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Valentine Mini Sessions!
January 23, 2012Valentine Mini Sessions ~ Chatham Children’s Photographer
January 20, 2011
Cyber WEEKEND Gift Certificate Sale ~ Chatham, London, Sarnia Children’s photographer
November 26, 2010Don’t miss Julie Rhodes Photography’s CYBER WEEKEND sale!
On Saturday November 27th until Monday November 29th, $100 gift certificates cost only $75!
The more your order, the more you save!
Your holiday shopping can be as simple as a click or call away!
Great for Family, High School Senior, Newborn and Children Portraits!
Halloween Charity! Chatham Portrait Studio
October 8, 2010Call to book an appointment up at the studio Saturday October 23rd! There are a ton of Halloween activites going on in the area, so bring your children up for a quick portrait in our halloween set. Bring in canned goods for a complimentary 5×7 print. All food donations are going to the Chatham Kent Outreach for Hunger!
Call now to schedule your mini 5 minute session! 519-784-5281
Together we CAN make a difference!
Julie Rhodes Photography Cutest Kid Contest
July 22, 2010Julie Rhodes Photography is hosting a Cutest Kid Contest!
Beginning Friday July 23rd 2010 you will be able to submit a photo of your cutest kid, and the winner will receive a free photo session with Julie Rhodes Photography, as well as 1 – 11×14, 1- 8×10, 2 – 5×7 and a copy of watermarked lo res digital images to share via facebook, email, etc. Here are the details:
TO ENTER
*Email entries to julierhodesphotography@gmail.com
*One entry per child
* You must be the parent or legal guardian of the child you enter into the contest
* Child must be 17 years old or younger on the date of entry
* You must have permission/rights to use the photo you enter
* Photo must have been taken in the last 6 months
* Photos will be accepted from 12:01am Friday July 23rd until 11:59pm Friday July 30th, 2010 (EST) via e-mail
* Only photos e-mailed to [julierhodesphotography@gmail.com] with the Subject line CUTEST KID during the previously mentioned time will be accepted
* Include your child’s name and age in the e-mail (first name and age will be posted for viewing), as well as your name and contact information (will not be posted)
* Contest open to everyone, however if you live outside of the Chatham Kent area, you must be willing to travel to me for your prize shoot, or a travel fee will be charged.
HOW PHOTOS WILL BE JUDGED
* All entries will be uploaded into an album by Julie Rhodes Photography on Sunday August 1st, 2010, on the facebook fan page
* To vote for a photo you MUST be a ‘fan’ (or under the new facebook system ‘like’) Julie Rhodes Photography
* Click ‘like’ for the photo you are voting for in the Julie Rhodes Photography album labeled ‘Summer 2010 Cutest Kid Contest’
* Photo with the most ‘likes’ will be the winner. Comments permitted, but WILL NOT count towards the total number of votes
* Julie Rhodes Photography will verify that all ‘likes’ of the winning photo come from Julie Rhodes Photography facebook fans, ‘likes’ from non-fans will not be counted
* Voting will close Friday August 6th, 11:59pm
* Official winner will be notified and announced no later than Sunday, August 8th, 2010
WHAT YOU WILL WIN
* The parent or legal guardian of the child in the photo that receives the most ‘likes’ will receive a free photo session with Julie Rhodes Photography, 1 11×14 portrait, 1- 8×10, 2 – 5×7 and the lo res digital images, watermarked and resized for viewing on the internet (facebook, blogs, email etc – not to be printed, reproduced, or altered in any way)
* Photo session must be booked within 30 days of winning, and completed before September 31, 2010
* Prize retail value of $175 – can not be altered or changed in any way, and not redeemable for cash
* Additional prints will be available for purchase at retail prices * Not redeemable towards Birth/Newborn Photography
* No other promotions or discounts can be applied
Please post any questions you have on this note, and I will be happy to answer them. I look forward to seeing your Cutest Kid entries!
So what is a post without a picture, here are my 3 Cutie’s!! and oh man am I missing the oldest 2 as they have been at camp all week.
I came across this blog post today and with the photographer permission, I just has to share. It is a great article explaining and demonstrating portraits sizes. Thanks so much Amy, go check out her blog and photography Amy Ro Photographer.
“I was originally going to entitle this post “Go BIG or go home” but then realized that my friend Kristina had used that same title for a post earlier this year. So instead, it’s Bigger Really IS Better. Below you will see a photo of my lovely Christmas-decorated fireplace mantel. Totally normal sized fireplace that you would find in any house. What size do you think the photograph on the mantel is? 5×7? 8×10?
IT’S ACTUALLY AN 11×14.
Seriously. Surprised? SO often people are hesitant to buy what they term “big photos” for their house. And my question is, simply, WHY?!?!?!?!!A lot of people believe an 8×10 photo is “big.” Here is what an 8×10 photo looks like on a normal sized mantel:
You’ll notice it’s pretty much dwarfed by the wall. It completely disappears in the grand scheme of things. 8×10 for a wall just doesn’t do it. In fact, an 8×10 is considered a desk portrait, not a wall one. At the very *minimum* if you are going to even consider putting a photo on your wall, you should go for an 11×14. And even then mat and frame it to a 16×20. And then put more than one of them up there. Below are three 11×14 photographs matted to 16×20 frames that I have hanging in my dining room (ignore the clutter, this was at the height of orders rolling in). I honestly wish that I had gone bigger. You’ll see that while the 16×20 size sounds big, on a big open wall, it still leaves a lot of space. (There is another two feet of wall space below the chair rail.) The only thing that helps to balance it a little which you can’t see is that I have three MORE of these hanging on the other walls. But I still wish I had gone one step bigger. The cluster of frames does help to absorb some space, however.
