New Backdrop helps with family shoots

If you have worked with me in the past you have probably experienced the hobo backdrop of the black curtains and white table cloth. Those days are over!!! I recently purchased a fantastic studio kit on eBay. It came with a backdrop holder, a white, black and green backdrop, plus umbrellas and light stands. While I'm still new to studio lighting, I'm really loving the soft light that can be achieved by turning the umbrellas around, making them double as a softbox.

It will be a continued study of what works and what doesn't but I always get great shots no matter what.

I really love this family shot from the weekend. My first subjects in front of the backdrop.

Website Upgrade and Press Ad

Today is the day that I decided to actually design and layout my website. It has been functioning with it's slideshow front page and multiple galleries but it was just that "kinda working" - not beautiful. Now, it is gorgeous. Well, it is to me. The opening page has images that are the same size, the text lines up and the logo is large so you can actually read it. Then onto the opening slide show, wait what's that you hear??? Music, I finally added a cool back-beat to the site. So the slide show, I have images that fill the page, amazing. The music continues to play as you move through the galleries, the galleries are updated with newer pictures. Everything seems to work - except the meta tags, which in the Internet world is a very big deal but I'm working on it. So if you have time cruise on over to http://www.stephanienericcio.com/ and check it out. Here is the press ad I came up with on the fly, for the program for the Auditorium Dedication to Clyde Barr at the Carlisle High School. The event will be fantastic but that is another post for a different venue. Since I was such a forgetful procrastinator, this is what I could do with the time I had. I wanted an image that would have high contrast, print well in black and white and be out of the ordinary. I think this image fits the bill well. It is not common for a mother to let their child be photographed with crazy bed hair and her eyes have such great contrast. OH and she's my kid of course I love this picture.

I Love All My Picts BUT Don't Have Space to Display Them All

I love all my pictures but do not have enough wall space in the house to display them all. This is a dilemma for me because I photograph my daughter all the time. Well, I found a great solution. A 16 x 16 story board that showcases several different images from one photoshoot. When framed in a square 16 x 16 frame there is a 4" white boarder all around and the images themself fit in an 8 x 8 area. This is a great way to show off all the the fave shots without wallpapering the living room!!!!