Announcing the 2009 Southern Maine Model Search

By Robert Akers Photography!

We at the studio are proud to announce our first annual model search. All are welcome! If you've ever thought about being a model, been told you should be a model, or think you've got what it takes, this is your chance to shine!

We're very excited about this event and hope you will pass along the information to anyone that might be interested.

The following is our press going into the paper where you can find all the details of the contest...enjoy!

Announcing the First Annual Southern Maine Model Search

Nationally acclaimed Photographer, Robert Akers, will be hosting the first annual Southern Maine Model Search.

For Immediate Release, December 28, 2009—With the fashion, advertising and print industries high in demand, models are needed for various types of media, including all different shapes, sizes, and looks. Robert Akers is inviting anyone interested to join our model search. This is a great opportunity for anyone who has ever thought of being a model. We will help build your portfolio for talent agent submission, as well as providing you with edgy, individualized, photography session, compliments of Robert Akers. All are welcome.

Each entrant will receive a complimentary test shoot, along with a 15% coupon towards any purchase with Robert Akers Photography. Winners of the test shoot will go on to receive a one hour photography shoot with three clothing option changes.

Contestant winners will be determined on five various criteria: originality, marketability, individualism, personality, and style.

All images of full-session entrants will be voted on by a panel of judges, consisting of Robert Akers staff, local talent agent judgement.

The winner of our contest will receive a half-day professional modeling shoot with a complimentary make-up artist, and (4) retouched 8x10 prints for your portfolio, including one head shot, one full-body shot, and two images of your choice, as well as a page on our website dedicated to showcasing your shoot and our experiences in the professional photography world.

This is a great opportunity for anyone who has ever thought of being a model, been told they should be a model, or simply feels they have what it takes. No previous modeling experience is necessary!

Test shoot dates: January 11-16
Full shoots: January 18-23
Winner to be announced by February 1
For more information, and to schedule your complimentary test shoot, please contact Robert Akers at (207) 985-4606. Space is limited.

We hope everyone had a great holiday and wishing you a great New Year!

Robert Akers Photography Photographs Olympian Alicia Sacramone!

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Robert Akers Photography was so excited to have the chance to attend a USAG clinic with 2008 Olympic Gymnastics Team Captain Alicia Sacramone, and her coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan.


Bob, who was the former Maine State Gymnastics Coach of the year, as well as the coach of several High School state winning Maine gymnastics teams, was excited to have the opportunity to combine two of his favorite things-photography and gymnastics.


Bob spent the day photographing Alicia and her coaches. Along with coaching assistance, Alicia took part in an autograph signing, as well as answering young gymnasts questions regarding her experience with the Olympics and the sport of gymnastics.


As many probably know, Alicia was the team captain of this years Beijing Olympic Team that took home a silver medal in the team competition. In addition, she was the 2004 World Champion in the floor exercise.


Please check out below some of the images from the day! Very exciting!







Alicia and her coach, Mihai, answer gymnasts questions.

Alicia signs autographs for the gymnasts.

Leading Warm- ups
Sharing the Olympic Silver Medal from the Womens Team Competition.

Coach Mihai helps a gymnast reach a handstand on the uneven bars.

Happy Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving!


We hope everyone enjoys the holiday tomorrow.


This week, we photographed an indoor family portrait session. The Moxams were the lucky winners of the session we donated to the silent auction benefit for the Kennebunk Free Library. We were lucky to have such a beautiful family to photograph! Here are a few examples of an indoor family portrait session, as well as some sample holiday cards.






You too can have the chance to win a session similar to the Moxams! On December 4, Robert Akers Photography will be making a donation to the silent auction as part of the Holiday Fair at Sea Road School. We will be offering four silent auction items: an indoor family portrait session, a family beach session, a children's portrait session, and also a holiday card session.

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Thank you to everyone to assisted with the bridal show this weekend. We had a great time displaying our wedding photography at the Nonantum on Sunday.

One of the things that Robert Akers Photography does is assist future and current models in putting together a unique, creative portfolio. We use the best techniques and lighting to create beautiful images to create the best look for our models.

We had a great time doing two fashion shoots this week- Take a look at some of our images from Megan and Hillary!

The temperatures around here have made it official...its the holiday season in Maine!

We wanted to remind everyone again of our current promotions going on for the holidays:

Pet portraiture: We have teamed up with Reigning Cats and Dogs to bring you a special opportunity for you and your pet. When you bring in your pet on December 5th or 6th, you will receive a free pet portrait session for your holiday cards, as well as a festive holiday pet bandana from Reigning Cats and Dogs.

Family Holiday Cards: When you book your session between November 17-26, you will receive your holiday card session for free- a $99 value! We have various templates available for you to choose from, as well as the ability to design custom cards. Please call us for more information!

Lastly, if you schedule your family portrait session before Thanksgiving, your session fee will be 50% off.

Have a wonderful week!

Holiday Cards-Pets and Families!

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Hello Everyone!

We wanted to let everyone know about our Holiday Card Promotions.

Holiday cards are a great way to display a beautiful image of you and your family for everyone to see. Along with family holiday cards, we are also doing a special for pets as well!

If you book your holiday card session between Nov 17-26, you will receive a free session-a $99 dollar value. From there, we will offer various holiday card templates and customized cards for you to chose from. Sets of cards start at $49.

For pets, if you schedule your pet to come in on Dec 5th or 6th, you will also receive a free pet session, as well as the same pricing for holiday cards. We have teamed up with Reigning Cats and Dogs, and they will be donating holiday pet bandanas. We will have a few samples here at the studio if your pet would like to accessorized with one for their portrait, and free bandanas will be available at Reigning Cats and Dogs to those who had their pets photographed.

