Monday, December 29, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Facebook Photos!
I have to admit after a lot of resisting on my part I have fully become addicted to Facebook. One of the things I like best about it is getting to "see" my clients that I haven't met face to face yet since they live out of state and, of course, looking through everyone's photos. And I'm tickled when people put their wedding pictures on their Facebook pages for everyone to see. I had a recent client email me recently telling me that while she would like to put more pictures from her wedding on Facebook but that "It takes forever for them to upload".
Here's a simple explanation to that problem. The files that you get from your wedding coverage are huuuuuuuuge files. They are intended for printing out to a photo, not for web use. The photos you see on the web are actually low resolution so they don't take up as much space on web servers. That's why when you try to print out a photo from the web it looks pixilated and icky. When you try and upload those huge files to Facebook, it has to render them to smaller files; hence the long upload time.
If you would like web sized versions of your wedding photos so you can put them on Facebook or your own blogs with ease, I am happy to provide that for you. I won't put my logo or anything like that on them because that's just not how I roll, but you could, oh...do something nice like rant and rave about how great I am and link to my website :) THAT is how I roll, shameless self promotion.
If you'd like a low res copy of your files just email me an I'll pop a disk in the mail for you.
Happy Holidays!
I have to admit after a lot of resisting on my part I have fully become addicted to Facebook. One of the things I like best about it is getting to "see" my clients that I haven't met face to face yet since they live out of state and, of course, looking through everyone's photos. And I'm tickled when people put their wedding pictures on their Facebook pages for everyone to see. I had a recent client email me recently telling me that while she would like to put more pictures from her wedding on Facebook but that "It takes forever for them to upload".
Here's a simple explanation to that problem. The files that you get from your wedding coverage are huuuuuuuuge files. They are intended for printing out to a photo, not for web use. The photos you see on the web are actually low resolution so they don't take up as much space on web servers. That's why when you try to print out a photo from the web it looks pixilated and icky. When you try and upload those huge files to Facebook, it has to render them to smaller files; hence the long upload time.
If you would like web sized versions of your wedding photos so you can put them on Facebook or your own blogs with ease, I am happy to provide that for you. I won't put my logo or anything like that on them because that's just not how I roll, but you could, oh...do something nice like rant and rave about how great I am and link to my website :) THAT is how I roll, shameless self promotion.
If you'd like a low res copy of your files just email me an I'll pop a disk in the mail for you.
Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Jared and Kelli's Wedding Featured in Milwaukee Magazine
I think I've had the latest Milwaukee Magazine sitting on my counter for about two weeks, so imagine my surprise while slurping my Tomato Soup with my kids for lunch on a blustery day I came across this article! I knew Milwaukee Mag was doing a piece on them because they asked me for the pictures, but I had kind of forgotten about it. When I came across the article I said "Hey, I know them!" and then "Hey, I took those pictures!" My kids think I am dork and were spectacularly unimpressed. In their minds, me learning to play Rock Band would be a much more marketable skill.
I think I've had the latest Milwaukee Magazine sitting on my counter for about two weeks, so imagine my surprise while slurping my Tomato Soup with my kids for lunch on a blustery day I came across this article! I knew Milwaukee Mag was doing a piece on them because they asked me for the pictures, but I had kind of forgotten about it. When I came across the article I said "Hey, I know them!" and then "Hey, I took those pictures!" My kids think I am dork and were spectacularly unimpressed. In their minds, me learning to play Rock Band would be a much more marketable skill.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Emily and Chad's E-sign in book!
I just mailed out Emily and Chad's engagement sign in book and I thought I'd show you all a few pages!
An engagement sign in book is used at your wedding for your guests to sign in and leave you a message. This creates a keepsake for you rather than just a bland sign in book. The book contains pictures from you engagement session arranged with some negative space so there is plenty of room for notes and names.
I blogged about Emily and Chad's session HERE, and what is fun about their book is they added fun facts about themselves in the photos. I'm betting Emily and Chad's friends and family will really get a kick out of this book!
The book has flexible pages very similar to a yearbook and a hard cover. If you are interested in adding this to your package or purchasing it ala carte, here's the info:
E-session alone $250
Sign in book alone $250
Session and book (discounted!) $400
I just mailed out Emily and Chad's engagement sign in book and I thought I'd show you all a few pages!
An engagement sign in book is used at your wedding for your guests to sign in and leave you a message. This creates a keepsake for you rather than just a bland sign in book. The book contains pictures from you engagement session arranged with some negative space so there is plenty of room for notes and names.
