So I had breakfast with a friend this morning. Even better than the plate of bacon and conversation, was the little push I was given to look into new products and options.
So I headed off to the Apple store.
Anyone that knows me is well aware of the fact that I am a PC user. I've been told by many friends that I should be using a Mac. I don't handle change very well.
I walked into the Galleria and up the stairs and into the Aplle store. It was crazy busy. People everywhere, computers everywhere. I almost turned around and walked out. Lucky for me, something shiny caught my eye. I wandered over to investigate. MacBook Pro. So very pretty. I explored the demo while waiting for an Apple Store Employee (ASE) to answer all my questions. The ASEs where easy to spot. Blue shirts with apples on them. Even I could figure that one out. The demo on the Pro was neat. It answered quite a few questions. Vince showed up and we started talking about what I do and what I'm looking for. He gave me a list of reasons why the Pro would work for me. Then he asked me if I'd given any thought to looking at the MacBook Air. I hadn't. So we went over to look at that. He gave me the information on that and I fell instantly in love. This thing is amazing. It will do everything that I want it to do, and do it faster! ROCK ON! After that he walked me around the different programs that I might want to use. After THAT we looked at the iPad. Again, instant love.
So, what have I learned today?
Change isn't so bad. It's nearly painless and I shouldn't fear it.
Apples are shiny and pretty and I want one.
I still love bacon.
Pictures will happen tomorrow. I'm too distracted with my new love of shiny-ness.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Kiss My Glass
Would you like to know WHY I shoot Nikon? Why I put up with the noise (from the older bodies)? Why I shell out allllll that money?
I love my glass.
Bodies come and bodies go, but glass? Glass is forever!
No, seriously. I have lenses that are older than I am. (And these days, that's saying something for sure!)
I pick up my vintage lenses all over the place. Sure, I have to get a little creative to be able to use them. Why do I use so much vintage glass? Because each one is buggy. They all have their little quirks. little things that make them different, just like people. I have an old 30-70mm Sigma Zoom-Master. It's manual focus and leaks light. I love it. I know that if I want to get dreamy, old looking photos, that's the lens I want to use. Forget Photoshop!
So yes. I have a shelf full of old lenses. I haven't paid over $100 for any one. Some of them were free to a good home. ALL of them have fond memories and fun stories about how I discovered what makes them special.
So enough of my rambling. Tomorrow I'll actually have photos to share. I'm really trying to behave like a normal photographer on here, it's just not easy for me to pull off 'normal'.
But for now? Now I get to go locate a cricket that my son 'accidently' let loose in the house this morning. Rock on!
I love my glass.
Bodies come and bodies go, but glass? Glass is forever!
No, seriously. I have lenses that are older than I am. (And these days, that's saying something for sure!)
I pick up my vintage lenses all over the place. Sure, I have to get a little creative to be able to use them. Why do I use so much vintage glass? Because each one is buggy. They all have their little quirks. little things that make them different, just like people. I have an old 30-70mm Sigma Zoom-Master. It's manual focus and leaks light. I love it. I know that if I want to get dreamy, old looking photos, that's the lens I want to use. Forget Photoshop!
So yes. I have a shelf full of old lenses. I haven't paid over $100 for any one. Some of them were free to a good home. ALL of them have fond memories and fun stories about how I discovered what makes them special.
So enough of my rambling. Tomorrow I'll actually have photos to share. I'm really trying to behave like a normal photographer on here, it's just not easy for me to pull off 'normal'.
But for now? Now I get to go locate a cricket that my son 'accidently' let loose in the house this morning. Rock on!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Why I Look Up To My Fellow Photogs...
I really do look up to my fellow photographers.
And it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm so short.
Sure, I see you all out there. It isn't unusual to head to Faust Park on a beautiful spring morning for a photoshoot. While I'm there, I'll see 3-5 other photographers doing the same thing. Or maybe I'm walking downtown, looking for a building that I'm supposed to shoot and I'll pass by someone shooting the city skyline. We all do one very awesome thing. We make magic happen. Some of you I know, some of you I don't. We all nod, check out each others gear, smile and go about our business.
I can always spot a pro. Sometimes I wonder if they can recognize me as a pro also.
I love our special little club. We see the world in a different way. That's why we are so good at what we do. Maybe ours brains are wired a little differently, maybe we have our heads up in the clouds sometimes. Whatever the reason behind it, we all rock.
And because I can't give some photog lovin' without getting in a zinger, the Nikon shooters rock just a wee bit more than the Canon shooters. Keeping the feud alive and well! Mwah!
And it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm so short.
Sure, I see you all out there. It isn't unusual to head to Faust Park on a beautiful spring morning for a photoshoot. While I'm there, I'll see 3-5 other photographers doing the same thing. Or maybe I'm walking downtown, looking for a building that I'm supposed to shoot and I'll pass by someone shooting the city skyline. We all do one very awesome thing. We make magic happen. Some of you I know, some of you I don't. We all nod, check out each others gear, smile and go about our business.
