Wow…2013 has been a year for the books for Jennie Peakin
Photography! I never knew that just 3 years after starting this
journey, I would be so busy! And still, I truly think that I have
the BEST clients…each of you has been a blessing to me and I thank
you so much for allowing me into your world for a short time. It was
so amazing to photograph each of you!
I am so excited for 2014! I started a wedding photography
business, Vantage Nine19 with my friend and unbelievably talented
photographer, Jamie Barry with Jamie Lynne Photography out of Des
Moines. We are so excited about this new venture! Check out our
website VantageNine19.com and our blog VantageNine19.wordpress.com
for more details! Between my growing personal photography business
and the new addition of wedding photography, I am making some major
equipment upgrades this year which will benefit each of you when you
see the improved quality of your images going forward!
This year has brought some things to light for me, has made me
realize that if I am going to do this right and grow this business as
I want to, there are some changes that I need to make. I get so many
return clients (which is the biggest compliment I could receive, so
THANK YOU!) that I felt the need to put out there all of the changes
as I know many of you expect certain things out of me because of what
I have always delivered from the get go.
I
know I used to give you 70, 80, 100 or more photos. I just want to
apologize to you for making you do my job for me! Going forward I am
going to really dig deep, look closely, and find the BEST 20-25
photos for you so you don't have to weed through so many of them. I
know they are all so fun, but you came to me for artful
photos to hang on your wall and from this point forward, every photo
you get on your CD will be worth putting on your wall! :) If you are
sad about getting less photos and not getting some of those outtakes,
I am very sorry I won't be able to deliver those to you any longer.
By offering less photos on your CD I will get to fine tune those
images in the bunch that are truly the best, spending more time
really perfecting them. And maybe during the year I can offer some
tips on how to get those "outtakes" right at home with your
own camera!
What you will continue to see from me are those candid, real moments
captured. This will not change...it is my style and what I know each
of you expects from me and what I love to capture. So no worries, I
will still stay away from too much of the posey pose shots that just
aren't my style.
I will provide a Sneak Peek of each of my sessions on Facebook for
my clients…this Sneak Peek will consist of a 1 or 2 images from the
session. I have in years passed, shared several images from each
session on Facebook and then shared several more on a blog post.
Going forward, 1 or 2 images will be shared on Facebook within a
couple days of the session and then when I create my blog post for
the session, more images will be shared for you to view. I will no
longer provide an emailed online album as I know that the majority of
my clients don’t order from there anyway and would much prefer
their images on the disk more quickly. Decreasing the number of
edited images and eliminating some unnecessary steps will allow you
to receive your disks in a more timely manner! As always, my clients will receive a disk with their fully edited,
high resolution images and a print release. This will remain the
same. With those images, you will be able to print them wherever you
wish.
I ventured into Senior Portrait photography in 2013 for the first
time. I was blessed to have 3 incredible seniors to photograph and I
loved doing it! I plan to take a very limited number of Senior
Portrait sessions going forward. I want to always make sure I have
time to fit in the family and children photography that I so love and
with the addition of doing weddings several weekends a year, I plan
to take only a small number of seniors each year.
There will be some minor pricing adjustments made as well…mostly
just to streamline my pricing structure. This year, I will not have
any major pricing increases though, as my adjustments made within the
business will be more behind the scenes. My goal is always to
provide you with the best quality product I can and with my equipment
upgrade, my experience and my decision to pick only the very best
20-25 images from your session, I know that I can provide you with a
better quality product in a more timely manner.
I look forward to
the new changes in 2014 and hopefully seeing each of your smiling
faces in front of my (new and improved) lens this year! Thank you
for helping to make 2013 such a great success for Jennie Peakin
Photography!
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