Some exciting news!!

We have some exciting news to share! Some of you may know our assistant/third shooter, Brittany, from recent weddings and from mentions here on the old bloggeroo. Well, she's moving on up from assistant to associate! Brittany already has a successful portrait business of her own, but she's wanting to help us take ours to the next level. And that's the big news... Danielle and Brittany are teaming up to take over the portrait side of Hope Photography!

Does that mean that I won't be involved with the portraits? Absolutely not. I'll still do some sessions and I'll be handling all of the back-end work. But this little joint venture will accomplish two things: 1) It will free me up so I can focus on the huge amount of back-end work that goes with the 20+ weddings we photograph every year. And 2) this will give the portrait side of our business the attention it deserves.

Any changes to the wedding side of the business? Nope. Danielle will still be working with me at every wedding. We're a husband and wife team after all! But this does open up the possibility of Brittany taking on smaller weddings by herself when we're already booked. We're still working out those details.

What kind of portraits will this dynamic duo be doing? The same portraits we do now: maternity, newborns, babies, toddlers, big kids, families, and seniors (Danielle and I will still be doing all engagement portrait sessions). Most of it will be our lifestyle on location portraits, but look for some studio stuff pretty soon (that's new!).

We have a ton of exciting news to share with you all on the blog and our Facebook Fan Page over the next few months so stay tuned! But first, I want you to meet Brittany (and Danielle):


I can't guarantee that sessions will be as fun without me present, but I'll bet you they'll have their own brand of fun. They're crazy!


And let's face it, they are both a whooooole lot cuter than me.


Might as well JUMP!


Rawr!

So speaking of specials, the girls have decided that the first one they want to do is a mini-session for grandparents and their grandkids...



Can you imagine how priceless these photos will be for, not only the grandparent's in our lives, but also our children? I honestly wish I had a nice professional portrait taken with all of my grandparent's when I was younger. I treasure and cherish every snapshot I can find now that three of them have passed on. What an amazing gift a mini-session like this will be!! To schedule a session for your loved ones, send Danielle an email at info@hope-photo.com or give us a call at 865-977-6483.

Like I said, stay tuned for upcoming announcements. Subscribe to the blog and become a fan on Facebook.

Now, time to get back to work... I've got three weddings I need to finish!


PS: This just in! Already another announcement. Actually, Danielle just reminded me of something I forgot to mention: this Friday evening, Aug. 27th, from 5pm-9pm stop by the new children's boutique in Maryville, LolliPops, to meet Danielle and Brittany during the Last Friday Artwalk by the Maryville Arts Coalition. They'll have some work on display, will be handing out info about an upcoming fall special, and you can check out the super-cute clothes at LolliPops!!