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Wow, not posted here in forever!
I signed up on Facebook a few months ago, and have really neglected this site.
Someone recently mentioned see my blog, so thought I'd post a link my my bicycle ride across Iowa in July.....One week of riding.....12,000 to 15,000 on bikes......Over 450 miles....
Here's the link....lots of photos!
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/5329

Join A Short Fun Bike Ride

This Saturday, May 2, I've been asked to help with a Family Bike Ride during the Berryville Community Center's Health Fair.
The ride will begin at the Community Center at noon. It will be a short ride, less than 3 miles.
Come bring your bike and enjoy the fun!

New! Small Event Packages from $299

For sometime we've been thinking about adding packages for smaller social events, such as wedding anniversaries, reunions, and even small weddings. In visiting with a few other photographer friends, we've come up with a couple small packages.
The $299 package has 10 8x10's. There is also a 20 8x10 package for $449. In order to keep prices low, we visit with you before the event and make a list of the photos you want. Time is also limited to one hour for the $299 package. The $449 package is for up to 2 hours.
Some photographers are finding that people will book these type packages for a not-so-small wedding. Perhaps they have friends that are amateur photographers who are good at candid photography, but the bride wants to makes sure they don't miss the really important traditional wedding photos. With the $449 package, we could do a few photos of the ceremony, the group photos, the bride & groom, and perhaps the cake cutting. You get 20 8x10's. Then rely on your friends for all the pre-wedding and reception candids. Even the $299 package would be good for just group photography.
Our newest digital equipment makes it feasible for us to offer this lower price. Our location lighting set up is much more portable and lightweight than anything we've had in the past!
These packages are not available on all dates.


www.plumleephoto.com

March Negative Sale - A Real Steal!

We've been doing some spring cleaning, and are needing more storage space. We've kept a tremendous number of our customer's negatives over the years. Now's your chance to get a steal! We will sell you the negatives from a portrait session for only $10, weddings for $25. Buy all the negatives we can find from every time we've photographed you for only $50. This is only for negatives, not digital files.
This special is for the month of March only. Give us a call to set up a time to come out, and we'll pull your files and see what all we have. Call 870-749-2588 or 1-800-467-4686.
We will also give you a copyright release, so you can take the negatives and get all the copies made you want!

Barnes Anniversary

Brad and Kim with their 3 children.

Brad and Kim with their 30th anniversary cake.
Friends gathered in front of the Bella Vista Country Club to greet Brad and Kim.

On Friday, February 13th, we attended a surprise anniversary party for Brad and Kim Barnes. The event was held at the Bella Vista Country Club. Brad has been a fireman with the Bella Vista fire department for many years.
Brad and I go way back. I first met him in 5th grade, when his family moved here from Oregon. His dad had been raised in this area, and moved the family back to Arkansas after Brad's mother passed away. Brad and I were good buddies all through school. He was our senior class president, I was secretary.
Brad's grandparents, Roy and Vera Barnes, lived in Oak Grove, so I knew them for many years. Roy was our school bus driver.
In the fall of 1975, Roy and Vera celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They asked me if I'd take photos. Brad and I had been on the yearbook staff together our senior year. I was the photographer, Brad was sports editor. It was the very first event I was paid to photograph.
Congratulation Brad and Kim!

Berryville Valentine Revue

The annual Berryville Valentine Revue was held Saturday, February 7. The new Bobcat Arena was a very convenient location, and very easy for us to photograph.
We enjoyed the event, and thank the sophomore class for inviting us to photograph the event!
We have more photos posted on our web site. Go to: www.plumleephoto.com
Click on "Sessions"
Enter password: bvrevue

A Look Back

I was recently thinking about some of the "high-profile" events that I've had the opportunity to photograph. I thought back to the time a bride-to-be and her mother came into the studio to book her wedding. Her name was Melanie Breedlove.
After visiting, they decided to book. The wedding was at Big Cedar Lodge. I got all the information I needed. They were about to leave when the mom told me, "Melanie is a former Miss Teen Missouri and was in the top 3 of the Miss Teen USA pageant". I was surprised and felt very honored to be chosen to photograph the wedding.
I went on to say you never know who you might run into in business. She then asked if I knew who Ewing Kauffman was. I knew the name rang a bell, but couldn't think who he was. She said, "That was George's (the groom) grandfather. He used to own the Kansas City Royals". Ah, yes, that's how I knew the name, Kauffman Stadium!
I was doing some only surfing, and thought I'd see if I could find any information on them, since it's been well over 10 years since doing their wedding. I found this link, along with a photo taken by me at their wedding.
http://www.missmissouriusa.com/formers/breedlove01.html