Drip, Drip, Drip...

It's raining outside.....  

Puddle Jumping

From now until the end of summer you can book a Puddle Jumping Mini Session for your child for $30.00!!

This includes:
   ~ A phone consultation to ensure we tailor our custom session to achieve your portrait vision. We will also go over location, date and time.
   ~ 30 - 45 minutes of session time
   ~ Time spent fully editing a final selection of images for you
   ~ Your final meeting to reveal the completed images and you may make your purchase decisions.


Look at the weather forecast and if it's 60% or higher probability of rain, book a session with us!


Suggested attire:  raincoat, boots, umbrella, coveralls, jeans.  Solids instead of patterns is always better.  Shirts without logo's or writing.

Favourite Things...

As time has gone by I've had the opportunity to photograph so many different things. Each one has taught me a different lesson, or has helped me to see things in a new light.  Here are a few of my favourite images.

Angel

Deekin

Missy

My Family

My Boy

Lac Megantic - Memories of Summer

Cake Smash Fun!!

Normally I only share 2 images from a session.....but this little one got to try a brand new prop plus, the shear joy expressed in this one shot had to be shared!!! Happy Birthday little one!!

Something's I can do and something's I can't!

I have discovered that although I may have a talent for photography, woodworking is not my forte! No worries anyone, I will either learn how to make one properly or have one made for me (by someone who knows what they're doing) before placing a baby on the moon!

THE PICTURE PERFECT BABY ROOM CONTEST

THE PICTURE PERFECT 

BABY ROOM CONTEST

Why are we looking for a picture perfect room? We are looking for a room to be photographed for our marketing and sales materials. We will go to your home and photograph the room without anything on the wall, so we can, through the magic of Photoshop and other tools, put products on your walls to show off how lovely they can be.

1. Send us a picture or even a video of your baby's room. - Without a flash! Oh yeah there had to be a hitch!
2. Sit and wait, and wait, and wait. After waiting for your bundle of joy to arrive, I know you're tired of waiting but it won't be nine months. Winner will be announced on August 17th, 2015

How Will the Winner be Determined?

I've selected a small group of people to review the images you send in.  They will be looking that them simply for how nice the room looks.  We will narrow down the list, then look again to see how the room matches my business brand. Then I will be look at the quality of light and where the light lands and other photographic details to determine how it will be for photographing it.

The rules

1. The pictures and / or video's cannot be professionally produced.
2. You must live within the province of Ontario, and more specifically - within a .5 hour drive of Rockland.
3. If you win, you must use your $100 certificate within 1 year of the winner being announced. It may be applied to a session fee only (excluding mini sessions). There is no cash value therefore no refund or exchange if not used or if you are for any reason unsatisfied with the terms.  BEFORE YOU ENTER, VIEW OUR WEBSITE AND SEE IF YOU LIKE OUR STYLE. IF WE AREN'T FOR YOU, THEN WHAT GOOD IS WINNING IF YOU HATE WHAT YOU WIN?

What Size?

You would like to get a print made of your sleeping baby to display in your home, but you're not sure what size to get? What size will look good over your couch on that wall? Will it look too small or too big? 

The above image gives you an idea of what each size print will look like above the average sized couch. If you're considering a grouping of images, let us know and we can build it for you. Even better, send us a picture of your space, and we will build it in your space so you can see what it will look like when all together.

Picture Perfect Baby Room Contest

Picture Perfect Baby Room Needed! Is your babies room decorated in nice soft tones that are similar to my brand (blues, browns, pale pinks, creams)? 

Is it simple and and has fabulous natural lighting? Would you like to win a free session for your baby ($100 gift certificate towards session fee for baby up to 1 year excluding cake smash).

Stay tuned to find out more on this up coming contest....

Pricing for Products

Coming soon to our website will be the pricing for our products, and with that will be specialty products offered only with our packages.

