turn their senior pictures into some that isn't just about doing it for Mom & Dad, but about doing it for themselves.  Senior pictures should be a representation of who these kids are and what they are doing in their lives right now, because there will come a time, twenty years from now, when those kids (who haven't been kids in a long time) will look at their pictures and remember when...they may laugh at their clothes, they may snicker at their hair... they may even start reminiscing over the good times that they had with friends from long ago.  But it is these pictures and the ones that they are taking with their phones that will truly showcase their lives at this very moment in time.

          So here are two of my reps for the 2012-13 school year:

 

           

   What for upcoming Specials! They are coming soon!      

Be sure to stop by our website:  http://www.djmdesignsphotos.com/

for more information and call 360-285-3566 for more information or

to schecule your appointments with us!

email:  info@djmdesignsphotos.com

           

             

Love is in the air...

               On July 8, I had a great opportunity to share with family something that I really love doing.  My brother and his fiancé asked if I would do their engagement pictures.  What an awesome experience to share with them one of the major milestones in their lives together.  I love my work and a lot of that has to do with the gratification I feel by helping to create and preserve important moments in others lives for them…with them.  So imagine how wonderful it was to get to do what I do best for people that I have known for years (and in my brother’s case his whole life).  The pictures turned out amazing and the love that they have for one another translated well.  Thank you little brother for allowing me to participate in this part of your life!  I will treasure it always.

        

        I had the great opportunity the day before to do another couple’s photos the day before.  Even though I barely know them, I still desire to provide them with great pictures.  There is something special about what I do and I am not saying that because it is something that I love.  I say it because people hire me to help them to preserve those fleeting moments in their lives.  Years later, these people will be looking at their pictures and remember something magical was happening that day or remind them of another time in their lives.  People are inviting me in, even if for a short moment in time, to be part of something important to them.  Weddings, engagement, maternity, newborn, graduations… these are all landmark times in one’s life and there is nothing more important than remembering them. 

          Pictures…images, if done right, can do that.  They can capture those special moments that one might forget until he or she takes out that album or puts that disc in the computer and the day comes back as fresh as the day it happened.  That is what I look forward to every time I take that camera out of the bag. –DJM