Rainy
Chastine is high energy and she is pumped about her new Virtual
Backgrounds system. It is obvious within the first few moments of
meeting her. Whatever she does, she does with enormous
enthusiasm. That is exactly what Rainy has done with the Scene
Machine Virtual Backgrounds system which she has had for only a short
time.
Rainy has known about the Scene Machine
system for a number of years but never really put her hands on
it. So when she heard that
Austin
photographer, Jennifer Turner was taking a serious look at a system for her studio and coming to a demonstration in
San Marcos
,
Texas
, Rainy boarded a plane in
Atlanta
and flew over to be part of the demonstration. Once Rainy got her
hands on the system, she immediately ordered one for her studio.
When it arrived in her
Atlanta
studio, Rainy immediately put it to work and started creating great
images. Her initial learning curve was almost non existent, but
Rainy is never satisfied and continues to push the boundaries.
Rainy opened a studio in
Georgia
in 1997, in a restored Victorian house in the historical
district. She has a staff of 5 and specializes in babies and
families in an upscale community that demands variety and
quality. Rainy services over 600 families a year with an average
of about $600 to $650 per sitting.
Always
interested in background variety, Rainy owns nine Off The Wall sets
which now serve as perfect accessories for her Virtual Backgrounds
system. She has displays her work throughout her community
including at hospitals, doctor’s offices, restaurants and community
centers. She is on the board of
United Way
and donates generously to various community projects.
Rainy is a full-fledged optimist! Emphatically, Rainy believes
that “disappointment only means that something better is coming along”
and “the best is yet to come!”
A look at Rainy’s work clearly shows her talent and creativity.
She has her Scene Machine in a separate camera room which she calls her
“magic studio.” She does her regular studio work for a client and
then offers to bring them over to the “magic studio.” The
response is always the same - the clients love the magic results!
Rainy is a perfectionist and has generously agreed to allow us to
display her first work with Virtual Backgrounds. She says,
though, that she will send us more of her samples which will be even
better than these! We will display them in upcoming issues of The Backgrounder, and we thank Rainy Chastine for sharing her images with all of us! Keep up the excellent work, Rainy!