Posted on November 23, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 0 Comments
We had a great day with Santa last week as he made a stop at our studio. Here are just a few sample photos from this special event. Thanks for visiting our blog and we wish you a very Merry Christmas! and a Prosperous New Year!
Posted on November 6, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 0 Comments
We have made special arrangements for Santa to visit our studio on Saturday November 19th from 9 am until 1 pm. We are booking private sessions with Santa every 10 minutes so please call today for your appointment 319-895-8776. Appointments are already going fast and I have just begun promotions. We will have special portrait gift giving packages. So avoid…
Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 0 Comments
Friday Night Lights! one of the things I love about living in a small town is Home Football Games! This year started out with an exciting game against the Marion Indians, who used to be my arch rivals when I attended Linn-Mar ( Class of 1984) so now living in Mustang territory the Indians are still foes at least on…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 0 Comments
While I am primarily a photographer one of my other passions is martial arts. Specifically I enjoy teaching Tai Chi, but also teaching others how to defend themselves. I believe I have some very simple self-defense moves that anyone can do to defend themselves. A few years ago I came across JustYellFire.com from seeing an report on Good Morning America. …
Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 0 Comments
Here is a flyer for our next Mount Vernon and Lisbon Youth IGNITE! Hope to see lots of area Youth to attend these fun evenings of fellowship and faith. All Youth welcome ages 12-19. Make sure to check out this weeks The Mount Vernon and Lisbon Sun for an article on what Youth IGNITE is about and the fun we…
Just wanting to start getting the word out about the new group in Mount Vernon and Lisbon Iowa to give our area Youth some Good Choices for something fun to do this summer. Our first event is planned for June 15th at Community Bible Church (CBC) we have some fun group games in the works and some live music by…
Hello my Blog Followers, just wanting to post about an event that I am helping organize in our community to help our Youth begin a dialogue about the problems they are facing. This movie is a great vehicle to open the lines of communication with it’s frank portrayal of the social issues teens face, from drugs, alcohol, sex and suicide….
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 1 Comments
It was nice to be asked again to help with the Mount Vernon High School Musical poster, and this year’s performance is Disney’s “High School Musical”. The challenge for this project was trying to get the whole cast seen in the poster, I think we did a good job getting this accomplished. While talking with Director Tom Stephens the idea…
Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jeff Schmatt | 0 Comments
Mount Vernon is such a beautiful place to live and one of the charms of this small town are it’s people. Another cool thing about this town is it’s talented and caring citizens. Through a chain of circumstances I am co-chairing this benefit with Virgina Roudabush and with a lot of help from Noreen Bush and Kristin Reimann, and the…
