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Rick McKee & Tara Lowry formed Imagine Images, Inc in 2001 in the Washington DC area. After working nationally for 3 years they chose to return home to Charleston SC. In 2006 they changed the name of the business to Lowry-McKee Photography. The firm is equipped for and experienced in many forms of commercial photography
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The mission of Rick and Tara is to provide high quality, professional images while putting the client's needs and wants first. Recognizing the importance of images in today's markets, they have developed a reputation amongst their clients that embodies professionalism, quality and the drive for client satisfaction. They listen carefully to the client vision for projects then work with, or without, direction. Rick and Tara have some clients that work side by side with them on location. They have others who prefer to give them a broad outline to work from. Yet they have others who look to them for preliminary design, location and direction.

Whatever your photography needs Rick McKee and Tara Lowry look forward to making them happen. Please call or email for a custom proposal.

Rick McKee

Rick grew up in the Carolinas and studied art at the College of Charleston. His career as a professional photographer began in Washington, DC. For the past three years, Rick has been working nationally and internationally. His passion for photography is expressed through his innate creativity and his drive to create spectacular visions with the highest level of professionalism. He has had the pleasure of creating portraits for such personalities as James Carvel and former vice president Al Gore. He has photographed national advertisement materials for companies like Wyndham, Cendant and Space Saver. Some of his most recent projects include a cookbook for the famed southern restaurant Magnolia's, due out June 2006 and a restaurant documentary book Cypress due out 2007. His editorial work has appeared in such publications as The Washingtonian, First Magazine, Charleston Magazine and the Richmond Times. He utilizes classic films and cutting edge digital technology to create his works based on his client's needs and wants.

Tara Lowry

Raised in the Low country, Tara studied physics at the College of Charleston and received a BS in Business from the University of Maryland. She began working professionally in 2001. Her assignments have taken her from Cape Cod to California. She embraces the latest digital technology to capture her images while still holding on to the old techniques of traditional black and white photography for her portraiture and wedding photojournalism. Her work can be seen in such publications as Modern Bride, Charleston Magazine and Deep Magazine. Tara has collaborated on a variety of projects including print media design, ad campaigns for small businesses and other graphic media formats. She has also had the pleasure of art directing for many national firms.

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When tropical storm Barry came to visit us in Charleston, it ruined every out door wedding in the city. On the beaches power went out, the wind howled and it poured.
Having a wedding on the beach is risky. And should something happen on your big day you will be upset or disapointed at the least.
When the storm came, one of our bride had no backup plan and was forced to make due. She was lucky she had an event planner to hold down the fort but others on that day were not so lucky. The key is to have a crew that is well adapt for any emergencies.
You may think that I am going to talk to you about back up plans…No.
I am going to talk to you about event insurance. Event Insurance you are now asking yourself what is it? You can purchase event insurance and in the event of bad weather, airplanes downed or some other major issue you can recoup most if not all of the money that you payed out for your event that didn’t turn out like you had expected. I first heard about event insurance from a friend who was a promoter. We were doing a Rock the Beach event and she was praying for rain. Turns out it only had to rain a small percentage at the airport and she was going to recoup her money.
This bride was fortunate to have vendors that were able to make her day better, this comes from experience as well as a sense of caring from her vendors. Her wedding was intimate, many guests did not come due to the weather but everyone danced to music when all the power on the beach went out the music was still playing and they were still dancing. A few days after we took the couple to the beach and spent sometime photographing them on the beach-so they still got those beach pictures that they were thinking of.
Had the bride had event insurance she would have recouped the money that she spent. My suggestion is that if you are getting married in an area that is prone to bad weather that may ruin your wedding you should purchase event insurance. For the few hundred dollars that it will cost you are insuring that you recoup any losses that could occur.
please visit one of he following links to learn more..trust me this peace of mind would be worth it.

http://www.privateeventinsurance.com/

http://www.wedsafe.com/