Ch-ch-ch-changes & a little sledding action

For this being our slower season, we certainly have been crazy busy. Firstly, the Wedding Festival at the Hyatt was a "great success" and we got to talk to so many brides and couples both at the show and since then with lots of new client meetings. We are almost completely booked up for 2010 and only have three spots left so if any brides are interested in having us work our magic for your wedding, you might want to get on the phone and let us know. We will also be at the February 6th Wedding Festival at the Carolina First Center and fully expect to fill our remaining spots shortly after that.

What has really been keeping us busy though is implementing all the juicy nuggets we learned at a national wedding and portrait photography convention we recently attended in Nashville, TN. We left for it right after loading out of the Hyatt and spent a week absorbing business and shooting tips from some of the world's leading photographers. Needless to say our brains were exploding from all the great info. We were quite proud of ourselves though as we found out we were already doing a lot of the things the speakers were doing. Now the fun part is taking the rest of what we learned and making it work for us and our clients. With that said, Kismet Photography will be undergoing some changes both right now and in the near future. Some of the more immediate changes are related to strengthening our brand and our customer experience. We feel we have always done a great job with customer service and creating an enjoyable experience but we are now preparing to blow each and every client away! Heck we are even planning to blow their family and friends away too! We will be sharing some of the changes to come soon so stay tuned to find out more.

With all the brain-frying that has been going on here at Kismet Photography Headquarters, Emily and I have been in desperate need of some R&R. Even our week "vacation" in Nashville was spent almost entirely doing business. And what better way to blow off some steam than frolicking in the snow! Okay, we didn't actually "frolick" but we did brave the ice and snow today to just get out and shoot for fun. Here are some of our favs from that:

















And here is my lovely wife Emily sporting the latest in winter shooting fashion complete with "Griswold" hat and Nikon D3 to block the wind on her face.


After we walked around and shot for a while, we decided it was time to christen our sloped back yard that was covered in an ice/snow mix. The only thing was we didn't have a sled :( But instead of letting that ruin the fun, we decided to use a little "redneck enginuitey" (purposely misspelled for comic value) and take a scrap piece of vinyl siding for a joy ride. And it worked beautifully! Check it out:




**DISCAIMER: Kismet Photography is not responsible for anyone attempting to recreate the scene you are about to witness. Any and all stunts resembling this should be done by professionals or at least in the presence of a supervising adult. And by "adult" we mean someone obviously smarter and with more sense than Curtis Snyder. To paraphrase: "Kids DO NOT try this at home!" **


Hey, at least I "stuck" the landing!

All joking aside this actually looks worse than it was. The yard levels out at the bottom and so I was slowing down to about 2mph before I was "gingerly" stopped by the fence. And yes we have matching "Griswold" hats. They were a joke one year for Christmas but we wear them proudly because we love National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and hey they keep your ears pretty toasty!

Well that's enough frivolity for one day. Back to work!


Curtis & Emily
Kismet Photography