I'm booking now for fall portraits. We don't have to fix a date. There are plenty of beautiful places around here for fall shoots, including the many apple orchards and old stone walls around plus specific places such as Wedgewood Pines Country Club in Stow, Acton Arboretum, Tower Hill Botanical Gardens in Boylston, DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, and Minuteman National Park in Concord.
Due to demand, I've added a framing option for all my clients. I offer traditionally styled wood and metal frames with only the highest quality components: 8-ply alpha rag museum mats, UV and non-glare acrylic, as well as black foamboard mounts. As a special incentive, any frame purchase comes with a 20% discount on the corresponding print. Everything comes ready to hang and each order comes with a free bottle of acrylic cleaner and a microfiber towel. For more information, see my frame catalog.
The warmer weather is here, snow has melted, and spring sports are upon us–finally! For a general introduction to my sports offerings, check out the Action Sports link under Services. I am shooting a variety of spring sports including track, lacrosse, baseball, softball, soccer, and tennis.
I will shoot area athletes of all ages. For most sports, I will keep to my one to three athletes per event for best results. All images will be posted on a private website and will be available for ordering at my event prices. Check out the 2008 Services & Price List for more information.
As with all my other packages, I shoot with professional sports cameras and lenses and noise reduce all images using professional software. My images are printed on the finest papers and I offer other products (from bag tags to magazine covers to press books), giving you access to the finest line of sports products around. I promise you will not be disappointed and the memories will last a lifetime!
I've been using my own manual ordering system, which works quite well, since Apple Country Photography began. I still use such a system for my regular portrait, sports, and individual clients as it gives us both the most control over the finished product. However, the back-end engine has been changed from being a static Photoshop-generated gallery to a SmugMug custom gallery.
Why did I do this? Well the initial impetus was that I needed an online ordering site for large events (e.g., weddings and fundraisers) where many people would order and a paper ordering system would be too time intensive for me. After searching many different options, I settled on SmugMug's Pro account because they have, by far, the best client experience of anything else I reviewed. They also very recently upgraded their papers, so now they are using Kodak Supra Endura paper on their premium prints and I only offer premium prints. Now I can offer a fulfillment system whereby you can order prints with a credit card, you handle the crops, and they get printed and sent directly to you.
For my individual clients, the SmugMug gallery is just for viewing and you cannot order from it. You still use the paper order forms. Prints from my Stow Musings Galleries also have a manual paper ordering system since I don't get overwhelmed with requests. These images all get processed by Miller's.
In general, I think this will make a much better experience for my clients. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think! I have the Pro Account for one year, so I'll reevaluate the system next year before my account expires.
