Kevin and Kaye Newsome
Kaye & I met in 1983 while working for the same photography company. I was her boss. We married in 1985. Now she’s mine. She earned an A.S. degree in photography in 1980 from the Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale. At Newsome’s, Kaye is the organizer, studio manager, and handles all the pre-photography consultations and post-photography image presentations but most importantly she’s the “kid whisperer” in our camera room.
My involvement in the studio includes building and maintaining the studio web site, www.newsomesstudio.com, handling the camera and lights in the camera room, all the post-production, retouching, and digital workflow. Oh yeah, I clean the bathroom too. My wife tells me there’s nothing sexier than a man in yellow cleaning gloves.
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Kevin
just did a google on my sisters name (kaye newsome) and 2 my surprise not only my little sisters name but my dads aswell great names keep the faith viva the newsome,s
And I notice you’re from the UK… the origin of my family. My line of Newsome’s arrived in Virginia in 1635, coming from a place called Newsome Hall in Yorkshire, England. Might be spelled Newsham or Newsholme. Ever heard of it?
Hi – your site and photos are fabulous. I just started looking this week at what other people are doing for kids/school photos as I have a darling daughter starting 1st grade and the guy taking school photos is so dated and completely boring. If you ever want to expand to the DFW area I’ve got lots of enthusiasm and some camera sense and contacts.
really !
Hi Jay,
Unfortunately, by default, school photos have a very limited ability to be anything other than boring. The problem lies in the fact that a school photographer has to gain the cooperation and capture a great expression on as many as 50-60 children per hour. That pretty much rules out creativity, not to mention that if there’s a yearbook involved, the school requires that child’s photo to be head and shoulders only.
I have two schools here in Tampa that I provide yearbook photos for and even I have trouble accepting that I can’t be more creative, but so goes life in the school photo world. I suppose that’s why you can often purchase a complete package of photos for less than the price of a single 5×7 being purchased from an independent studio portrait session.
Thanks for the vote of confidence Jay!