If you have ever made a choice between two similar products (like Nike vs Adidas or Ford vs Toyota), odds are you’ve encountered their branding and it helped effect your purchase. For every business, branding is crucial to developing a strong marketing plan and helping the company to grow. If you have a business or …
Easter 2014
Happy Monday to you all! I certainly hope you got to spend this weekend with those you love and relax and have some fun! This past weekend was a wonderful one! Ryan and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary and Saturday. So I took the day off and we did some shopping and just spent …
He Is A Gem | Our 6th Anniversary
I was sitting here today. Thinking of a great many things. Looking through old writings for wisdom and insight, when I came across one that wasn’t mine. It was something my husband had written. Words from a time of great pain that he had shared with me months after. And I re-read them again, reliving …
April 2014 CILPP Meeting | SEO with Thyme for Design
This past Monday, the 14th, was our bimonthly meeting for the CILPP (Central Illinois Professional Photographers) group. I was really looking forward to this month’s meeting because it was all about SEO, and we were going to get to learn about this valuable online marketing tool from Gretchen and Trina of Thyme for Design. In …
Photographer Product: 10×10 About Me Photography Album Design
I’m so excited to share a new product with all of you today: the 10×10 About Me Photography Album Design! As you well know – one of my absolute favorite products I offer my clients are lay flat albums. I love the beautiful way I can display a large portion of images into one clean …
10 Tips for Strong Black and White Photographs
In a world of color, sometimes you just can’t beat a strong black and white image. Black and white photography can be an amazing tool to conveying a mood story or statement to your viewers. While a color portrait can tell a story too, the absence of color in black and white imagery can often …
I Long for Connectivity…
I long for connectivity… but I am not a surface dweller. It took another one of my late night writing sessions for me to come to this discover… I don’t know how to have a relationship that only exists on the ground floor. I’ve tried – believe me, I have. But I can never stay …
Decatur Area Hot Spots | Commercial Photography | Decatur IL
It wasn’t long ago my amazingly talented friends at Hendricks & Carr contacted me about doing some commercial photography for them. They had a client who was needing some photographs of different locations throughout Decatur. Josh sent me a list of places they were wanting shot, so I grabbed my list, my camera, and headed …
3 of the Top Photography Business Video Courses
As a small business owner. continued education is crucial for my growing photography business. There are times when attending a big conference or convention just isn’t an option for me. But there are other ways to obtain a similar educational experience from home. While books and lectures can be helpful, I have found that online …
Decatur Christian Auction Dinner – Only A Week Away!
Hey everybody! I just wanted to remind you that the Decatur Christian Auction Dinner is just over a week away! They have tons of awesome prizes for you to bid on! Some of the awesome auction prizes include: 30 hours of Richland credits, full set of braces with M. Hudson, 1 week stay at Daytona …