A few weeks ago I had the chance to do a very quick photo session with Joyce for Thrive Entertainment Guide. Joyce came by the studio decked out in one of her own T-shirt creations showing off the Come Together logo. We had about a five minute quick head shot session and spent the following 30 minutes having a great conversation and getting to know each other.
In that short amount of time I can tell you that I learned for certain that Joyce is an amazing woman and one I hope to get to know and work with much more in the future.
Pick up the June issue of Thrive to see more plus check out this article to learn more about Joyce and this organization/event: http://www.herald-review.com/news/local/article_5c8716a9-afb4-51c6-9a95-8b2a3a617b2d.html
Here is one of my favorite images from our session!
One of my projects last week was some commercial work for Little Barks Pet Products based out of Decatur. Kim, owner of Little Barks, makes beautiful leashes, collars and other pet accessories as well as all natural doggie treats.
Here are some of my favorite images of her awesome products.
Kim was nice enough to give me the doggie treats we used in the photos for my little yorkies, Bear & Lily. Lily is a big fan of the peanut butter treats and Bear loves the frosted cookies!
Above are my commercial rates for 2010. I am excited to start work with local companies now that I am in Decatur, though I am happy to work with companies in other areas (simply mail me your products). For more information or custom quotes please contact me.
Dusting off my commercial boots this week. Tomorrow I am meeting with a local business in Decatur to discuss some of her photography needs, so today I was digging through some of the images I did for Arkansas Valley Feathers/Zucker Feather Company and ran across this one when inspiration hit! Isn’t it funny how an image can be “ordinary” when shot but later when you look again you see something you never noticed before.
I’ll be updating the “commercial” section of sjanephotogaphy.com this week also!
I am proud to announce that I have released my 2010 wedding pricing catalog and it is full of great new items, designs and options for my brides!! Ladies call soon as space is limited in 2010 and it is filling fast!
Plus, don’t worry if you are on a budget or if I am booked for your date! You can get the SJP experience on a budget with my associate program.
Call, email or TEXT me to request your catalog!
(**Remember to include your name, wedding date and email address if you text me!!)
This is just the cover! Call/Email/Text me to look inside!
You can now find us on Twitter and MySpace as well as here on wordpress, facebook and at our home site!!! This is truly a world based in technology as we now have 5 web presences!
I am also excited about being on google maps and in their business directory where you can write a review of our products and services! You can also find special offers and coupons here throughout the year! Keep checking back as the coupons will change.
Through these online resources I intend to connect with my clients in a new way. Photography is a very personal field and I hope to build a relationship with each and every client! PLUS our online pages contain special offers and announcements to keep you up to date on studio updates, new promotions and SAVINGS!!!
This is one image from a recent photoshoot with the beautiful Megan Snow (whom you may recognize as Ms. December from last year’s “Undergrads” swimsuit calendar). This is one image I took some time to play with. Though I have way to much work to do, I needed some photographic time to myself, and it manifested itself in the following image:
The majority of my time from now until the end of the semester will be taken up by my business plan project. For my “Business Management for Photographers” class we must create a complete business plan designed to help us begin our businesses upon graduation. This is a HUGE project so I am enlisting the help of any friendly visitors to my blog!!! I am working hard to find all the information for my plan including everything from market analysis to projected success and MUCH MORE!!!
So if any of YOU know any good sources for information on beginning a photography business, or general business I would greatly appreciate a quick reply with any suggestions. As a photographer (as many of you fellow photographers will relate) my strengths are in the artistic side of the business and not so much in the business side. Because of this, it is important to me that I learn as much as possible about the business side, as of course it take some great business skills to survive and prosper as a professional photographer (especially in today’s world where every soccer mom is a “photographer”).
So I’m locking myself in my office and only coming out for class and work … don’t miss me too much world I’ll be back soon (I hope).
The most recent wordpress update allows polls so here is my first (hopefully of many more to come). My business is for all of you! It is my job to create the images you have dreamed of and I can only do this with your help!
Help me customize your experience with this first poll!
Arkansas Valley Feathers has updated their website with my latest commercial images! You can find a few shown below and view more at: www.zuckerfeather.com.
These are some of my favorite images from a recent session I had with Maureen, who is looking to enter the world of modeling. We spent about 5 hours around downtown Jefferson City and we found some great places to shoot. In fact, we found so many amazing places to shoot downtown that we didn’t even go any where else!! We ended the shoot with over 1000 images and it was almost impossible for me to pick just a few to post here so these are the few I have completed and you will probably see more from Maureen’s shoot very soon!!!
Who says you need a studio to do high key??? This image was taken in front of a dirty white garage door!!
This is my new favorite location in Jefferson City!!!
A little something simple and traditional to supplement the EDGY stuff we did!
This was the second of the two July SJP session give aways.
Here are some of my favorite images from my recent photo shoot for Arkansas Valley Feathers/Zucker Feather Products. These are a few from the children’s portion of the shoot and there will be more to come from the adult portion. These also happen to fit in with my most recent advanced color portrait assignment – high key (white background) children.
Commercial/advertising photography of “Glow” perfume by JLo.
This is the result of my latest advanced studio techniques assignment. The assignment was to build a believable set within the studio environment. I also had the chance to have fun with some of my favorite lightroom presets (and try some new ones).
I have to pick one of these image as my final image to submit (and I can’t decide which one is my favorite) so vote for your favorite! Also, let me know if you like the “tweaked” images or the “originals.”
I had some success at the UCM Photographic Expo Competition this year. I took first place in both the Fashion and Commercial categories with the following images:
“Top Gun” – 1st Place Fashion
“Rough Rider” – 1st Place Commercial
This is an improvement on my 1st and 2nd place wins at last year’s competition. This year most of my focus was on working to organize the show and the two winning entries were printed and mounted at the very last minute. My hope is that next year I will have more time to put more images in the competition and hopefully come out with more wins.
This is the final retouched image I chose to submit for my “glass photography” Advanced Studio assignment. I plan for this image to become the logo for “Chic Weddings,” the wedding division of Sarah Jane Photography.
Since I plan on using this in my wedding publications, I would love any feedback on what you guys think!
Above are my commercial rates for 2010. I am excited to start work with local companies now that I am in Decatur, though I am happy to work with companies in other areas (simply mail me your products). For more information or custom quotes please contact me.
