Portrait Playlist: Free iPod Promotion

Well, it's almost time to launch the website. In my final efforts to finish a pricing scale I've had quite the struggle in deciding what promotional offers to create. 

In order to compliment my official website launch -- I've decided to throw in a really awesome promotional gift for anyone who books a portrait session on the day of the launch. 

Everyone loves music, and what better way to attract people than to give them something they'll love for FREE? So here's my idea! When you book a portrait session with me on Sunday, May 8th (launch day) you will get a FREE 8GB iPod Nano as a promotional gift. 

The promotion only lasts for one day so you'll have to act fast, but there is no limit to the amount of iPods given away. The only requirement is that you book your shoot on May 8th and payment in full is required on day of booking. All major credit cards are accepted. Payments can be easily made over the phone while booking your shoot.

www.jessedbarnes.com

www.twitter.com/jessedbarnes

Magic in the Images

Possibly the single-most important part of a photographer's website, is the images. Our sites rely heavily on visuals. People are hiring us to create a vision. It is a service we offer each and every one of our clients.

Our digital portfolios should be stuffed to the brim with the work that best represents our vision, or the way we see things. We need each image to speak a different story to our viewers in order to communicate properly the given scene.

For this reason, It is important to remember that the person in our photograph is not usually the subject but is rather the subject matter. The subject is the idea or concept being communicated by the subject matter, for example, love, beauty, strength, family, etc. Our images need to incorporate subject matter which may best describe the overall subject of the photo. Often times we allow too much subject matter to clutter our images, making it much more difficult to communicate the entire story. Remember, more often than not, in photography, less really is more.

Of course each image includes a story, whether described through emotion, lines, shapes, locations, it is always up to our own discretion to tell the story how we see fit. It is, after all, your vision. Whatever elements you choose to encompass that story, is up to you.

Ready to Light the Candle

Days. Weeks. Months. A year. I've been working on this website idea so long now it seems. Sometimes I've felt I'd never be done. Alas, here it is. The time I've been waiting for. 

My initial plan was to release the site in March, although, some technical issues at the time still needed to be ironed out.

The past few months have been nothing short of a challenge, including image selection, gallery names, organization, flow and design. Then of course the business cards, domain management, and the whole nine yards. Now, I'm just about ready to release the website and get this show on the road. 

Future work will be uploaded and showcased throughout the site as I continue to update and manage the galleries. 

Here on the blog I hope to keep announcements flowing and updates readily available for any and all future activities. Please subscribe through RSS and be sure to follow us on twitter and Facebook. 


Certainly let me know if you have any suggestions/questions You may send comments and ideas to info@jessedbarnes.com