Owner Carole Kropscot is an experienced photographer. She has an eye for decorative photographs and used to own a photographic art gallery called Images Unlimited in Westgate Shopping Center in Creve Coeur (St. Louis), Missouri. She has been a member of Professional Photographers of America and the Photographic Society of America (www.psa-photo.org). She writes monthly photo articles for the PSA Journal, a publication distributed worldwide.

Carole has traveled the world with her cameras. Her many photo trips have taken her to Nepal (twice), India, Hong Kong, Singapore, France (several times), Spain, Switzerland, England, Canada (several times), Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Turkey, Japan (twice), the Caribbean, and all around the continental United States. Her favorite photo subjects are flowers, architecture, landscapes, seascapes, mountainscapes, graphic designs, and abstracts.

Carole graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago and taught French. She has taught photography and scanning at Senior Net in Dallas and Plano, Texas. She tutors friends and neighbors in how to use their computers. She gives presentations to groups about photo restoration and manipulation.

Carole raised 3 children and took about 50 photo albums worth of photos!

Carole has been very active in camera clubs in St. Louis (MO), Philadelphia (PA), and Dallas (TX). She has developed websites, produced hard copy and Internet newsletters, helped with photograph exhibits, and given numerous programs for their club meetings.

 

Images Unlimited, Inc., was founded in 1979 in St. Louis, Missouri, as a photographic art gallery. Carole's business represented over 70 photographers worldwide. Framed original photographs were sold as decorative art for homes and businesses.

Carole started using Photoshop in the mid-1990's. This led to restoring photos for neighbors and then starting a photo restoration business. Creative Photo Services began with restoration and now includes photo manipulation, thanks to many requests for adding or removing people, pets, and objects. Changing a photo's background is also a popular request.

 

Digital mats provide exact color coordination, a variety of textures, and optional personalized text. The mat can even be a photographic image, a number, or a letter!

The most recent service is the DVD photo show using the customer's photos and sometimes their video clips. All photos are put into Photoshop to enhance the colors and composition. Then the photos are turned into a photo show using ProShow Producer, the top-of-the-line slide show software program. Carole's photography background comes into play when using the complex software. The specialized website for her shows is www.CreativePhotoSlideshows.com.

Music "makes" the DVD photo shows. Carole's background in music aids her in making the photos move appropriately to the music. Her father played the bass. She plays the piano. She attended the Berkley School of Music in Boston.

Creative Photo Services is located in Overland Park, Kansas, a southern suburb of Kansas City. The population of the Kansas City metropolitan area is 1.8 million people. The office is a home office filled with the latest high tech equipment. There are many photo samples hanging on the walls. The before and after prints give the customer ideas for their own photos. Many DVD photo shows are available to look at on a DVD player and the computer.