Recently Idid the Spring sports photos for Saegertown High School. This is a chaotic couple of hours going from one team to the next and collecting picture orders and then taking the photos. And for Spring Sports these are done before the season starts--which means the outside sports are usually done inside. It looks sorta funny having a baseball or softball team photo taken inside. Now the easy thing to do is to just take a picture and crop and tone it it and let it be just what it is. For memory mates there are dozens of templates that are out there that all the photographer has to do is place the photos in the pre-made shapes and type a name where the template says the name should go. Usually these have some sort of clip art of a ball or glove. I hate those. And they aren't personalized really. So this year I designed a different memory mate for each sport. For the softball team I cutout the background of the gym floor so that the team didn't look out of place. Now this isn't smart business. The time it took me to do this and to custom design each memory made basically took away any profit to be had, but to me its worth it. I create something unique and hopefully special for these athletes. I don't like the idea that one school can have the same basic memory mate as another school--possibly in the same district, so to me - the extra work is better than giving a product I wouldn't be proud of. SayerMotter Photograph and design by Richard Sayer
Hi Harmony-Rich the team photo is unique, I am sure all the players are happy with your product. Keep up the good work, you guys offer something special to the sports teams in the area.