I can always spot a pro. Sometimes I wonder if they can recognize me as a pro also.
I love our special little club. We see the world in a different way. That's why we are so good at what we do. Maybe ours brains are wired a little differently, maybe we have our heads up in the clouds sometimes. Whatever the reason behind it, we all rock.
And because I can't give some photog lovin' without getting in a zinger, the Nikon shooters rock just a wee bit more than the Canon shooters. Keeping the feud alive and well! Mwah!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Summer Special! As promised...
Ok! So here it goes! This one is for all my procrastinating brides out there. If you book your wedding* with River City Images during the months of June and July then you can get a FREE Engagement session and 20% off a 6x6 custom Album! Rock on! Excuse me while I spout the legal junk: *A booked wedding consists of a completed, signed wedding contract and the $200 non-refundable deposit.
So there you have it and there you are!
I'll be hanging out at the St. Charles Bridal Show @ the Columns center from 11-4 tomorrow. Swing by my booth and say hi!
So there you have it and there you are!
I'll be hanging out at the St. Charles Bridal Show @ the Columns center from 11-4 tomorrow. Swing by my booth and say hi!
The importance of backing up...
2 years ago my entire desktop system crashed, taking out a hard drive in the process. To this day I am still grateful that I followed the photographers rule of always backing up your photos. After every session, I burn not only the edited photos, but the raw photos as well. Yes, even the one where you are sneezing and have that Popeye thing going on. It was wonderful that no images were lost.
I lost everything else. Photoshop actions, graphics, fonts, and templates. I still mourn the loss of a few of the actions that I created. They were wonderful actions and took me FOREVER to create. Who has time to sit down and try to figure that out again?!? Not this photographer for sure!
These days I have several external hard drives. And I back up EVERYTHING. Actions, fonts, photos, invoices, order histories. My master hard drive never leaves my hands. I have a few older ones that I'll hand out to my corporate clients when I need to give them a ton of images.
I just wanted to make sure that everyone know how important it is to back up everything. Computers can be unpredictable and you know how the saying goes, you never know what you've got til it's gone!
Tomorrow I will be at the St. Charles Bridal Show. From 11-4 only. I'll also announce the "summer specials" here later today. might as well roll them out now that we have skipped Spring and rolled right into a knock out STL Summer!
Check back later today for some great deals!
~Katie
I lost everything else. Photoshop actions, graphics, fonts, and templates. I still mourn the loss of a few of the actions that I created. They were wonderful actions and took me FOREVER to create. Who has time to sit down and try to figure that out again?!? Not this photographer for sure!
These days I have several external hard drives. And I back up EVERYTHING. Actions, fonts, photos, invoices, order histories. My master hard drive never leaves my hands. I have a few older ones that I'll hand out to my corporate clients when I need to give them a ton of images.
I just wanted to make sure that everyone know how important it is to back up everything. Computers can be unpredictable and you know how the saying goes, you never know what you've got til it's gone!
Tomorrow I will be at the St. Charles Bridal Show. From 11-4 only. I'll also announce the "summer specials" here later today. might as well roll them out now that we have skipped Spring and rolled right into a knock out STL Summer!
Check back later today for some great deals!
~Katie
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
E-Session at City Garden
Because I am having website issues right now, I figured I would load a few of my favorites from this session here. I just LOVE to shoot downtown! Enjoy this sneak peak!
This is one wedding that I just can't wait for! I am lucky to have a great group of Brides and Grooms this year!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
It's contest time here at RCI!
Free photoshoot?!?!
Yep, that's what I said bunny bread! It's contest time! It's a Twitter thing and I am excited! This contest will go for the entire month of May so there is plenty of time! Get thyself to Twitter.com and start following RiverCityImages.
Every other day (starting tomorrow, May 18th) there will be a new phrase to retweet. Keep up the good work and there will be a random drawing held for a free session!
*PLEASE NOTE* The RULES:
WHO: Ages 18 or older unless you have written parent permission
WHAT: This is good for a photo session, NO WEDDINGS. This can be anything from Seniors to Maternity to Newborns to Families (Immediate family only!)
WHERE: This contest is for the St. Louis Metro area ONLY. I'll do another contest for the KC area when I have another few sessions booked there.
WHEN: You HAVE to use your session during June or July. It expires after July.
Yep, that's what I said bunny bread! It's contest time! It's a Twitter thing and I am excited! This contest will go for the entire month of May so there is plenty of time! Get thyself to Twitter.com and start following RiverCityImages.
Every other day (starting tomorrow, May 18th) there will be a new phrase to retweet. Keep up the good work and there will be a random drawing held for a free session!
*PLEASE NOTE* The RULES:
WHO: Ages 18 or older unless you have written parent permission
WHAT: This is good for a photo session, NO WEDDINGS. This can be anything from Seniors to Maternity to Newborns to Families (Immediate family only!)
WHERE: This contest is for the St. Louis Metro area ONLY. I'll do another contest for the KC area when I have another few sessions booked there.
WHEN: You HAVE to use your session during June or July. It expires after July.
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