Back by popular demand!! Since last year’s casting call was so much fun, we’ve decided to do it again. If you’re interested in applying to be a senior model please read all of the information below first, it describes what’s expected of each model and what’s provided with the program. All applicants must fill out an application either online or in person starting June 25th – July 16th. You will be notified by phone and email with a date and time for your consultation interview (parent/guardian must be present).

Please call 478.845.0006 or email models@exodusphoto.com if you have additional questions, comments, or to request an application.

Our Senior Models must:
1. Be outgoing and willing to have fun
2. Agree to be photographed EXCLUSIVELY by Exodus Photography for their high school senior portraits
3. Sign a model release
4. Must not be a contracted model with an agency
5. Bring a parent in for a consultation interview
6. Be willing to show off their senior photos and talk about their experience with Exodus Photography

In exchange, each Senior Model receives:
1. Up to two free photo sessions
2. Model portfolio with approximately 10 images to show off to your friends!
3. CD of select images sized to display perfectly on Facebook or an iPhone!
4. Personalized Senior Model referral cards to hand out to your friends. Models earn credit for each referral card returned in by a senior that books Exodus Photography for their senior photos. Credits are applied to your senior photo order! Referral cards have the model’s photos on them and a special offer from Exodus Photography for your friends! Only one card for each referral will be accepted, no multiples.
5. Senior models will also be entered into the Exodus Photography model contest that will be voted on by those who visit the Exodus Photography Blog.
6. Senior Models also have the opportunity to earn gift cards to some of their favorite shops.
7. This program is intended to be fun! If you love your images (you will!), simply show your portfolio to your friends and hand out your referral cards. You’ll be saving them money with the offers on your referral cards as well as earning credit towards your senior photos!
Only a limited number of model positions are available and as much as we’d like to, unfortunately we cannot accept everyone into the program. However, everyone who applies will receive a special offer if you choose Exodus Photography for your senior photos as our thanks for your interest in the Untouchable Society. Good Luck!!

Love,
Teddy & Jae’

Ok teens, if you’ve been keeping up with us on Facebook, blog, and Twitter you know that the Untouchable Society – Exodus Photography Senior Portraiture has something super special happening in July and August. We will be giving away 1 amazing prize per week until school starts back in August to a Lucky Central Georgia High School Student.

First up for grabs are 2 tickets to see the summer hit Eclipse….YAY!!!

How do you get in on the prizes? Oh, it’s sooo simple.
There are a couple of different ways to enter:

1. Become a FAN or LIKE Untouchable Society – Exodus Photography Senior Portraiture on Facebook and leave some love by linking or commenting on the contest post.

2.Then Finally share or suggest the page to your friends and post the contest to your status

This contest will end Thursday, July 1st

Don’t forget to fill out an application to be one of our teen models for 2010 – 2011. Get your application is by July 16th. Interviews will take place July 17th and 18th.

Best of Luck to you all and spread the word!!!!!

Back in December we announced that our work was featured in a national magazine called Popular Photography. The December 2009 issue featured our very own daughter Trinity along with tips from Exodus Photography on family photography.

To our surprise again we were contacted by Popular Photography for the use of Trinity for a “how to” article on finding the gray point of a photograph on pages 44-46. The May 2010 issue of Popular Photography Magazine is out NOW. Please check it out.

Love,

Teddy & Jae

Other photos from our mini session.

I am happy to present the final installment in choosing the right photographer for your wedding series, “All wedding photographers are not the same!”

As you go about picking your wedding photographer you may be quick to make a decision on a photographer to capture your special day based on price alone.  Some believe that all wedding photographers are the same, they show up and perform the same job take photographs.  Yes, this is what we have in common but we vary in style which will be in the final product when you receive your photographs.  Let’s take a look at a few photographic wedding styles you may come across when choosing a wedding photographer.

