Photography Project #3
Photography Table
411marketsource | May 2, 2008
Project Idea #3 - Photography Table
I had a friend who did this, and it was gorgeous. She took an old table, painted it and bought a piece of glass cut to fit it. This can actually be done pretty cheaply at a hardware store. She then took lots of old black and white pictures her dad had taken and put them under the glass. It was so beautiful. I can’t remember if she used spacers, but I am thinking that might be a good idea. This could be done with any type of table….and end table, coffee table, foyer table, etc.
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Best Image May 2008 Photo Contest
411marketsource | April 29, 2008
Category: Mommy & Me
That’s right….in honor of Mother’s Day, we want to see images of mommies with their children!
Deadline to enter: May 20, 2008
The Grand Prize winner will receive:
- 3 Month Featured “red dot” Listing for Your City/State
- 3 Month State Banner Space
- Plus Award Winning Photographer Code for Your Website (Your state will be substituted for SC):
Award Winning South Carolina Photographer in Art & Design at 411marketsource
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Contest News
411marketsource | April 29, 2008
We’re going to be doing our next contest a little differently! The upcoming contests will be judged (judges will vary) and the winner will be posted instead of a voting process.
We are looking forward to trying something new and hoping to make our contests even better!
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An Interview with Featured Photographer…..Ruthi David
411marketsource | April 29, 2008
Ruthi is a portrait photographer serving Northern VA and the DC metro area. She is married with three children, who serve as her mostly willing (if bribed) guinea pigs for her always-evolving concept shot ideas. Ruthi’s specialty is natural light portraiture and sunset silhouettes. Over the past year, she has enjoyed shooting political events in the DC area, and has especially enjoyed serving as a volunteer photographer for a presidential campaign. In the coming year, she plans to add a division of women’s “fine art glamour portraiture” to her repertoire, and will also be involved as a member of the photographer’s guild at the Lorton Arts Foundation in Northern Virginia. (image taken by Samara Hutcheson)
How long have you been in business? 2.5 years
Do you have a favorite type of photography? Portraiture/character studies
Share your favorite tip for relaxing subjects and getting great shots during a shoot? With kids I sing theme songs. I ask them their favorite show or movie, and then break into its song. Since I live in a house with a tv and small kids, I guarantee I know them all.
What is your absolute favorite photoshop action in the whole world? I have too many to count. My various black and white actions are probably the most important. I also like Mama Shan’s Powder (http://www.photoshopmama.net/) for smoothing out blotchy skin.
Favorite clothing store? Please tell us why so we will know why we should shop there, too! Anthropologie or Ralph Lauren. I could never choose. Anthropologie has sort of a polished Bohemian flair to a lot of their stuff, but nothing beats Ralph Lauren for beautifully classic style.
Share three things most people do not know about you:
As a kid, I was a state freestyle and butterfly swimmer.
I have ridden on a dolphin’s back.
I ride hunter/jumper horses. Or I did, when I used to have free time.
What is your favorite thing about being a photographer? Working from home, setting my own schedule, and getting the first peek of the card after a great session. I love that feeling where you see a special image for the first time and your heart skips a beat.
What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you at a session?
I fell through a boardwalk. Really. There was a broken board, I was walking backward and didn’t see it, and I fell straight through up to my thighs.
What is your favorite lens? My 85 1.4 without a doubt.
Who is YOUR favorite photographer? Such a cliche, but really, Annie L.
Favorite non photography related item? A computer with internet access. Wait, is that photography-related??
Is Elvis really dead? Define dead?!
Decaf or regular? REGULAR
If you had a million dollars how would you spend it? I would pay off EVERYTHING and be completely debt-free, travel a bit, and do more volunteer/charity work.
Favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird
Show us your most FAVORITE image ever! Oh this is so hard. Favorite EVER? Assuming you mean my favorite image that I took myself, overall probably this one:
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Everett Washington Photographer - Emma Smith of Live Love Laugh Photography and Design
Best Image April 2008 Contest Winner
411marketsource | April 29, 2008
Our category for April was People: Models/Fashion, and here are our winners! Thank you to all who entered! The images were beautiful!
