It is something different for everybody.  For some it is a sport, car or truck, hunting, motorcycles, golf or a special place.  For others it might be family or a special memory.  What better way to make your portrait special and one that tells something about you than to add it into your session.  For Peyton Sanders, it's the memories of his dad, Dale Sanders.  Dale was the first Athletic director at Apalachee High School, a great dad, coach and dear friend of ours.  Dale passed away too soon after a 9 month battle with cancer.  Today there is a victory bell on the football field at Apalachee High School in his memory.  We have photographed numerous seniors in front of this bell because it is a big part of their school spirit there.  But we know it couldn't mean more to them than it does Peyton. We are so happy to be a part of his senior experience and to add to his memories of his dad Dale. I think Dale was smiling down on him this day!

 

Peyton also loves to golf and has spent his summer working at a local golf course.  Here are a couple of shots from our morning on the course.

You get in the water and cool off!  At least that is what Hunt chose to do.  Last week we saw record temperatures in our area and this week isn't much better.  Hunt was lucky that one of his favorite things to do is wakeboard and ski because that gave him an excuse to cool off during his session at Lake Hartwell last Friday afternoon.

Last year we were honored to have a background company choose us to photograph their backgrounds to launch a new advertising campaign.  This year our senior catalog was chosen to be featured in a national magazine publication.  And for two years in a row we were voted best Professional Photography Studio in Barrow county.  What does all of that mean to you?  It means you could be famous!  It also means we are respected by our peers and our community and that doesn't come overnight.  Our goal is to create portraits that you will love and cherish forever, and have a fun experience while you are having them taken.  Our other goal is to create lifelong  relationships with our customers.  We don't want you to feel like a customer when you leave, we want you to feel like family.

 

 

Today we are getting our postcards and catalogs for our last big sale of the summer ready to be mailed.  The special is for only $20.13 you can get either a Studio or Outdoor session, that is less than the school charged you!  For the special you have to be photographed before August 31st and you must call and schedule your appointment before July 27th.  The Studio and Outdoor sessions are our two most popular sessions and this is your last chance to save on them before school starts back!  Don't put it off because the afternoon times are the first to fill up, and football, band, cheerleading and a lot of other practices are going to be starting really soon.

Do some of the faces in the above photos look familiar to you?  If they do it is because they are actual seniors from the class of 2013 that have already been photographed by Bentley Photography.  We don't use other peoples images in our ads, only real seniors from schools in our area!  Fun sessions, creative backgrounds and poses along with great prices help set us apart from the competition.  Come find out what the difference is between a Bentley portrait and all the rest.

Tuesday we had our first senior safari for the class of 2013.  If you have been following our blog very much lately it has been talked about a lot.  We had a great group of girls this year and a fun trip with only one downside, it was about 20 degrees hotter that we would have liked.  This year we had assistants with us for the day and they were real troopers helping us carry around lights, furniture and reflectors in the 90 degree heat. 

If you are interested in our next Safari it will be this fall, going for cooler weather and a change in colors.  Give us a call and let us know you are interested so we can start planning.