Photojournalistic – Photojournalistic photographers capture moments as they happen at weddings.  Generally you will find that the photographer’s work has a storyline from preparation to the  bride and groom leaving the reception.  What makes their work amazing is the ability to capture candid moments that  the bride and groom are not aware of.  You will rarely find that the photographer gives any direction or perform any formal shots.

Traditional – Traditional photographers focus on the formal.  Many of the images presented are posed and staged by the photographer.  The photographer will make sure the wedding party and family is photographed in group settings.  The main focus of the traditional photographer is portraiture.  You will find that some traditional photographers rely heavily on flash and lighting equipment.

Contemporary – A contemporary photographer style relies mostly on creativity.  Their style is very nontraditional; you will find that the photographer’s portfolio will rarely show formal group shots in a traditional setting.  Wedding shots will show couples nonposed and spontaneous moments.  You will see the photographer capturing moments in various angles throughout the wedding day.  In the final process of photos some contemporary photographers will add their signature style which may include special color or texture processing.

Remember, do not solely base your choice on price.  Style is very import.  The last thing you want is to pay for something that’s not you.  So take into consideration the style of photography you’d love to look back years from now and know that you made the right choice.

I am happy to present the next installment in choosing the right photographer for your wedding series, “Why is professional wedding photography so expensive?”

As you go about looking at wedding photographers and start asking for prices you may feel a little sticker shocked from the cost given by a photographer.  Then questions will cross your mind, “why are wedding photographers so expensive? I mean all they are doing is showing up snapping a couple of photos at the wedding and going back to the office and putting the images on CD/DVD and printing them at a low cost print company.”  Some perceive that all wedding photographers live a rock star status.  We have the cool equipment, work whenever we want, and make the big bucks.  The image can be deceiving.  If you dig a little deeper you will find that only a small percentage of photographers live the luxury life of wedding photography.   Wedding photography is hard work and there are major expenses that go with this industry.  So what factors go into determining the cost of a wedding photographer’s service?

Equipment - Weddings are mission critical events.  And for wedding photographers having equipment function without missing a beat is important.  Providing images that are crisp and clean comes at a cost.

Take for example the cost of camera body that is common in the wedding industry, the Canon 5D Mark II.  The cost of this camera is around $2,400 and professional grade lens to use with the camera can range from $400 to $3,000 easily.  The total price of all the photographers equipment for shooting one wedding can cost from $5,000 up to $20,000.  The next factor of equipment is maintenance.  Cameras get old and lenses have to be serviced to keep them in great shape like cars which cost a lot for repairs and cleaning.  And we have not factored in computer software to process images on computers.

Sure there are wedding photographers who have low cost overhead because they use low grade equipment for weddings, but again weddings are not the time to put trust in equipment is not designed to handle major events.

Business License and Insurance – In order to operate a legal business wedding photographers must have a business license. In order to protect the equipment invested insurance is a must!  Accidents will happen at weddings (dropped lens, flower girl pouring juice on the camera, groom trips over lightstand, etc.). To replace equipment from a single accident is costly and this is why insurance is important.  There are wedding venues that will not allow you to perform service at their location with out a $2 million dollar policy in place.

Advertising and Marketing – In order for you to find a wedding photographer they have to have many avenues of marketing.  These include business cards, brochure, well designed website, ads in magazines, and social media advertising.  We were recently approached to advertise in a magazine and a full page cost over $2000.  Then there are bridal shows and the materials for presenting a bridal shows.

Workshop, Seminars, and Education – The better educated a photographer becomes in the wedding industry the better the photographer can perform efficiently and creatively. Workshops can rival the cost of college tuition but is worth it in the end.  True creative photographers spends weeks or years perfecting their craft and turn around and work late nights chatting on online forums with other professional learning more skills.

