YAY SENIORS!!!

I know we have posted about this before.. but we are once again we are inviting Class of 2013 seniors to be a part of our Senior Street Team!  With this, you will get senior rep card that features you!  You will get to hand these out to your friends!  Also, you get your own senior pictures at a discounted price!!!  Another benefit of being a SENIOR STREET TEAM MODEL is that you can earn GIFT CARDS or MONEY!!!  If this is something that you are interested in, please take a moment to check out our website.  The application for the street team model can be found on the website or you can fill it out here.

Talk to you soon,
Jess

stats....

With the month coming to an end here soon, we are excited to say we have had two full months of blogs. Something we set out to do at the beginning of the year. We want you to stay up to date with all that we do. Sometimes the blog has nothing to do with photography and sometimes it does. To us it is about building a relationship and friendship with our clients. Everything seems to flow smoother when you know a little about each other prior to a shoot.
Since we started writing our blog consecutive our stats have started to rise. We have had 2100 page views in the past month. If you are one of the viewers, thank you so much. Please be sure to tell your friends and family also.

Talk to you soon,
Wade

goals.....

yesterday I posted about my birthday...... I also mentioned I had some goals before I turn 26.  here it is...

1. Become a full time photographer
2. Be recognized as one of the best Senior photographers in the area.
3 reach the 250 mark on Facebook.

 those are the top three. we will start with that and see what happens.

 talk to you soon,
Wade

Happy Birthday.......

Today is my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! the big 25. Wow how time flies. Earlier in the week I declared this was going to be a day of relaxation, boy did that turn the other way. below is a list of things I accomplished today.
 1. up by 7:15
 2. Smoked 6 (yes 6) racks of ribs. (yummy)
 3. lunch at grandparents.
 4. Event at church tonight.

 Yeah it's only 4 things, but four things that were great in the long run.
Here's to making 25 great, Hopefully I can accomplish a ton of things (that is going to be tomorrows post)

talk to you soon,
Wade

Tell Us...

We were just wondering what is most important to you?  Amount of prints? Price? Uniqueness of pictures? Number of people allowed on the shoot? Number of wardrobe changes?

We want to give you, the customer, exactly what you want.  We want to make sure we are the best photographers we can be for our customers... Thanks!

Talk to you soon,
Jess

Sad news...

Well, we were hoping to have a picture of the new senior brochure, but there are still a few changes that need to be made before we want to unveil it.  Thanks for being patient... Can't wait to show it to you guys!!!

talked to you later,
Jess

Great News.....

Hey we wanted to post real quick about something awesome. The past couple of weeks we have been working on a new brochure for Wade Hilton Photography. It is all about our senior photography line. Well today we got a proof back from the printer, got some work to do on it still. All in all it will be very nice.
Let me guess you want to see a picture of it? my answer to that is, TOMORROW.

talk to you soon,
Wade

One of MY favorites!!!

Hi friends!  It is Jess tonight...  I just wanted to share one of my favorite senior pics.  I know a lot of seniors are getting ready for the end of the year so if you need a last minute shoot, call us up... JUNIORS-don't forget to apply to be a street team model!!!  Check out the application on our website.

Here just one for tonight.........

talk to you later,
Jess

Kids pictures....

We love shooting kid pictures... They are so fun, never know what to expect from them. Today we want to do a quick post about our favorite kid picture.. These were the first Easter pictures of my little nephew cooper. Believe me his is not innocent. Hahaha

 talk to you soon,
 wade

Happy Birthday....

If you remember a couple of weeks back I talked about one of my all time favorite photographers, Ansel Adams. Well today is his birthday. For many of you this video will do nothing but put you to sleep. LOL... To me it was a pretty cool video, def old school. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZND3eczqoIA&feature=share

talk to you soon,

 wade

 by the way it is someone else's birthday this week too. (He likes cameras too)

Hurry!!!!!

This past week has been crazy busy. Not shooting photos, but booking senior sessions. We met with a ton of seniors for the 2012 2013 school year already. If you are interested in having your senior session this summer or in the fall, don't wait to book it, call as when you think you have a date picked out.

talk to you soon,
Wade

One more time

Today we are going to post another senior rave.. I promise this is the last one for awhile. We just wanted to show everyone what all the seniors thought of their sessions.   Here is a little note from Bri Davidson

My senior year was packed with so many

memories, if it was being on the varsity

cheer squad at CJ, or just hanging out with

my friends. I wanted to make sure I could

keep those memories with me after high

school was long over. That’s why I chose

Wade Hilton Photography for my senior

pictures. Wade made my senior session

more than memorable. He took the time to

get exactly what I wanted in each of my

pictures. The pictures turned out great, the

shots were fun and it was just over all an

great time. I would for sure do 

it over again!

talk to you soon, 

Wade

Seniors!!!!

We will finish up our senior raves tomorrow. today we wanted to give a shout to Hunter Luna..