Here are some examples of our holiday cards, as well as pet portraiture:

Also, its not to late to come in for a family portrait session at a special price. If you schedule before Thanksgiving, you will receive 50% off your family portrait session.

Have a great weekend!

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What a great turnout we had for our Halloween Costume Portrait Sessions! Yesterday (and still on-going today) we had several children come in to have a free portrait taken by Bob in their costume. Everyone had lots of fun! We will be here until 7pm tonight, for anyone who still wants to stop by and take part in the event.

All parents were sent home with a free portrait, as well as an invitation to enter and vote in our Halloween costume contest. We welcome everyone to check out our website, where portraits of each child will be posted. Please vote for your favorite and most creative costume! The winner will receive a free childrens portrait session. Here are a few samples of what we saw yesterday!

glowing Cinderella

Pretty Kitty

Little Pink Tulip

The astronaut

Halloween aside, we have many more events going on at the studio and around the community. Our November newsletter is in the works, which will explain to everyone information regarding our Holiday card promotion. Family portrait holiday cards are a great way to display how your family has grown up over the past year. We have a variety of different holiday card templates, so that you may chose the best type of card to fit your holiday style personality.

We have also donated a free holiday card portrait session to both the Kennebunk Free Library Silent Auction, as well as the Benefit for Fitzy, put on by Pillsburys. Each will take place on November 8th. Please stop by to support each, as they are both for very good causes-and please enter to win a portrait session with us!

Any last minute seniors still out there? We still have availability for any last minute seniors wishing to have their portraits taken. I know there are a few high schools whos deadlines for yearbook portraits have not yet arrived yet. Here is a look at our latest seniors-Calina and Rachel.

Fall Happenings

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Hi everyone,

RA Photography has been so busy the past few weeks trying to photograph and edit any seniors still needing portraits. It's been crazy but great!

Over the next few weeks, we will be working on making the community aware of our Halloween Promotion. On October 28th and 29th, from 11am-pm, we will be offering a free session of anyone in their Halloween costume. After the event, all participants will be emailed a free web-file of their professional image. This is your chance to have a keepsake memory that will last a lifetime! If you would like to schedule and appointment, please give us a call at 207-985-4606. Please feel free to spread the word to anyone you think might be interested!

Last week was exciting, Bob was featured as the "person of the week" article in the Kennebunkpost. The article focused on the International print merit point awarded for the photograph "Springtime in Maine."

Thanks to everyone keeping up with our blog!

www.robertakersphotography.comOctober 3rd, 2008


Good morning everyone!

The past few days have been extremely busy around here. We are continuing to get in all of our last minute seniors photographed, edited, and in perfect yearbook form for their deadlines that are very quickly approaching.

Today is an exciting day- we are being interviewed by the Kennebunk Post for their feature article of "Person of the Week." We will be talking about our international print merit point won at the PPANE convention for the photograph entitled "Springtime in Maine." Also today, a press release about the photograph was put in the post. Very exciting. Stay tuned as we will post the date that our story will be published in the paper.

Also today, we are going to be marketing our display as Business of the Month at Ocean National Bank. Examples of some of Bob's best photographs as well as information regarding RA Photography, will be on display from the end of today through the end of October. If you have a minute, please stop by and check it out!

Have a great weekend!

seniors

September 30, 2008

Hi everyone!

Thanks for taking the time to check out our new blog! We've started out the fall season with a bang in the world of senior portraits. For those of you still interested in getting some last minute pictures in before yearbook time, please give us a call! We still have some spots available for photo sessions. We're also running some last minute pricing specials on senior packages. The turnout this year has been unbelievable...thank you to everyone who gave us the opportunity to photograph them.

For our weekend recap, we'd like to take a minute to showcase some of our favorite senior photographs from our latest sessions. We hope you enjoy them!

Sept 29th: We were really excited about our portrait session with Christina, the current Miss Teen United States. We were able to capture some really unique, fun and sophisticated images as you can see below. Don't be surprised to see this high end fashion on the cover of Vogue!

Renee's session went fantastic. Here we were able to catch her natural casual self, and also a completely different side, creating a rebellious yet classy photograph. Her ballet attire shows our ability to incorporate stories into our portraits.

Abigails radiant hair worked beautifully with this natural setting...the charcoal background in the second picture gives her face a chance to pop out at the viewer.

Samantha's session was taken at Kennebunk Beach. Her casual style combined with a simple background gave us the chance to have her true colors really stand out.







Ashlyn had the perfect personality for some edgy photos. In the first picture, we photographed Ashlyn under a graffitied bridge...the blue background really made her eyes stand out. In her second portrait, we've tied together her style and hobbies to create a memorable impression.

Marly was extremely photogenic and extremely easy to work with. As you can tell, these photos allowed her personality to really shine through.

After some great raves and reviews from Morgan's Skowhegan classmates that joined us for their senior portraits, she and her mom decided to make the three hour drive-with their two horses! The natural sunlight during Morgans session gave us some great images.The second picture, is a watercolor example.

In Katerina's portraits, we were able to distinguish her great personality into to very contrasting takes. The first shows how a combination of the correct colors can really make the individual stand out. The bright colors in the second photo, showcases a more playful side.

Again, thank you all for taking the time to take a second to read our new blog, as well as checking out our latest portraits. Stay tuned to future blogs to see our most recent events!

Kelley Monahan, Office Manager

kelley@robertakersphotography.com

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