I blogged about Emily and Chad's session HERE, and what is fun about their book is they added fun facts about themselves in the photos. I'm betting Emily and Chad's friends and family will really get a kick out of this book!
The book has flexible pages very similar to a yearbook and a hard cover. If you are interested in adding this to your package or purchasing it ala carte, here's the info:
E-session alone $250
Sign in book alone $250
Session and book (discounted!) $400
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
A different kind of bridal show!
Hate those huge bridal fairs that herd you through like cattle? Me too...which is why I don't do them anymore. If you are looking for ideas and vendors, please come by the Bridal Show and Tell.
Come check out the not so conventional wedding expo at the Milwaukee County Zoo’s Peck Center. Where we offer a more relaxed, fun and informative environment to help brides get ready for their big day.
We have standard booths available to various vendors, such as florists, caterers, Spas, Make-up Artists, bridal shops, DJ’s. You name it they will be there. Vendors are also offered to give 30 minute interactive workshops to inform brides about those endless questions they may have about that infamous day.
The O2M Wedding Show & Tell will offer various types of live music as well as a fashion show. You not only have the opportunity to meet different vendors, but see and hear their work first hand.
This is a fun and interactive way to do some non-stop shopping for the newly engaged in a stress-free environment. Walk away with more then a pamphlet or brochure. Fashion show, vacation giveaway, Show & Tells and much more.
Tickets: $5 in advance or $7 at the door
Hate those huge bridal fairs that herd you through like cattle? Me too...which is why I don't do them anymore. If you are looking for ideas and vendors, please come by the Bridal Show and Tell.
Come check out the not so conventional wedding expo at the Milwaukee County Zoo’s Peck Center. Where we offer a more relaxed, fun and informative environment to help brides get ready for their big day.
We have standard booths available to various vendors, such as florists, caterers, Spas, Make-up Artists, bridal shops, DJ’s. You name it they will be there. Vendors are also offered to give 30 minute interactive workshops to inform brides about those endless questions they may have about that infamous day.
The O2M Wedding Show & Tell will offer various types of live music as well as a fashion show. You not only have the opportunity to meet different vendors, but see and hear their work first hand.
This is a fun and interactive way to do some non-stop shopping for the newly engaged in a stress-free environment. Walk away with more then a pamphlet or brochure. Fashion show, vacation giveaway, Show & Tells and much more.
Tickets: $5 in advance or $7 at the door
Monday, December 08, 2008
Meredith and Andrew, November 29 2008
Wedding and Reception: Union League Club, Chicago
This is my third wedding that I have had the privilege to photograph for this awesome family. The wedding was beautiful, Meredith was radiant and I have the best job in the world that I get to see families celebrating again and again. Congratulations Meredith and Andrew, much luck and love in your life together in New York.
Click here for the link to the slideshow with music, or click out of your reader if you cannot view it on the blog!
Wedding and Reception: Union League Club, Chicago
This is my third wedding that I have had the privilege to photograph for this awesome family. The wedding was beautiful, Meredith was radiant and I have the best job in the world that I get to see families celebrating again and again. Congratulations Meredith and Andrew, much luck and love in your life together in New York.
Click here for the link to the slideshow with music, or click out of your reader if you cannot view it on the blog!
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Ahhhh-Laska!
Common questions asked of me about Alaska
Why are you going there in November?! Wedding photographers don't live life like the rest of the world. We work on week ends when everyone else is off and we have to travel when we don't have a wedding. Generally that is in the months that there are not as many weddings. Case in point, I shot 9 weddings in August and 1 in November. So we get while the gettin' is good, so to speak.
Where did you go? Well this is an interesting question. I went...to the Matanuska Valley, more specifically Palmer and Wasilla. Yes, that Wasilla.
Did you see Sarah Palin? No. And strangely enough, this trip was planned before she got the nod for potential VP. So I learned very quickly to say that I was going to be staying "Just outside Anchorage" because it was the number one question people asked me. I cannot even imagine how annoying it was to live there during that time. And for the record, I saw her house which is a non-descript brown two story. I'm told she is often spotted at the local Wal Mart.
Was it cold? The temperature was just about the same as it was here. The difference was mostly that the sun did not fully rise until 10AM and it was dark around 4PM, just like here. And since I was on vacation I slept until 9AM pretty much every day, so who cares!
