Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wowi Zowi returns to Gettysburg for more Photography

Wowi Zowi were out and about again, this time to revisit the wonderful Innkeepers at the Brafferton House in downtown Gettysburg. Joan and Brian have been working on updating some of their rooms so we came out to shoot them and get the remodeled rooms up on their Wowi Zowi website.


The new Peartree SuiteHere's their new Peartree Suite, large and luxurious and very comfortable. It was so nice to be there with them and especially to have one of Brian's awesome breakfasts!
I ate this after I shot it! We had a great time with Joan, Brian, Amy and their two beautiful daughters, and the photographs came out really nice. Look for the new rooms on their website at http://brafferton.com/ in the near future!

Wowi Zowi goes over to the Doubleday Inn to photograph their updated rooms.

While in Gettysburg, we had more photography to do as fabulous Innkeepers, Todd and Christine of the Doubleday Inn, have been working on upgrading some of their rooms. It's always a pleassure to go to their inn as it sits right on the battlefield, which you get a view of from any of their rooms. Here is a shot of the recently remodeled Iverson room, a large room in the upstairs corner of the Inn with great views of the Battlefield and Monuments.
We love hanging out Todd and Christine and their Golden Retriever, Molly, Here we are strolling the battlefield on a beautiful autumn day!

And to get one of their scrumptious breakfasts!
We got everythng we came to Gettysburg for, great photos, great food and great friends. Look for the updated rooms on their Wowi Zowi website DoubledayInn.com/ in the near future!
Wowi Zowi has completed the Heartstone Inn Website and it is wonderful, the photography came out awesome and the site is serving Rick and Cheri quite well. Visit their new site at http://heartstoneinn.com/ To see all they have t ooffer in Eureka Springs. We loved visiting this awesome place and getting to know Rick and Cheri, we look forward to another visit in the near future!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Wowi Zowi goes to The Heartstone Inn, Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Eureka Springs, Arkansas, we can't believe how amazing this place is, in the middle of the Ozark Mountains. We had no idea, but we surely fell in love with this unique area of the world. We're here at the awesome Heartstone Inn, which sits near town in the Walnut tree forest! We're photographing their 11 rooms and cottages for their new WowiZowi website and Rick and Cheri Rojek made it a fun event. Cheri is there with helping hands and supplying us with great props. Rick made special efforts as well... and what a chef!!! He prepares the full breakfast for the guests every morning and, wowizowi, makes my mouth water just thinking about it.
You can eat indoors at private tables or out here on one of their many decks over looking the forest. They have bird and squirrel feeders out here so you get to dine with the many beautiful birds, including the red headed woodpecker!

The old town of Eureka Springs was a joy to go in and shop around. The shop owners are way friendly and it was hard to get out of their stores, no lack of great conversation. Seems many of these folks are California transplants, some were even from our town, San Clemente.
We even had the honor to have dinner with Adam and Dawn of Rare Brick, who now live here. Not only are these two great website design and developers, they are really awesome, down to earth people. We had a great evening with them!
We also got to stop in at the Red Bud Manor just down the street to visit with our friend and client, Deb Stroup. Her beautiful Inn is under-going some new landscaping and is looking very nice.
Rick & Cheri put us in the Floral Bouquet room, above, it's very large so it was easy to set up shop with all our gear and computers. (it didn't look this tidy when we we're in there ;0)
Rick and Cheri on their Heartstone Inn patio, sharing good times and lots of laughs with WowiZowi. There is no doubt in our minds, we will definitely be going back to Eureka Springs, but next time, we want to just hang out and relax with these good people!




Arbor Guest House in Napa

Here we are up in the beautiful Napa Valley at the newly renovated Arbor Guest House. Owners Dan and Candy have put in lots of love and care to restore this awesome 1906 Colonial Home.
The rooms are now quite contemporary with all the best amenities, even the common areas are really comfotable, making our photography sessions all that much better for us. The staff was great and everyone was there to help.

We love to do the food shots... because we get to eat them!!! The breakfasts are great, no one goes away still hungry around here ;0)


Dan and Candy are great hosts and made our stay a truely memorial event. We look forward to returning to Napa to see them again in the near future. They have done an amazing job with the Arbor Guest House, stop by when your in town!



Saturday, April 25, 2009

Seven Gables Inn

Here we are in beautiful Monterey, Ca, at the amazing 7 Gables Inn. We are shooting their 27 rooms and cottages, long hours and much hard work. The gracious Innkeepers, Susan, JR and Ed are taking great care of us and helping us every step of the way.
The weather has been on and off but we are getting enough sunshine to capture the awesome views of the ocean from every room. Below is the view from our room, pretty nice, eh?
The breakfasts equal the amazing views from the dining room, and Chef German Perez has been feeding us quite well. Yesterday I spotted this scooner touring the bay and had to get a shot of it, what a great place!!! We will not forget the 7 Gables Inn, the Innkeepers, the staff and even their guests... they all have made this photo shoot the best it could possibly be.


