Christmas Portraits

We're really excited about this year's Christmas Portrait Season. We've got a ton of private parties that are providing portraits for all guests, and we've got lots of families scheduled for portraits, hopefully we'll get some snow and some brave families will want to head outside for a shot or two.

Of course we also have a public photo shoot coming up too. CVS in Logansport will be offering portraits with Santa all day on December 2nd, and 3rd. The prices will be very affordable, and the prints will be ready to take home before you leave the store. We hope to see you there.

New Pricing!

Buck Portrait Studio is very happy to announce that for the third straight year we will not be raising our print prices! We also have all new packages for weddings and seniors which offer huge savings over ala carte enlargements. So if you didn't get married last year, consider yourself lucky, 2007 is the year to save big with Buck Portrait Studio.

Wedding Season Over!

Well it was a frantic whirlwind of a wedding season again this year. Congratulations to all of the beautiful couples that allowed us to be a part of their special day. I had fun as always and together we made some really cool images.

Availability Update: We're probably not going to accept any more weddings for off season dates next year (Jan-Apr, and Sept-Dec) We've booked a handful of those, but we generally are busy with other projects during these time frames. We have many openings left for May, June, July, and August though so give us a call now to look through our sample albums and book your date. We are generally fully booked for the entire year by the end of January, so don't delay if you want to book your wedding with Buck Portrait Studio.

Creative Mats

Looking for a way to make a stunning piece of art from your portrait? Why not let us design a custom digital mat for you. We can do unlimited different sizes and shapes of mats. We can do letters and numbers making fun senior collages. Digital mats cost a fraction of what a traditional mat would cost and the unlimited colors and textures ensure you get a one of a kind piece of art.

LAA 2006 Contest Winners

Here are the winners of the Logansport Art Association's 2006 Photography Contest:

Professional:
Open B/W
1st #109 Annette Spear “Ashley”
Open Color
1st #110 Annette Spear “Kaitlyn”
HM #52 Wally Dibble “Dolly”
HM #49 Wally Dibble “Lady Slipper Orchid”

Non-Professional Color:
People
1st #44 Dixie Ben-net “Talented Toes”
HM #87 Janet Fawley “Big Blow”

Animals
1st #104 David Bowles “Lost Bouquet”
2nd #59 Ruth Reese “Columbine”
3rd #38 John Troxler “Eastern Meadowlark”
HM #78 Jack Burger “Turkey Feather”
HM #39 John Troxler “White Breasted Nuthatch”
HM #24 Rosalie Conlin “Majestic Garden”

Landscape
1st #4 Pat Herron “Disney Hall”
2nd #102 David Bowles “Frosty Morning”
3rd #19 Tom Morris, Jr. “Reflections”
HM #91 Rosanne Garver “Mellow Yellow”

Computer Aided
HM #5 Oksana Hontar-Franklin “In Morning”

Open
1st #40 John Troxler “Sunrisesteam”
2nd #74 Ryan Buck “Pencils”
HM #72 Ryan Buck “Paper”

Committee Award: #30 Stephen Rouch “Self-Portrait”
Youth Committee Award: #113 Kaitlyn Spear “Sadie”
Memory of Mary Bruck Award:
#102 David Bowles “Frosty Morning”
Photography Show Winners, cont.

Non-Professional B/W:
People
HM #126 Hayley Bickle “Shannon B”

Animals
HM #105 Jack G. Smith “Nesting Eagle”

Landscape
HM #119 Stacy Cox “Waterfall Wonder”

Youth Color (K-5):
Open
HM #114 Ashley Spears “Play Ball”

Computer Aided
HM #115 Ashley Spears “Red Shoes”

Youth Color (6-12):
Open
1st #84 Brogan Bahler “Untitled”
2nd #69 Brian Larimore “Serenity”
HM #116 April Pickens “Off Navy Pier”

Computer Aided
HM #63 Kristen Sims “Flip Flops”

Youth B/W (6-12):
1st #138 Sean Henderson “Escape”
2nd #140 Sean Henderson “Eternity”
3rd #130 Casey Hardebeck “Jesus”
HM #135 Evan Moore “Cousin Erica”
HM #137 Evan Moore “Painting Shack”
HM #64 Kristen Sims “Frog”
HM #148 Haley Santon “Little Princess”


Virginia Anne Lewis Award: #107 Amy Spear “Sunset”
Judge’s Award: #41 John Troxler “Running Bear”
Best of Show: #20 Tom Morris, Jr. “Water on a Lily”
Youth Best of Show: #143 Taylor Clark “Solarization”

Christmas Cards

We are pleased to be able to offer 4x8 Christmas cards just in time for the holidays. We don't have as many different designs as local photo labs might, but I think there is a design for everyone here. The cards come complete with envelopes in quantities of 12, for only .99 cents a piece. Schedule a portrait now and design your card so you have time to mail them out before it's too late.

Ryan's Bio

I've always been interested in capturing the world in new and exciting ways. Photography has always been an amazing way to take a rather boring landscape (Central Indiana) and make it beautiful. My early work includes rustic barns and dilapidated fences, themes that still find their way into my photography to this day. I've spent hundreds of hours driving around Indiana photographing everything that comes my way. Of the thousand or so rolls of film I've developed I've created some very unique works of art, and each time I see something that moves me, I wonder how I can make it better. I go back out and try again, trying a new lens, or changing a setting in my camera. This trial and error has been my best teacher.

Throughout my non-photographic career I've always found a way to be a photographer. While working for a small software company I photographed several yearly seminars learning a lot about flash photography along the way. While serving in the US Army Reserve I was my company's offical photographer. I documented every aspect of our training and published a monthly newsletter.

Like so many landscape photographers before me, my portraiture work started when I was asked to photograph a relative's wedding even though I had no idea what I was doing. The wedding went very smoothly, and I realized how difficult people photography was. The challenge of making artistic portraits that people love is what drives me every day. Since that first wedding I've gone completely digital and have invested countless hours (and dollars) to my studio. Instead of driving around looking for interesting trees to photograph I practice my studio lighting techinque on mundane objects like sea shells or colored pencils. Every day I learn something new and every portrait I take is a little bit better than the last.

Photo Competition Now Open!

I did fairly well this year against some pretty stiff competition in the Logansport Art Association's annual photography contest. I won second place in the open category, and also won an honorable mention. There were some really amazing pieces of artwork entered this year and I can't wait until next year. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 6pm for anyone wanting to go see what Logansport's best photographers are capable. Don't forget to vote for your favorite shot to be the People's Choice winner.

CVS Fall Shoot a Success!

The photo shoot at CVS was a huge success and from the amazing turn out I guess going 10 months between photo shoots is too long! We'll try to schedule them more frequently through out the year. I hope everyone that came down to CVS loved their portraits, we certainly appreciate the support.

We're definitely doing a Christmas portrait this year with a real Santa Claus. The dates are set for December 2nd, and 3rd. We haven't designed the scene yet, but as soon as we get it roughed out, I'll post a digital image of it. I hope to see you all there.