Be sure to check here for the next contest!
Live Love Laugh Photography and Design
Emma Smith of Live Love Laugh Photography and Design is a portrait photographer located in Everett, Washington providing custom portraits, specializing in newborns, children’s, maternity, seniors, families, engagement, wedding and event photography.
Our runners up:
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Emma Smith of Live Love Laugh Photo won with 40.75% of the votes!
The Grand Prize winner will receive:
- 3 Month Featured “red dot” Listing for Your City/State
- 3 Month State Banner Space
- Plus Award Winning Photographer Code for Your Website (Your state will be substituted for SC):
Award Winning South Carolina Photographer in Art & Design at 411marketsource
All Runners Up:
Receive special pricing for a Professional Membership - Professional One-Year Membership $125 ($100 savings).
How to Claim Your Prize
Deadline to claim prize is May 30, 2008.
Grand Prize winner:
Please logon and upload your state banner here (550×100 gif).
Code for the Grand Prize Winner:
<a href=”http://www.411marketsource.com/artanddesign/”> Award Winning Washington Photographer in Art & Design at 411marketsource </a>
Runners-up:
Receive special pricing for a Professional Membership: Professional One-Year Membership $125 ($75 savings). Professional Memberships include banner and “red dot” listings for one year. Please send payment through Paypal to artanddesign@411marketsource.com and wait for an e-mail from me. I will update your account and give you instructions on how to change your listings over to the new membership.
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Upcoming Interview with….Ruthi David!
411marketsource | April 29, 2008
Be sure to check back in the next day or two for our very own interview with Ruthi David! Wait until you see her…she is gorgeous and shares her tip for getting her subjects to relax!
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Photography Vendors - Great News for you!
411marketsource | April 23, 2008
We have added a special resource category on 411marketsource Photographer Resources for FREEBIES! Yep, now you can draw potential clients to your site by letting them try a sample of what you offer (photoshop templates, announcements, actions, forms, proposal letters, etc.). And……in honor of our great new category, we have INCREASED the number of listings you may have for each membership! And….yes, there is more…I know, the mind reels..we’ve also added a link on this blog that will take potential customers straight to that category!
So let’s kick it off with a contest! For the next 30 days, for every freebie listing you post, we will enter you in a drawing for a FREE One Year Professional Membership for our resource site!
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~ Marketing Your Photography Business ~
Focus on Your Current Clients
411marketsource | April 22, 2008
Remember to focus on your current list of clients in your marketing. It costs less to keep a client you already have than to obtain new ones.
Here are a few ways to focus on your current clients:
- Send cards for birthdays and anniversaries. Don’t you just love it when someone remembers your special day? A little extra hand-written note even makes it that much more special.
- Create special thank-you gifts for your clients. Send these separate from their portraits. It makes it just a little more special when it is sent when it may not be expected.
- Have specials….just for your current clients. Have you ever noticed your hair salon offering coupons and specials for NEW customers? As a loyal customer, that is a hard pill to swallow. Remember this when marketing your photography business. It makes them feel like you no longer care about THEIR business….just new clients.
Tell us your favorite marketing tip for keeping current clients! I have a brand new idea coming soon that I hope to be able to share with a template!
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FYI: Please only use this e-mail address to contact us for the next week or two…
411marketsource | April 22, 2008
If you need to contact us, please use the artanddesign@411marketsource.com e-mail address. That is the only one we have access to at this time. After only TWO years, our Gateway motherboard has passed. I must say we are a bit disappointed. For what we paid, we surely expected more than two years of service. Needless to say, we will NOT be buying Gateway this time around…lol
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Confessions of a Photographer - Shooting at High Noon Video
411marketsource | April 16, 2008
It can be a nightmare. Your client can only meet you 1:00 p.m., and you know the lighting will be harsh and cruel. Gotta love those raccoon eyes…lol NOT Let’s take a look and see how photographer Bert Stefani from Belgium handles these conditions.