Tomorrow we go home, and we do look forward to that, but we have found this place just incredible, can't wait to get their new website up, it's gonna be great!



Saturday, February 7, 2009


The CABBI Conference in Monterey was a great time, lots of information presented. We got to visit with many of our friends, Innkeepers and vendors alike. We had a wonderful time doing the photography for the event and took hundreds of great pictures. We had to rush off a bit early on the last day to go meet with a potential client down at the beach and didn't get to say good-bye to anyone. By the time we got back to the Hyatt, everybody had gone home! Dang!


Here we are learning new stuff, meeting new people and sharing with old friends. I see Marjorie in there with Rick and John, Daniellle, Bill, Carolyn, Kathy and Cassandra... too fun!








It's SuperBowl... in 3-D. Love those girls, Rita and Stephanie.














Cassandra and Bill making the rounds.














Hear no evil, speak no evil and ??? Hear no evil? LOL ;0)








Here's Scott, Rick, Sue, Roby and Jenny. Is that all they do is party. Where's Lowell and Carolyn?








Bruce sharing his famous "morocco-tini"! Great job, Bruce, can't wait to come out and have another one of those things with you soon!




So we just want to say it was great to see everyone again and hope to see you all soon!

Our CABBI Trip was great!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Wowi Zowi Blog

Wowi Zowi Productions is a full-service company offering custom website design and complete visual concept development to the hospitality and leisure industries and beyond.
Embracing the philosophy of innovation over imitation, the Wowi Zowi team will create a professional, one-of-a-kind website and graphics package. A beautiful, custom designed, highly functional website will distinguish you in today’s most important multi-media platform, the Internet.Graphic Design is at the heart of Wowi Zowi Productions.
With over 20 years of graphic design and marketing experience, the Wowi Zowi team knows it takes a professional presentation to deliver a marketable message. Let us create a compelling business identity for you that will become the foundation of your marketing statement.
Here's what people are saying...

"We were so nervous about redoing our B&B website...we were brand new owners on a very limited budget, and this website would take up 90% of our first year's advertising spending so we wanted it to be perfect. We could not be happier that we chose Wowi Zowi to design our site.

It's hard to describe just how wonderful Carolyn & Roby are...not only are they both creative perfectionists and excellent at what they do, but the most important thing for us is the time they took to really get to know us and our property. The "feel" of our B&B comes through in every page of our website. The most frequent compliment we receive from our guests is when we check them into their room and they say "Wow, it looks just like the website!".This was simply the smartest investment we could have made in our business.In one year we have realized an average 20% occupancy increase for our B&B...the site has paid for itself several times over. No other advertising medium could have given us this type of increase.

We are also thrilled to have such a great ongoing marketing tool at our fingertips, from posting specials to building a mailing list to simply having the public see how busy our bookings are...the site continues to be our best source of advertising.Thank you Carolyn & Roby for being such awesome people and so very good at what you do! We look forward to a long relationship with Wowi Zowi."

Christine & Todd ThomasInnkeepersThe Doubleday Inn Bed & BreakfastGettysburg, PA


Roby and Carolyn La Porte of WowiZowi recently created a new web page for my bed and breakfast. I must be honest, at the outset, I was reluctant to redesign my site, not only because of the expense of a new site (when in my opinion I had a perfectly good old one), but also because I was not fond of the new “flash” craze that had apparently gripped the industry since my first page was created. I had hired a marketing director to assist me, and he virtually ordered me to add flash to our website because it is such a great advertising tool. I was cringing inside, but I agreed to the addition of flash because, after all, I do want people to come to my place of business.In the long run, it doesn’t matter if I like my own website, it only matters if it successfully drives guests to me. To make a long story short (I know – “too late!”), we did add flash, but Carolyn and Roby did so in such a tasteful and subtle way that I love it! I love the whole site, and it illustrates our B&B perfectly. Carolyn and Roby captured the essence of our bed and breakfast on the new site so the feeling comes through complete. We’ve had tons of new traffic since our new web site was released.

And lastly, but not leastly, Carolyn and Roby are wonderful, nice, generous and fun people, and it is a pleasure to work with them. I highly recommend Wowi Zowi!
Hilary McCallaAvalon Luxury Inn

We are so fortunate to have found Wowi Zowi. Not only were they able to, in a professional and creative way, update our company logo to reflect our new direction, they also put together an amazing website that evokes the mood of our property while enabling online reservations and visitor tracking. Through design and technology, they have allowed us to display our uniqueness and grow the business in our very competitive marketplace.

