Month: February 2008

  • Please Don’t Wait 6 Months to Place Your Album Order!

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    I understand when you are just married and your life is even busier than before, but you really need to get back to your photographer within 30-60 days after receiving your Storybook preview album with your selections or its going to make us look bad to your families and guests thinking we took a year to get you your finished album and extras. This beautiful young ladies wedding was the end of August 2007 and I just got an email from her husband today with their selections. When I called her today she also told me that they were moving to Italy in two months. I had no idea her new husband was in the Navy!

    Oh well, time to whip out a can of magic photoshop dust and get this design done, web show posted for them and maybe even enough time to get their album all completed before they leave the country for two years.

  • Now Booking My Amazing Spring/Summer Engagement Shoots!

    Don’t wait to long to book your dream engagement shoot. take a look at some of our amazing Getaways on our web site under the prices category, simply click on Engagement prices. Mention you saw this Blog entry and get $500 off any of our destination shoots! 

  • A Simple Album… I think not.

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    Hours the day of the shoot:  7 hours

    Download and Edit Time of 800 images: 2 hours

    Color Correct and Special effects added: 9 hours

    Lab Time to design and print Storybook Proof Album: 3 hours

    Finished Album Design Time: 12 hours

    Equipment and software used to create the finished album: $55,000.00

    Total Labor to make our clients finished album was 35 hours, and this was a smaller wedding with only 120 guests and a small wedding party at one location. Try doubling the hours on a 2-3 location wedding with a wedding party twice the size plus driving time to and from the wedding.

    There is more to creating a finished wedding album than most people know about.

    Each and every job no matter how small are all just as important to us and we want all of our clients to be absolutely thrilled with the finished result!

  • Work it out before you get married.

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    Apparently these two have some issues! LOL!

  • 80th Academy Awards®.

     

    Above is this years Celebrity Green Room for the Oscars.

    This Sunday, I can’t wait to see all the glitz and glamor of the Oscar Show. Ok, what I really look forward to is seeing all the photographers falling over themselves on the red carpet trying to get that money shot! LOL!

    This is the 8oth year for the Oscars, would have loved to see what the folks looked like 80 years ago and what the event was like back then.

    Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

  • Just saw this on TV, looks amazing!

    magicJack

    Check this out! Just plug this $39.95 little unit into your laptop or other computer with DSl, Cable etc. and for only $19.95 per year & you can call anywhere in the world for Free!!!

    I just watched an infomercial on this and had to check it out. It is a huge bargain and a huge savings if you make calls anywhere, long distance or local. Talk as long as you like for Free!

    Here is the website: www.Magicjack.com

  • Another Great Pro Photography Workshop!

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    This is another workshop that I highly reccomend to anyone who is serious about photography or someone who wants to learn from one of the highly most respectful photographers in the country, Scott Robert Lim!

    Randy / Borel Photography


    are you ready for the next level?
    Setting a goal can be a scary process because it creates a chance for failure. If we never set a goal, we never disappoint ourselves. But as the saying goes, “no pain, no gain” and it is in our greatest challenges that we find ourselves, discover who we are and realize we can do more than we think we can. If your photography business is in a slump, need to progress it to a higher level or if you want to jump start your new photography business in the right direction, this workshop is FOR YOU. 
      
    It is my sincere desire to help develop a small number of photographers who dare to want to be the best. I am convinced that my workshops are an overwhelming experience of quality information not found anywhere in one place in such a short amount of time. I am hard pressed to find ANY workshop that can deliver like my Next Level Workshops. One may think this is an arrogant statement, but I say this because of my sincere passion to want to help others which drives me to offer IMHO the very best workshops. I WANT ALL MY STUDENTS TO SURPASS ME, take what I can give them and go onto greater levels that haven’t been conquered. I humbly offer those a chance to learn my success strategies, philosophies and techniques without reservation. I am one of the few photographers that have skill in many different areas: lighting, portraiture, postprocessing and I’ve owned small businesses for over 20 years. My passion to teach, life experience, expertise and success gives me the rare opportunity to impart to you information not found anywhere else.
      
    Don’t take my word for it, please read these testimonials, some of which list their contact information and if they can afford the time, they may be able to communicate with you too.  
     
    It is my joy to prove to you that this workshop is worth every penny and thensome
    To register www.registerscottrobert.com or call 626 487-4166
    Limited space available.  Workshop attendees are required to make their own hotel reservations.

  • For all my professional photographer friends out there, Direct Mail Advertising Works

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    I’ve been in this business now almost thirty years and a few years ago I stopped sending out color postcards like this. The postage got expensive, the printing and handling too, so I tried to direct my work more to the internet. Well the internet is fine, but it doesn’t put your work directly in the hands of your clients. So…I’m going to start up again with a direct marketing approach with my mail pieces.

    Another great tool of postcards (of all sizes) is that the wedding venues love them and it showcases their location as well. My Brides and Grooms really like these full color cards too. They can show their friends and family my work and its use then becomes a Advertising Billboard for me.

    If you would like information about getting your own printed, just message me and I’ll send you the website of the companies I use.

    Randall

  • Its an Engagement Extravaganza!

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    With all this sunshine and the rain finally over I have sooooo many enagagement shoots. Today I had one for my old neighbor Erik and his lovely new fiancee Karen at a local park I love to shoot at. Click on the link below to view all of their images set to music.

    CLICK HERE TO WATCH WEB SHOW