This was SDP’s first first year photographing Colorado Ballet Academy. First time jobs are always the toughest – you don’t know the location, customers and flow quite as well as you do with a school you’ve photographed before.  We went in with a staff of 9 (3 photographers, 1 poser, 4 sales people and 1 computer tech.) I’d love to say it went smooth as butter but actually there were some glitches and “unanticipated moments”.  All in all though, we ended up getting some pretty nice images of the students (about 100 students opted to get their portraits taken) and we sure did learn a lot for next time. In fact, this has spurred us to re-examine our work flow, efficiency and customer service and we’ve been brain-storming some new and exciting techniques.  But, as is our policy, no sacrifices will be made to compromise the quality of the images and the comfort of the child.