Beach family session at Fort Macon, NC. Storyboards/Collage

My clients are saying they have problems picking out pictures from their sessions because they like them all.  But most people don’t want to put 35, or so, pictures on a wall. So recently I sat down and made sure all of my templates were made available in my photo cart.

It makes it very easy for my clients to pick one and then add on which photos they want to use, and then place the order, along with their other prints. Without having to email me back and forth!   I love this process, and the past two days, I sold FIVE 10×20 collages.   They do take about an hour to put together, but I don’t charge extra for it.  In general, I avoid “extra fees” because it makes life more complicated, and I don’t think we need more of that.

Here’s two of the collages I’ve made so far,

Copyright©Linda Zelnio Photography 2009

Copyright©Linda Zelnio Photography 2009

A few recent favorites from May, 2009

Fun in the sun…tutu time

Princess or not, dirt ends up on 2 year olds.  I think she really loves getting clothes changed, as often as she gets dirty!

 

 

 

Emerald Isle family event session, Saturday April 11th.

Wow!  Did we luck out with the weather!   It was cloudy but 75F…and the day before and the day after was much colder, so the Gods were certainly smiling upon us that day.   What a fun session.  This was my largest family session I’ve done but it was SO much fun!   5 families,  20 people total.   Emerald Isle near the pier.  The clouds were gorgeous too.

I have so many pictures to sort out and edit, but here is one of  my  favorite shots from the event.

I’m starting to get booked for spring and summer….meanwhile…some more of my children

Things are moving quickly now when spring kicks in and I’ll be busy probably every weekend.  So I am going to take this moment to post more pictures of my own children, in our front and backyard!    Shooting my own kids also lets me experiment with different post processing effects in Photoshop.   As most of you probably know by now, photographs aren’t coming out of the camera looking like this ;P

What’s fun for me is to make the photos a little modern vintage.  In general, I don’t process my client’s photos this way but stay with more “normal” colors but if you like the vintage look, feel free to ask me to fix that for your photos!

A few recent captures….

Thanks for all the praise on my new website,  I really appreciate it.

My blog has been a bit neglected since I moved and started renovating our new house!    But I wanted to share a few with you all.

New Website is up and running!

My new website is now officially published and please surf in and check it out!   It’s so pretty and easy to navigate, not to mention that the photos can be displayed larger too.   www.lindazelnio.com

Valentine’s Day special! Mini session $50.

Book a session for your Valentine Day’s card!   $50 for a mini-session – 45 minutes.

You’ll receive 25 complementary Valentine greeting cards with your session at no extra charge!  Value of $80. (One pose, one card template)

Book soon,  special expires February 7th.

A super duper cute princess

What a fun little sweetheart!  Thanks for the session!

The little girl had so many beautiful dresses, we were at a nice location and the sun was setting over the trees. There’s so many keepers and so many photos I want to show you, but I can’t show you all 25 that the mom ordered, so I’m trying to compress some of the favorites into storyboards.

 

 

Profiles count too

It’s easy to get stuck in a rut where you concentrate on getting head-on shots. But profiles can be just as interesting, especially to ourselves since we don’t see us at that angle.

Here’s two examples, a pretty classic portrait and one where the posture tells a story.