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Store Front
Store Front
chesire


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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: D-Image, San Antonio
Date: Jul 1, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Jul 1, 2008

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 This is the front entrance to our studio. We gave notice of intent to vacate this morning!!!!!

We redid the carpet, walls, furnishing of this store when we first moved in, but alas, putting make up on a cheap "ho" doesn't make it a lady. So we're building a new place from the walls up in a much nicer location.

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 07/08/2008 06:02:51 PM
Wow! Congrats on getting your own place. I like your choice of store name - clever play on words.
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 07/02/2008 09:45:49 PM
LOL at your comments! You guys sure made it look like a nice place! Good luck with the new studio.
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 07/02/2008 09:55:16 AM
Originally posted by chesire:
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We'll also get to have animals on premisis in the new place, AND be closed when we need to go on location... besides a bathroom! Gah have you ever been stuck alone in a store with no bathroom for 11 hours????


lol, yes! In fact I quit a job because of that (among other things)! The place looks great despite the cramped space, I can't wait to see what you do with the new space! BTW, yellow and blue? Ugh!
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 07/01/2008 08:27:55 PM
I'll have to look for some "pre-ches" pictures. The walls were bright yellow and blue when we got the place (think reverse best buy colors) It was really very uncomfortable to be in.
 07/01/2008 08:26:24 PM
We will probably be studioless for 6-8 weeks. We're closing here end of July, hope to be open mid September latest October first.

We learned a TON here! Despite a financial failure, I don't consider it a business failure.

The sign is cool, we tried to copy the theme on the backwall by painting a film strip, There are samples of my work in the white part of the film strip, you can kinda see it back there.

One of the things I reall hate about it is the size. That wall over behind the piano is the width of the camera room. So there's a LOT of room out front, but it's very limited for shooting.

The new place will be 20' wide and 60' deep. We're expecting the camera room to take up 20x40 of that. We have a virtual background system including a 10x10 screen that gets fixed to one wall, then I want a high key wall, and possibly a chaise loungey setting as well. So much to do.... mostly we want a lot more flexibility.

Sign is for sale!!!!! Doesn't fit the new criteria for an otside sign, and I'd rather use my regular logo.
 07/01/2008 08:24:04 PM
OH.... MY....GOSH! I understand that you're going somewhere nicer, but this is still amazing, and I love the emotion that you captured.

Congratulations on continuing to build and grow.
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 07/01/2008 07:47:39 PM
Very funny expression in your comments. Will the other place be built before actually leaving this one? The neon sign really grabs my attention.
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 07/01/2008 07:33:21 PM
I like the set up that you had here and look forward to seeing the new store when it is finished.
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 07/01/2008 04:01:46 PM
Seems like a nice space - too bad it didn't work out after all the work you put into it.

You'll have to show us the new place!
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 07/01/2008 01:52:19 PM
This place looks really inviting. Good luck on the new one!
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 07/01/2008 01:52:08 PM
We've had some very nice people come, and a bunch that really should have been across the street at Wal-Mart. Problem is there isn't enough traffic to even cover the lease, let alone the cost of extra employees to keep it open every hour the mall is open. The average household income of people who actually hang out here is less than half what it is surrounding the area we are going to. And we'll have an outside store front so people can see us just by going in the parking lot next time.

We're planning on sending out a mailer (October is Family Portrait month after all) in September before we open to try to have some shoots that first week we're open.

We'll also get to have animals on premisis in the new place, AND be closed when we need to go on location... besides a bathroom! Gah have you ever been stuck alone in a store with no bathroom for 11 hours????
 07/01/2008 01:38:18 PM
Looks pretty nice to me- I would have stopped in !
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 07/01/2008 01:07:09 PM
Best of luck in your new location!
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 07/01/2008 12:20:20 PM
nice store front and I think the sign is really cool. Good luck in your new location.
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 07/01/2008 12:01:42 PM
it looks like a great place to work .. in your less busy moments you could watch life passing by and possibly take a photograph or two .. !!
hope your new place is another great place to work .. :)
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 07/01/2008 11:26:54 AM
Looks here like a nice place (can't judge about the location). Good luck with your new place. Hope to see some photos soon. Must be nice to have your own studio.
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