Church Directories with Marion's Studios

When your church is ready for an annual picture directory, look no further than Marion's Studio for your photography source. Our procedures and products will both benefit your church family. #1 We will always be on time and on schedule for any event or shooting of families. There is nothing worse than the nightmare that most photographers provide. We have heard horror stories about photographers being an hour behind schedule shooting screaming children and angry parents. When the schedule is kept, everyone stays happy. #2 Our unique program provides significant value to your church. We have drastically reduced the price of our packages so that they are affordable by everyone who participates. In addition, in lieu of passing YOUR money back under the table to the church directory committee we use a transparent process that gives the entire church an amazing gift. When we are chosen to do your directory, we will provide a very very large beautiful image of your church lit at sunset with glowing windows and dramatic sky. Included will be a verse from the Bible of your choosing. This image will be framed and ready to hang in a prominent location within your church for the entire church body to enjoy. As an example a church of approximately 100 families would end up with a book that is around 20 pages. A beautiful cover with activity, staff, classroom and committee pictures included. Every family participating will receive a book. The book's cost is $10 which becomes complimentary upon families ordering any package. Once again, the packages are already reduced approximately %60 from Marion's Studio's prices. So the value is very reasonable. You do not need to worry about hours of page layout and bad quality snapshots from your committee. We will do all of the work for you and we also include our professional photography services for your group and staff images. Even submitted activity pictures are enhanced by us professionally to bring out the best quality and detail. Where most church directory photographers skimp on the quality of your package, Marion's finishes your portraits with the same high quality mounting, texture and protective lacquer finish as our traditional studio work.

Dance, Jump & Strike a Pose

Why will Marion's be your best choice for Dance Portraits? We have been doing dance portraits the right way for 30 years. John Marion has expressed a belief that dance is the ultimate form of art. When we dance we are celebrating life in an expressive way like no other way. Dance is joy. Our passion for dance is a reflection of the joy and celebration we innately have. Trust me, John will NOT let you down. He takes his art seriously as well, freezing a single moment of time and capturing forever the dancer's spirit. You will obviously have friends approach you to take these shots. It's normal to feel guilty to say "no" to someone who has been generous enough to offer their services. But you must step back from that emotion and realize you are committing and obligating your dance families into this equation as well. There are horror stories of amature photographers who would like to be better, but just don't have the proper skills, equipment of personality to do what a professional is trained to do. Because of this, you may have to be firm about wanting to keep your reputation high by hiring only the best for the job. Your best approach will be to graciously accept their offer but decline the job to them. What you have done is given your dance families the best option by selecting a professional. And it becomes a win win situation when it reflects on you and your dance school. It is also a win win situation when you have to choice to receive a portion of the fees collected. We have several options that you can select as your compensation for having Marion's Studios do your portraits. Along with the aforementioned, another choice could be 30 x 40 framed composites of each dance group. Some schools have more than one. The pictures are large and the kids love seeing themselves in this beautiful display for your front room. Finally, the third choice would be to return the compensation to your families by reducing the package cost. Please contact us at 586-727-9906 if you have any questions about our streamlined approach. As a side note, you will be rest assured that we have NEVER been off schedule by more than a few minutes when the schedule is set up according to our guidelines. For a slideshow of beautiful dance images please follow this link.