Celebrate Service – Dave Carroll- United Breaks Guitars Book Giveaway!

Celebrate Service !- Dave Carroll- United Breaks Guitars Book Giveaway!

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Bad customer service just sucks!  Most everyone has experienced it at some point or another in their life time.  Dave Carroll shared his experience with the winners of the Celebrate Service awards banquet from Celebration Cinema this week.  It was a great event and I was blessed to be there to photograph it.  Photographing an event like Celebrate Service is like not working at all.  I learned so much from Dave Carroll and the winners of the local awards.  Celebration Cinemas know how to promote great service.  They went above and beyond to honor local businesses from their different markets across West Michigan.

 

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One  of my favorite businesses to win was The Parlor Tattoo of Benton Harbor Michigan. I liked the fact that they won because they are a small business who knows customer service.  Small businesses make up the majority of businesses in our country yet few are recognized in such a big way.  The awards were voted on by the public in the service area where the business is located.  The voting this year was intense!

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What makes for Good Customer serviceWhen have you received great customer service?  Tell you story in the comments below and one lucky person will win a copy of Dave Carroll’s United Breaks Guitars book.  I will draw one winner on March 1st, 2013.

Check out this video from Dave Carroll!

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Fun Santa Portraits- Just in time for Christmas Presents

Fun Santa Portraits- Just in time for Christmas Presents

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Santa Portraits, Artistic Sessions with Personal flair Lowel, MI

What does Your Child + Santa’s Attention for 30 minutes equal?  Memories to last a life time.

When was the last time you child got to hang out with Santa without a line of kids waiting their turn?  The memories from last year still make us smile.  We had many Santa first moments and expect even better ones this year.  Sessions are only available November 11th, and 13th and are going fast.  Less then 6 sessions available.  Call for details 616.897.5606  Please share this with your friends.  They will thank you for it later.

This is also our Flat River Outreach FOOD Raiser.  For every Non Perishable food item brought in with you to the session, you will receive 1 – Free Wallet.  100 items = 100 Wallets!  So please bring in your food items.

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Girls Night Out Fall 2011!

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We had a great time last night at Girls Night Out. Over 300 women stopped by to get their photos taken, and check out the purses, furniture, and Free hair and makeup fixes from some of our new friends.  The Big Announcement of the night was the introduction of Casie Thelen, Owner of HAIRstudio.  Casie will be opening her new Salon inside our studio this December 3rd.  She brings over 13 years of experience and clients with her to HAIRstudio.  Over the next month the dust will be in the air as they transform their space into their dream business.  Check out her website http://www.lowellhairstudio.com.

Here are a few images from last night.  More are available at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.292067587488853.82774.170492476313032&type=1&l=5f6030ad36

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Anniversary Portraits- Capturing a lifetime of love

Anniversary Portraits- Capturing a lifetime of love

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cute old couple picture Anniversary Portraits  Capturing a lifetime of love Spending precious time at Fallsburg Park Lowell, MI celebrating 70 years of Marriage. Being able to capture the love of this couple is a priceless memory  for them, their family and generations to come!

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Impact Church Christmas Musical- Event Photography Lowell, Michigan

Impact Church Christmas Musical- Event Photography Lowell, Michigan

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The Impact Christmas musical was a blast.  The kids sang, adults danced, and a couple of guys made fools of themselves.  Can’t wait for the next one!

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The Value of Family Portraits

The Value of Family Portraits

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Kara’s Story-

Kara was born with a very critical heart condition.  Not knowing what the future held for her and her family, capturing this chapter became so much more important.  Kara had her first open heart surgery just days after this photo was taken.  Her family realized something very important after the surgery.  Her chest was no longer like it was when she was born.  The value of the portraits increased immensely.  They were the last images of her God given unaltered body.  The scars will heal over time, but now the family has images of her.

If you would like to follow Kara’s story you can follow it by becoming a friend of her Dad- Brian Calley- http://www.facebook.com/briancalley

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