Tornadoes at a Wedding
GDP News , Misc , Personal , Weddings, Posted on: Apr, 15
We live in Kansas…so I guess it was inevitable.
Even so, I never dreamed the events of last night would really happen. But they did, and it was crazy, but pretty amazing at the same time.
Last night, I was photographing Katie and Chris’s gorgeous wedding in Salina (full wedding blog post will come soon). All day, we’d been battling wind and rain, and we’d heard that tornadoes might make an appearance in the evening. Katie and Chris were AWESOME and totally embraced the attitude of “We can’t do anything about it, so why freak out?” They were so calm and easy-going about it all.
Shortly after arriving at their reception, the DJ announced that there was a tornado headed our way and that we all needed to take shelter in the basement locker rooms and golf club cart storage rooms. All 200+ guests and vendors headed to the basement of the country club, where we proceeded to spend the next 40 minutes waiting it out. I took a photo of the bride and I while we were hunkered down, talking about how great this story will be for their kids.
Wasn’t Katie a beautiful bride?!
Everything passed very anti-climatically, and we were all so thankful. Dinner and dancing resumed, and everyone had an amazing time. Just as my time there came to an end, I received several texts and voicemails from my family telling me to get out of Salina now or to spend the night there. I chose to speed home.
After I’d been on the highway about an hour, surrounded by crazy fast winds and un-ending lightning, I found I was sandwiched in between storms, and there was a second one headed towards Salina, and one on the way to Wichita. I made sure my husband Adam and baby Sutton were safe in our basement and stopped midway between the storms in Newton, where I ended up having to stay the night to avoid driving straight into a tornado warning.
I heard reports that 80-90 tornadoes were confirmed in Kansas yesterday, with the biggest one touching down in Wichita. There was some damage, but thank God no one was killed. Salina inhabitants were lucky as well, and I got a couple texts from Katie saying her night was fantastic and everyone was there good.
Craziness…but definitely a night no one will ever forget!
20×40 Canvas {Client Share}
GDP News , Misc, Posted on: Jan, 28
Christina and Michael ordered one of their engagement photos as a 20×40 wrapped canvas, and when I got it in the mail…whew!…was I in awe! I told them (and it’s true!) I wanted to keep it for myself. Michael picked it up and hung it while his wife was at work so she could come home to the finished product up above their mantle. He was nice enough to share a photo with me of how it looks in it’s new home. Thanks Michael!!
SALE ENDING SOON!!
Babies , Bellies , Engagements , Families , GDP News , Kids , Misc , Personal , Seniors , Weddings, Posted on: Dec, 15
Just wanted to give you all a heads up that the sale on digital negatives will be ending with 2011. In order to get the sale prices listed below, you must place your order by midnight on December 31, 2011.
*ALL images from any portrait session can be purchased for just $100.
*ALL images from any wedding can be purchased for just $350.
*SINGLE images from any portrait session or wedding can be purchased for just $7 each.
This one-of-a-kind sale was designed to thank you loyal customers for being awesome and also to make the transition back to being a home-based business smoother. You all have been so great and have exceeded my expectations! So much so that…if you book a spring session by the same deadline of midnight on December 31, 2011, you can lock in the sale price on your digital negatives! Hip hip hooray!
Regular prices on digital negatives will resume 12:01am January 1, 2012. Got it? Good. You’re so smart.
Here’s a photo of my hubby Adam and cute baby Sutton being SUPER EXCITED about the awesome sale!
Christmas Card Deadline
Babies , Bellies , Engagements , Families , GDP News , Kids , Misc , Seniors , Weddings, Posted on: Nov, 28
I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! Crazily, it’s now time to think ahead to Christmas, and more specifically Christmas cards. The deadline to order your Christmas cards is December 5th. We will design and finalize them in the week or so after that, and get them to you in time to send them out for Christmas! Custom Christmas cards are hot hot hot at GDP, and you should totally get some! 
And because every post is more fun with a photo, here’s one I took while we were camping over Thanksgiving out in the country.
The Studio
Babies , Bellies , Engagements , Families , GDP News , Kids , Misc , Personal , Seniors , Weddings, Posted on: Nov, 22
Many of you know, I recently moved my business back to my home after working at a downtown location for the past few years. I’m loving being back at home, and being able to spend more time with my family! We decided to make a really awesome space for me to work in, meet clients in, and even take indoor photos in. We were lucky enough to already have a separate building in our backyard that my husband had used as a shop since we moved here in 2008. I’m also lucky enough to have an amazing father-in-law, Ed, who knows how to make pretty much anything I could dream up.
We started with an unfinished space with concrete floors and nasty windows, and Ed was able to see my vision and transform it into the awesomeness that it is today! I’m so excited to finally share some photos with you of our finished studio! You have to make an appointment to come by and see it in person. I also hope to have an open house in the spring, so stay tuned!
Custom Christmas Cards
Babies , Bellies , Engagements , Families , Kids , Misc , Seniors , Weddings, Posted on: Oct, 28
Have you thought about sending out Christmas cards yet?
Well, you should!
And you should let me design them for you! We’ve got plenty of paper, size, and folding options, so gimme a call or shoot me an email to discuss what you want for your custom Christmas card.
Happy Holidays…be sure to plan ahead!
September {in Kansas}
Misc, Posted on: Sep, 23
Every September, we get an amazing reminder of God’s faithfulness in the beautiful wild sunflowers that bloom everywhere. Along the highway, in parks and fields. They’re so pretty! Maybe you’ve been able to tell from several of my recent posts that I love them. Especially after our scorcher and drought of a summer, it was so awesome to see these in abundance regardless.
If you’re interested in purchasing a print of any of these, shoot me a message at gina {at} ginadreherphotography.com. Until next year, sunflowers…