Campaign for Real Life Photography Say No To Chain Studios!

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Do you enjoy standing in line for a photograph for OVER AN HOUR with a screaming child?
Do you take pride in the fact that your child is photographed by someone with 2 weeks of training to use a camera on automatic settings?
Do you get excited to get back photographs from your photographer that look just like your next door neighbors portraits? And their next door neighbors? And their next door neighbors?
Does it make your heart melt when someone who has less photography experience than you do puts you down on a piece of carpet that is supposed to look like grass to create that priceless photograph?
Do you just LOVE when the phone rings in the middle of your session and your photographer actually STOPS to answer it?
Do you treasure those boring, directly centered and stare at the camera while someone waved around a stupid stuffed animal in front of your face to make you smile pictures?

Of course you don't!!!! Stop the madness!!! Realize that when a "chain" offers you 10,000 photographs for $9.99 they are doing it for a reason! They have to entice you based on price alone, because they CAN'T offer anything else except lifeless, boring and canned photography!!!

Stop putting your family, yourself and your children through these nightmare sessions with unskilled and untalented chain "picture" studios. Yes, I went there! PICTURES! That's all they are. A piece of paper with an image on it. DEMAND life. DEMAND real expression. DEMAND that your photographer interacts with you, your family and your children on a personal level. Don't settle. There is a difference! You know there is! Try a real life photographer (aka. independent photographic artist) and find out exactly what the difference is! It is much more than price alone!

We invite you to take the pledge and show the world that you won't settle for mediocre photography any longer!!! SAY NO TO CHAIN STUDIOS! SAY NO TO LIFELESS PHOTOGRAPHY! SAY YES TO TRUSTING YOUR MEMORIES ONLY TO REAL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS!

What is a real life photographer?

A real life photographer is someone who gets to know you and your family. Who knows how and is allowed to change the settings on their camera to fit different lighting situations, compositions and other artistic techniques. A real life photographer's main focus is to capture life as it happens, real expressions, laughter, serious stares, playful moments of families together and so much more. You won't hear these photographers demanding you to look at that camera and "say cheese". You will never wait in a line for your session and I'm sorry to report..."sheets" are meant for your bed, not photography! Ditch the chains and work with a REAL photographer. I promise you won't ever go back once you've tried Real Life!!!

Who the heck is CampaignforRealLife.net?

Professional independent photographic artist and mother, Misty Woodward, from Summerville, South Carolina is the founder and LOUD MOUTH of CampaignForRealLife.net. She has been a photographer for 8 years and after years of hearing horror stories from her clients (who obviously never went back to the chains) finally had enough and decided to tell others about the monstrosity of canned portrait studios. If you are in the Charleston, SC area and are looking to work with an independent photographer, you can find out more about her services at www.mistywoodward.com. If you aren't in the Charleston area, you can find a great photographer in our directory.