My experience taking pictures with Wade was really great. I enjoyed the time getting everything set up and brainstorming ideas on what I should do for the pictures. Also, I enjoyed how comfortable I was during the process. He made it fun and exciting with the experimental poses and a few jokes on the side. 

All in all, working with Wade was a great experience and I’d definitely recommend him to anyone around who wants to have a great time while taking great pictures. 

talk to you soon,

Wade

Another Senior Rave!!!!!

We have decided to take the next couple of days to go through some of our previous seniors that have used us for their sessions and blog about what they thought. Today we want to show some pictures from Brooke Dodsons photo session, along with her awesome friends.

Here is a quick Rave from Brooke!!
My senior session with Wade Hilton Photography was everything I could have asked for and more. From start to finish I had a blast. I was able to bring along 3 of my best friends, they even jumped in some of the photos with me. I would highly recommend Wade for senior pictures. I would do it over in a heart beat. Thanks Wade for an awesome and rememorable shoot. 

talk to you soon,

Wade

Senior Rave.......

We love keeping in touch with past seniors to see how they are doing after they graduate and open another chapter of their lives.  Today we are going to show a couple pictures of a senior from last year, she also wrote a section of our new brochure that we are putting together, which is written below. Thanks to Presley Goff.

I chose Wade Hilton Photography to take my senior pictures because his photography is amazing and the prices for pictures were very reasonable.We drove to a few nice places to take pictures so there was a large variety of different poses and scenery. He had the best ideas to show my personality and I had so much fun with Wade and his wife Jessica. They make you feel so comfortable and I think that helped make my pictures turn out so great. I loved my senior pictures and I would definitely recommend Hilton Photography for any type of special occasion. 

talk to you soon, 

Wade

engagements and weddings.

Today we wanted to mention a little about our engagement and weddings. We are starting to book weddings for 2012 and 2013. If you have your date set don't wait very long to book your wedding, we would love to shoot your wedding for you. Be sure to check out our website for all of our pricing information. If you are wondering if we have your date available give us a shout at 417.629.6907 or 499.5216. 

talk to you soon, 

 

Wade 

SNOW DAY.....

Today is a snow day for many, I would like to call it catch up day. LOL. It is nice to set back and drink a TON of coffee and work on pictures. If you keep up with the blog (which I hope you do) not to long ago I hooked up with Art Feeds to take some pictures for them. I posted a couple pictures but I wanted to post a couple more for ya. It was a great day, Im so glad that I was able to give back to a great program.

talk to you soon, 

Wade

NEW!!!

 A couple of weeks ago we talked about how we love using Millers Lab for all of our printing. Well once again they have pushed it to the next level. they are now offering luxe frames... How awesome? Pretty awesome if you ask me. What better way to show off those awesome photos than to put them in it. If you would like to order these, just let us know..
 

Talk to you soon,

Wade

recap.....

If you read the blog yesterday you saw that we have recreated our senior packages. We wanted to simplify our packages and also make prices that are reasonable.  We also listened to YOUR input and just made the most requested packages! As always, if what we have created doesn't fit you, we will create something that will! Here are the new packages:


**Remember--there is no setting fee with the senior packages!





Terrrific 2 $120

2-8x10

2-5x7

2-sets of 12 wallets

online proofing for family and friends



Fabulous 4 $175

4-8x10

4-5x7

4-sets of 12 wallets

online proofing for family and friends



Super 6 $250

6-8x10

6-5x7

6-sets of 12 wallets

online proofing for family and friends
*Additional prints and sizes can be purchased.
If you have already looked at and settled on a previous package, we will still honor those through May 1, 2012.
Take a look at our website for all prints and product pricing! Wade Hilton Photography



Talk to you soon!

Wade

NEW SENIOR PACKAGES!!!

So as you heard last night, we have revamped the Senior Packages!  They are WAY easier to understand.  We also listened to YOUR input and just made the most requested packages! As always, if what we have created doesn't fit you, we will create something that will!  Here are the new packages:
**Remember--there is no setting fee with the senior packages!


Terrrific 2     $120
2-8x10
2-5x7
2-sets of 12 wallets
online proofing for family and friends

Fabulous 4     $175
4-8x10
4-5x7
4-sets of 12 wallets
online proofing for family and friends

Super 6     $250
6-8x10
6-5x7
6-sets of 12 wallets
online proofing for family and friends

*Additional prints and sizes can be purchased.

If you have already looked at and settled on a previous package, we will still honor those through May 1, 2012.

Take a look at our website for all prints and product pricing!  Wade Hilton Photography

Talk to you soon!
Jess

Fresh Pricing......

Tonights post is going to be a quick one. We are in the process of revamping all of our senior packages. YES!!!!! This is something that we have been wanting to do for quite some time. We are going to release all of these packages tomorrow night!!!!!!!!! (got to get the website updated too) Be sure to check back. Believe me when I say the prices are to hard to pass up... Especially if you get your fingers on those business cards that have a 25% discount on them too.......

