1/19/12

Brrrrrrrr, New Studio

I'm not getting much done outside as far as photos go.....it's way too cold out for me!  Ten degrees is not a temperature I want to visit often.  So I've been working on my new make shift home grown studio inside!  The space in my living room is available now, but what I'm needing is the background color!  I have one light set up so far, need to get the other one from the garage, my make shift light stand (an old lampstand) is incredibly stunning, kidding of course!  I have two reflectors, one white board from Walmart, one silver from NY Institute of Photography.  It's an ongoing project, but at least I've started.  I chose the corner between two windows because of the natural lighting it will have on those wonderful days of sunshine, natural is always better than man made from what I've been told.  We shall see!

For the next few weeks I will be testing out the lighting.  I'm going to use an egg, a white egg.  I only have brown ones, so I guess I'll be heading to the store.  Since it's so cold out, I think I'll ask my husband if he can stop on his way home from work to get me some nice large white eggs!  It will be fun learning how the lighting works out on my new subject ~ egg man!  I can probably use a piece of canvas to filter some of my home made lighting!  I'm interested to find out how it works out!  I'll have to post the results!  :)

Here are some photos of the beginning of my home studio:



All I need now is another light, a chair of some sort and people, lol!  I have people coming next weekend.  I'm looking forward to it!

1/10/12

First Photo Shoot of the 2012 Year

I got a great job offer the other day for a CD cover for an up and coming new star!!!!!  Dave who is blind has been singing Country music for the Lakes Region for many years and now wants to do a CD!  He is totally awesome btw, Allan Jackson songs and many others......!  We will be shooting for the cover soon, I'm excited about it!  His director wants to have him riding a horse in the snow in his Country attire... snow is coming Thursday to this great Lakes Region area, 6-10" yeah, so maybe next week.  Soon!

1/6/12

Business Cards

I finally received my new business cards the other day, but was too busy to blog about them.  I had a whole different thought as you can read earlier about what it was going to look like.  Oh well, I am please with these and they were free from Vistaprint with only shipping and handling to pay.  Not bad for 250 business cards that are professional and good looking.  I like the fresh look about these ~ love, love, love having a thank you on the back too.



I gave my first business card to my husband.  He has lots of connections in one of our best tourist towns around.  He's a snack vendor in the towns on the lake nearby.  Having lots of stores in lots of towns makes him a great connection for me.  I'm hoping I'll have to give him some more.  :)

Cyrious Calendar

I made a calendar today for my mother-in-law.  Maybe I'll get more organized someday, but today I mixed up the April and May photos.  I personalized it for her and put up flowers instead of snow because she's not a big fan of winter.  My next assignment for myself is to get some index cards to organize my photo box into seasons, scenes, horizontal, vertical and what ever else I need to.  It will totally help in the moment of making a card or calendar.  Time costs money in your own business, so I need to be much more efficient with it. 

This is the front of the calendar.



And this is the back of it with my new business card on it. 






I'm going to do the back differently soon, but for now this will work!