Twilight, Jimi Hendrix, Grey’s Anatomy & Will Austin…

August 25, 2009 By 1 Comment

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Today I have decided that some of the most creative things that inspire me or move me (or just simply entertain me) have Seattle, WA involved. Which for a split second made me think about moving to Seattle. Then I remembered it rains there. A lot. And I live in sunny southern California where within an hour I can go to the beach, the mountains, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Disneyland, Beverly Hills… ok, I’ll stop bragging now.

Today’s post isn’t really about me anyways. It’s about one of our clients: Will Austin.

I was so excited when Will called last week and shared his big news:  six of his photos were chosen for use as desktop wallpaper backgrounds for Windows 7!

Will says, “Working with the Microsoft team was a great experience, and I am so honored to be able to contribute my photos to their project.”

You can find more information on Will, his work and even how you can purchase a limited edition print on his website: WillAustin.com. For now, we’ll post below the 6 images that Microsoft chose for you to check out. Again, congratulations Will and thanks for sharing your exciting news with Fotoworks Pro!

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I hope you all are enjoying the remnants of summer and gearing up for a fabulous fall. Don’t forget to enter our fishy face contest! Details are posted in Saturday’s entry below!

All the best,

Katie

Filed Under: Photographer Spotlight

We wish you a merry August… HUH?

August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Yes, August isn’t even over yet and already the holiday card hounds are out. SAHM’s are wanting to get their envelopes addressed and out of the way early (that’s Stay At Home Mom’s for you not keen on the mommy blog lingo) and photographers are booking family shoots for the usual holiday card photo like crazy.

Fotoworks Pro offers our own greeting card design and print services for those photographers who could use a little less work during the holiday season. All of our designs are posted on our website  www.ProGreetingCards.com so that your client can view the possibilities without seeing any of our pricing. :-D We thought you’d like that.

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So, send your clients over to our site, have them pick out their template – then, send me an e-mail with the template name, the image(s), and the wording they want on their card. We design and send you back a proof you can then forward to your client. Once it’s a “go” we print, box and ship them to you or straight to your client.

PRICING: includes design, proof, 5×7 single-sided photographic cards, white envelopes & gorgeous greeting card box packaging (clear lids).

20-49  $1.43 each

50+  $1.29 each

75+  $1.21 each

100+ $1.14 each

150+ $1.07 each

200+ $0.95 each

Can’t wait to see what beautiful images you send our way this year to design cards with. Last year I was blown away by the tremendous talent I saw coming through on the holiday card orders. Some of ya’ll really know how to make a family portrait pop!

Just for fun, here’s a glimpse at the portrait (taken by my lovely tripod) I used for my Christmas Cards last year. Isn’t my boyfriend Jon a great sport for putting up with me?

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Looking forward to the next 4 months of holiday cheer with you!

Katie

Filed Under: Fotoworks Services, Productivity

Another Night of Me & My Pillow, Talk Talk Talk…

August 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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It’s the weekend, but I wanted to throw a few small bits of information out there.

1) The hours between 6 a.m. and noon on a Saturday are the deepest sleep I get all week.

2) If you book a hotel room for a boudoir shoot and ask for a “handicap accessible room” it’s MUCH bigger, the same price and will give you a lot more room to shoot in. But make sure you’re not booking their last handicap accessible room. Unless you’re handicapped. Then it’s cool.

3) At Target they sell these weird little snap/elastic contraptions that you fit to the corners of your fitted sheet and keep it from coming off. I just about cried when I found them and bought them and applied them to my bed. Sheer happiness for this girl who kick boxes so much in her sleep that her sheets were NEVER still on in the morning when she woke up.

And now, just one more quick image of the fabulous hotel room at the NEW Sheraton in Anaheim, CA (the one farther from Disneyland, not closer). I booked a room for some shoots the other night and man if that bed wasn’t one I wanted to drag home with me.

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Don’t you just want to crawl right in? Oh gosh, I do!!!

Back at work tomorrow, see you all then!

Katie

P.S. Website of the Day is The Sleep Journal

Filed Under: Misc, Tips and Tricks

Fishy Face Contest

August 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Simply because I am the most hard core connoisseur of fishy faces ever -  it’s time for another fun photo contest for our photographers. We always have so much fun seeing all the entries that come in for these things.

E-mail me your best FISHY FACE photo – it can be of you, your kids, your clients, whatever you want as long as you own the rights to it! We’ll sit down and judge based on our line of extremely objective guidelines (not) and pick a winner. The winner of the FISHY FACE contest will win a $20 credit they can use on a Fotoworks Pro ROES order as well as a $20 credit they can give to any fellow photographer they want! Win a little something for yourself and for a friend.

E-mail your image to katie@fotoworkspro.com before Friday August 28 at 3:00 p.m. to be entered.

Kisses & Fishes,

Katie

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Lenovo Think Pad

August 21, 2009 By 1 Comment

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Woah, ok. Day 2. 39 more to go. Blogging is hard! Good job, big kudos and cheers to all you who keep your blogs up to date. It is kinda harder than it sounds. But today I got uber excited about a new product and wanted to share it with you. Yes, the cookies in the photo look yummy, but that’s not what I’ll be telling you about. Those are just a nod to the fabulous Bakerella – since her site is our Website of the Day. Warning: Do not check out her blog on an empty stomach. GROWL!

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It doesn’t look like much – definitely not as fabulously stylish as something you’d pick up at an Apple store – but this little baby is geared towards YOU! And just might be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time! Built with professional photographers in mind, this laptop features a widescreen, fast processing, huge memory, integrated screen calibrator and mini Wacom tablet plus both SD and CompactFlash card slots – features that will make your workload easier. I’m a Mac addict and even I’m thinking about checking it out! You can find out more details about this Lenovo Thinkpad W700 Here!

I was floored by the idea of an in-computer color calibration system… but then I jumped for joy when I read about the compact flash readers built-in. What do you think?

All the best,

Katie

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