Archive for February, 2012
I am an affiliate with Photography Concentrate for one reason. I really love their products. They offer a ton of awesome info for free and to purchase at their website, Photography Concentrate.
Several days ago I was able to download their newest offering, Simple Wedding Photography. This is a 200 page e-book covering everything you can imagine about running a wedding photography business. From how to set up and shoot common wedding day situations to workflow, post-production, products, pricing and accounting. This book seriously covers it all. If you are new to the wedding business, have been second shooting or have numerous weddings under your belt, this book will be a great resource.
Here is what they have to say:
- First up you’ll get a 200 page beautifully designed PDF, filled with practical information you can use.
- Written in a casual, “real speak” manner, like a conversation with your photographer friend!
- Packed with over 220 photos to help you see the concepts in action.
- Includes diagrams and examples to make ideas easy to understand
- Can be viewed on any computer, and your iPad for a super enjoyable learning experience
- Unique interactive navigation makes it not just a book, but a valuable reference to use over and over again
And if that wasn’t valuable enough, you’ll also get the following awesome BONUSES!
- A complete client wedding album design to demonstrate storytelling start to finish
- We’ll walk you through the sample album with a video screencast commentary
- Wedding Day Worksheet to make sure you get all the critical information
- Wedding Prep Checklist so you’re completely prepared for the big day
- Wedding Day Shot List for a clear look at all the must have images to create
- Post-Wedding Report Card for easy review and future improvement
- Brand Identity Worksheet to help figure out the message behind your brand
They are offering the book for 40% at $23.97. Which is a ridiculously low price for all the info you are going to receive.
While you are ordering their book be sure to check out the rest of their site. They have lots of great articles on many subjects from how to photographers can overcome shyness to building better album templates. If you haven’t been to their site it is definelty one to check out thanks to their extensive library of freebies, useful articles and easy to understand tutorials.
So go check them out, you can thank me later!
I love engagement sessions. What can be better than taking pictures of two people who are totally smitten with each other? Sean and Michaela were not only quite smitten with each other but also super easy-going, relaxed and fun to be around. They were nice enough to drive down to Conroe for the engagement session. Speaking of being smitten, My husband Dustin was also able to join us for the downtown portion of the session and I was so disappointed when he had to go. He is one of my favorite people to shoot with!
I’ll give you a dollar (not really) if you can tell which images are his!
I love to give a couple different looks for a portrait session, so after we finished downtown, we drove to what is quickly becoming my new favorite Conroe location; A nice grassy field under a train track. Ah yes, how romantic.
Michaela and Sean, you guys were incredible and you made my job so fun and easy. Thanks so much for being so amiable and willing to try whatever locations we recommended. I hope you love your images as much as I loved taking them, and I hope we get the chance to work together again!
For this session, I was joined by the uber-talented Sarah Bunch, of Sarah Bunch Photography. Be sure to visit her blog, I saw her images of this session and they are fabulous!
Gavin turns 5 today. Cliche as it sounds, it seems like just yesterday that he was put in our arms for the first time. That he smiled his first smile, and took his first step. That he called elephants “eders” and ate a whole can of green beans in one sitting.
He is everything I could have wanted in a firstborn and a son. What an awesome little boy he has become and what a great man he is becoming.
He loves to create with watercolors, pencils and legos.
He wants to learn to play the keyboard and violin as well as learn karate and boxing.
He loves superheros, Michael Jackson and hip-hop. He can belt out Reliant K’s “Celebrate the Day” and “Glory to God” like no one’s business.
He loves to dance; especially breakdancin’, dubsteppin’, and doing the robot.
He is not quick with his affections but once you have gained his trust he is fiercely loyal.
He is a protective and responsible big brother. He adores Leighton and asks constantly to hold her and loves to make her smile.
He gets upset when people are rude to each other and hates to see animals get hurt.
He loves to help-out and detests being the center of attention
His relationship with Adalay is a constant see-saw of torment and devotion.
He is beginning to read and so proud of each word he sounds out.
He can go from this…. to this in seconds…
I treasure each hug, smirk, and laugh. I love his frequent use of the words “however” and “although”. I cherish his seemingly endless stories and made up games with ten thousand rules.
He is worth the stretch marks and baby weight.
He is worth all the time I “lose” by answering his questions and exclaiming over his triumphs.
He is worth putting my business on hold.
He is worth putting my sanity on hold.
He is worth it all to me.
Happy 5th Birthday Gavin. You are worth far more than I could have ever imagined.
Just one from Michaela and Sean’s recent engagement session.
I can’t wait to show them the rest!
Last week I had the delightful privilege of shooting with my very first BFF Sarah from Sarah Bunch Photography. Our photography plans changed at the last minute and we found ourselves heading to Huntsville, Texas to shoot some long over due bridals.
Caitlyn was perfectly sweet and beautiful.
Thanks to a recommendation from May (thanks May, you rock!), we found a cluster of bamboo that was the perfect ending to Caitlyn’s session. These are now some of my favorite bridal images ever. I mean look at her!
Caitlyn and Zacj! Thank you so much for being available last minute and for giving us SO much of your time. Zacj, you were a perfect reflector and light-holder. All your work and help was so appreciated. Caitlyn, thanks for being so excited and enthusiastic. You made it way too easy. You were both so much fun to work with and I hope you love the images.
I would love to have this session ready to blog but I am having such a hard time narrowing down a bloggable amount of images. So far I have close to 100 “Favorites”!
So until I have made up my mind, here is one of my favorites from Caitlyn’s After-the-Wedding-Bridal-Session.
