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I look for interesting details of the wedding market and report on them here. I have traveled the country this year speaking with many photographers about everything from workflow to marketing... Everyone I met was willing to participate in a meaningful way to the discussion of market trends. That showed me that you are all very passionate about the business of wedding photography! I will continue to report on trends here as I see them come up in the industry. Please bookmark my blog, pass it around to friends and of course comment on what you find here! Thanks for visiting my blog, I appreciate your time! Putting together a new blog over at http://jbrides.wordpress.com/ so will be slowly transitioning to that!

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Tip of the Week #4 : Custom Sign in book for Weddings.

How do you make more money off your weddings?

Sell your clients more products! Yes, sell...they want you too and you should be! I know photographers who are supplementing their wedding photography income with invitations, frames and custom sign in books. Below is an image you can grab to make a custom sign in book. I have used it with Pictage's 7x7 proof book and it worked well. The idea is to put an image from the engagement session on one side and this image on the other...and so on.

This might be just the thing that separates you from your competition!

Feel free to grab the image and put it to use for your business...

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

OK...my mom sent me this on Slate!

If you have a few minutes there are some pretty funny articles in this issue.
I particularly liked the one on Traditional Photography! :)

Thanks Mom!

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

The New York Times : Is This Any Way to Treat Vera Wang



Trash The Dress has gone mainstream! NYT reported on the growing trend today featuring one of Alt F's images...and many more in the slideshow.

I really like what del Sol pulled off with their mayan trash the dress couple in Mexico. You can see the video on Cut Frame of that shoot below:




Friday, June 08, 2007

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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Elevate with Garrett and Joy

So much fun to find this video and see all the amazing people that made it to Elevate! Sorry I missed it and will certainly be looking forward to getting down to the next one!! Go Garrett...






Tip of the Week #3 : Business Cards

So for this weeks tip I have decided to let you in on a bit of my work flow for keeping track of other vendors information from a wedding. I simply shoot the business cards as they are handed to me and then throw them in a folder with the wedding. If I ever forget the name of the vendor I can always go back to the wedding.

BTW...KC of Vox DJ's was great! One of the best I have worked with in a while!





So for this weeks tip I have decided to let you in on a bit of my work flow for keeping track of other vendors information from a wedding. I simply shoot the business cards as they are handed to me and then throw them in a folder with the wedding. If I ever forget the name of the vendor I can always go back to the wedding.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Emilie Sommer : Photojournalist

Yesterday Em received a call from a local reporter doing a story on young professionals in the Portland area. About an hour later the crew was at the house to shoot the segment. Destin and Dakota made guest appearances too! So proud of you sweets!
Click on the pic or the banner to see the video!


A little more info on EM'S BLOG.

Monday, June 04, 2007

Old, New, Borrowed, Green?

A recent trend in society has been showing up and becoming more popular in the wedding industry--- Green Weddings. "Every day, about 6,000 couples tie the knot in the US, and some of them are taking the opportunity to say "I Do" to eco-friendly values. " Check out the article and links to green resources.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Fun New liveBooks Site


CHRIS+LYNN PHOTOGRAPHERS went live with a new site through liveBooks. This was the customization they had asked for and I think it turned out pretty cool!

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Code Name : Surface, TED, Milan

This is some amazing innovation for our industry...can you imagine an album designer on this platform! :)

If you think is something that will affect our industry leave a comment on how!?