Cedarbrook Lodge Wedding - Seattle, WA

I knew.... 
I knew when I walked into the bridal suite to an NSYNC Pandora playlist it was going to be a good day! Friendly, fun, welcoming, helpful and easy going... the best kind of wedding to photograph! Here's Ashley & John's sneak peek!

I just had to post these photos as well... This is what the bridesmaids and I were doing before the ceremony :)

You can view more of our Seattle Wedding Photography on our portfolio site    

Pin It Now!

Helpful Facebook Timeline Tips for Business Pages

We noticed that the new Facebook timeline is set to launch on all business pages March 30, 2012. What better than to post a quick blog about it! I highly recommend you start playing with your new page now and see it in preview mode before actually pushing live. Do this as soon as possible. Don’t wait until the last minute.. you might get stuck with a boring page that shows you were not prepared. We love the new facebook timeline, and enjoyed making a custom cover photo, you should too!

some helpful tips to give your business page a "makeover" 

first things first... upload your new cover photo. Be sure to read Facebook’s guidelines for cover photos to be certain you are following all the rules before posting.

Select which apps and views you’d like to appear in your apps area and arrange them as you desire. The top three apps should be the most important to your business as they will be “above the fold,” with the remainder accessible by clicking the arrow to the drop down menu.

Know the images sizes. Below we wrote down the required image sizes for you to jot down on a sticky. Stick it to your computer monitor and you won’t have to look them up or worry about forgetting them.

• Cover photo: 851 x 315
• Profile picture: 180 x 180
• Thumbnail image for apps: 111 x 74
• Highlighted & milestone images: 843 x 403
• Images within wall posts display as 404 x 404.

Try to post a lot, your fans will stay engaged that way! It is best to be authentic, helpful, honest and kind.

Take advantage of the new Admin Panel to monitor your Page Insights, new activity and always be timely in responding to your personal messages if you choose to have this feature turned on.

Add events and milestones to your Timeline!  Create a visually interesting appealing Timeline. Also take a moment to go through photo albums and delete any past photos that you aren’t incredibly proud of.

Good news for us photographers is that research shows that photos posted generate twice as much engagement versus all other types of posts. Keep your page visually appealing … even more important for the photo industry.

Pin It Now!

Yakima Engagement Photographer:: Melanie & Luke

Thanks for visiting us in Yakima you two! We look forward to shooting your Spokane wedding this August. :)

You can view more of our Yakima Engagement Photography on our portfolio site    

Pin It Now!

Recent Wedding Album Design

Shooting weddings isn't just 12 hours on a wedding day! There is lots of planning ahead of time for us, and also lots of follow up after the wedding with editing, making prints and making albums!  

Here are most of the album spreads from a wedding we shot in August in Davenport, WA. We've never had the chance to shoot in such beutiful open fields with blue skies as seen below. They were troopers for getting out there in the wheat! The bride and groom received their album a long time ago but I never had a chance to post about it.  I love that these albums tell the story of the whole day and you can go back and re-live the memories all over again. One of my brides just emailed me this week and said, "I have to tell you a couple weeks ago I was dusting the shelf where I have my photo book from the wedding and my dusting got put on hold while I took a walk down memory lane looking through the book.  I hadn't looked at it in a while and I absolutely love the pictures and the way the photo book came together.  I still feel so blessed that we chose you guys to capture our special day because the pictures are amazing."- Wedding photography and wedding albums are a great investment!

and here is what a finished album looks like! (not this particular design, but you can see how they come together)

Pin It Now!