A Little Extra Cash at Christmas Time

Yesterday I spoke with one of my old friends from college who I hadn't heard from in a really long time. As conversations go there was the usual "how are the wife and kids" and the always promising..."So what are you doing now?" I have successfully managed to baffle people every time I'm asked this question probably because I never tell them what I'm actually doing now...at least not the first time they ask it. Call it inconvenient, call it random, I like to call it A.D.D. So I of course explained to him that I was now delivering large packages shipped with C4 to absorb the shock of being moved around the country. After his long drawn out pause of complete silence he asked, "Really?"

OF COURSE NOT! So I explained that I was still a photographer and that Always Autumn is busy and life is good! Then when I asked what he was into, this philosophy major with an IQ twice that of anyone else I've ever met said..."Oh, I get paid to give my opinion!"
What? That actually happens? Apparently it does and he's doing very well with it.

All that talk got me to thinking: I love great referrals, I really like my clients, what if I could offer them something that would provide a little extra cash for them between now and Christmas?

So here's my idea: For every new wedding booking that you refer to me from today, November 10, 2009, until Christmas I will give you $50 in cash. There's no catch, it's real cash that you can spend on Christmas presents or put aside for a rainy day.
Here are the details:

1. It must be a client who is interested in wedding photography.
2. They must book before 2010.
3. They must mention that YOU referred them to me.
4. You do not have to be already be a client who is making the referral...it can be a friend of mine, family member, avid Apple lover, or someone who just happened to stumble upon my blog through Google.
5. The booking clients don't even have to get married in 2010, it can be 2011...wow that's far away.

As long as you refer the clients and as long as they book before 2010 the cash is your!

Fall is busy but awesome!

I was a little shocked when I logged into my blog tonight and noticed that it had been almost two weeks since my last post. It's not been for lack of work that I haven't posted. I've been really busy with great families and happily engaged couples. I've got A LOT to post here but for now I'll just post a few shots from one of my shoots from this weekend. I talk about him all of the time but I'm not sure that anyone really knows who he is. Scott Clevenger is a great friend of mine and we've been shooting together for almost three years now. This weekend I had the honor to run after this fast paced family with my camera and capture what I think were some really precious moments. Scott also grabbed a few shots of Laura and I but that's a part of my "more to come" that I'll have up later this week. So for now...I give you the Clevengers!

Andy + Carolyn 10.24.09

This weekend was amazing. I woke Saturday morning to watch our son kick around inside mom's belly and a front yard full of rain. I was bummed that it was raining and I was to shoot a wedding...not just any wedding but Andy and Carolyn's wedding! Andy and Carolyn are probably one of the sweetest couples to come out of Apex...ever! But when I arrived in Apex the clouds seemed to part and the rain STOPPED and we got some great shots!!! Here's a few to tie everyone over for the week!

Update on the Free Engagement Shoots & Adrian + Lauren Vanderburg

As you can imagine my inbox blew up! After sorting through all of the emails and finalizing plans with couples and then losing those plans and then finalizing new plans I did book 5 great couples. In the weeks to come I'll have a lot of photos to sort through and I'll be sure to post a lot of them online. Thanks again to everyone who got in touch with me and to those I couldn't schedule I wish you all the best in preparing for your wedding day! You'll love being married! On a side note, because of how successful this promotion was, I'm thinking about new promotional ideas that I can offer possibly every quarter. So keep coming back to see new work, catch up on our little Navey Bean and to see what promotional I might be offering next time.

For now here are a few shots from Adrian & Lauren's wedding in Tennessee this past weekend.

Baby Kicking and Where the wild things are!!!

They are officially in my wife's belly! This weekend we flew to Tennessee to shoot a wedding, more on that later this week, and we stayed with my sister-in-law in Nashville. I have always been a HUGE fan of the book, "Where the Wild Things Are." When I was a kid I never had money for the book fair at school because I didn't pay attention to when it would come by and I always wanted WTWTA. So eventually I realized that I could just check it out from the school's library only I never wanted to return it. So I successfully kept it for half of the school year only to have my report card with held until I returned it. So when we found out we were having a little boy, that's right a BOY, Laura and I went out and bought it. While in Nashville we saw the movie for the book WTWTA and Laura felt our son kick for the first time!!! He kicked a lot!!! It was great! While we were waiting for Southwest to fly us home my wife reached for my hand and placed it on her 22 weeks belly and I felt my little ninja kicking!!! It was strange but then that quickly faded into really exciting. I could not have asked for a more perfect 5 minutes this weekend.

Chad Lister-To You Alone

Back in June I did a photoshoot for Chad Lister for his new CD "To You Alone." Today Chad's CD hit iTunes and is already 84 out of the top 200 Christian artists. Chad's first CD, A Declaration, was great but honestly...he's grown so much as an artist since he first put that out. His new CD has some Fray influences but has a more Indy feel to it with a lot great piano rock tracks. Bottom line, it's worth the $10. But if you're one of those people who likes to have the actual CD Chad is scheduled for a CD release party in early November. The digipaks are pretty awesome and I'm not just saying that because I shot and designed the layout...I'm saying that because I like digipaks! I'll be sure to keep everyone up to date on Chad's CD release party.

The Porters

This weekend was busy...actually the last 12 weekends have been a little bit of a blur. Sunday was a lot of fun though. I had the opportunity to spend some time with the Porter family. Several months ago I shot Kaitlyn's Senior Portraits. Needless to say we all hit off right away! They're a great family to work with and they love each other a lot! Here's a few shots from our shoot on Sunday.