Here is a 16×20, equal to the framed prints above, back on the same mantel again by itself. Sounds big when you talk about it, but as you can see, it’s not when put into normal display surroundings.
Back to the point. When debating print sizes, if you are going to take the time and money to invest in a portrait session, why not have something truly wonderful to remember it by? One of my recent newborn clients got two 20×24 canvases for her walls and I think I seriously had to wipe off the drool when I opened them up. Sadly I did not take a photo of them, something I am still kicking myself for. But they were absolutely AMAZING. And I recently did a bigger display for the wall over my sofa. I did two 18×24 prints, two 16×24 prints and two 16×20s. Now you are probably saying those are HUMONGOUS!! (Admit it you’re saying that. I know you are!) Here is what they looked like all put together (and yes, that is my little monkey hiding behind the table
oh and please ignore the couch, came with the house and we haven’t gotten around to replacing it) :
I seriously totally and completely love walking into my living room now. I love seeing my kids up there big, it makes my heart smile. This is my family. The loves of my life. I love seeing them up on my wall. And notice that 16×20 (top left) which probably sounded big, how small it looks on a big wall over a full-sized couch. This post would have been much more effective had I put the photos on the same wall I have my display on, however I had already put the others up. To help imagine it, an 8×10 is less than 1/4 the size of the bottom center print. So here is a quick and dirty photoshop job of what that same space would look like with one print. On the left is an 11×14. On the right is an 8×10.
Oh and in case you were wondering what one of those “huge” prints looks like by itself (and, again, I know you were calling my prints huge, I just KNOW it
) this is the 16×24 over the mantel:
So hopefully as you can see, it’s okay to go big. You don’t have to do a 20×24 (though I wish you would) but do consider at least one 16×20 from your session. Or a 16×20 framed by two 11×14s. If you absolutely insist on sticking with that 8×10 size, consider a grouping of six or eight of them together at least! Or matting it to an 11×14 size. If you want help and feel lost when considering wall displays for images from your session I am MORE than happy to draw up a wall display idea for you using your images. In fact when you get your proofs, I will send you a link to the wall display ideas that I have. And if you’d like, I can make suggestions for what to do. But the important part to get out of this is…
Bigger really IS better.”
Thanks again Amy for a great article and allowing me to share!
I need to be totally honest, I’m just too excited about a new product I will be offering! They’re called “Kid Quote Albums” and are a 20 page hard cover book that is customized to be all about Mom or Dad from the child’s perspective. They are great for Mom’s, Dad’s, Grandparents, a yearly keepsake for the child!
We are introducing these incredible Kid Quote Albums, just in time for Father’s Day. When you book a session for the Kid Quote Albums, you will be emailed a list of about thirty questions to ask your child or children about the person who will be receiving the album. Once you have “interviewed” your child/children simply email it back to me.
We don’t often ask a child’s perspective on a lot of things, and the answers you will get will range from shocking to downright hilarious. Whatever your child answers, you should write down – try not to prompt them to say certain things or change their answers. When you look back, you’re going to want to remember what they really thought and not what you wanted them to say. If your daughter says Daddy’s favourite person is spiderman, so be it!
For the session I will ask you bring whatever you can that belongs to the person the album is for so we can incorporate those items into the pictures. Try to bring anything that came up in one of your child’s answers as well as things that this person uses often. Think of their hobbies and what they do for a living and you should get plenty of ideas. I can help if you get stuck.
The pictures from your session will then be matched up with a question and answer from the child and printed in a beautiful album to be given as a gift.
Kid Quote Album pricing is all-inclusive, meaning that everything needed to create your album is included.The price you see includes a beautiful 20 page 5×5 hard cover coffee table album (larger albums are available at an additional cost) as well as the session fee. The introductory price is only $149!
Space is limited, so book early!
The receipient is going to love their album, I think it may even cause a few tears to be shed. Oh and the best part! A duplicate album is half price, because you know your not going to want to give it away!
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April 14, 2010Are you spring cleaning? This is a great oppurtunity to get a complimentary session!
Wagons, baskets, dress up clothes, blankets, hats, old toys, chairs, love seats, trunks, the list could go on and on!
Call to schedule your session! 519.784.5281
Julie Rhodes Photography Monthly Models
March 31, 2010We have some incredible window space at the studio and we have been struggling to choose the perfect images to display.
We have decided to let you choose. Each month we will choose one image from every session. The images will be up on the blog the 1st of the month (today!). You can vote for your favourite image by leaving a comment with your favourite image number. Voting will close the 3rd of each month at midnight!
The winning image will be displayed in our window display at our studio, right on King st. It will remain in the window until the next month’s winners are up!!!
Who will it be??? Will it be you?
