The Photo Booth is coming!

This is something that we should have done a while back - build a custom photo booth.  Unlike most booth operators, we are photographers. So we will more than likely take it up a notch in terms of photo quality and booth features. We are building the prototype now with the following specs:

• "Really Open Air" - this booth will be able to accommodate small groups with no problem
• High Quality Images - no iPad or web cams here ... we only use real equipment
• High-speed dye-sub printer - ditto to what I wrote above about equipment
• Customized backgrounds -  backdrops options along with green screen
• "Day Of' touchscreen software and prints - touchscreen theme and prints will match the event theme ... all custom ... 
• "Socially yours" - if wi-fi is available, guests will be able to text, email, and/or post their images to Facebook 
• Awesome add-ons - photo booth guest book and video!

Ambitious, yes, but what else would you expect from us.  We've been printing at events for years and this is actually a much simpler endeavor.  Again, we should have done this years ago.

A new website is coming!

I've been procrastinating on getting rid of my Flashed-based website. I've neglected the majority of internet viewers who have iPhones, iPads, and Windows phones - they can't view the site.  I am about 90% complete with only the image galleries left to populate.  Hopefully I can get it done this weekend.

New Orleans City Park Family

While finishing up a senior photo session in City Park with my daughter's friend's sister (sorry I had to describe her that way!), I ran in to a family attempting to take a quick family photo. The light had fallen considerably and I just knew that their point-and-shoot camera would not do them any justice (I myself was fighting with balancing external flash with the ensuing darkness.). So I confirmed it by volunteering a few shots with their camera - my suspicions were correct because the viewfinder on their Olympus showed several underexposed, grainy images.  Flash with that camera was not an option - red-eye, hotspots, color shifts, you name it.  So, I took a few with my camera ... this is the keeper!

I don't know their names yet, but I will be sending this to them as soon as they email me.

Business Decisions

I made a financial decision and closed the office this month.  William Boyd Photography is still in business but without a formal meeting location.  On average, I met with one to two clients a month last year, wasting a ton of money in rent and upkeep.  The majority of my clients are out-of-towners (New Orleans, Ascension, Iberville, and North Shore), so I have been traveling to meet and deliver.  If business picks up significantly, I will reconsider, but until them just give me a call or email me!