Mini-Sessions

We are now offering Mini-Sessions. These fun fast and on-location shoots. Typically we are looking to book these usually 7-8:30 AM slots or 5-6:30 PM time slot during the week for 20-30 minutes in front of the camera. Why those times? Great light! We can shoot around lunch time, but the light is not as good. We do shoot on weekends. We'll fit you. What's so much fun about these mini-sessions? The location! You get to choose the location, may be its:

• Armory square
• Franklin Square
• Onondaga Lake Park
• The gazebo at Upper Onondaga Park
• Ryder Park
• Thorden Park with all the roses
• A gritty graffitied alley somewhere down town  is your style
• Beaver Lake with a touch of mist, and still lake under a new day sky is your backdrop
• Your local park in Syracuse
• A corner of your backyard in the quiet morning.
• Shove Park
• Outside the Everson Museum

What's the catch? There really isn't one as long as the location is in Syracuse or a short commute away, like Liverpool, Camillus or East Syracuse. How much is a mini-session? $15 + your prints that you choose from an online gallery within a couple of weeks.

Church Nursery Project

My current contribution to the nursery is this cutey and I was busy taking pictures of all the kids in there. Just for the record this one I can publish because she is mine. We are working on a bulletin board full of the kids in the church nursery. It's a fun little project, there just wasn't very many kids at church today.

Free visit to the zoo and a contest!

As we enter 2010 and it finally begins to look like winter, you're invited to enter the 5th annual Winter at the Zoo photo contest at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Amateur photographers are encouraged to enter this year's contest for a chance to win some fantastic prizes. Contest details and rules are available by clicking here.

All photos must be submitted with an entry form. Word document (for those submitting via e-mail) available by clicking here. PDF file (for those submitting via mail) available by clicking here.

The 2010 contest begins January 2 and ends January 31; winners will be announced February 19. Categories include:

• Youth (ages 5-12)

• Teen (ages 13-18)

• Adult (ages 19+)

• Best "Winter at the Zoo" photo

• Best action shot

• Best digitally enhanced photo

Complimentary zoo admission is offered to contest participants who show their camera and present the coupon available here. The contestant must fill out the coupon in its entirety before giving it to the ticket booth attendant. This coupon allows one entrant, with a limit of one entrant per household per day, to enter the zoo free of charge.

Please e-mail info@rosamondgiffordzoo.org or call (315) 435-8511 x110 with any questions.