I was thrilled to find out that SD Photo won numerous awards in the Iowa Department of Transportation's photography contest. I was in Iowa several times last year for fly-ins and airshows and had a lot of really great shots from those events. So I figured awards, great, good for the studio, publicity, etc. right? But then they sent me a huge stack of these really cool calendars, which had several of my shots within including this one on the cover:
Sarah
I hope everyone had a great holiday season. A new year brings lots of new and exciting things to Sarah Dickerson photography. The calendar is filling up - actually better than I had hoped for! If you are interested in booking a horse show or wedding, please inquire for rates and availability - my Saturdays are starting to fill!
I'm very excited about some of the things we have in store for this year. I will be bringing at-show proofing on the road in 2009 to a horse show near you - meaning you can see and order proofs right at the show, schedule permitting. This will be available at all shows longer than one day, and available at one day shows subject to show scheduling. Look for our booth and stop by! As per usual, we also will offer online proofing after the show - and we get those photos up QUICKLY so check back often if you don't see them yet!
In an effort to do our part during the hard economic times our country is facing right now, I've kept prices down this year. What that means is that you will find print prices that are well below industry average. We will also be offering some at-show specials and periodic email specials.
If you're curious as to where we are headed, check the calendar section on our website. Oh and did I mention website? I'm SUPER excited about the website as it will be expanding dramatically in the next few weeks. I will be adding two distinct sites - an equine site and a wedding/people photography site - both linked from my main "splash" page. So my address will remain the same for all of my work - you'll just choose where to head from there - equine, people, or this blog.
And last but certainly not least, I've made it a point to upgrade equipment this winter. I won't get into tech-speak, but in layman's terms I've upgraded my Canon equipment to the best of the best, both in camera bodies and in lenses. I really look forward to giving it a good workout this year.
I'll have some more updates in the coming days, until then, stay warm!
Last night my sister, Stacey, and I got her retired mare Foxfire out for a shoot at sunset. Foxy already has a lot of her winter coat, so we just wanted to play with light and get some artsy shots that didn't draw attention to the fact she's really fuzzy! Here's some of our results. As usual...a ton of fun!
The catch-up continues. The Airline History Museum held their fall hangar dance on October 11th. This dance was roughly double the size of the spring dance! It is getting wildly popular, and I can't get over how many people get totally into the evening and dress up in 1940s/WWII-era regalia.
Here are some highlights!
Jim and I made the trip up to Blakesburg, Iowa Labor Day weekend (told you I was behind!) with the 1947 Cessna 120 to the annual National Antique Aircraft Association Fly-In. This is the largest fly-in of its kind and well over 300 aircraft from all over the nation were in attendance. This was an aviation photographer's dream. Some of these planes are so rare there are only a handful still flying. Rather than trying to come up with words to describe the event, I'll let the pictures below tell the story. Jim and I pitched a tent and stayed one night....plan is to stay for two next year.
