Our Customer Spotlight for the month of April is an extremely talented and successful photographer, designer, and business woman. Let us introduce you to Robin Pesa, the owner of Busy Bee Boutique Photography which offers boutique photography for babies and pets, Bellissima Photographic Artistry for weddings, DoodleDo Inc. – an album design company, and the up and coming Plan Bee, a resource website strictly for photographers! Robin is one busy lady and we love her work.

Below we have posted some samples of Robin’s photography and design work with a slideshow from Busy Bee Boutique Photography of Baby Gavin and a streaming video from her blog describing Zookbinders frames. Also, if you would like to see samples of her work from Bellissima Photographic Artistry you can click here:

Headshot: Bruce Erik Steffine, Photographer www.steffine.com

Studio: Busy Bee Boutique Photography
Name: Robin Pesa
Location: Sewickely, PA
Website: http://www.busybeephoto.com

Where is your favorite location to photograph?
Anywhere with great light! I live in Sewickley, a little village just outside of Pittsburgh and the overcast skies can be like a big soft box.

My sessions are all ‘on-location’, at my clients’ homes or location of choice, so I scout the light when I get there. For weddings, I have never been to a more beautiful church than St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh.

What excites you about being a photographer?
I love that what I do makes people happy. I’m always nervous when I release a gallery to a client – I want them to love it!

What turns you off about being a photographer?
Software upgrades, unless they are really significant.

What is your favorite marketing tool?
Social networking, including blogging, Facebook, and I even Tweet a little bit. Word of mouth and professional networking are also high on my ‘results’ list.

What or who has inspired you?
People and animals. I’m lucky to be able to use a camera to make people happy. That is inspiring.

What’s your favorite f-stop?
Wide open.

What is your favorite book?
The Bible

What is the #1 reason that client’s hire you?
I think it’s because they want a fresh approach to their portraits and weddings. They know that we always strive to exceed their expectations. I shoot for an album – always! – and my clients look forward to that.

What do you do when you’re not photographing?
I design wedding albums! Bruce Erik Seffine and I own DoodleDo, Inc. (www.wedoodledo.com) and when I’m not shooting or editing or processing, I’m designing. But after all that, I love to walk my dog, Alexander.

If heaven exists, which photographer would you like to hang out with?
Anyone who has a camera! I’ll bet the light is great up there.

Thank you Robin for taking the time out of your busy schedule to share a little bit about yourself! To our readers, please be sure to view Robin’s work and see for yourself what a talented woman she is!

Baby Gavin, Busy Bee Photography