Are you ready to take the pledge? Ready to stop the madness of canned portrait studios? Ready to SAY NO to chains? Just sign fill in the form below and let your voice be heard!!!
Please raise your right hand and repeat after me....
I, (Insert your name here), promise to never subject my family to the nightmare of a chain portrait studio ever again. I promise to always give my family only the best photographic services to capture our REAL LIFE, emotion and bond we have with each other. I will refuse to be photographed by anyone with less photographic experience than I have. I will never allow my baby to be put on carpet stapled to a box. I promise to never allow a crazy person to scare my child with loud squeaker toys or by jumping out from behind a wall. I will never force myself to pull my hair out after spending 3 hours waiting in line at the local chain studio for a session just to see Santa (surely there is a better way). I will never bring up cheese during any portrait session with my family, unless I have brought enough cheese snacks to share with everyone. I vow to never buy sheets again, except for my bed. Most of all, I vow to never accept bad photography and show it to all my friends because I wouldn't want risk the spreading of the "badphotographitis" infection. This I swear to be true, by signing my name below.
*No advertisementsm business names or links to websites allowed. They will be removed.
| Tammy Parney - Grand Rapids, MI |
| Brandi Sims - Madison, Al - "agreed!" |
| Ana Easton - Miami, FL |
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| Nicole Jensen - Manitowoc, WI - "~refuses to play inside the box~
here's to capturing life as it happens" |
| Steffi Harvey - Chillicothe, MO - "My sentiments exactly. Love it! Love it! Love it!!!" |
| Amy Romero - Albuquerque, NM |
| Kate Sells - Dexter, MO |
| Lori Riggins - Henrietta, TX - "<---------Raises her hand and takes the pledge!" |
| Ganell Kopp - Poplar Bluff, MO |
| Christine Szeto - Fremont, CA - "ah-what a breath of fresh air to discover that I am not alone!" |
| Ashley Smith - Jackson, MI - "Who wants to remember sitting on a milk crate pretending to smile? Capture REAL life and REAL memories!" |
| Carl Simpson - Westminster, CO - "I too believe in real life photography, taken with the individual at heart." |
| Jolene Kroeger - Cincinnati, Ohio - "Trust me, go to a PROFESSIONAL from the beginning that you will NOT regret!" |
| Jessica Westfall - San Jose, CA - "I love my family and want to say "yes" only to images that really capture the them, not forced smiles. How do I sign up to be listed? I believe in real life portraiture." |
| Sheri Allison - Statesville, NC - "No truer words were ever spoken!" |
| Rita Peterson - Melbourne, Australia, - "You owe it to your family to record precious memories that are real, not posed and forced." |
| Jim Karr - Hammond, IN - "Do it right or don't do it at all!" |
| Catherine Keene - Lincolnton, NC - "Just say no to uninspired chain studios and uneducated "photographers."" |
| Margo Mizell - Moncks Corner, SC |
| Carole Page - London, UK |
| Harry Young - Los Angeles, CA - "Cookie-Cutter photography has no place in the creative process!" |
| Brighter Image Photography - Ottumwa, IA |
| Amy Owens - Byram, MS - "I am taking the Pledge!!!!!!!" |
| robyn bedsal - bel air, md |
| MindyK Photography - Mount Laurel, NJ |
| Kristen Penn - New Prague, MN |
| Jennifer Carter - Jackson, MS - "I do not remember signing up...but that is what I was fixing to do when I found my name already listed! Oh well! lol! Can I add a link to you on my blog and site" |
| Christine Walsh-Newton - Dover, OH |
| Jeannette Kaufmann - Ferdinand, IN - "Chain studios take the art out of photography. Just say yes to images that capture real life with real portraits!" |
| Conrad Flemming - Chatfield, MN - "There's a huge difference between a burger at a fast food restaurant and a burger cooked just right on a neighbor's grill! Ummm... it's an analogy." |
| Brooklyn Randall - White Bear Lake, MN |
| Cassie Hop - Isanti, MN |
| Mandi Studler - Brooklyn Park, MN - "Here's to the ART!" |
| jerry frazier - long beach, ca - "break the chain" |
| Mandy Roberts - Baton Rouge, LA - "Bow down to the movement, chain studio! Make way for the revolution!" |
| Lisa Thomas - Memphis, TN - "You should be able to see more in an image of your loved ones than what the popular hair/clothing styles were in that year. You and your family both deserve more than that! It should represent Who you are, not what you wore." |
| Heather Lilly - Erie, CO - "Chain studios take the art out of photography - I'm very passionate about this topic!" |
| Elizabeth Taylor - Austin, TX |
| Jamie Fodale - Metro Detroit, MI |
| Laura Saufley - Harrisonburg, VA |
| Ally Cohen - West Bloomfield, MI - "My clients aren't like the rest! They deserve the BEST! D.A.R.E to keep your memories off of chain "studios!"" |
| Tommy Tompkins - Minneapolis, MN |
| Aimee Payne - Abilene, TX - "Say NO to looking like everyone else that has gone to that same chain for the past 30 years, say YES to being unique and individual - like you really ARE! " |
| Jason Kaczorowski - Chicago, IL - "Say it loud... Say it proud... I'm NOT going to a mall for my photography!" |
| Penny Kendall - Granbury, TX |
| Keri Schmidt - Nevada, IA |
| Amy Kelton - Sherwood, AR |
| Neal Jacob - Northern, VA - "If Nancy Reagan can "Just Say No!" then so can you! Friends don't let friend go to chain portrait studios!" |
| Norris Carden - Madison, WI - "Just say yes to images that capture real life with real portraits!" |
| Mandie - Madison, WI - "Say NO to lifeless photography in Madison! Woo Hoo!" |
| Lori Alley - Banks, OR |
| Laurie Lehman - Mt. Juliet , TN - "Just say, "My families memories are more precious than a rushed studio portrait package for $39.99!" Make it Real, invest in an artist to capture your cherished memories!
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| Jessica Bell - Jasper, IN |
| Dominique Mondeau - Greer, SC - "Just say no to boring, unpersonal portraits!" |
| Michelle Mondeau - Greer, SC - "Stop the MADNESS!!! Be the individual that you are meant to be." |
| Deryk Bigelow - Kenosha, WI |
| Marnie Bigelow - Kenosha, WI - "I hate chain studios and can't wait to see them bite the dust!!! Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity to say so!!!" |
| Amy Biggerstaff - Mound City, KS |
| Antonia Smith - Elizabethtown, KY - "I had already broke the chains by getting great pics of my babies...and causing a "chain reactions" with my jealous friends :)" |
| Kari Layland - Cottage Grove, MN |
| Keith Woodward - Summerville, SC |
| Misty Woodward - Summerville, SC - "Say no chain studios!!!" |
