Not the Least Bit Concerned about the Perfect Storm!
“Amateurs
- how can they be as good as me? There is no way they can get
photographs that look as good as mine. I may sound overconfident
but it is the truth. I have filters. I have professional
lighting. I have real cool backgrounds with the Virtual
Backgrounds system. I have my professional posing. I have
makeup and hair services. What amateur can do that?
Amateurs are no problem. They are amateurs. I am a
professional,” says Colorado photographer, Shirlee Robinson.
She is absolutely right. Amateurs can’t begin to compete with
Shirlee.
Shirlee has been a professional
photographer since 1985. She began as a makeup artist and had the
idea of opening a studio to makeover and photograph women. She
hired a photographer for her new venture, but when he didn't show up
for work one day, Shirlee stepped behind the camera and has been the
photographer ever since.
Shirlee reports that she has as much business as she desires. She
works with her long time associate, Patty, in a residential
studio. Her session fee is $99 and includes four changes of
clothing and takes about two hours. Her typical order is between
$500 and $750. She does two or three sessions per
day. One of her special sellers is a 12 month photo
calendar that is included with any sale over $500.
After Shirlee began her operation, glamour photography became
popular. Competitors, including Glamour Shots, opened up
everywhere. Most of these competitors have now disappeared,
because they offered such a limited variety of photographs.
Shirlee discovered the Scene Machine the first year she opened.
She has not used any other form of generating backgrounds since.
Every image that she creates is done with the Scene Machine.
Currently film based, Shirlee is in the process of converting to
digital and is currently expanding the business into families and
seniors. Her new studio name will be Leading Lady Photography and
Makeover Center. Shirlee's website is www.leadingladyphoto.com. It’s clear that what many photographers are calling the Digital Disaster isn’t going to affect Shirlee Robinson.
Re-creating History is Possible with Virtual Backgrounds!
Shirlee
Robinson's most treasured print was taken on the Titanic in the Garden
Room using Virtual Backgrounds. Her client was in the tourist industry
and was enthralled with the steamships of the early twentieth century.
She brought in authentic era clothing and an actual black and white
slide of the Titanic’s Garden Room. Shirley inserted the slide into her
Scene Machine and positioned the subject as if she were standing in the
center of the room with her right hand perched on the rim of a wicker
chair - a chair that now sits at the bottom of the North Atlantic
ocean. The results are phenomenally realistic!