PrissyPoofs that is… We are PrissyPoofs! Two moms on a mission…to help Mother’s in search of upscale dress-up that can successfully (and quite adorably we might add) be worn out of the house to… the Grocery Store, School, Church, or even Dad’s office, without a scene.
PrissyPoofs became a reality in 2000 when a precious three-year old named Annie Hope requested a Pink Party, and demanded tu-tus for all of her guests…You know how persuasive three-year olds can be. The first “Poofs” were unveiled to sixteen three-year olds, and the response was overwhelming! As a result we can offer the same fantastically fabulous “Poofs” to you! Each is beautifully handcrafted with yards and yards of tulle. Take a look through out site to see how we have changed the way you look at dress-up!
Click here to find out more information about Prissy Poofs!
Corey Sewell – formerly Corey Civetta of Corey Civetta Photography – is a professional photographer servicing the metro Atlanta area who creates fresh and contemporary portraits as unique as you are. She is one of Atlanta’s top photographers offering maternity and pregnancy portraits, newborn and infant photography, baby portraiture, children’s portraits, teen and high school senior portraits, engagement and couple portrait sessions, bridals and weddings. She is also available for commercial photography, holiday, family and sibling portraits.
So many have asked about my black and whites and how I get such rich black and white conversions. I have converted in raw for years (long before it was the “in” thing) and have always done this because of how easy it is to apply the same settings to one image instead of having to run an action on each one. So, here is my “secret recipe” for black and whites that has become my trademark. I’ve also included a few other conversions, but my personal favorite is the “film look”. I use it for almost everything.
Here a few examples where I used it on a some snapshots in our backyard:
So many have asked about my black and whites and how I get such rich black and white conversions. I have converted in raw for years (long before it was the “in” thing) and have always done this because of how easy it is to apply the same settings to one image instead of having to run an action on each one. So, here is my “secret recipe” for black and whites that has become my trademark. I’ve also included a few other conversions, but my personal favorite is the “film look”. I use it for almost everything.
Here a few examples where I used it on a some snapshots in our backyard:
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer. Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents. Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornament them and fully layered for design and color customization.
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer. Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents. Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornment them and fully layered for design and color customization.
Branson, MO- Specializing in natural light portraiture, Heather Jenkins is an on location photographer capturing lifestyle images of newborns, babies, children, and families. Serving Branson, Missouri and surrounding areas in Southwest Missouri. Specializing in color and black and white portraits. Category: Best Portrait 2009
We are very excited about this prize! It offers so much for photographers to use for their clients! Life Art Designs donated a HUGE collection that we thought was perfect for our big end of the year contest!
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer.
Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents.
Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornament them and fully layered for design and color customization.
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer. Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents. Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornament them and fully layered for design and color customization.
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer. Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents. Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornment them and fully layered for design and color customization.
We are very excited about this prize! It offers so much for photographers to use for their clients! Life Art Designs donated a HUGE collection that we thought was perfect for our big end of the year contest!
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer.
Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents.
Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornament them and fully layered for design and color customization.
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer. Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents. Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornament them and fully layered for design and color customization.
Life Art Design Shoppe offers designs from Sylvia Rhodea, child and family photographer. Our Rock the Walls template packages are filled with information and designs to empower you to beautifully integrate your portraits into your clients’ homes. Rock the Walls templates take the guess work out of wall design purchases, providing multiple portrait layouts which include overall layout dimensions, portrait sizes, frame widths and furniture dimensions displayed. Maximize your sales, and give your customers the confidence they need to go large! Designs are fully layered to allow for personalized presentation with customer’s images, brand customization, and designed for economical printing and private web display. 10 fun design tip cards, pricing sheets, flip book pages and our Rock the Walls design guide included.
The Sketchy Collection includes borders, storyboards and cards created with hand drawn borders to give your photos a whimsical touch!
Our Sketchy Borders contain over 15 frame options sized to 10×10 at 300 dpi with an image size of 5×7. Files are fully layered, and actions are included to assist you in easily resizing for albums sized 5×5 to 9×9, as well as for 8×10 albums and image box portraits.
Sketchy Storyboards include 5 10×20 storyboards created with our star and rose accents. Sketchy Christmas Cards include 4 flat 5×5 cards, 1 5×5 bifold, and 1 5×5 trifold card. Each card design is available with both a star and ornment them and fully layered for design and color customization.
The very casual, relaxed and most importantly fun style of photography with SH Portraits is one that your family will embrace. Each and every one of your portraits should evoke emotion within you. When you look at a portrait of your child I want you to remember the sound of their laugh, or why they are making the silly smile (or even the pout!) You should always be reminded of the wrinkled, flaky skin that your newborn needs to grow into. As a mother myself, I understand the desire to capture these precious and fleeting memories.
