tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85202653554536553012024-03-04T22:02:52.821-08:00Avery James Photographyhttp://www.averyjamesphotography.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.comBlogger423125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-55426141393949847422013-11-14T21:44:00.000-08:002013-11-14T21:44:05.653-08:00Jay and Nicole's Anniversary Shoot at the Queen Mary, Long BeachThis shoot (from back in February 2012) was so fun, because,<br />
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1. I was working with a very photogenic couple,<br />
2. I was shooting at a location that I had never been to ever, let alone taken pictures at,<br />
and 3. It was a night shoot and also outside of my norm<br />
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Shooting at night in a location that I have never been to was definitely going to be challenging, my only light source would be either my flash (which I HATE using) or whatever light sources we could find around the beautiful Queen Mary ship in the Long Beach harbor. This would limit where we could shoot, but I was determined to do a good job with this!<br />
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Jay arranged the entire shoot for his wedding anniversary without telling his wife any of the plans. She thought they were going to dinner and I met them in front of the restaurant with my camera in hand. She had no idea, but as the ship's restaurants are pretty high end, she was dressed to the nines and ready to go for the shoot!<br />
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We walked around the ship and took some great, romantic shots of the two of them, and as of today it's still one of my favorite shoots that I've done. :) :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-49986208750811621782013-11-12T21:11:00.001-08:002013-11-12T21:11:17.009-08:00Cindy Orantes Makeup and Hair ArtistIn keeping with my promise to catch this blog up, here are some pictures from over a year ago. <br />
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These were for some portfolio shots for amazing hair and makeup artist, Cindy Orantes. She did such a beautiful job with these models, and I had such a fun time taking their pics! We've been in talks to do another shoot soon, as soon as our schedules can line up at least! :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-71253561544609917862013-11-07T11:51:00.001-08:002013-11-12T21:30:36.632-08:00Amanda and Mike Engagement Session (Oct 2012)Well hello there, old friend. Blogger.com is a link I haven't typed into my browser bar in quite awhile...although I've been meaning to! Eeks. I committed to getting back to blogging quite awhile ago...then life happened. You know how it goes. But I'm going to try this again and force myself to post here...there's actually a purpose to it, so hopefully that will help me stay motivated.<br />
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So I randomly picked an old session to post here for my first post in a year (and that one didn't even really count as a photo post)...this super cute couple came to me for their engagement session, and rumor has it they just got married in Hawaii last weekend! Congrats to the beautiful bride and groom. :) :)<br />
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</span></span></span><a href="https://rc.socialpromotionexpert.com/2012/fb/shutterfly/official-rules/SF-9590dfda51db3a402b32393f354f394a/FB.html" target="_blank"><b><span>Shutterfly Sweepstakes - Official Rules</span></b></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-35405963418232592552012-02-14T20:24:00.000-08:002012-02-14T20:24:30.666-08:00Pauline and Family<div style="text-align: center;">I'm back (again) peeps! Had to take a little time out for some personal things I was dealing with, but life is back on track and boy is it busy!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Work is beginning to pick back up from the after-Christmas-slump. My son's 6th birthday is only a couple weeks away and I'm still trying to figure out what to do for it! My "little" sister's 21st birthday is the week after that and we're planning a Las Vegas trip to celebrate. AND on top of all that and the day-to-day stuff, I'm moving in a week and a half and have a total of 3 boxes packed so far!! But I work well under pressure and always find a way to make it all work. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I wanted to share some photos back from November of some of the most photogenic and beautiful clients I have. This whole family needs to be in a magazine or something. Am I wrong??</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, I love the littlest girl's look soooo much, that I chose her as one of the two models I'll be using in the advertisements for a new upcoming service I'll be offering - I don't have a name or catchy slogan for it yet, but they'll basically be mini photo shoots for little girl's birthday parties complete with professional hair and makeup design. I can't wait to roll it out, but we're not quite ready yet. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day whether coupled up, single, parenting, chilling with the pets, or whatever it is you did. I spent the afternoon and evening with my son and had a lovely movie date to go see Chronicle. Interesting movie, we liked it. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be back tomorrow (I hope!) with more pics! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-39109420439199914442012-01-27T09:12:00.000-08:002012-01-27T09:12:25.968-08:00New Fine Art Prints For Sale!