In addition, the before/after images will be uploaded to the Mary Kay website and your friends can log on and vote for yours as their favorite. Whoever receives the most votes, will be awarded a $5,000 donation in their name, to their favorite charity that benefits women and/or children.

Cost to participate is only $50, including the makeover, photo session, and 8×10 PRINT! Bring a friend- make it fun!

Saturday, May 19th, from Noon till 3:00 PM, at THE OLD STUDIO (13910 N. Dale Mabry Hwy).

We have an assortment of office furniture, a couch, coffee table, file cabinets, props, toys, Strasburg children’s clothing, a changing table, frames, mirrors, and much, much more. Everything is priced to sell and everything MUST GO!

Give me a call this week (968-2810) if you have any questions. See you at the OLD studio next weekend!

Our first client in the new studio today was a repeat client and UK citizen, Lizzie, who needed a US Visa photo. So here, my friends, is the VERY FIRST image taken at fifth location of Newsome’s Studio of Photography!

Just in case you didn’t know, Newsome’s Studio can handle all your passport, immigration, citizenship, Visa, Weapons Permit, Student ID, and DV Lottery photos for ANY foreign country.

So next time you’re in the neighborhood (C’wood), stick your head in the door and you just might walk away with a masterpiece of posing and lighting just like Lizzie here!

Turns out Jessica is quite the YouTube sensation. She’s a 20 year old college sophmore at Belmont University in Nashville majoring in song writing (yes, she was really playing that guitar). She put words and music to a series of images from the web site http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ and in no time at all, it went viral (over six million hits to date). An astute ad exec saw The People of Walmart video and convinced Hyundai to let her write, produce, and star in her own Hyundai commercial. In fact, she did two of them!

Shortly after that she partnered with a company called Kickstarter.com, which specializes in finding backers for projects. Jessica’s project was to produce an album of songs she’d written. She needed $8,000 – she raised $29,000 (she has quite a following on her YouTube channel). Those who contributed in the financing of her album were rewarded with items such as signed CDs, signed posters, and props used in some of her other YouTube videos. For her largest backers, she agreed to write a song or company jingle (this is where I got really interested).

We jumped in with both feet and are anxiously awaiting the master version of our song – (hint: senior portraits at Newsome’s). I know Jessica has a large following on YouTube, and most of her followers are likely closer to her age than mine (although they really do span many decades), but I’m curious how many of my readers/clients have already heard of her. So, please, let me know by completing the poll below, and feel free to comment on how or where you first saw her. Her album “Reality” was released on iTunes last week and I can tell you now that she is destined for stardom. If you don’t know her yet, you surely will very soon!

I don’t necessarily enjoy the labor involved in moving a business, but the thrill associated is more like a new adventure. We took possession of the place yesterday and have a target date for a grand reopening of May 1st.

Here’s a quick pic of the interior, which MUST be painted quickly because it makes me nauseous to look at!

The new address is 11738 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. It’s in the Main Street Plaza (Where Michael’s Grill and Mimi’s Cafe are) in Carrollwood. We took possession of the place yesterday and will be meeting with contractors in the coming days to get    

The new address is 11738 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. It’s in the Main Street Plaza (Where Michael’s Grill and Mimi’s Cafe are) in Carrollwood.