Greetings on this Sunday evening - have begun the editing process following the wedding yesterday. Am touring the next venue on May 1st with the wedding date being June 15th
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Hello everyone - stopping in for a quick
update on my Facebook page as I have added a calendar option for booking my
photography services - see the info below and thanks for stopping by.
The countdown for
next weekends wedding has begun!! Emailed the couple this morning to touch base
with them one week prior to the day. Has been a fun and busy time learning
Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, but thoroughly enjoying the process.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Sunday evening
greetings ~ wanted to chime in as it's been a busy time with the April 20th
wedding drawing closer. Decided to return the 85mm after I received the 50mm
lens and felt it was better suited for wedding photography within the venue.
Decided to order a new laptop with better graphics instead and have switched
software editing programs along with it. Have been using Corel Paintshop Pro for a few years
and have made the transition to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Am loving the
challenge of something new.
Have a most excellent week and find the best in yourself!
Sunday, March 24, 2019
The meeting with the April wedding couple went very well. Timeline details were verified as well as other wedding day photography specifics. Following that meeting I visited the Icon Lounge wedding venue (see images below) to take a few shots with a new lens I recently purchased and it was set up for another reception. Due to the small floor space of this venue I felt the Nikon 50mm lens would be more suited, so ordered it yesterday.
My quest for a camera case more suited to
my photography needs has been ongoing for over a year and today felt I finally
located a camera case that will work for my needs. I located this Tenba Attache on Adorama’s
website and love this will work for wedding day purposes as well as travel.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
My new investment for
portrait and weddings arrived today! The Nikon 85mm prime lens - 1.8 aperture
allows for the lens to capture more light.
This lens pairs nicely with my
current lens of the Nikon 35mm and Nikon 18-300mm lens which shares the filter
size of 67mm with the 85mm lens. My camera body is the Nikon D5600.
Will be busy this Saturday
as I’m meeting with the April bride to touch on details and visiting the
venue for a second visit and taking the new lens and the recent MagMod diffuser
system I acquired.
Saturday, March 16, 2019
Am
posting one portfolio of my original artwork. Please consider
investing in a piece of my art to show off in your home, place of business or
as a gift. Thank you for your support!
Orders
are placed through me by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to
have the image on print, framed print, canvas, glass, metal or acrylic.
Featured Portfolio ~ Seasonal Scenes – Winter, Spring, Summer,
Fall
This Season
Scenes portfolio contains many aspects of the four seasons I have ventured out
to photograph. I hope you enjoy viewing it!
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Saturday, March 2, 2019
New Year – New Investment
I am stepping up my photography game
with two weddings in 2019 with a new external flash diffuser system. MagMod is
a smart lighting system with rave reviews. The silicone diffuser gives a
wider beam of light and the grid fitting over the flash gives a tighter focus
of light. Gels give other options with lighting as well.
Every
weekend I will be posting one portfolio of my original
artwork. Please consider investing in a piece of my art to show off
in your home, place of business or as a gift. Thank you for your support!
Featured Portfolio ~ Floral’s and Butterflies
Floral’s
are one of my favorite subjects to photography – the varieties of flowers and
colors are wondrous to capture in morning light with “bokeh”: the aesthetic quality of the
blur of the out-of-focus portions of an image produced by a lens and macro photography captures the details of the flower petals and
morning dew drops
Orders are placed through me by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to have the image on print, framed print, canvas, glass, metal or acrylic.
New Year ~ New Possibilities
8th Annual Orange City Arts’ Regional
Exhibition
The Artist’s Showcase: Orange City Arts’ Regional Exhibition. The exhibit will be April 5-27, 2019 at the Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre Arts Center, Orange City Iowa
I have entered the two images shown in this blog to
this exhibit. Both are professionally matted and framed and ready to hang. Artwork for this exhibit is selected by a
juried panel and those selected will be notified by email March 28th, 2019
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Every weekend I will be posting one gallery of my original artwork. Please consider investing in a piece of my art to show off in your home, place of business or as a gift. Thank you for your support!
Orders are placed through me by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to have the image on print, framed print, canvas, glass, metal or acrylic.
Featured Portfolio ~ Random Images
Images in this portfolio range
from street art to statues and other fun random images
Professional Website: Random Portfolio
Saturday, February 23, 2019
What inspires me as a photographer?
Seeing
what others do not and able to capture it in such a way that has the viewer
taken in by the image. One buyer of an image stated they had seen the object in
the image before but never as I had captured it - lighting and composition are very
important to me as a photographer. Another thing that keeps me inspired is
planning and exploration - two years ago I was preparing for a trip to Thunder
Bay, Ontario Canada ~ my first trip outside the United States and now planning
my first trip to Colorado in late summer. To view areas unknown to myself as a
photographer gives incentive for me to pursue with my camera!
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Featured Gallery ~ Western South Dakota
Images in this gallery are from Mt
Rushmore, Custer State Park and the National Badlands – in Sept of 2018 Rainbow
International Restoration of Sioux Falls, SD purchased an image of Mt Rushmore
they took to their Dallas, TX convention and sold at charity auction.
