ROSEMONT REVISITED

It is always a great pleasure to be back at Rosemont College alhough this Fall's visit was tinged with sadness following the sudden death of their President Ann Amore a year ago. There are few people in this world who make a huge impact on first meeting and Ann was one of these. An impossible act to follow but Rosemont & its staff are doing a great job & everyone was extremely helpful as usual.

IT IS REALLY CRICKET!

Cricket has never really caught on in America so it was refreshing to find the game alive & well at the University of Florida.
An enthusiastic group of students of both sexes invited me to play, providing a very enjoyable interlude during my week long visit to the Gainesville campus. I understand they have been given official blessing to play the game at the University & wish them all the best.

CD'S V DVD'S

Since we use the highest resolution Canon digital cameras we are burning everything to DVD these days. Unfortunately some campuses still cannot read DVD's and want CD's. This can be done but does increase your costs in time & materials considerably on a big shoot. Cameras are only going to get higher in their resolutions so you may want to bear this in mind and arrange for people needing to view these images to have a DVD reader available.

Associates on the move.

Ian's associates have been on the move in 2006. Chantelle Bailey relocated to China with her new baby. Kristy Campbell relocated to Los Angeles and has been working with Ian on the West Coast. Katie Burgess has been working with Ian on accounts in the North-East and will be working on assignments with Ian in Florida this month. Stacey Evans worked with Ian in Chicago and has been shooting for the Rosetta Stone account in Harrisonburg, Va.

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2007

As the 2006 Education photography approaches its quieter months, requests for Ian's photography have already started for 2007. Everyone talks about 'Spring' but please bear in mind that the Spring Terms have fewer time opportunities than the Fall. Interior photography can be done in January/February before Spring Break and with exams and graduation coming soon after there is a smaller window for students' attention if all photography is left until March/April. Last year several Colleges and Universities successfully booked shoots in January as they did not want 'buds on trees' pictures. This made life easier to manage. In 2007 with an increase in clients on the West Coast and in the South, we would ask clients to try to avoid the peak period of March/April if they do not want exterior photography. This helps us to avoid having to turn down clients because of lack of time available. Forward planning is a great help. This Fall we had to turn down one or two of our regular clients because requests were left so late that there were no days available for us.