A few days ago we showed you our office. That created a few more questions lol. David wrote ” what is the picture in the corner it’s pretty small”. It is a 5×7 tintype of a brides wedding shoes. Wet platers also call these ferrotype’s because they are a positive image on tin or similar metal. If these were a negative and done on glass they would be called an ambrotype. A small known fact is that ambrotype comes from the greek ambrotos which means immortal. I surely feel that when looking at old collodion wet plate images. They have an enduring.. timeless quality. The process dates back to the 1860′s. We used a lense that dates back to 1908 for an authentic petzval look. You can see the video of the collodion wet plate process here. This is available to current and old brides as well. You can drop off your wedding day details to the studio to have them taken in this process. If you are interested give us a call and we can discuss.
Head on over to the Landlocked Bride and check out Tuesday Shoesday. You can see Jeanna bridesmaids shoes. We haven’t shared this wedding but aren’t these shoes sweet. Brit is always cooking up some inspiration and wedding ideas for the bride in the midwest. Also make sure and leave her some support she is getting married this weekend. Brit we know you are going to have the time of you life. Enjoy it.
I want to first off say that we try and get back to everyone who emails us, but with clients coming first, we can’t always get to everyone. I am guessing that there really is no way to say this that will sound good. So I will just say it. We get so many emails from photographers, sometimes its very hard to get back to everyone in a timely manner. It can get awkward too sometimes. Running into someone you were unable to get back to, and now you are at a photography function. It’s an awful feeling. If we had enough hours in the day it wouldn’t happen. So please don’t hate us. In an effort to help out with this we try and answer questions with blog posts as we can.
We get asked this question a lot . Tyler asked ” I am setting up my photography office very soon and I was wondering what your workspace looks like. Also were there any considerations I should think of”.
We have the studio which we do shoots at and consultations, but for the everyday work this is our place. As you can tell we are a Mac Family at some point we will probably get one for our dog:)
Considerations:
1. Keep the walls a neutral color. You don’t want any color casts when you are doing your editing. You don’t want to get caught making adjustments you don’t need to.
2. Make sure you have good chairs. You are going to spend a lot of time in front of the computer. We went around to a lot of places and actually sat in the chairs to make sure they were good for our body. Don’t just buy something off the internet and don’t skimp on your chair.
3. Since we have a studio we rotate the work on the walls from the studio and office. Make sure to display things that inspire you, artwork, paintings, work you love or want to do more of.
4. If you are not using two monitors do it. I am working in photoshop so much that it is a lifesaver to have another monitor just for my pallets. I have a 30 inch main and 23 inch.
Andy & I spend a lot of time figuring out ways to make things easier for our customers and one of those things is our shopping cart! At the beginning of this year we started using a company called Pickpic and so far they have been amazing! Although each cart functions they same, they branded it to match our website and blog! Our clients are able to go through their images easily, pick their favorites for the album, other products and order!
We recently discovered they placed an ad in the newest Professional Photographer’s Magazine and we were so excited to see OUR shopping cart! So, we thought we would share it and give a shout out to this awesome company! Thanks PickPic!