Labor – Once the camera stops at the wedding the creative process begins.  Wedding photographers from one wedding along can review over 3000+ images in the post process. Digital photography did not make things cheaper. A general post process for us is as follows:

1. Upload all images from wedding to the computer (1 hr)
2. Back up all images (1.5 hours)
3. Process all images through editing (8 – 9 hrs)
4. Upload gallery for client  and create blog of favorite images (3hrs)
5. Create slideshow from wedding (2 hrs)
6. Create wedding album (3-5 hrs)
7. Make changes to wedding album from Bride and Groom’s request (1 hr)

Do the math.

The process is again repeated for the next wedding.  In between all of this there is answering phone calls and emails from current clients and potential clients. Then meeting with clients and other vendors in the wedding industry.

Cost from other vendors – In order to give the bride and groom a final product, wedding photographers partner with other vendors to give you a beautiful product.  These include wedding albums and mounted large prints.  Wedding albums are very expensive and play a major factor in wedding package cost.  Not to mention the time it takes to design a perfect album.

Finally I have not factored in the cost of a salary in order to make a living from wedding photography and personal expenses (donations to charities, TAXES, studio/office rent, electrical bill, car maintenance and gas during spring/summer season, babysitter for children, a meal some where in this, etc.)  Yes, there are many wedding photographers who charge less than a $1000 for a wedding, but if they were to do the math they will find that they are walking a way from a wedding breaking even, $0 or going into a financial whole.  Which means years from now they will not be in business.  Following your dreams for a few years is great, living dreams for the rest of your life is even better.

I hope that I have enlightened you on cost and hopefully you will have a greater appreciation for the wedding photographer you choose.  We’d love to hear from you from our series by your comments or you can drop us and email we’d love to hear from you.

Enjoy! Please note on the website, we have changed our office number, it is 478.845.0006!

We’ve always wanted to have our work featured in a national magazine and today our dream came true!  We were contacted by Popular Photography magazine to participate in their article on family photography and now the magazine is out.  Check out your local book store for the December 2009 issue and you may see a familiar face, our very own daughter Trinity along with tips from Exodus Photography on family photography.

God is awesome.

Love,
Teddy & Jae

The original image from Christmas.

The full image from that night:

Halloween weekend was a very exciting weekend for Exodus Photography. It was exciting because we had our grand opening, ribbon cutting, wine tasting, welcomed trick or treaters, captured the awesome Michael Jackson tribute by The Phillips Performing Arts Group, and gave out gift certificates. The thing that brought joy to our hearts was how people of all nationalities, ages, status, etc. came together to dance. What better way to end the night than with dancing. WHEW!!!!! We’ll just let you see for yourself. Enjoy!

(Ribbon cutting photos Courtesy of Jenny Prater)

Love,
Teddy & Jae’

We know many of you have been wondering what our “Big Project” has been for the last month and a half. Well, before we get into all of that, let us first give you a brief history lesson. Well, back in 2005…la la la la la. Ok, we’ll get straight to it. We are pleased to announce a new addition to the Exodus Photography family…our 1600sqft office and boutique style photography gallery. We have been working so hard on it and it’s just what we wanted. We were excited when the idea of the Art Space Initiative was presented to us by the Macon Mall. The gallery is almost complete. Waiting on one major thing….the SIGN!!!

We are having a soft opening on Wednesday, August 12th for our family and an open house for everyone on Saturday, August 15th from 1:00pm-5:00pm. We are located in the Macon Mall, through JC Penny, upper level next to Claire’s Accessories. The address is 3661 Eisenhower Parkway Macon, GA. We can’t wait for all of you to stop by, have a little sparking grape juice with us to celebrate this great milestone. Thanks to everyone who helped out and prayed with and for us. Here are a few images from beginning until now. Enjoy!!

Love,
Teddy, Jae’, & Trinity

Original look:

Our Office today:

Another way to find Exodus Photography.  WooHoo!  Just wanted to let you all know that we have been added to this great site blogsroundtown.com for middle Georgia.  It is a site full of personal, business, and non profit blogs. We’d love for you all to leave comments as well as rate our blog on the site. Thank you all so much for your love and support. Rate us here!

Love,
Teddy & Jae’