All photography with SH Portraits is done on location, either at your home, outdoors or other venue of your choice. On-location photography is relaxed and more inviting atmosphere for small children, allowing them to be who they truly are.
The very casual, relaxed and most importantly fun style of photography with SH Portraits is one that your family will embrace. Each and every one of your portraits should evoke emotion within you. When you look at a portrait of your child I want you to remember the sound of their laugh, or why they are making the silly smile (or even the pout!) You should always be reminded of the wrinkled, flaky skin that your newborn needs to grow into. As a mother myself, I understand the desire to capture these precious and fleeting memories.
All photography with SH Portraits is done on location, either at your home, outdoors or other venue of your choice. On-location photography is relaxed and more inviting atmosphere for small children, allowing them to be who they truly are.
Photographer Samara Hutcheson has provided event photography for international organizations, charties and intimate gatherings. SH Portraits is available for travel.
In June of 2009 she traveled to Washington DC to photograph a gala event with the DNC and President Barack Obama. She has also photographed the annual Candlelight Ball for Hunters Hope, hosted by Jim & Jill Kelly with musical guest Mark Shultz. In 2007 she photographed the Africare Gala which honored Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the current President of Liberia. The former First Lady Laura Bush was the keynote speaker at the event, as well as other political dignitaries and celebrities. Photography is also available for family parties and gatherings as well as headshots and commercial child photography.
Category: Newborn 0 – 4 weeks
And we have the perfect prize for the winner! The Professional Touch Display Proposal can help you get all of those amazing newborn portraits displayed.
Network with other businesses in your local area to promote your work and get new clients with The Professional Touch Display Proposal. It’s easier than you ever thought!
The Professional Touch Display Proposal is a win-win proposal for both you and that business that you have been wanting to partner up with for some great exposure opportunities for your photography business.
We take you through the complete process including:
The Proposal Letter (including an actual sample letter and a psd template)
The 5 Primary Parts of a Successful Proposal Letter – We take you through the complete process of the critical components of your proposal letter making it easy to tweak to suit your business.
Complete List of Various Types of Businesses for Successful Partnerships
Knockout Ideas of What to Send with Your Display Proposal – Getting their attention is key, so it’s important to set yourself apart
Display Ideas – From very expensive to even a low budget idea or two
And we have the perfect prize for the winner! The Professional Touch Display Proposal can help you get all of those amazing newborn portraits displayed.
Network with other businesses in your local area to promote your work and get new clients with The Professional Touch Display Proposal. It’s easier than you ever thought!
The Professional Touch Display Proposal is a win-win proposal for both you and that business that you have been wanting to partner up with for some great exposure opportunities for your photography business.
We take you through the complete process including:
The Proposal Letter (including an actual sample letter and a psd template)
The 5 Primary Parts of a Successful Proposal Letter – We take you through the complete process of the critical components of your proposal letter making it easy to tweak to suit your business.
Complete List of Various Types of Businesses for Successful Partnerships
Knockout Ideas of What to Send with Your Display Proposal – Getting their attention is key, so it’s important to set yourself apart
Display Ideas – From very expensive to even a low budget idea or two
Sign this petition and help protect copyright laws for photographers.
We contribute in some way to every single industry in the country. Many of us are self-employed. All of us work hard and pay taxes.
Yet, we are under assault. Our rights to control the distribution, use, and reproduction of our works in our vibrant digital age are dismissed by many who do not understand the value we bring to society. They tell us to work harder, create better, and give our works away. Some think thatthey should control our works and that they should be able to appropriate, perform, and copy them how they please, without our consent, benefit, or participation.
Please share this and spread the word to everyone!
Lisa photographs maternity, newborn, children, teens….as well as seniors, engagement pictures and select weddings. She will seem more like a friend by the end of the session than a hired worker. She strives to make your session very individualized as well as make the whole experience wonderful taking into consideration your personal styles and likes, as well as capturing your more natural ways and looks for a beautiful, artistic portrait. Lisa will travel to the surrounding counties of Oakland, Livingston, Genesee as well as destination areas within the United States and abroad. LIFE IS ART…..CAPTURE IT!
Category: Best Couple Portrait The prize for the winner:
I booked 60 senior models in 6 weeks, all exclusively committed to my studio and my largest session!
You will receive:
A short video of me explaining how the system works and how you can get it going now!
My senior model application form (as a template so you can insert your own name and logo)
My senior price book (as a template so you can modify it for your studio)
My senior mailing piece template
My mall poster template
My senior model promo cards template
My most successful Facebook advertisements and a description of why they worked
Save time by starting from my templates
Why start from scratch when you can use these proven effective pieces?
The right senior model program will make you thousands
Let your senior model program work for you. I don’t give much away – these kids are some of my biggest orders.
