Project: Klimes Fall Photos

Client: Britney & Aaron Klimes
Service: Couple Photography
Date: October 2012
Completion: Ongoing (Seasonal)
Referred by: Britney Klimes

A couple of my best friends were married this past June and this was their first shoot since their wedding. I was so honored to do this for them! Being as much of a Pinterest-freak as myself, Britney saw a pin about a married couple taking pictures in each season during their first year of marriage. Well, this was the start of it! I can't wait until Spring!

Just a few of my faves....

Positive: We are all comfortable with each other, so it was easy to take the pictures. 

Negatives: I'm not as familiar with my camera as I'd like to be. Especially with the motion-capturing part....

Biggest Lesson Learned: External flash and reflector will be my next purchase.

Project: Salon Artist Suites' Shelf Toppers

Client: Diane Lorang with Salon Artist Suites
Service: Graphic Design
Date: September 2012
Completion: TBA
Referred by: Casey Swanson

Last year sometime, Casey was in touch with a lady who needed to have her business' logo vectorized for further use. After receiving payment, I didn't think that I'd be hearing from her again. Boy, was I wrong... and delightfully so! Once numbers were traded, she contacted me about making up some shelf toppers for her hair and body products that she's produced. Why would I say no!? We had a meeting and she handed me a stack of papers and I went to work. We just had another meeting yesterday and she loved the results! What do you think?

3.5 x 5

My thought is to put these in simple, plastic picture frames (the L-shaped ones) and have her actually attached the bottom of each one underneath the shelf, instead of sitting on the shelf. I'm very excited for this project! ^_^


Positives: Simple, clean design.
Negatives: Getting past the handwritten notes. 
Biggest Lesson Learned: Never loose contact information from past clients. If they like your work, they will come back for more.

Another session down, 2 more to go!

Halfway point through the twins' Senior Pictures.... which got me thinking.

I'm giving them... quite a bit. 4 total sessions (2 separate, 2 together).... printing rights... etc. I'm thinking that I need to come up with package ideas and prices if I'm going to keep this up. As of now, I've been going with the flow... kind of just tossing out what I think is a reasonable price. So... basically, cheap. Guess I know what I'm doing on my next day off. Invoice and package brainstorming.

Suggestions?

So, I've had a family session since I started this post... And I have another 2 planned. As much as I'm wanting to have print design be my main focus... it's not turning out that way, is it? Hm... more thinking.

Need to get back to editing. Hope everyone is doing well and thank you for visiting! ^_^



G'night!