Why Limit A Good Thing?

Why limit a good thing? To keep it good of course. From time to time I have people ask us why we limit the number of senior sessions we do each year and the long and short answer is the same...to keep it good, keep it fresh and keep it fun. Years ago we used to do 6 or 7 sessions a day and no limit to how many we did each year...and it was o.k. but...when we started limiting the number of sessions we would do each day and how many we would do in a a year, our creativity shot way up and we felt like we were doing something unique and personal for each of our seniors and that's really what our goal was all along. So...to keep it fun, creative and give you the rock star experience you deserve, we end senior sessions for the year once we've photographed the number we feel we can do and still maintain the high standards you've come to expect from Photography By so where do we stand? As of Tuesday morning we have about 42 openings left but we haven't returned calls from the weekend.

Rumor has it...

...that there's an uber cool offer coming down the pipe but it's going to be for one day only and will probably be the last offer of the year for seniors as we're getting close to our cut off point. Maybe it's because we got a chance to snag a really great deal from one of our vendors and are passing it along to you and maybe it's for all those people who listen to silly stories about us being so expensive LOL!!! Anyway, the deal is going to be...

• Studio/Window Loft session with 10-12 images to choose from
• an 8x10, 2-5x7s and a bunch of wallets (all professionally retouched of course)
• and the grand total is just $299

So what's the catch? Just this...it's only one day...Columbus Day. Yeah, I know, you're out of school that day. Details will be in the senior section of our website (www.photographybylee.com) or you can get details by calling Mary or Karen (309.444.7010 / 1.800.341.1263) or dropping them an e-mail: pbylee@mtco.com Sorry I can't tell you more...I'm just the photographer. You don't have to spend a fortune to look like a million dollars...we just make you look like you did:)

Double Beach Gold

Yeah I know, this is supposed to be about senior portraits and all things Class of '09 but as a die hard beach volleyball fan (not to mention a 12 year stint playing doubles on the local level), I had to post a big HOLY COW for the two U.S.A. teams that just won gold in the Olympics this week. A big standing "O" for Kerri Walsh & Misty May for a straight set win over China in the gold medal match and on becoming the first ever team to win back to back gold medals in Olympic beach volleyball. It's been what...107 or 108 straight matches with out a loss? Unbelievable...and on top of that they are two of the nicest people you'll ever meet...if you ever get a chance to go to the AVP Chicago open, me, my wife and daughters all highly recommend it as the best buy in professional sports.

On the mens side, a big ol' oohrah! for Phil Dalhausser & Todd Rodgers winning the FIVB world championship (first time for American men) and the gold medal in the Olympics in the same year. Yes we were sitting on edge in the second match but 5 straight "Rooooofs" by Dalhaussers (aka the thin beast) put us in celebration mood as our boys cruised to the gold medal in the third game. For those of you not familiar with the sport, the top two countries in the world for beach volleyball are Brazil and the U.S.A. (hey we invented the game), so any win over Brazil is huge but for the gold medal...it's a monster! 6'2" Rodgers was out jumping Brazil's 6' 8" Fabio Magalhaes and crushing the ball with machine like regularity...not since Karch Kiraly has there been such a masterful display of on court strategy. Couldn't have happened to two nicer guys...Congrats Rodgers & Dalhausser. Okay...one last thing...if you want to know more about a fantastic sport and the incredible athletes that play it...check out the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals)...here's a link: http://web.avp.com/index.jsp