I had an I-Phone picture that I wanted to turn into a framed gift for Christmas. Some people can do this themselves, but not me. I can barely take pictures with my phone. I sometimes take pictures of my own eyeball and very few want prints of that. I understand that there are a jillion on-line place for making prints from digital photos, but I had a better plan. I called my longtime friend, Alan Bittmann with F-Stop Studios and explained what I wanted. He said, “Send it to me”.
I did. Alan cropped the photo, centered it, cleaned it up and within the hour, I had a beautiful picture and a perfect Christmas present to give.
I have known Alan for 40 years. We have hunted and fished together and put in many collective hours for Trout Unlimited. Alan started his F-Stop Studios some 30 years ago and we have since used his services for family portraits, Christmas Cards, custom gifts and all our photo needs. His work is simply the best of the best.
Located in Seminole Square next to Crystal Connections, F-Stop offers a huge variety of services including photofinishing, portraits, enlargements, custom photo gifts, weddings, special event, and sports photography. Now would be the ideal time to contact him for custom Christmas cards or unique gifts. Also, if you have a senior in high school or college, Alan has an amazing special. For one of the most important photos of a young person’s life, Alan will photograph the subject either in the studio or on site and deliver a package of an 80-photo assortment, plus digital copies of all the photos and a perfect, digital copy for the yearbook. All for $250.
If it has to do with photography – digital or otherwise – Alan can do it. F-Stop is open six days a week, from 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and 12 pm to 5 pm on Saturday. The address is 347 Hillsdale Dr. in Charlottesville. Contact him at seminole@fstopva.com or call 434-973-6602.