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We appreciate the opportunity to inform you of our ongoing launch of new products and services. Please take a moment to look below at what is new this week at Black River Imaging.
Feel free to visit our website for more information about these and other products. If you are new to Black River Imaging, don't forget to create a login to get started.
| Greeting Cards - Perfected
Three new changes sure to please everyone!
With the holiday season approaching we know that greeting cards are soon to be on the minds of many of our customers. We decided to make them even better this year with new lower, simpler pricing and a brand new option.
A. Sold Individually - You can now order the exact amount of identical greeting cards you or your clients need, whether it's 11 or 211 (minimum order of 6). Flat, Folded, Tri-Folds and Accordion Folds are now sold on a per card basis.
B. One Low Price for Any Paper - All of our greeting card paper options (Standard, Art, Linen or Pearl) are now the same price making it easier to order no matter what your customer decides they want! And best of all, lower costs for you!
C. Rounded Corner Option - Now you have the option to add 1/4" rounded corners to any of your greeting card orders. This design suggestion from Jessica at jlynnphotoart.com looks awesome! Thanks Jessica!
If you think these changes are fantastic and want to let us know, we encourage you to stop by our Facebook page and tell us what you think.
If you would like some more information about all our Greeting Cards please visit our website for details. Greeting Cards can be ordered from the Press Products catalog in our Black River Imaging software.
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Don't miss out on the FUN!!!
If you're looking for a fun way to keep up with everything going on here at BRI then join us on Facebook! We love seeing your work as well as hearing from you and know our other likers do as well.
What some people are saying about us on Facebook
Brenda Cook - Thanks for the new hours! The Best lab has even gotten better! Wow!
Michael Albany - If you are just visiting BRI for the first time, I want to tell you a secret. These guys rock! Not only is the print quality the best I have seen for my HDR images, but they actually understand the term Customer Service! I am a new customer of theirs and I have but one thing to say: If all companies had customer service like this there wouldn't be a recession. I don't mind spending money on quality and I especially don't mind when someone is there to walk me through everything. They are and they have.
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The BRIdge Contest is a weekly chance to win
Black River Imaging products.
1 6x4 or 4x6 Photo Box
Photo Boxes make a great way to present prints or simply use as a custom keepsake box. These boxes come in smooth and
canvas photo covers as well as a variety of fabrics. Each box is
wrapped in your design or cover choice and has a black ribbon inside
for easy access to photos.
This week's offer includes:
- 1 6x4 or 4x6 Photo Box
- Holds 100 prints
- Choose from a variety of cover choices
- $42.00 value
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We Congratulate Our Previous Winner:
Previous winner:
Accordion Memory Books, 3 sets
was won by Andi Davies
of Ladd Company Photography
in Houston, Texas
www.laddphotography.com
Click the website link above if you'd like to send Andi a notice of congratulations!
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Take 5
How many stories have you heard where a person loved photography as a hobby but after they went professional for a while, they lost the passion. Their excuse is that going professional took the enjoyment out of photography. I believe that photography should only become more fun and enjoyable the more you know your craft. I think the problem is when we forget to create the images that WE want.
The reason we all started our photography businesses is because we were absolutely in love with photography. I know I am! I get asked this question a lot: "I'm just starting out in photography, what advice do you have for me?" To which I reply, "First of all you have to have a stronger passion for it every day. Secondly, it is a lot more work than you think. Shooting is probably only 10% of photography. The rest of the time is spent with emails, phone calls, setting up appointments, editing, ordering, doing taxes, and so on." (Can I hear an amen?) Obviously everyone's goal is to grow their business large enough where one person takes care of appointments, one for ordering, one for everything financial, and so on, but that's not a reality for everyone starting off. No matter what stage you are at in your business, we all can get so wrapped up in the other facets that we lose our passion from time to time.
My challenge for you is to "Take 5." Take five minutes from every shoot and do five shots that are for you. Here at Starla Steward Photography, we strive to make most of each session with new and creative ideas but sometimes I find that it's easy to go to my safe poses. I'm sure we all have those sessions where we finish feeling less than inspired. But what if we all took a few minutes to do an image that makes us happy. If you tell the client that they are such a great model that you are going to take a few shots just for you, then they'll feel honored. Or if you don't want them to know what you are doing, then simply don't tell them. They'll never know how many frames you really shot. I encourage you to get the shots you need to make your client happy and then take five minutes to do a new pose, or new lighting or an interesting crop that's just for you. Whether it is just a time to make mistakes and learn from them or to take a stellar shot for your website, this is YOUR time. If you are brand new at photography and you are still shooting on automatic, take five minutes to switch that dial over to manual and bracket. Bracketing is taking a series of at least three images of the same subject with varying exposures. Set your exposure where you think it's correct then dial one or two stops in either direction. If you are a seasoned photographer but you've not learned what kind of interesting lighting you can achieve with your off camera flash, take five minutes to flash someone. You might just find an entire new form of photography that you love (I did! ). Maybe you want to achieve a really pleasing bokeh, now is your time to try. Maybe you saw a really awkward pose that was amazing in a photo, go ahead and try it. The worse thing that can happen is you'll ditch the image but you could also find a signature look for you. Those five minutes of no pressure totally fun carefree photography could lead up to fifteen minutes and maybe you find that you can do your entire shoot like this. My clients come to me for my creative photos and 9 times out of 10 their favorite photo is when I'm at my best during a Take 5 moment. I look forward to hearing about your own Take 5 moment.
Do you want to see how we take five during our day? We Flash People: Go to www.flashedbystarla.com
This image was taken by calling the client driving in front of me to our destination and asking them to pull over on the side of the road because the clouds looked amazing. This Take 5 is one of her favorites.
This Take 5 is now hanging up in my studio as a 30x40 gallery wrap canvas.
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What's Going On at the Landing Forum?
Here are some HOT THREADS going on at our professional photographers forum. Come join the FUN!!!
Sports & Event Photography
Football pictures
Wedding Photography
Women Photogs What do you WEAR?
You'll need to be logged in to view these threads. Black River Landing requires a user name that is separate from your BRI account. Click here to register for the Landing.
Black River Landing is open to all professional photographers so encourage any of your fellow photography friends to join in and learn and/or contribute to making us all better at our craft.
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