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Featured Photographer…..James Pauls
411marketsource | April 15, 2008
James Pauls has a 10 year old graphic design/photography business that has morphed into a stock/commercial photography business over the past several years. This is due to the fact that he has a serious case of A.D.D. and gets too easily bored with graphic design - LOL. His design background has been a serious help in developing a productive business which in many ways is a service to designers and the business world. Photography allows James to exercise his creativity and his particular field allows for great variety. He loves working with people and loves capturing life through the lens as he engages in the journey.
James has been married for 21 years to Peggy Jo, and refers to her as an amazing person, mother and an excellent Realtor for Keller Williams Realty. She is also a great help when he does one of his spontaneous shoots and need a reliable assistant or anytime he asks, for that matter.
James and his wife have twin children (boy and girl) who graduated from High School last year and are enrolled in a great pre-college program locally. They are both awesome, artistic and very talented.
His photography equipment of choice is a Canon 5D, favorite lens a Canon 25-105mm or 50mm 1:4 prime lens all carried in a LowePro Vertex 200 AW (with a 20D for backup). Either natural light or strobes (indoor and outdoor) work for him and he loves to experiment and stretch the limits and challenge himself. He is grateful to have 3 great photography assistants who make the experience even better.
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Important: E-mail Problems
411marketsource | April 8, 2008
I just wanted to let you guys know that if you e-mailed anything at all to me today and have not heard back from me, then I did not receive it. We had a glitch in our e-mail today and were not able to receive e-mails today starting around noon and lasting until about 9:00 p.m.
artanddesign@411marketsource.com
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Best Image March 2008 Photography Contest Winners!
411marketsource | April 3, 2008
Our category for March was “Siblings”, and here are our winners! Thank you to all who entered! The images were beautiful!
Be sure to check here for the next contest!
Ms. David specializes in artistic heirloom-quality portraiture that captures the nuances and details of everyday life, and believes that your portraits are an investment in your family’s history.
Our runners up:
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Ruthi David Photography won with 41.37% of the votes!
The Grand Prize winner will receive:
- 3 Month Featured “red dot” Listing for Your City/State
- 3 Month State Banner Space
- Plus Award Winning Photographer Code for Your Website (Your state will be substituted for SC):
Award Winning South Carolina Photographer in Art & Design at 411marketsource
All Runners Up:
Receive special pricing for a Professional Membership - Professional One-Year Membership $125 ($100 savings).
How to Claim Your Prize
Deadline to claim prize is April 30, 2008.
Grand Prize winner:
Please logon and upload your state banner here (550×100 gif).
Code for the Grand Prize Winner:
<a href=”http://www.411marketsource.com/artanddesign/”> Award Winning Virginia Photographer in Art & Design at 411marketsource </a>
Runners-up:
Receive special pricing for a Professional Membership: Professional One-Year Membership $125 ($75 savings). Professional Memberships include banner and “red dot” listings for one year. Please send payment through Paypal to artanddesign@411marketsource.com and wait for an e-mail from me. I will update your account and give you instructions on how to change your listings over to the new membership.
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It’s Time to Vote!
Best Image March 2008 Photo Contest
411marketsource | March 29, 2008
We have posted the finalists! Now, it’s all up to you! Come help us choose the winner!
Vote Here - Best Image March 2008 Photo Contest
Thank you for all the wonderful entries! Here are the finalists!
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Latest Voting Update (3/31/08):
| 1 | 16.25% | |
| 2 | 12.81% | |
| 3 | 6.56% | |
| 4 | 16.56% | |
| 5 | 42.50% | |
| 6 | 5.31% | |
| Total | 100% |
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Woohoo! New Look and Great Exposure Opportunity!
411marketsource | March 19, 2008
We are redesigning our site and being the black and white photographer that I am, need some color images! LOL
We are currently working on our header banners (check it out), but we may also be making more changes and need images for future changes, too.
If you would like to be featured on our blog as a contributing photographer, please submit up to 10 color images. If we choose your image at any time to use on 411marketsource, we will feature you on our blog as a contributing photographer.
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