A sneak peek at one of our specialty products.....
 - For our Baby Plan customer's you will have the opportunity to purchase 10 page leather books at each stage.  Our free gift to you is a Image Box to hold all three books.
 - For Newborn clients we will be offering a beautiful memory book of 30 (+)pages.  This will include all the images from your session, plus a letter from both parents, foot print and hand print pages, stat's page, a scanned in ultrasound image, a "favourites" page and much more. Our special gift will be a beautiful image box to hold your book.

All this and much much more......

Puddle Jumping

From now until the end of summer you can book a Puddle Jumping Mini Session for your child for $30.00!!

This includes:
   ~ A phone consultation to ensure we tailor our custom session to achieve your portrait vision. We will also go over location, date and time.
   ~ 30 - 45 minutes of session time
   ~ Time spent fully editing a final selection of images for you
   ~ Your final meeting to reveal the completed images and you may make your purchase decisions.


Look at the weather forecast and if it's 60% or higher probability of rain, book a session with us!


Suggested attire:  raincoat, boots, umbrella, coveralls, jeans.  Solids instead of patterns is always better.  Shirts without logo's or writing.

Sleeping Beauty

So precious!

Maternity

Maternity is full of ups and downs! And absolute amazement. There is no experiences in life that can prepare you for this special time. Every movement, kick, hick-up and turn will be shared between you and your precious little one.  Some may come as a surprise and startle you, others may become a regular routine that fill you with joy each time. 

It's the
beginning of your journey, your transition.

You are preparing to enter into Motherhood, and by the end of the year you will be a Mom.                                         

Time Well Spent

One of the best parts about my job is sharing it with my son. He tells the most amazing stories when he sets up the scene, then I help him to capture it all on camera. 

My View on Print vs Digital AGAIN.......

Why Quality Prints are Important.

Some of you have heard me say "No I don't sell digital copies".  But there are reasons why I have preferred not to.  Reasons to protect you, me and your legacy.

Let's just think about it for a few minutes......

If I was to hand you a cassette tape and tell you your images are on there, you would probably think I'm nuts. But, way back in the NOT so distant past, programs were saved on cassettes.  I know, because my favourite game on my Atari was Jaw Breaker and it was on a tape, and it was a sad day when that tape got eaten by the machine.

If I was to ask you if you wanted them on a floppy, you might think I need to get with it.... To tell you the truth it would probably be several floppy's!

Now here's something a little more scary.... If you had a newer MAC AIR and I gave you a CD, you know what you would have? A nice coaster..... No more CD drives.

Now the other little known fact is that it in the IT world, CD's are not anticipated to work for more then 10 years.  So you load the images onto your computer right?  Ok, computer software is constantly being upgraded, and with that comes hardware that needs to be upgraded to run the new software. If a key component breaks down (your hard drive for example), some things may be retrieved, but some may not.

Those precious moments... That special time.... That key turning point in your life.....

Ok next scenario is that you did get them printed.  You sent them out to that local cheap place, so you could save some money. You hang it on the wall. You come to my studio and I happen to have the same one hanging on my wall as a sample of my work. You then notice, even though they are not side by side, there is a difference. Mine looks rich, and alive, and lush. Yours..... ummmmm.... doesn't?  Did I do something special to the file? No I just sent it to a professional lab to have it printed on HIGH QUALITY PAPER or CANVAS. Mine will last for years and years.  Yours may begin to fade in a couple of years. 

So where does the me part come into it? Well, from a business sense, when I sell you a digital file, you then have the ability to print that image in any medium, any size you would like. How much revenue does that one file potentially represent to me? Yes I know it's a selfish reason, but I do have to make a living also.

With all that being said, I am considering selling digital files as a premium product and in addition to the purchase of a legacy piece.  Watch for this on the new pricelists coming soon.

Below is a link to an article by the UK Telegraph regarding Google's Vice President's view on Print and Digital images.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11410506/Print-out-digital-photos-or-risk-losing-them-Google-boss-warns.html

Warm Summer days are perfect for sessions out doors!  Maternity sessions are best booked for during weeks 34 - 36. Book early to ensure your session date!

Copyright Catherine Bowser Photography 2014