Did you see Moose? I did, on the first day there. I did not have my camera ready and I was too enthralled to try and dig it out. He was cute, and my friend Missy said he was "just a little guy" but he looked ginormous to me.
What did you like best? Well, besides having time to spend with my awesome friend and her family I loved how rugged it was there. I loved seeing mountains all the time. They have a very different mindset there, much less materialistic than it is here. They lament when a new "box store" such as Target moves in because it usurps mom and pop shops, yet getting anything shipped there is either very expensive or cannot even be shipped. It's like a very small town in a VERY big state. I will tell you honestly that if not for the mountains Anchorage looked a lot like Racine to me and that is the largest city in Alaska.
Funny things I learned Cars are called "Rigs". And if you have ever made fun of people who drive SUV's you understand that in this place, they actually make sense. The roads have grooves in them from tire chains. There is literally one road in and out of Anchorage, and it's fourlanes and if it snows or avalances then you don't go anywhere. When I was driving to Girdwood with Missy I said "Wow, this is pretty remote" and she said "Not really. There is a road here. Anything with a road is not really considered remote"
Going outside This is a phrase used if you go to the "lower 48". Such as the statement that was uttered to Missy by a waitress who knew her "You look like you have a bit of color. Did you go outside?"
Reindeer Sausage
Tastes like Kielbasa
Common questions asked of me about Alaska
Why are you going there in November?! Wedding photographers don't live life like the rest of the world. We work on week ends when everyone else is off and we have to travel when we don't have a wedding. Generally that is in the months that there are not as many weddings. Case in point, I shot 9 weddings in August and 1 in November. So we get while the gettin' is good, so to speak.
Where did you go? Well this is an interesting question. I went...to the Matanuska Valley, more specifically Palmer and Wasilla. Yes, that Wasilla.
Did you see Sarah Palin? No. And strangely enough, this trip was planned before she got the nod for potential VP. So I learned very quickly to say that I was going to be staying "Just outside Anchorage" because it was the number one question people asked me. I cannot even imagine how annoying it was to live there during that time. And for the record, I saw her house which is a non-descript brown two story. I'm told she is often spotted at the local Wal Mart.
Was it cold? The temperature was just about the same as it was here. The difference was mostly that the sun did not fully rise until 10AM and it was dark around 4PM, just like here. And since I was on vacation I slept until 9AM pretty much every day, so who cares!
Did you see Moose? I did, on the first day there. I did not have my camera ready and I was too enthralled to try and dig it out. He was cute, and my friend Missy said he was "just a little guy" but he looked ginormous to me.
What did you like best? Well, besides having time to spend with my awesome friend and her family I loved how rugged it was there. I loved seeing mountains all the time. They have a very different mindset there, much less materialistic than it is here. They lament when a new "box store" such as Target moves in because it usurps mom and pop shops, yet getting anything shipped there is either very expensive or cannot even be shipped. It's like a very small town in a VERY big state. I will tell you honestly that if not for the mountains Anchorage looked a lot like Racine to me and that is the largest city in Alaska.
Funny things I learned Cars are called "Rigs". And if you have ever made fun of people who drive SUV's you understand that in this place, they actually make sense. The roads have grooves in them from tire chains. There is literally one road in and out of Anchorage, and it's fourlanes and if it snows or avalances then you don't go anywhere. When I was driving to Girdwood with Missy I said "Wow, this is pretty remote" and she said "Not really. There is a road here. Anything with a road is not really considered remote"
Going outside This is a phrase used if you go to the "lower 48". Such as the statement that was uttered to Missy by a waitress who knew her "You look like you have a bit of color. Did you go outside?"
Reindeer Sausage
Tastes like Kielbasa
Erin and Andy
Wedding : Zion Episcopal Oconomowoc
Reception: Milwaukee Athletic Club
Thanks to Erin and Andy for being patient while I was out of town! I loved working with Erin and Andy from start to finish, and I pretty much wanted to be adopted by their family by the time I was done shooting their wedding. What a fun crowd, what an awesome wedding. Congratulations to you both!
View their wedding slide show with music by clicking here. Or enjoy it on the blog!
Wedding : Zion Episcopal Oconomowoc
Reception: Milwaukee Athletic Club
Thanks to Erin and Andy for being patient while I was out of town! I loved working with Erin and Andy from start to finish, and I pretty much wanted to be adopted by their family by the time I was done shooting their wedding. What a fun crowd, what an awesome wedding. Congratulations to you both!
View their wedding slide show with music by clicking here. Or enjoy it on the blog!
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