Black and White

 

 

I have to be honest as a photographer of the digital times I have not been able to be exposed to black/white images and developing in a dark room. Although both my parents said its something very hard to achieve but a feeling of accomplishment is the greatest moment.

 

Today my goal is to take photographs of my day. From start to finish of what I see and capture it in black and white.

 

I expect to take more than 200 images but I am not sure if I will post all.

 

Until later....bye for now!

Valentine's Day Bunny

 

 

I know Valentines Day isn't even here yet but I can't help get you guys ready for Easter:) Welcome Valentine's Day Bunny!!

 

First I will take a minute to express the things I love.

I love this time of year because of the colors of red & black are everywhere.

I love Jesus, I love my Church, I love my kids, I love my husband, Chris,

I love my family, I love my life , I love candy, coffee & chocolate:)

& I love you!

 

 I booked a few sessions for Valentine's Day Mini Sessions and everything turned out great. For those of you that missed it no worries I will be doing another one in the near future...."Easter!" ...keep reading:)

 

The Actual Day of Easter this year is Sunday March 31.

 

If you are interested in having Easter/Spring portraits taken please send me a message, email or text message about the date and time that works for you.

 

For $85 you will receive

30 minute session

3-5 poses

5 images with logo

4-5x7

 

Additional Add-On's 

3 accordion mini book ($60)

3 image storyboard with easel ($40)

 

Toledo, OH

fans, friends & family

 

Sunday March 10

9:00 am -5:00 pm

8 spaces available

 

Monday March 11

9:00 am -1:00 pm

5 spaces available

 

 

Lafayette, IN

fans, friends & family

 

Saturday March 16

9:00am -5:00 pm

8 spaces available

 

Saturday March 23

9:00am -5:00 pm

8 spaces available

 

I know we will have so much fun and it will be just in time to hand out at Easter:)

 

Dates & times are limited and payment in full is due to hold your spot:)

 

I love candy, cofffee, my husband, my kids...not in that order:)

 

 

 

I love candy! 

 

It's that time of year. Valentine's Day will be here before you know it.  I think its so cute to see images of love all over. I found an image similar to this on pinterest. I then tried to save the image but it came extremely blurry when I saved it as a screensaver. Then I became inspired! So with a person with passion for candy & coffee

I set out to shoot it. This image is straight out of camera (SOOC) and it looks so cute!

 

I think as a photographer images should be original but we should also

be inspired to try new things to influence creativity. This week I am going to use candy as my inspiration and shoot it when I see it:)

 

Take some time to shoot "what you love". Capture people, food, drinks, pets, clothes, etc using instagram, camera phones or cameras. I would love to see them all.

 

I challenge you to shoot "what you love" and post it to my FB page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Justified-Studio-Photography/195705550467494?ref=hl 

 

I will choose 1 winner on Feb. 13th

 

Thanks for following

Happy Shooting!

Alicia

 

 

Want more money????

 

The day we all have been waiting for .... TAX DAY! Some people look forward to getting a huge refund to spend on something big, go on a vacation or even just to save it. We work all year and wait for our accountant to say those magic words.....

"your refund this year will be_________."

 

Last year we learned a lot from our Financial Peace Class by

Dave Ramsey and we are starting this year off right.

This year we said no matter what we got we would put it in savings...and we meant it!

Ask me what more I learned by commenting below. I would be happy to share the baby steps with you and help you get out of debt and start saving to live life.

 

Advice for others on taxes...

#1 - Save your receipts if you own a business and keep track of

expenses, income and mileage & don't show us with a box of unorganized receipts

#2- Don't just trust anyone with your taxes this is the most important part of your life and a mistake could COST you.

#3-Be sure to  keep record of childcare expenses so you are able to claim.

#4- When you finally meet with your accountant ask him/her lots of questions related to getting you more money :)

 

That's all for today I hope it helps. Please comment below to give more advice:)

Thanks for following

Alicia

There is still time to get your accordion calendar!!!!