Every weekend I will be posting
one gallery of my original artwork.
Please consider investing in a piece of my art to show off in your home,
place of business or as a gift.
Thank you for your support!
Orders will be placed through me
by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to have the image on print,
framed print, canvas, wood, glass, metal or acrylic.
Professional
Website: Western South Dakota Gallery
Friday, February 15, 2019
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Featured Gallery ~ Fine Art for Purchase
As I have been sharing galleries of my
images that may be purchased – now I’m sharing ready-made fine art. Each image
is listed as either print, framed print, canvas, metal and acrylic – prices are
current and you may contact me @ j-ak@live.com to purchase any of those available
Every weekend I will be posting
one gallery of my original artwork.
Please consider investing in a piece of my art to show off in your home,
place of business or as a gift. Thank you for your support!
Orders will be placed through me
by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to have the image on print,
framed print, canvas, wood, glass, metal or acrylic.
Professional Website: Fine Art For Sale
Winter greetings from South Dakota ~
Was able to
participate in a wedding webinar yesterday and gain valuable information. Have
been reworking my wedding contract and have a new wedding photography questionnaire
for the bride and groom that will benefit them and me in all areas of their wedding
day. Below is a sample of the 3 page questionnaire that will be provided as
part of a custom wedding packet, along with the contract, checklist and
timeline and other items, you will receive at your scheduled consolation
meeting.
Contact me: j-ak@live.com to reach out
to me.
View wedding packages information
Friday, February 8, 2019
Monday, February 4, 2019
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Featured Gallery ~ Canada
I traveled to another country for the
first time in my life in June 2017 - Thunder Bay Ontario Canada and stayed at a
B&B in Lappe ON CA for a week and travel around the general area exploring
with the camera. Hope you enjoy my images!
Every weekend I
will be posting one gallery of my original artwork. Please consider investing in a piece of my
art to show off in your home, place of business or as a gift. Thank you for
your support!
Orders will be placed through me by trusted companies I verify with
quality – choose to have the image on print, framed print, canvas, wood, glass,
metal or acrylic.
Professional Website: Canada Gallery
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Planning,
Managing & Organizing
What is most important for your wedding day photography? An
area I strive for as a professional photographer is to give my clients guidance
to take the pressure off the couple for their special day.
By providing a detailed photography checklist and wedding timeline
will allow for time management and stress-free planning and assure all the
images they wished to have detailed will be captured allowing for a more relaxing
time on the wedding day.
When meeting my wedding clients for their initial consultation
I provide them with a custom wedding packet which includes the photography checklist
– see an example of the new update version below.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Being on Instagram has given me the opportunity to participate in one webinar containing information of posing and am registered for another pertaining to lighting next week. Opportunities like this are great in order to learn from other professionals
- Never Stop Learning, Because Life Never Stops Teaching -
Am still updating my website - view new information and designs
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Happenings . . .
Last Sunday I had a photography consultation with a wedding couple for their April 20th, 2019 wedding and have been contracted to photograph their wedding day. Am super excited as this is my second wedding for 2019 so far with the other
wedding booked for June 15, 2019.
Have also been busy this weekend creating a new design for my professional website. Found a great company for some ready cool backgrounds to showcase my photography and portrait sessions and wedding packages offered.
Stop by for a visit and check out the new look - Jewels Photography Website
Transportation: Classic Cars & Hot Air Balloons
Every weekend I will be posting one gallery of my original
artwork. Please consider investing in a
piece of my art to show off in your home, place of business or as a gift. Thank
you for your support!
The link below will take you to the featured gallery on my
professional website: Lakes, Rivers and Landscapes. Orders will be placed
through me by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to have the
image on print, framed print, canvas, wood, glass, metal or acrylic.
Professional Website: Transportation
Saturday, January 19, 2019
~ Wildlife ~
Every weekend I will be posting one gallery of my original
artwork. Please consider investing in a
piece of my art to show off in your home, place of business or as a gift. Thank
you for your support!
The link below will take you to the featured gallery on my
professional website. Orders will be placed
through me by trusted companies I verify with quality – choose to have the
image on print, framed print, canvas, wood, glass, metal or acrylic.
Professional Website: https://jewelsphotography.smugmug.com/Wildlife/
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
January 2019
Greetings - here we are at the halfway point in January with the new year rolling along quickly. I for one am ready for Spring!!! In 63 glorious days we can put Winter behind us.
It is shaping up to be a busy start to 2019 for me with photography. Was queried about a
photography mentorship as Christmas gift for a loved one and is to take place in the Spring. Am meeting a wedding couple this weekend to give information to for their April 2019 wedding. Also have a June wedding to look forward to this summer.
In other news, I have 3 images in a digital competition and waiting to learn the results of a 2020 gallery I've submitted to and waiting to entry into a digital photography exhibit in Orange City, IA
Be sure to follow me on Facebook: Jewels Photography
View all images on my professional website: Jewels Photography Website
Enjoy Your Day!
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