Playing with some fun software!  Check it out.

I was thinking the other day, I work mainly in the IT industry and it’s common practice among my peers that whenever new software is available it’s a sign that it’s time to whine and complain about how much it’s going to suck and to wait at least six months for the developers to work out the bugs.  I must be broken because when I learn of new software I can’t wait to get my hands on it and try out the new features.  I realized a while ago that they’re complaining and fears are not very well placed or thought out.  What I realized is that NO software is EVER complete.  Regardless of peoples beliefs, software will always be in beta, especially as it gets more and more complex.  (For those that don’t know, the Beta phase of software development is one of the last stages of testing before a final release of that software.  It often includes having members of a specific industry or even the general public involved in the testing.)

Then tonight I was thinking again, discussing with Mel through the last few days and then talking with a possible client this evening I realized that almost nothing is ever final.  I’ve spent much of the last two months stressing over pricing structures and package pricing.  We finally came to a decision a couple weeks ago and now while talking again we’ve decided that some more changes are in order not only to our pricing but to our web site as well.  I then realized that it doesn’t matter what we set our prices to, we are free to change our prices as we see fit to better appeal to our customers while still being fair to ourselves.  We may have settled on one pricing structure for now, but guaranteed, we will change it.  Everyone does.

I am so bad at time management!  Hehehe…  Finally spent a few minutes with photos me and Mel did of each other a couple weeks ago and put together this image!  I love iT!

Mel and Dave

So it seems that while some people feel that some crazy ads are let through on Facebook that shouldn’t be, perfectly legitimate ads are denied for equally absent reasons.  Finally got an e-mail today that said my ad was mistakenly denied and that it has been approved.  Awesome!

I’d like to just say how awesome Twitter is.  I have found so much useful information through the people I’m following on Twitter it isn’t even funny.  Seriously.  Not funny!!  I’m getting too much info now and some info that I want to check, I may not be readily able to so by the time I”m in a position to look at the info I’ve completely forgotten about it, or I’ve forgotten who posted it, or whatever.  And I’m only following 27 people!  I can’t imagine the ordeals that some folk go through when they have more than 500!!!

Anyway, tonight shall be a night of fun and excitement as we have our weekly business meeting and have much to discuss about exactly how to deal with the new ad and advertising in general.

So, our first Facebook ad has been rejected!  Apparently the content of the ad did not accurately reflect the nature of the business the ad linked to.  I have no idea how else to do the ad so I’m waiting for facebook to reply to my request for more information about why it got rejected.   It’s been three days now!  After this entry I’ll be e-mailing again!

Tonight I set up our first ever Facebook Ad.   I figured it was a good place to start.  It was a bit scary and confusing, but I think it will work out great!

Next step might need to be new business cards and other marketing materials.  I really want to do something different and eye catching.  Just trying to get that spark to ignite in my brain.  Of course ideas offered by others are always welcomed!

We will also be getting our sample books from Pictage in a couple weeks so that’s pretty exciting too!  Pictage is the lab we’re going to try out for a while and they seem great so far!!!  Lot’s of products to choose from and everyone places their order right online!  Great options and timesaver for everyone.

Mel also got to playing around with some self portraits we did of each other.  I’m hoping to sit down with a few soon myself.  She’s so freaking funny!

I’m constantly on the look out for great inspirations.  You can never have too many!  Here’s a couple.

http://solarisstudios.com/

http://www.altf.com/

http://www.lauraferreira.com

If anyone has other great sites, please let me know!

One more night of edits and final drafts and we’ll be all ready to start booking clients!  So, if you know anyone in need of some awesome wedding photos or any other photos, please send them to us!

I would also like to put out there that we will be in the market for studio space in the coming months.  If anyone knows any good locations for nicely priced spaces of at least 1000 sq ft, please let us know.  Thanks!

Well, the web site is just about done.  The most difficult part is behind us; Wedding Package design and pricing!  We’re still going to need to smooth out wrinkles over time but I think it’s a great start!  Head over and have a look.

In other news I really can’t go enough about how incredible a tool Twitter is.  At first I only tried it out cause I couldn’t understand what people saw in it.  So it gave a Facebook-like  status update, isn’t that what I have a Facebook account for?  But it’s really so much more when used properly.  Even though I don’t have a very large list of people I’m followering I already have a wealth of information being pushed out to me by people far more skilled and closer to stardom than myself!  Everything from new books to buy to help my career to inspiration by all the different photographers announcing new postings on their blogs and web sites!   Very cool tool, use it, you’ll be glad you did!

Also, Mel and I had a little photoshoot of our own the other day and got a few excellent shots!  Here’s a couple!

Me by Mel!

Goofy Goober!