 

This week I was able to show 32 people the accordion calendar of my little guy. Everyone thought it was so cute as well as the pictures that matched the months.

i.e swim goggles in May & June

When it wasn't in my purse I keep it on my desk and I looked at it all day.

 

Well friends tomorrow is the last day to get the accordion calendar for $13 off.

It always makes me so sad to end a sale but since I love being able to offer everyone the chance to snag a great deal I will continue offering them:)

 

Keep following my blog for sales throughout the year.

I will post my sales on the 1st and it will end every 13th of the month.

 

 

Don't Worry............ the accordion calendar is available all year in the

2013 Justified Studio Product Catalog please message or call for more details.

 

Thanks for following! Have a blessed week!

Alicia

 

 

"Comment below and tell me what you want to see this year on sale @ Justified Studio

& where you go for the best sales"

What a cute way to display your images...

 

About a week ago I posted a SALE for $13 off a mini accordion calendar. (reg. 60)
I wanted to show you how cute this little wallet album really was. If you are interested in catching this sale you can email me your own images or use ones from your session. It comes in a pack of 3 with a frosted cover for each accordion. This makes it perfect for sharing with others & keeping in your bag to show everyone. I kept one & gave away the two to the grandparents. What a perfect little gift! It also can be displayed without the calendar if you want:)

Post a comment below I would love to know what you think.

Thanks for following!
Alicia

Goals for 2013....

Each year I make goals for myself to try to be a better person, eat healthier and save more money. As a business owner I want to be a better business person and be there for my clients when they are there for me. So I have come up with some ways this year to share my love of photography with you! (I will announce one per month)

So to start off the year right so I offered $13 off mini accordion calendars until January 13th.  The way this works is you can email me your own photos or use ones from your session to display in the mini book. Leave me a comment or message me on facebook to order today!

I am also adding a new referral program to my business just for you. For each person you refer that books & completes a session you receive a $25 print credit towards your next session. This program will last all year but the sooner you refer the more you will earn towards your own session with Justified Studio Photography. There are NO LIMITS! So tell everyone. If you want me to send you some beautiful business cards please leave me a comment or message me on facebook.

Don't forget if you like my FB and/or follow my blog (by adding me), I will enter you in a $20 gift card drawing to Starbucks! I will announce the winner on Jan 31:) Each month your name will go in for a new drawing but there may be more ways to enter more than once so keep following;)

Lastly, this year I want you to know that I take pride in my work and in my customer service. I know that each session is so important to you. I value your time and loyalty you show & give me. I know that in the end as I hand you a boutique style bag of your photographs from your experience you will see the time and thought I put into my work. I truly hope we can share this experience together.

Thank you in advance,
Alicia

These are a few of my favorite things....

I would like to first say thanks so much for reading my blog. I promise to have more postings each week as the year goes on.  Don't forget to follow my blog by signing in or adding me to your blog:)

Today I was able to get a lot done. With Christmas right around the corner I wanted to clean the closets and get rid of things for our new presents we will receive. Throughout the day my little one (Zechariah) kept asking for things and I felt like I was moving around him rather than playing with him on my day off. So we played with pirate ships and play dough for a bit. Then he moved on to making faces and being silly so I did too. Then I thought lets get the camera out and have some fun. I think we did:)

I love how kids remind us to stop and have some fun when things get to busy. I think God seen I needed a break:) It was well worth it!

 

 Have a blessed day and holiday!

Don't forget to follow me for the updates and prizes:)

Let's see how technically savvy I am

If this works I will have less work in my life ;p

What size do I print?

I have to be honest... I am addicted to Pinterest. I have recently been seeing many things on Pinterest to help families decided what to wear (I will post that later in the month) as well as what size to print images after a photo session. I have never thought that this was very important until I started printing images for my own home. I now think of what size I want and where I want it during the session. Then I think what color frame & image style I want for my wall. I came across this on Pinterest and thought it would be perfect to help you decided what size you may want to print  your print or wall art.

