MDAP is in the Cloud

Computer geeks will know exactly what we are talking about! But for those of you not current on today's massive web technology, let's explain. Matrix Digital Arts & Photography has teamed up with Rackspace Hosting of San Antonio. Our website is moving to a cloud web hosting complex. What does this mean for our customers?

"No more down time", says Michael Holeda, Executive Director for MDAP. "We have received far too many phone calls from our clients complaining that either our website was extremely slow, or wasn't even available."

"That's one of the disadvantages of using shared web services", Michael continued. "When your site is hosted on a server with hundreds of other companies across the country, customers experience slow response or complete outages."

The team at Matrix Digital Arts is very excited about this move. In addition to providing extremely fast response to our web pages during peak periods, we also now have another off-site safe archival storage for thousands of images. Plus, MDAP will have the most responsive email and scheduling service available to the business market today.

Bottom line? Better customer service on all fronts!

Transition to the new web hosting facility will take a few days to complete, and will appear seamless to our customer base.

Matrix Digital Arts Earns BBB Accreditation

PRESS RELEASE August 30th, 2010

This week, Matrix Digital Arts & Photography announced its recent accreditation by BBB Serving Central, Coastal and Southwest Texas. As a BBB Accredited Business, Matrix Digital Arts is dedicated to promoting trust in the photography marketplace.

According to BBB reports by Princeton Research, seven in ten consumers say they are more likely to do business with a company designated as BBB Accredited Business. BBB is a resource for the public, providing objective, unbiased information about businesses.

"We are excited to be a BBB Accredited Business because we value building trust with our customers, " said Mr Holeda, Executive Director and Co-Founder. "Our BBB Accreditation gives our customers confidence in our commitment to maintaining high ethical standards of conduct."

"Start with trust, the motto used by BBB is appropriate for customers looking for a photographer," says Eric Aaron, Co-Founder and Director of Special Events. "Customer Service is not a department with us," Eric continued. "It's an attitude!"

BBB Accredited Businesses must adhere to BBB's "Standards of Trust," a comprehensive set of policies, procedures, and best practices representing trustworthiness in the marketplace.

"This is very important to us," continued Mr. Holeda. "We are honored to receive this accreditation. In today's marketplace of photographers, consumers need to have the ability to check out a business for it's validity, and trust!"

The BBB seal will soon begin to appear on the company's website directing prospective customers to the actual current report on Matrix Digital Arts.

27 Tournament Basketball Games

On behalf of Texas Team Sports of San Antonio, our team of photographers covered 27 tournament basketball games over this past weekend. Friday evening, 5 games were shot at the Jewish Community Center; 15 games on Saturday, 7 games Sunday, at the Barbara Bush Middle School. Most of the games were semi-finals, and on Sunday, MDAP returned to cover the finals, "winner takes all!" Thousands of images were taken, over 60 gigs total. Now the real fun begins!

We Welcome Texas Team Sports

Our first assignment: Cover six youth basketball games in three hours!

This was great fun watching our future superstars play at their best.

Click Here to view a quick snapshot of the highlights.

Welcome Rob Dicus!

Matrix Digital Arts would like to welcome Rob Dicus as our new Associate Photographer. Rob brings to our team of photographers a new and different perspective to what he sees through the lens.

Currently a student of the New York Institute of Photography, Rob particularly centers his photography skills on portraiture and formal events. Recently Rob assisted Eric Aaron at a Quinceanera.

Rob and his wife live in San Antonio and are enjoying the company of their newborn baby boy.

Matrix Digital Arts Announces New Education Fund At Expo

During the Quinceanera Expo held on Sunday, July 25th at the San Antonio Event Center, Matrix Digital Arts kicked off a new promotion to help fund the future education of all Quinceanera and Sweet 16 Girls. With thousands in attendance, visitors learned that Matrix Digital Arts will return fifty percent of all on-line sales of photos for the Quince that occur in a thirty day period. A check representing half of all on-line sales from friends, guests, etc, will be presented to the father of the young lady as a contribution to her education fund. "Quinceaneras and Sweet 16 parties are held by proud parents at great expense", Michael Holeda, co-founder, remarked. "So we would like to make a contribution to her future education in appreciation of being selected as their photographer of this very important event in her life."

See Us At the Quinceaneras and Brides Expo

Matrix Digital Arts will have a booth at this year's Quinceaneras and Brides Expo at the San Antonio Event Center on July 25th. Be sure to drop by to meet our photographers.

Click Here to View Our Sweet 16 Quinceanera Page

Click Here to View a Recent Sweet 16 Video