2025 Franchise Awards

2025 Franchise Awards was one of the highlights of our time together at our Harmony Conference. We love getting to recognize and award each of our franchise owners who worked so hard the previous year. Each year the competition gets tougher as we have so many achieving franchise owners.

We base our franchise awards on our core values of:

💜 Be Joyful
💜 Respect Others
💜 Positive Impact
💜 Do What’s Right
💜 Be Generous
💜 Exceed Expectations.

Each of our owners exhibit all of these core values, but a few were selected for special recognition for our 2025 Franchise Awards:

Advocacy Awards

Annually we love getting to honor and recognize each of our franchise owners who have sought our opportunities to serve their community. Each owner has aligned themselves with photography projects that they are passionate about and many generously donate their time and talent each year to the same organizations to assist and lift up those who are less fortunate.

 

Heather Sams (An army veteran)  was awarded for her support of her local high school’s JROTC!  Thank you for donating your time and talent and $8,200+!!!! Your generosity is to be commended! She has donated over $50,000 to this organization over the past 8 years!

Scott and Kara Kellner helped provide child care to needy families through their local Childcare Resources, plus partnered with the Lovelady Center and a local police department for headshots!  Your generosity is to be commended.

Carrie Fischel hosted a Santa session to support the SJRC-Texas Belong Foster & Adoption group. She donated $1,206 from her sessions.

 

Joey and Sandi Fotheringham donated $1200 for blankets, hats and scarves to a local Senior Center.

Lynn and Rernardo Driver hosted a Mommy and Me session to raise funds for one of the director’s son’s heart condition.

Christine Mamon, Patricia Mesi, hosted a table to a Red Dress Gala to raise awareness of women’s heart health.

The Huntsville team conducted 2 Giving Back Sessions this year!

Paws with Claus – SRP Huntsville conducted a fundraiser for New Leash on Life.  They donated $140 to help support the humane care and treatment of all animals.

SRP Huntsville conducted charity Santa Portraits supporting Kids to Love   They donated $4496 to this amazing agency that helps meet the needs of foster children with the ultimate goal of finding forever families for children waiting to be adopted.

Extra Miler

The Extra Miler Award goes to someone who consistently goes above and beyond to help their fellow franchise owners.

Elizabeth Bailey was recognized for always going the extra mile to answer questions and help franchise owners. You are always willing to lend  your time to help someone else. Kara Kellner and Lynn Driver were a close tie in honorable mention for helping fellow franchise owners.

The Advocate

The Advocate Award is awarded to the franchise owner who donates the most through their Advocacy projects.

Heather Sams won the Advocacy Award for donating $8,000+  to a JROTC unit. She has cumulatively donated $50,000 to the JROTC. She generously donated her time and talent. She compassionately assisted and lifted up those who are less fortunate!

Media Moguls

The Media Mogul Award goes to the owner who consistently creates and shares content through their blog and social media.

 

For consistently posting and using their local FB pages, we deem Carrie Fischel, and Lynn Driver the Media Moguls for 2024!

Steller Presence

This award goes to the owners who show up on a consistent basis to all scheduled family calls.

We can always count on Lynn Driver and Brittany Evans for showing up and supporting other owners!

The Rising Star

The Rising Star Award is awarded to the franchise owner who has the highest sales in their first season/year.

Linda Sirmans had the top sales for her first year in 2024!

Shining Star

The Shining Star Award goes to the franchise who proves the most growth from the previous year.

Carrie Fischel added 2 new teams of photographers and was committed to gaining new accounts and made the most of her current accounts earning an increase in sales of 195%. We applaud you for a job well done, and are pleased to present you with the Shining Star Award.

We had to also recognize team Buckhead who also made large jumps in their annual sales.

 

Diamond Order

The Diamond Order Award goes to the highest grossing order for the year.

Higher than average sales are a direct indicator of the quality provided to our customers. Frank Alvarez had the highest order for the year from a 10 minute mini-session at a preschool! Sarah Long had the highest order from a custom session. We salute you for having the highest order of the year!

Peek Performer

The Peak Performer Award goes to our franchise with the highest gross sales for the year.

The Peak Performer Award went to Will Smith and the Brentwood/Franklin Team. Sales are a direct reflection on the quality of product we provide for our customers. Congratulations to your team for achieving the peek performer award for the year!

Happy Customer

Based on Google Reviews, the Happy Customer award goes to the franchise with best overall percentages.

Lynn Driver consistently has positive parent and director surveys from each of her schools. Congratulations on keeping all your clients and customers happy throughout the year!

Purple Crown Award

The Purple Crown Award is the highest accolade that we award one franchise owner each year who excels in all our core values from the previous year. The coveted Purple Crown trophy travels home with the franchise owner.

Lynn and Rernardo Driver you are both an excellent example of all our core values!

Be Joyful, Respect Others, Make a positive Impact, Do What’s Right, Generosity, and Exceed Expectations**—and Lynn and Rernardo Driver embody each of these with unwavering dedication.

  • Be Joyful—If you’ve ever met Lynn, you know this is a given. A smile is her constant companion, and her positivity is contagious.
  • Respect Others—Lynn and Rernardo are incredible listeners. Every conversation with them is filled with genuine care and a deep desire to understand and uplift others. Their reliability and commitment to our community are unmatched—they show up, every time, without fail. Family meetings, growth meetings—you name it, they’re there. We don’t take attendance, but if we did, I’m pretty sure they’d have perfect attendance!
  • Impact—This one is easy! They don’t just succeed; they help others rise with them. They volunteered to mentor a new owner, they invest in their photographers’ growth, and despite running a business with over **$400K in sales**, they continue attending growth meetings—not for themselves, but to support the next generation of owners.
  • Do What’s Right—With Lynn and Rernardo, there’s no question. Their integrity is evident in every interaction, decision, and action they take.
  • Generosity—Lynn has a special way of spreading joy, often shipping brownies to celebrate new accounts or brighten someone’s day. Their generosity extends beyond gestures—it’s in the way they pour into their team, their clients, and our entire franchise family. They also were the catalyst in supporting one of their partner school’s teachers- they held a charity event and were able to give the family almost 5K.
  • Exceed Expectations—Their customer service is top-notch, and their schools can’t stop raving about them on social media! And let’s not forget Rernardo—he may not always be in the spotlight, but, like so many great partners, he’s the backbone making everything happen. And speaking of exceeding expectations—every single one of his images received a **merit** this year!

Lynn and Rernardo, you are shining examples of what it means to be part of this franchise family. It is my absolute honor to present the Purple Crown Award to our first multi-state owners, Lynn and Rernardo Driver, and their incredible team!

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