Hello...the newest edition of the Richard Soukup Photography newsletter is on your computer screen!

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With Easter being later this year, we have had a couple of inquiries on my availability that weekend for a family session! Not a problem, but the earlier you book, the better time you get!!!

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The long awaited engagement session for Janessa and Jim is due to take place next weekend! After being delayed due to weather, we are looking forward to getting this one in the camera!!!

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We have posted a lot of different images on our Facebook page...check those out and post on our wall if you like!

We'd love to have you as a friend as well.

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WALLETS...we have decided on the pricing for them. You may recall we have wanted to adjust them to a better deal for you and we have done so:

8 wallets for 10.00

96 wallets of the same image are 90.00...30.00 savings!!!

192 wallets of the same image are 170.00.....60.00 savings!!!

These prices will be good for the rest of 2009 and will be updated into the pricing schedule soon!

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SENIORS.....CLASS OF 2010, we are looking for you! IT'S TIME TO START BOOKING SESSIONS FOR THE YEAR!!! Yes, we like to do things early if we can!!! Our blog fans can get the following information pieces just by emailing us at rtsphoto@verizon.net:

• Pricing guide for Senior Sessions
• Senior Shoot Sheet (the document we use to set poses and scenes....use it to help organize thoughts and ideas!!)

If you feel so motivated, we would love to have you share this with friends, family and folks you know that have current high school juniors!!! We would appreciate it!!

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PROM SESSIONS.....we have done them in the past and this year is no exception! We would love to do a session with you and your friends before you go to the prom as a way to get better, more unique memories of the big day! We are doing the sessions differently than we have in the past:

• Participants will get an 8x10, 2 5x7 and 8 wallet prints for just 10.00.
• You will also get the image emailed to you that night, so you can use it on MY SPACE, FACEBOOK or email to others!
• ALL BOOKINGS IN ADVANCE OF PROM DAY!!!! Money is due at the session!!!
• Current Richard Soukup Photography customers get first priority with scheduling! First booked, first served!!!
• Sessions will take place at a mutually agreed to site between clients and myself!
• Creativity is encouraged!!!

Any questions, or to book...LMK!!!

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Also, we are doing something this year we call "FRIENDS" sessions.

The idea is that you get a group of your high school friends together, and we'll get one great group image of all of you! The cool thing is that each of you will get an 8x10 print of the group and an 11x17 poster of the group as well! The cost will only be 12.50 for each member of the group, with extra posters being 6.00 each!

• Be creative..we'll take it almost anywhere!
• It's a great way to remember the gang, and a real unique one as well!
• There is a minimum of 6 friends for this program....if you get more, we'll include them as well!
• Payment is due before the session, dates for session are, as always, subject to available dates and times!

You could even do this instead of the prom session above and schedule it for prom night! Any questions, or to book, call us ASAP!

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We have done a little sprucing up of the web site and added JazzKatt Productions to our "links" section! Al Lockwood, a good friend of mine, is the owner and we recommend him highly! More great vendors will be added soon! If you have a vendor that you have worked well with, we will consider adding them. Just email us at rtsphoto@verizon.net, and we'll take it from there. They must have a web presence for us to add them to the list!

Just a word on the "Links" section...we consider it a good resource to help you with your planning for weddings and other events. The folks listed there do not pay to be there! If they did, it would (in my opinion) compromise the endorsement! Our site is not built on advertising, so we feel comfortable listing those we feel do a great job. There may be more than one listing per specialty, but anyone that makes our page is someone we've worked with or know of their great reputation.

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This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of my wife Vicki's successful battle against esophageal cancer! When she was first diagnosed with the "beast", it was considered a long shot for survival. here, 10 years later, she is alive, well and kicking! What a personal blessing!

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To conclude, one of our RSP customers is going thru a tough time right now. Some of you may know the story of Brooke Haney, the daughter of one of my clients. We've done senior images for her two step brothers, Brandon and Kyle.

Brooke lives just outside of Clearfield. She had a heart transplant at age 5 or 6 years old. She has now been diagnosed with coronary artery disease at age 14 and will need to go the transplant route again! She is on the transplant list at Childrens Hospital in Pittsburgh as we speak. She has had to stay there a couple of times for visits since the first of the year, and is currently a patient there to iron out some issues!

In addition to being one of the toughest kids I've met, she is one of the most positive kids I've met. When I do the Clearfield County Fair parade the first week in August, she always just comes right up on stage if she's there, just to say hello! With all this young lady has been through, you never see her frown or feel sorry for herself.

Keep Brooke and her family in your thoughts and prayers. More news as we get it!!!

Richard Soukup

Richard Soukup Photography
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