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There’s something about gym lighting. 1) There’s never enough of it, 2) It’s never _quite_ fluorescent tone green (which cameras have a preset for… but there’s no fluorescent tube that color either).
Concert went well, about 1.5 hours. Only took about 150 frames. Might have an idea for velcroing strobes to their carpet walls for tomorrow, need to see about finding where my velcro went. Tape doesn’t work.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.
I spent the evening with a wonderful family, 27 plates were served up of excellent food and then about 2 hours of group and individual portraits followed.
Images from the event will be online in a little under 2 weeks.
While November is now booked up the first week of December is still in time to get Christmas cards photographed, printed, and sent out to your friends before Christmas day itself.
The second week of December is even still in time to get prints made to give as gifts. Remember that if you’ve just started a family your parents are going to want to have a framed 8×10 somewhere in their house!
Hyak Photography has partnered with Sheep’s Clothing, located near Costco, next to Tony Roma’s on Gage Blvd. Check out their website, Shop With The Sheep as we are producing several thousand product images for the online store. Stop by for all of your yarn and yarn accessory needs, or to pick up Hyak Photography coupons.
As part of this partnership we will also be doing occasional photo shoots at the Sheep’s Clothing location to showcase customer creations created using their products.
Several new partnerships will be announced in the following months. If you are the owner or manager of a local small business and would be interested in partnering with Hyak Photography on either a one-time or ongoing basis please feel free to contact me. Some of the many options include photographic coverage of events, mobile portrait studio setups (including on-site printing), joint advertising campaigns, or discounted photography services in exchange for promotion.
Nearly every photographer has weighed in on this subject at one time or another. I’m not going to add my two cents right now, but since I did get married recently I may at some point. Instead, I am going to send you to someone else that just went and asked a number of wedding photographers that question, and a number of related ones, sorted through their answers and posted it in a cohesive format.
Hiring a Wedding Photographer | Mydeejay.com
Included topics are photographer style (primarily photojournalistic vs. traditional), personality matching with the couple, film vs. digital, budgets, engagement sessions, etc. The article then ends with a list of questions you should ask a wedding photographer. I’m going to put a post break here and answer that list for myself after it. Read the rest of this entry »
My wife and I have just finished working out the layout of our Christmas cards, we went with a simple traditional design with 3 photos in a 4×8 inch photo card.
peace unto you
We ended up ordering 50, and included photos from our wedding and the honeymoon in Australia, can’t go wrong with kangaroos!
If you and your family are looking to send out photo christmas cards you’ll need to call schedule your photo session with enough time to spare to send the cards out. I try to process images as fast as I can, but it may take up to 2 weeks after the photo session for the cards to arrive without placing a rush order. If you are sending out in time for Christmas, the first week of December would be the absolute latest time to schedule your session.
You can pick out your template ahead of time at pickyourholidaycard.com or view my printed samples of some of the most popular 4×8 and 5×7 flat card sizes before or after your photo session. Cards with envelopes start as low as $1 each.
While most won’t notice that the site is new, since it looks almost exactly the same… the site is new. This is part of the kick-off of the fall promotional push that includes the new in-home focus. It’s about a week turnaround time plus shipping on photo Chrismas/Hanukkah/Holidays cards so there’s about 6 weeks left to get those done. Templates are at http://www.pickyourholidaycard.com/ and samples will be here next week.
Stop by the Tri-Cities Women’s Expo, the Bzen Solutions booth has a raffle to win a free portrait session including a free 11×14 print. They also have some discount cards to hand out that are worth picking up.
The in-home aspect of what I offer is now my new focus. My studio has always primarily consisted of lightweight gear, most of which goes in bags that sling over my back. I’ve paid a hideous premium for my Bogen ultra compact (19″ collapsed!) lightstands. Half of my umbrellas are double-folds. My entire backdrop support system is one of the bags that sling across my back. A lot of my best children’s work has been in people’s homes already.
Moving completely to this has a lot of upsides, both for my and for my clients. For me there’s no studio rental overhead. For clients I don’t have to pass studio rental overhead on. (I still have the option to use a local studio, if clients so desire). But, really, that’s not the biggest thing. Children are more comfortable at home. My wife likes to tell the story of pair that raided their play chest and came out in dozens of costumes, wanting photos in each and every one.
New Images from November Photo Shoots
November 30th, 2009November has been a busy month, although as some of it has been gearing up for a spring ad campaign it’s been partly self-inflicted.
Some of the interesting images from shoots that are in the editing phase right now:
Above: Portrait of a Soldier: Actually from a Thanksgiving portrait session, his expression just caught me.
Above: Taking Brazil by Storm: A chef setting out to make a name for himself and his pastry in Brazil.
Above: Almost time: Due today, shot last week. An absolutely wonderful mother and family.
There will be some more images added to the portfolio and also some new galleries from each of those shoots to wander through in the coming week.
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