Planning a Stress-free Wedding
Planning a wedding these days can be a hectic, frustrating and stressful process. This is one of the happiest times of your life and it shouldn’t be spent tearing your hair out. We’d like to simplify things a little by consolidating some of the things you would otherwise need to run around hiring individual vendors to handle. For instance, why spend weeks searching for a designer to create unique wedding invitations that will express the two of you perfectly? Wouldn’t it be easier if your photographer could turn images from...
read morePhotography’s Dirty Little Secret
We did a great deal of research before adopting our new business model, commonly referred to in the photography community as “shoot-and-burn”. (Shooting digital photos and burning them to a CD delivered to the customer with full or limited reprinting rights.) Although it’s a relatively new concept, it’s catching on quickly and we believe, represents the future of portrait photography. Photographers work hard and deserve to be paid adequately for their work and talent. But when you browse online services like Mpix, where...
read moreThree Minutes of Fame
Every now and then, life serves up a little unexpected surprise. Being avid music lovers, it’s a tradition for our family to enjoy the Grammy Awards together each February. The entertainment is always top shelf, and the stage production is typically amazing. While I’ve had a bit of experience in stage design, I really never expected to see one of my digital images while watching the Grammys in 2005. Back when digital photography was still in its infancy, I was taking pictures nearly every day and uploading them to numerous stock...
read moreSpecial (Photo) Ops
Taking photos and building web sites is a lot of fun. Having been abundantly blessed to be able to do work that we love, we believe it’s important to give something back. For that reason, each year we select several non-profit organizations for whom we design and develop full branding and Web site packages. As we begin a new year, we’d like to extend the spirit of giving to the photography side of our business. Throughout the year of 2011, we will be offering free portrait sessions to families of deployed military personnel. If you...
read moreAre Your Photos Being Held Hostage?
You know the routine. It’s time for senior portraits or perhaps a family photo, so you contact a few local photographers for pricing information. You’re quoted a “sitting fee” that seems reasonable, so you book at date. Several weeks later, you view a small selection of “proof” prints and are presented with a price list from which to order your finished portraits. By the time you finish ordering prints for family and friends, you’ve ended up spending way over your initial budget. Traditionally,...
read moreBefore & After Magic
Any assignments involving pet photography always default to Toby. If you know him, you realize he’s crazy-mad in love with animals and in particular, doggies. We were approached last December with a very rough digital image of a family pet who had passed on. Unfortunately, this was the best available snapshot the family had of their beloved German Shepherd, and Mom wanted to surprise her daughter with a framed print as a Christmas gift. The complicated background represented a challenge, but Toby was up for the task. He worked some of his...
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