For my customers I prefer to send all my prints/wall art to a professional lab for beautiful quality of my images. Please send me a message if you have any questions.

Enjoy!

 

 

Thanks for following....Have a wonderful & blessed week!

First Give-a-Way....

Thank you so much to....

Stephanie Facemyer

for following my blog & sharing my facebook page on

your facebook page with your friends!

I want to gift you with a FREE PHOTO SESSION!!

You are more than welcome to use this session this year by December 10th

I hope you enjoy this wonderful gift from me to you and your family!

Thanks again to those who follow but didn't win this time the same rules apply for next month but I will add one more way of sharing just to keep it fresh:)

I will announce my next months give-a-way on December 1st

until then Have a Happy Black Friday!!!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much for following my blog, tweets, fb, etc. I wanted to give my first give a way be to a free photo session. I will choose the winner the day after thanksgiving ....Black Friday! Don't forget all you have to do is; like my fb page, share it with a friend or two, and follow my blog! And that's it. All who follow and share will be entered to win! Good luck!

I am feeling generous....

Every year around this time I feel like giving a bit more than throughout the the year. I started thinking about how I would give and what I would give. The first thing people say when they meet me is "Oh your a photographer! Thats great we need a family photo." So I thought I would give away a FREE photo session.  I will choose one winner the day before Thanksgiving:)

 

Here is how you can enter to win!
1. Follow this blog!
2. Like my Justified Studio Photography Facebook page
3. Share a link on FB of the Justified Studio website to your wall or friends
& that is it!

Keep following I will be giving away something cool each month!
(ie; prints, canvas, according albums & more!)

I will be posting blogs each sundays.

Thanks for following:)
 

Busy doing nothing

Wow its been a while but I have been busy with life.lol.

In my personal life my 2 year old has been getting the best of us with his tantrums and fits. I have learned to pray much more and try to reason with him. I think its working. At the end of our day I tell him how proud I am that he didnt get a time out for losing his cool. At least we can go to bed with a smile.

My photography has taken a break since June and I have been working on getting some business back so I will be in 2 local high school ads this year and next year. I am so excited to get our name out there and stay busy with what I love doing.

God only gives us what we can handle.

If you are a reader thanks so much for stopping by and reading.

Truly Blessed.
Alicia

On a sunny day

 

 



A few weeks ago (when it wasn't raining everyday) Zechariah and I played outside for the entire afternoon. As a photographer its hard not to always take pictures of your own child and be proud but I would take pictures of my child professional photographer or not. When I took these picture it made me think of how fast kids grow up. How time flys by and before we know it they are in High School. My oldest son is in high school now and I can't believe it myself. Be Patient, Live life, Be Yourself, Don't Worry So Much & Pray Often. That's my advice as a person & a parent.

 

If you haven't noticed I don't use my blog just for photographer's information. I am a person who has so much more to share lol.

 

Thanks for reading. 

Peaks, Pits, Praises and Prayers

This week I thought I would add my new journal technique to my blog. I want my blog to be more about me and who I am so here it goes. I confess I have PEAKS in my life. These are times in my life that are my highest. And um yes I definitely have PITS they are my lowest part of my day or life. I also have PRAISES. Things I am thankful to God for. And I have PRAYERS because God is always listening to what we have to say.

This week I have to say my peaks over the last few days is my youngest son. (although he was my pit last week for his fits) I love that he brings me back to being a kid and enjoying the simple things in life. I sometime get so overwhelmed with life, being a wife, and work that I forget to stop and play. I love that he helps me do that daily. My pit this week would have to be not having an extra day off work. I would love to stay home and do nothing sometimes and sometimes they need to be scheduled. My praise for this week goes to my church. and my home church. I feel like I am cheating on my church with my old church but I think this is one affair Jesus would approve. I love both so much and I love hearing God's word from a different perspective helps me understand his word even more. Last but not least by prayers. I pray that we can find a home to call our own and that God points us into the right direction to be around the right people and to help others when we can.

