Hello!
My name is Chad Phillips and I am CEO of Photography by Mark Inc and now… SCHOOL TIME PHOTOS!. That lovely lady trying her best is my bride of almost 39 years! Becky has been by my side since I started the venture over 20 years ago. We have ran a successful commercial photography business all these years. In 2017 we purchased Photography by Mark Inc (A school photo business). More on that great story later. Over the past six years we have continued to run our school photography business under Photography by Mark as planned. Buy our family has decided the time has come to rename and rebrand our school photo business. The name and brand really needs to reflect who we are and what we do. So I am please to officially announce as of May 1st, 2024 we will be running our business under the names of School Time Photos & (drum roll please!) SCHOOL TIME YEARBOOKS! Not only are we solidifying ourselves as the leaders in school day portraits in our area, but we are also expanding our yearbook work into its own entity. School Time Yearbooks will be marketing to our existing schools and even schools we currently dont photograph. More on that later. So much more coming over the next few month here on this blog page
I am personally grateful for ALL of the schools that have trusted in us over the years. Some schools have been with us a very long time. I personally take great pride in all of the relationships that we have built over the years. I enjoy visiting all of or schools.It is the best job in the world. I get to walk into a school and interact with the kids. It always makes my day and makes me smile. I wish I would have kept a journal of all of the stories have been told by 5 year olds.
Changing our name to School Time Photos took a long time to make that decision. Our family had to sit down and really pray and think about it. Photography by Mark has such a great reputation in this area. Changing the name can have consequences. But we feel it is the best thing for our family and what we do. I am really excited about it and I hope you are too.
Because I know the big box companies are watching us, let me just spit out the truth…
- I AM NOT RETIRING!!!. Far from it.
- I AM NOT SELLING OUT. That has been a big rumor
- Yes we have all of the admin services any school may need.
- Oh and there is “They (meaning us) cant do that!… OH YES WE CAN!
The list goes on and I will probably address that some day in a later blog. In the mean time if you have any questions about our business, its future, its legacy or even better… how we can make your school day experience better. Please call our office and ask for me. I would love to chat.
Blessings,
Chad