From renting an ugly 300-square-foot studio near the penitentiary to owning a beautiful 5000-square-foot historic downtown studio, Rod Evans has become a both a great artist and businessperson. He has been inducted to XXV (a group of the 25 of the best photographers in the world) and been the keynote speaker at PPA national and regional conventions. Rod will share successes and failures to help you build a thriving artistic studio and have a life.
Click here to visit Rod’s site to see all of his products!
Ten years ago it was just a small part of our lives, but today it consumes most of our lives in one way or another and has revolutionized marketing. It’s the internet. Some people read the newspaper. Some people read advertisements that come in their snail mail. Some people use the phone book. But the one thing that MOST people do is read information on the internet. And social media is taking the world by storm. People are becoming overnight sensations through the viral potential of the internet. Musical groups like Perpetuum Jazzile are getting more publicity than they ever could have through more traditional routes thanks to YOUTUBE.
While they are an amazing group, the time it would have taken for everyone to hear about them without the internet would have taken so much longer. The same is happening for people everywhere. Remember the JK Wedding Dance Entrance? The internet is bringing the whole world closer. The marketing potential here is amazing, but why are some businesses successful at it and others are not. I am not going to pretend to know all the answers here, but I have made a few interesting observations recently.
A photographer friend shared a link with me recently on the Social Media Revolution, and I found a couple of interesting comments in it that I wanted to share:
Successful companies in social media act more like Dale Carnegie and less like David Ogilvy….Listening first, selling second.
Successful companies in social media act more like party planners, aggregators, and content providers than traditional advertisers.
This seems to be more and more what you see successful companies are doing. It is the whole philosophy of giving first. What is it that Dale Carnegie always said? “If you help enough people get what they want, you will get what you want.” It’s not like it’s reinventing the wheel. Social media is just adding another spoke to the wheel. Same solid principle that successful companies have used for years, only now it’s being applied to social media and has the potential to be viral without even having a lot of capital.
I have been looking at twitter recently and have noticed a lot of businesses seem to flood you with constant advertising. That is a big turn-off. I like the businesses that mention their business and latest news with it but also post inspirational comments sprinkled with a few personal comments so that they feel more human to me and less like an impersonal business. So that is the model that I am trying to follow, not just with places like twitter and facebook but in everything I do with my business. Our business is all about people. I remember in another life when I was sold real estate, one of the first things they taught us is: People do not care what you know until they know that you care.
But how does this apply to social media? It has everything to do with social media. You have the potential of being seen by thousands of potential clients. What are you going to do to set yourself apart from the masses?
Four Must Know Marketing Secrets for Photographers
Post regularly. I recently found an interesting tool (tweetlater) for doing a series of twitter updates that will post when you schedule them. I think for some people this would work well, but personally, I work better with small blocks of time. One thing I have been doing that helps me is that when I come across interesting quotes or have interesting thoughts, I will write them down. It gives me something to pull from when I go to updates my statuses. Other times, I just post right when something comes to me.
Don’t bore your readers/followers: If everything you do is a walking billboard for your business and you are constantly doing it, you are probably boring people. If you share too much information, you are probably boring people. People are busy. Personally, I get bored with people who like to hear themselves talk that much. I’m waiting on them to start telling me whenever they go to the bathroom. Everything you think throughout the day does not need to be posted for everyone else to see. Imagine that you have a certain number of cell phone minutes to use each day. You want to use these up so that you do not lose them, but you do not want to go over, or it will cost you.
Be interesting. Not only share information about your business but share interesting quotes and thoughts. Humanize yourself just a bit to your audience. People like doing business with people who they feel like they know. Problogger agrees with this idea. Find out what they said in “The Power of Being Personal on Your Blog” and how they have done this on their blog. The concept applies in any social media.
Be a giver. Talk about things that benefit people. Sprinkle a few things especially for your readers in what you say, and you will find people being more and more interested in what you have to say.
I think one of the best examples of someone who does all of this right is David Jay. Definitely fan him and follow him on twitter. I was blessed to get on his facebook friends list before he reached 5000, but he does have a fan page, too, now. He also has a twitter profile. David has created a perfect balance of everything I have just stated. He is a giver. He is a kind person. He is not a walking billboard constantly trying to sell me every time he speaks. He makes me feel like I know him. He gives just enough personal information to make you feel like you know him. I like him and have never met him. I have never even spoken with him. If I were looking for something that he offered, he would be the first one on my list. Why? Because I like him, and I feel like I can trust him. He seems like he cares. People like doing business and being friends with someone like this.
Here are a few links that you might find helpful. I will come back later and post more detailed information on the different types of social media and how to use them effectively but wanted to share a few links that I have found especially helpful.
PrissyPoofs that is… We are PrissyPoofs! Two moms on a mission…to help Mother’s in search of upscale dress-up that can successfully (and quite adorably we might add) be worn out of the house to… the Grocery Store, School, Church, or even Dad’s office, without a scene.
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