I have some VERY exciting news about Creative Image Collections. I just last week finalized all the details with the team at Style Me Pretty and have been invited to join their “Little Black Book” vendor list. I am super excited and I am beyond honored to be joining such an elite group of talented and dedicated wedding vendors across the nation. The Style Me Pretty blog is such a large and wonderful source of inspiration for brides and grooms across the nation, where you can find the latest wedding trends and some of the most superb vendors. I am delighted to be considered one of those vendors and you can check out my little info page by clicking on “Vendors” and “The Best Wedding Vendors” and I am in Inland, CT under photography (of course!) I haven’t yet ironed out all the tiny details for my listing but couldn’t wait to share the good news with you all! Such a HUGE honor and I can’t wait to delve into the Style Me Pretty world and get crackin’ on some creative shoots/weddings this year!
I hope you all enjoy the weekend and Don’t forget to check out the Style Me Pretty blog!
Happy Friday!
Meg
First off I am announcing that the much longer then expected leave of absense from blogging was due to a very good cause in which I am very pleased to announce! I am no longer a victim of maintaining two individual sites for Creative Image Collections. Wooohooo! The feeling of freedom is priceless! I am now a proud owner of a wonderful blog-site that Brian, from Skooks Designs has created for me. We have collaborated for months to make it a smooth transition. The flip was swiched just yesterday and I coudn’t be happier. The design is simple, clean, and modern, with easy navigation through out the site (that is site as in singular, not plural). I was so tired of having to maintain two sites and constantly upload new material onto both. It was exhausting and quite frankly, I have a ton on my plate as it is, so doing all the extra work to two sites was too time consuming. My theory with many things in life is “less is more”. Now I have everything all in one area for clients and prospective clients. All navigation is done on the top menu bar and the pull down tabs are pretty self explainatory. You can view my portfolio up above as well as view my most recent work right on the home page of the site, which is also my blog. LOVE IT!!!
Although the old site had served its purpose and I enjoyed it while it lasted, I have always been open to change and find it fun to keep moving forward in a bright and positive direction with my business! There are fun little voting buttons under each photo so you can pick your favorite picture and there will be more little changes as time goes on!
So in honor of my first post on the new blog, I thought it may be appropriate to include some images as well. The subject matter is really nothing of importance, my old and new pair of Ed Hardy’s. I know they definitely don’t compete with some of the Jimmy Choo and Manolos I have had the honor of photographing (i LOVE photographing all your shoes girls) but these are what you will find on my feet most often. I am a single mom running a busy photography business. High heeled shoes and laying in a pool of mud to get that perfect shot is not exactly smart. I am pretty reaslistic when it comes to my everyday style. There aren’t many days I leave the house without a peanut butter hand print on my jeans. So once again, in honor of saying TTFN (ta-ta-for-now) to the old blog and saying hello to the new blog-site.. here are a few pics of my everyday kicks!
old pair…
New pair…
Stay tuned for I have about 15 jobs to post that will carry us over into the winter months for sure!
And as usual (because I am also good for keeping it real)…
Happy Tuesday!
MEG
I am so excited to announce that Creative Image Collections will be offering small group, intensive all day workshops! I have been planning this for quite some time now and I often get asked if I do them. So I decided it was time to offer them!
I CAN NOT wait! I am really putting all my heart and soul into them and putting together quite an awesome package for a pretty reasonable price too!
Below is the information for you to review! They are offered on Saturday’s. This information will be posted weekly as a reminder and then will also be in the INFORMATION section at the top of this page under: WORKSHOPS. (go figure!)
I hope to see you at one!
Meg
To sign up… call me at 203-791-8969 or CLICK HERE and fill out the information stating you want to sign up for the workshop and please be specific as to which date…ONLY 10 PHOTOGRAPHERS PER WORKSHOP!!! And there is a discounted rate when you sign up before October 25th!
Every once in a while I like to do a post about some of the vendors that use to make my business what it is! I guess I consider myself to be picky when it comes to things that involve my photography business. My motto when starting my business from scratch was to offer clients a quality vs. quantity product. It was most important to me to offer clients a personable experience as well as of offering creative photography shot from the heart (not to steal that line “shot through the heart” from the Bon Jovi song), and products that are top of the line. I work hard and take pride in my images and I couldn’t justify going with a “less than” product just to save a few bucks. I want to display my images in quality products. I want to be able to stand behind my work and the things I present my work in.
So…I am just writing a little post to tell you about the proof books I offer to my clients in some of the collections. I LOVE them. They are the Jones Book proof books and I was in love with them when I first layed eyes on them! I talked with Jeff Jones himself, who runs and owns the company, and he is such a great guy to speak with on the phone. Recently he decided to use one of my proof books on his website to display! I was thrilled and couldn’t be happier with seeing it up there!
You have to be a professional photographer to log in and see most of his samples but of course before I sent this out to my bride and groom, Andrea and Nick, I snapped a few quick pics of it!
It is such a pretty blue and really complimented Andrea and Nick’s wedding color scheme!
So if you are a photographer who is hunting for a really well made, library bound, fine-art proof book…loook no further!
On another note…if you are a photographer looking to expand your knowledge in photography and better your images, I am making an announcement very soon about my upcoming Workshops starting this November! They are going to be so much fun and full of energy…lots of shooting…and a ton of information! Stay tuned!!!
Off to shoot 2 Weddings this weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather!
Happy Labor Day!
Meg
Yikes! That is the first thing I can say when looking at my parent’s wedding album. They were married over 30 years ago and it is so sad for me to look at this book in shambles. I remember thumbing through it when I was little thinking it was the coolest thing in the world. Perhaps because I was a true girly- girl at heart! The idea of two people falling in love and choosing to commit to each other through life’s journey is a beautiful thing. How saddening to have it displayed in a book that would never have possibly made it through life’s journey with them. My parent’s album never stood the chance against the test of time. That is why I am loving the quality of the books that I offer to my clients today. I always said from the get-go when starting my business that I didn’t care how much the albums I was going to be offering would cost. It shouldn’t be about the cost when I am presenting to my couples a book full of valued memories, from one of the most important days of their lives, for them to share for generations and generations. I wouldn’t feel right in offering a product that is “less than” just to save a few bucks.
Here are a few pictures I shot of my Mom and Dad’s wedding album. My mom watched as I photographed her book and as I told her my intentions of blogging about her album, I had a fear of her disapproval! Although she had a great respect for her marriage to my father, her response was “It’s a piece of crap” . So I took that as a go-ahead in blogging about it! ;o)
This was a pleather album, with a plastic film cover and the inscription of “Our Wedding” on the front cover! Not the most terrible thing that could happen to you in life, but certainly not the best!
Not one page is bound in the book anymore. They are all just loosely stuffed inside the separated cover.
This is St. Mary’s Church on the Greenwich Avenue, which was where my mom grew up. It is still a beautiful church and looks just about the same as it did over 30 years ago.
I hope you all have a Happy Friday and a wonderful weekend!
More to share soon!
Meg