 Talk to you soon,
 Wade

inspirtation.....

One of my all time favorite photographers would have to be Ansel Adams. For those of you who don't know who Im talking about here is a picture.

His work was astonishing. What was so amazing about it all, was it wasn't digital, I think he is looking down at us all right now probably wondering what the heck we are doing with all of these different techniques.
Ansel Adams used the dark room as we would use photoshop today, he would use chemicals to go into the pictures and burn certain areas to create the shadows, he would do the same on the highlights too. I.E. the clouds....
 Pretty good I would say. So many times it is good to look back and to see what all has come about, it is the click of a button now that can reset our pictures, but back then it was throwing it away and starting all over again.

Talk to you soon,
Wade

throw back....

I can't remember a time that I was on a photo shoot and a client did not ask me "how did you get into photography?" I always laugh then go onto telling them. 

I have always been enthralled with pictures, so many different ways to go about taking one. I remember growing up playing with my grandparents camera. It wasn't even 35 mm. Hahaha. (Im laughing just thinking about it). It was a Kodak Disk camera for those of you who have no clue what language Im speaking here is a peak.

here is the film that went this beauty also.

Time went by and of course I had a 35 mm also. I became super curious about cameras when I went to Mexico every summer. One of my best friends taught me so much about SLR cameras. I finally broke down and bought a digital SLR, you could say my life was forever changed. Pictures that I was taking started getting better and better, all I wanted to do is take pictures. I decided pretty quick that I wanted to be a professional photographer. I liked it enough I spent most of my time in college with my face behind a camera.

I cant think of a better job out there. (maybe this is why everyone is "trying to become a photographer.")

Talk to you soon, 

Wade

Just a reminder...

today we wanted to take the time to remind of a little something. STREET TEAM..... We are super excited about the Street Team. It is a great way for seniors to earn FREE stuff. Gift cards, Money and much more.. If you are interested in this go to our website http://www.wadehiltonphotography.com/ and click on the Senior Street Team app. 

Talk to you soon, 

Wade

p.s. we are starting to receive a ton of applications, so be sure to get yours filled out..

Best commercial......

To me the best part of Super Bowl each year would be the commercials. It started off rough but slowly got better as the night went on. I've always like VW Bugs (maybe that comes from seeing so many in Mexico). If you did not get a chance to see it, or you would like to see it again, click the link. 

http://www.vw.com/en/commercials/2012/game-day/dog-strikes-back.html?sem=google

talk to you soon, 

Wade

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

As you probably know, friends and family are very important to us!  So.... tomorrow we will be watching the big game with friends!!! However... we do want to know about you guys out there that are our friends as well!!!  We want predictions!!!  Who is going to win? What is going to the be the best part of the game--the actual game, the commercials, or the halftime show?  Any score predictions?  Just a fun way to see how everyone out there is spending their day and to see what you guys think will happen tomorrow!

ART FEEDS....... My Camera

Today was a day that I've been waiting for for quite some time. I always thought Art Feeds was a great program, but never thought about getting involved with it. If you don't have a clue what they are about, you should go to their awesome website and watch there video. www.artfeeds.org.  be sure to check everything out, even buy an awesome shirt from them.
When the Extreme Home Makeover Joplin Addition aired on t.v. it hit me pretty hard that I needed to give back to my community in some way. What better way to give back than to use my camera I thought. Me and Meg were in contact pretty shortly after the show. I told her what I would like to do, she was all about it. :-).
 Below are some of the pictures that were taken today.  The project today was found poetry. You can still see that kids think about how their lives were changed from the tornado even in art work. ART FEEDS EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY.  How does it feed you? We would love to hear.

Talk to you soon,
Wade

A fun day.

There are so many days that I get to see my wife walk out the door at 6:30 in the morning and sometimes I don't see her until 9 30 or 10 at night. You could say she is a pretty busy person. Well this morning I decided I was going to take her to breakfast before she went to work. After that I decided to pull the camera out and go on a small hike and take some pictures. (perfect morning for it).
The picture that you see has a lot of meaning to me, It is the bridge that I proposed to Jessica on. :-) that was a great day.

talk to you soon,
Wade

tomorrows post is one you wont want to miss. (giving back to the community)

how we stay organized.

This is going to be a super quick post today, we are in the midst of working on a new brochure.
When we first started our business we had tons of paper work every where you looked. sticky notes on side of computer screens, had notebooks in our camera bag, the list could go on and on.
 Well this past summer we purchased an I PAD. God bless Apple for this great product. we have eliminated all the sticky notes and bulky notebooks in our camera bag. We never go on a shoot without it at hand, we keep everything we ever need or could think of on it.

Talk to you soon,
Wade