And the winners are...

It's time to announce our December Winners!! We chose two winners this month- a winner from December in general and a winner from our Winter Quickset! 

December Contest Winner

Our first winner, left, is precious Hayley, the baby girl of John and Chrissy Coates. Hayley has been chosen as our favorite image from December 2011 for obvious cuteness reasons! I loved this image the moment I saw it and am so glad the rest of the team agreed! Congrats John and Chrissy!

Quickset Contest Winner

The second winner, right, is our winner for our Winter Quickset: The Train Station! Daphne Rice always brings in Anthony for our Christmas quicksets but was especially excited this year because of Anthony's love of trains! We love this image and how much it tells a story and we are proud to call it our favorite from the Winter Quickset!

We are so thankful for our clients and can't wait to pick an "Image of the Month," every month from now on! Because of our slow start, be on the lookout for the January image of the month soon, and then we will resume a more regular schedule!

Both of these winners will receive a fabulous prize sometime next week! Tune in to see what it is! Please comment and let us know what you think of our winners!

PPA Convention

Beautiful Cathedral in New Orleans

We thought it would be fitting to begin our blog with some stories from our recent educational journey to the PPA Convention. This year's Professional Photographers of America Convention was held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  

Besides the beautiful weather (70 degrees in January!) and taking in the culture of the city, we spent our time taking class after class learning how to improve our business, our photography, and our attitude. Learning from the nation's top photographers and speakers, we absorbed so many great ideas and are inspired to kick off 2012 with some fantastic images!

Trade Show of Vendors

Amazing walk along the Mississippi River

Famous Cajun restaurant where we had lunch

 After classes in the morning, we would tour the galleries of the contest winners and visit the booths of thousands of new products and companies! We visited our favorite vendors who help make our business possible, and made some new friends at new companies.  Another round of classes in the evenings and we were able to come up with some awesome new techniques we can't wait to show you!

Mark Ruffalo and I !!

Two other exciting things happened throughout our time in New Orleans.

1- We had a celebrity run in!! Walking down the street we accidentally stumbled onto a street a film crew was prepping to shoot on. As I turned to say something to Susan, I was shocked to find that walking in step with me just inches away was Mark Ruffalo! Don't know who that is? Click his name and learn but don't feel bad- Susan had no clue either. But I recognized him instanly from one of my old favs- 13 going on 30! I was a little awkward but quickly asked him for a photo and he said sure. We had a quick chat before Susan questioned "who on earth was that!?"

It was awesome.

Susan won a Samsung Galaxy Tab!

2- Every day one of our favorite vendors, StudioPlus, did raffle drawings for tablets! I always wanted to make sure that after my class I sprinted there to get a ticket.. I was determined to win! Twice in a row I was ONE number away. It was killing me, I needed to win the tablet! Susan, not knowing what a tablet was, got a ticket too and stood next to me only to have HER NUMBER called in the last drawing! She won my tablet!! She was so excited, but don't be fooled by my smile in the picture- I was pretty ticked...

After five days of training and inspiration from the best, we can't wait to share what we've come up with!!

Get to know us!

Meet Susan!

Susan Cecil is our Master photographer. Susan as been in business for over 20 years. Discovering her love for photography at age 12, Susan not only has been able to live her dream, but has built a lucrative career in family photography. In 1986, the name of Perfect Image Photography was chosen to serve as a constant reminder of her purpose. Over 20 years later, she is still striving to create the best possible images for her clients each and every day. 

Susan has been honored with many awards, such as South East Photography Association's Best Portrait of a Child in 2002 (the BEST in 13 states!),a  Fuji Masterpiece Award, Professional Photographer of the Year in 2007, and six Virginia Professional Photography Association's Best Portraits of an Animal Awards. In addition, Susan has two Professional Photography Association Loan Prints. Susan says "the best award is earning the admiration of my clients, and the greatest award is having fun doing it!"

Meet TD!

TD is our Resident photographer. He is an award winning, published photographer in Richmond, VA. TD graduated from the Hallmark Institute of Photography in 2012. He has done work for Syke Va, Richmond Fashion Week, and the United Way.