Marjorie Woodbridge General Manager Casa Tropicana Inn and Spa


It is so nice to be able to work with a group that has the talent and experience to take the idea seeds from your head and plant that idea into your website. However, these idea seeds you give to WowiZowi are magically nurtured and creatively cultivated to create a magnificent presentation that will certainly bring attention to your media whether it be in print or on the web.What I like most is that I am confident that the project will get done and done right. In those very rare occasions when something does not go quite as planned they are eager to make it right and willing to go the extra mile.Thanks Carolyn and Thanks Roby and your support staff --- you are all really great.--

Dr. Bradley ShaperoPremier Health Car


Good websites make a difference... A perspective client called and wanted to know more about my business. I told him to check out my website. He called back five minutes later and I got the job! Thanks Wowi Zowi.

Russ Reinsel Owner RED DOG Media

I have worked with Carolyn and Roby at Wowi Zowi for the past three years. It is so refreshing to work with people who are so creative. I had been accustomed to working with web people who were creative, but lacked follow through. Carolyn and Roby combine creativity with excellent customer service and follow through. They have helped me increase my existing business and they have helped me build a new business. I feel fortunate to have found them.
Cindy SimonsonA Loving Alternative Adoptions - Infant Adoption Coach

Thanks for creating an awesome web site. It has helped my business grow beyond expectations in just two short years!
Michael K. Magnell Trans-Atlantic Ferry


The people at Wowi Zowi are very easy to work with. They deliver what they promise with professional design, and answer phone calls and emails quickly and efficiently. We had another web site company that charged us more and did less. I recommend this company if you are looking for a change or are just starting up.
Kelley JorgensenAnza-Borrego Foundation and InstituteSales Manager


Roby & Carolyn of WowiZowi are great people to work with. They are both so talented; Carolyn in coming up with a creative design; and Roby in putting it all together to make a smooth running and effective web site.First they asked me for the basic elements of what I wanted in my website. With their expertise in this field, they added many suggestions and ideas I hadn’t thought of.They incorporated every thing I wanted with their suggestions and a great design, culminating into a beautiful website. I always get compliments on my website from my patrons, friends & family. It is very creative and extremely beautiful. They are a joy to work with.
Bernie Donahue


WowiZowi has been fantastic to work with. They created a masterpiece of a site for the Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi, www.marinemonument.com. As a result The Heritage of San Clemente Foundation was able to exceed our goal for the construction of The Monument and Park Semper Fi. Thank you WowiZowi!
G. Wayne Eggleston Executive Director, The Heritage of San Clemente FoundationMayor, San Clemente 2005-2006


"When I started working with Wowizowi, all my website problems went away. They are so fast and creative. My customers tell me my company is setting the benchmark in my industry when it comes to our website. Wowizowi also has great resources for streaming and editing multimedia. I highly recommend them!"
Steve Franciswww.stevefrancis.com


Carolyn and Roby LaPorte, owners of WowiZowi, have truly helped us with our website presence. Our first experience with a Website Development Company was with a person who was artistic, but lacked the technical skill. Our next experience was reversed, lots of technical skill, but woefully deficient in artistic skill. Carolyn, the Artist and Roby the Technician, provide the essential ingredients (I own a Gourmet Store) that all businesses need in order to market yourself effectively, efficiently and within your budget. Thanks, Carolyn and Roby for making our site, www.TheVillageGourmet.com one of the most attractive Gourmet sites on the Web!
Jim EckelCandace ChromyThe Village GourmetSan Clemente, CA


I wanted to write you a short note thanking you so much for my outstanding website. My colleagues in the IECA, Independent Educational Consulting Association, have been writing me notes week after week explaining how impressed they are with the professionalism, the layout and the ease of navigating my site for important information. They simply love it. The site has also attracted the eyes of reporters from USA Today and the National Honor Roll who are writing articles about college admissions. You all do such incredible work and I feel so fortunate that we are able to assist each other. I am also very excited about Ariana’s email working now, and already I am getting the information I need from her in order to help her even more.
Thank you again, Lisa McLaughlinFounder and Executive DirectorEDvantage Consulting


I have worked in the field of Techknowlege for over 25 years and I am also a singer songwriter and have worked with a number of design companies and I must say WowiZowi is the cream of the crop. From my web design to the design for my CD cover, they are the best in the business. And if you are looking for the best for your project, I strongly recommend WowiZowi.
Sherman FowlerSinger / SongwriterEntertainer