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High School Senior Website | Announcements

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:38:09 +0000

For those of you who follow us on Facebook, you may have noticed that I have been a bit quiet lately! Not to worry – it’s not that we’ve forgotten about you, for the last couple of months we have been HARD at work at a BRAND NEW program for high school seniors! And we thought this brand new program deserved a brand new home on the world wide web exclusively for seniors! So, without further ado… we would like to introduce you:

Donnell Probst Photography fans, meet Chrom! Chrom, meet Donnell Probst Photography fans!

Chrom Senior Studios has a TON to offer current and incoming Seniors! Here is a breakdown of all of the fabulous features that both mom, dad, AND senior will LOVE!

Senior Model Program – Seniors can apply to become part of the Chrom Senior Streeet Team and represent Chrom Senior Studios throughout their seniors year of high school! Senior Models will get a 50% discount on both their session fee AND package, a FREE 4×8 Accordian look book to share with their friends, free facebook photos, a free music video, and TEN personalized $100 Chrom Senior Studio gift cards to give to their ten favorite friends! And the best part – for each gift card redeemed by their friends the Senior Model will get $50 CASH! Seniors can earn even more studio credit by referring their friends to Facebook or providing Chrom Studio with referral contacts!

Style Guide – Chrom Senior Studios has an exclusive online Style Guide that is available via password to each of their senior clients! The style guide includes tips for boys and girls to maximize their experience and appearance for their Senior Photo Shoot, a shopping guide so seniors can build their photo shoot wardrobe or draw inspiration from some of the most trendy national chains and local boutiques, and our beauty guide – our favorite local salons and spas for the perfect hair and make-up!

We will be having a big launch giveaway later this week, so make sure you head over and “like” our Chrom Facebook page and tell all of your friends! Gone of the days are cheesy senior pictures! Chrom has something for the entire family… fun and edgy pics for the discriminating senior while still delivering classic, timeless images that mom, dad, and the whole family will love for years to come! We are not your grandmother’s photographer!

Chrom Website HERE

Chrom Facebook page HERE

MacAllister | Studio

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:51:25 +0000

As if his name is not stellar enough, I’m pretty sure Mr. M. could hold his own amongst a room full of rowdy toddlers! The little dude was not feeling his best today, but powered through nonetheless and allowed us to sneak in a few shots. Mom and Dad did an AMAZING job of trusting Heather to snuggle and rock their little guy despite having a bit of tummy turmoil! He was totally and completely zonked by the time they were ready to leave, and hopefully he will sleep a nice loooooong time for mom and dad this evening!!

Wrigley | Pet Photography

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:24:40 +0000

Well, we told you we have been using our “down” time to work on some new and exciting stuff…. and you knew that we were working in the studio now…. but what you didn’t know is that we love animals. So much so that we think everyone should have fun pix of their pooches!! So Wrigley, our fine canine friend was our first contestant in line to be bribed with turkey! And he did a fab job…… Whose next?!

The Frank Kids | Studio

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:17:35 +0000

Well, the studio is in full swing now and we were so excited to have my friend Tena come in with her three GOHR-geous kids to help us test out the lights for groups. Looks like everything went well, there were no tears, AND I think Tena got a little break by having two extra sets of hands in myself and Heather!

[The Studio is Coming!]

admin — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:56:06 +0000

I cannot tell you how many times we’ve been asked if we do studio work! Up until now, the answer has been “no”! Well, as any good photographer should do, I’ve been working to learn new things this winter so I can offer more to my clients and expand my work into other areas of photography. I have partnered up with my second photographer for weddings and super close photo pal, Heather, and we have been diligently trial and erroring our way through the studio set up process. We totally could plop someone on a white background and call it a day, but we want this to be special… something you don’t see every day… something that stops you in your tracks!

So, the good news is that we are making progress. The bad news is that we’re not quite where we want to be yet. We’ve got the lights and the “stuff” to go with it, but now we need some live people. We are looking for brand new babies (0-10 DAYS old) and babies who can support themselves sitting up, but who are not mobile yet. Yes, this may seem very specific, but we just need to test things out, and that will be difficult enough to do without chasing small people around! Don’t get us wrong, we love, love, love your humans of all ages, but we just need some solid practice. If you haven’t been following our escapades over at The Photo Junkies, it’s a must read. Hopefully you will laugh a little and enjoy our random goodness. So, without further ado, here it a bit of the progress we’ve made in the studio department.

For all interested, we are already starting to book up for the spring and will be adding studio to the mix probably sometime in March – so don’t wait too much longer to book your session!

[Snow Day]

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:27:32 +0000

There is a strange phenomenon that happens here in the Lou’ when it snows… snow days. The amount or kind of snow does not matter… roads cleared or not, there is a snow day. I swear this fear of snow has drastically increased since we’ve moved here, but it is so funny to us nonetheless having grown up in Chicago. I can clearly recall walking in snow up to my knees through people’s yards just to get to the bus stop. I also remember our bus getting stuck a few times, but never remember any injuries on buses in our area growing up. Funny, isn’t it??

{The Probst Kids – Sneak Peek}

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:32:20 +0000

Every fall I run into the same issue… I get so bogged down with shooting other people’s events and families that I nearly run out of time to squeeze in my own kids pictures before Christmas! Luckily, the weather has been so amazing this fall, we were still able to make it out in mid-November with only some light clothing! Yay! More to come very soon!

{Sneak Peek}

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:06:35 +0000

I am so happy to post this sneak peek tonight! You may recognize these cutie-patootie kids from earlier this summer! They are our newest neighbors who have added some much needed youthfulness to our street… and they are just one of the nicest families you will ever meet, which is just icing on the cake for us! We had so much fun tonight rolling around in the leaves and enjoying the not-too-hot, not-too-cold weather and grabbed so many great pictures! Mom and Dad are just going to have to wait to see pictures of the two of them… ;) I just love teasing my clients!!! More to come soon!

{Big Moments}

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:35:05 +0000

It has been a week full of big moments in our household! My oldest started middle school – with no tardies, forgotten locker combinations, or missed buses to report – and my middle dude headed off to Kindergarten! Good luck to all of the kids starting off their year this week and in the coming weeks! They will be grown before we know it! =)

{New (young) Neighbors!!}

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:39:44 +0000

So, we moved to Hilly Haven Court three and a half years ago. We loved the mature trees, the manicured lawns, and the general Cleaver-esque feel to the street. What we didn’t know was that the lawns were manicured because everyone was either retired and had time to manicure said lawns, or they had older children who they had groomed to become their lawn slaves. We should have looked for untrimmed edges and hedges, sun-worn toys, and sidewalk chalk artwork! Needless to say, we are constantly referred to as being “babies” (not in the whiny sense, but in the I-could-be-your-mother sense) and our children are the only nappers on the block… until last month! We have new neighbors! They are not permanent, but we will take it! They have three kids very similar in age to our younger two and they are transplants from Wisconsin – right up our alley! The kids have played together a few times and late yesterday afternoon I finally broke down and busted out the camera – it’s hard to refrain from constantly taking pictures, but I didn’t want to scare them off, so I’ve tempered my photo addiction until now! I’m surprised mom didn’t look at me and say ENOUGH ALREADY at some point – once I start, I just can’t stop!!