Working on everything at once

This week I have pretty much decided that I have become a better photographer when I fill my bucket with encouraging photographers and people who support me and bring me up. I think that goes for anyone not just in companies supporting companies but for people around us.

This week I need to get a lot of photo "stuff" to do. #1. Finish....FINISH....FINISH!!!! my bomber beauties website. I also need to design and order an album, mail more flyer's to reps in the areas, set new price list on print & have a photo shoot this weekend. I don't think there is ever a dull moment with this business:) and I love it!

Ok enough about that!

Last week my mom came to visit me. She lives only 4 hours away. We moved 3 years ago and its been kind of hard being away. This year I have decided we would see each other more than every 4 months. I love my mommy and daddy and I want to be with them always. Its so funny as a teenager we hated our parents and wouldn't be caught dead being seen with them at the mall. But when my mom comes I want to go to the mall and tell everyone "hey this is my mom!" I think if only our emotions didn't change and we never put our parents through tough times what things might be like. I am just glad my tough times brought us together for the better.

thanks for reading:p
Alicia

What's been going on in my life...because you do care:)

I really need to be honest and tell everyone that I am no good at staying up to date on blogging. So I am setting a weekly reminder to blog about things that are going on in my life. If you are looking for day time drama than dont read on lol. I am pretty boring and but I do live some exciting fun filled days with my family and 2 year old.
So lately in my own life work has been pretty good. I do work a full time job aside running a photography business at  night and on weekends. I am just that kind of person that needs to have something to do all of the time. Its only been 1 year ago that I finally finished school and havent opened a text book to do homework for a grade. Well 6 months before I finished school I started to study photography on my own and havent put it down yet. I love learning all about lighting, ISO and everything you need to know to make sure I am fulfilling my job as a photographer. (BTW I do run of on tangents) ;)

In my photography life I shot my first wedding, my first pin up and my first boudoir, oh yea and my first sweet "13" birthday (with 15 teenage girls). I have to say they were all fun and no they all didnt happen on the same say or weekend. In all of this I have become a better photographer and I love making my clients happy. And learned that I am awesome at editing in a timely fashion:P

In the past I never would have thought that I would seek photography full time but it seems that I am on my way there. I guess that as we get older we should really look at our day time jobs for learning experience and to help us through future mistakes. In my past I sold a certain cosmetic brand for 6 years. I learned customer service skills, money managing skills, sales skills and public speaking skills and nun chuck skills.....ha ha ha jk. In the end I couldnt do it any more, not because of clients or money but because I moved and I was starting all over.
Sometimes a move or new job can help us realize that we can have a fresh start on life or our interest, I guess thats when I truly began my love for photography.

I hope this helps you know a little bit more about me:)
Thanks so much for reading
~Alicia

The dark side

Just having some fun in the dark. I love capturing the curiosity in his eyes. This is a great picture to practice for mom's & dad's for a birthday image. Practice just like this one take a candle out and start shooting. It's one of the hardest images to get when things are happening so fast at a party but if we want to capture the that moment we don't want a flash to go off and ruin it.

The Gillen Wedding-April 21, 2012

On Saturday April 21, 2012 Whitney & Jon Gillen

exchange their vows and became Mr. & Mrs Gillen. It was a geourgous day and not a storm cloud in the sky. On Friday it rained cats & dogs even I thought we may have rain on their wedding day. Whitney & Jon celebrate their day at Victory Church in Lafayette,IN and Ross Camp in West Lafayette, IN. On the day of their wedding the sun was shinning bright and God looked down and smiled on these two who fell in love all over again on this day. We were able to capture all outdoor pictures out at Happy Hallow Park in West Lafayette, IN. The wedding was beautiful. The Bride was stunning and the Groom was so handsome. Their wedding party were so helpful and loving during the entire day. I have never seen so much love in one wedding, besides the bride and groom. I know Whitney & Jon laughed, cried and had fun thoughout this entire day.

Thank you so much for viewing their images. Please feel free to follow my blog and add your comments to the bride & groom.