<div style="text-align: center;">Since I just recently discovered this cool Facebook app that lets you put your Etsy shop on your business page (check <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AveryJamesPhotography" target="_blank">mine</a> out, the link is in the left hand column titled "Etsy Shop" under my profile pic), I decided to relist all my old items that had long ago expired. It had been well over a year since I sold anything or even bothered to market any of it. Just got burned out and bored I guess.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't have a whole lot to relist, but I picked my favorite items and put them up. Well yesterday morning I got an order for one of my fabric frames! This one, which is one of my favorites:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/transaction/70774631" target="_blank">Zebra Print Frame</a></td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So of course, once I got that sale coming through I got all excited and motivated. So I spent yesterday morning searching through all my e-files and preparing new fine art prints to stock my shop with. I stopped about halfway through all my pictures because I just got tired of it, but I got quite a few new prints up! I want to get to the fabric store soon too so I can make some new frames! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's my Etsy shop link:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AveryJamesPhoto" target="_blank">Avery James Photography on Etsy</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's the new prints I just put up! They're all 8x10 prints and sell for $24.00 each. Please inquire about larger or smaller sizes. :) :) <a href="mailto:crystal@averyjamesphotography.com">crystal@averyjamesphotography.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/91509492/glory" target="_blank">"Glory"</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/91504532/pretty-in-pink?ref=v1_other_2" target="_blank">"Pretty in Pink"</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">And don't forget!! I'm offering free advertising on my blog for a month!! Details <a href="http://averyjamesphotography.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-ad-space-for-1-month.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-50347890762997184792012-01-25T09:34:00.000-08:002012-01-25T09:36:07.192-08:00Free Ad Space for 1 month!Yup! You heard right - free ad space for 1 month here on my Avery James Photography blog!<br />
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Interested??<br />
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Details:<br />
120 x 90px size button<br />
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It'd be great to get photography related sponsors such as the following, but I am open to all advertisers at this point:<br />
<ul><li>Etsy shops that sell photo props, baby and children accessories and clothing, photo frames, graphic design, etc.</li>
<li>Blogs with photography tips and tutorials</li>
<li>Photography equipment suppliers</li>
<li>Photo printers</li>
</ul>Other types of advertisers (big and small) I'd love to support:<br />
<ul><li>Bloggers (crafters, artists, moms, couponers, giveaways, fashion, beauty, travel)</li>
<li>Small businesses</li>
<li>Children's boutiques</li>
<li>Beauty</li>
<li>Fashion</li>
<li>Travel</li>
<li>Music</li>
</ul>Those are all my preferred advertisers, but again, I will consider all businesses, big and small.<br />
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Please email me your button (make it attractive!) and website link to: <a href="mailto:crystal@averyjamesphotography.com">crystal@averyjamesphotography.com</a><br />
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Thank you!! :)<br />
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Oh, and a picture for today. Another picture of my little boy from the pics I took for our Christmas cards. :) :) How cute is he??? :) :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's got so many different emotional pieces going on throughout the movie that I think many people will find something they can relate to. My heart definitely went out to the mother in the movie and I cried like a baby for the last 20 minutes as everything was coming to a head.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Basically the movie is based around a young boy whose father died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. That part of the story alone is heartbreaking. Then he has this journey to try and find a connection to his father through a mystery of sorts that he is trying to solve.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As he met so many people along his path, I was reminded at how each person that I meet in my life, if even for only a brief time, affects me in some way and the person that I am. Or that I may affect many people along my path in ways that I may never even realize. It's an outstanding realization when you sit and really think about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The mother in the story is struggling with so many things - her own grief at losing her husband in such a tragic way, and having to raise and console a son who clearly favored his father for the relationship that they had. Watching your child fall apart and hurt so deeply and not being able to do anything to help ease their pain is heart wrenching to watch. This is about the time I started bawling in the movie theater.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are a few other characters who each have their own little shining light and struggles, and together they all created a great movie. I could have done without the face full of tears, but that's when you know a movie is good - when it makes you feel emotions so strongly that you can't control them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out the trailer. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite part of my job is being able to check back in with families year after year (sometimes multiple times a year) and seeing how the kids progress and grow each time. It's an amazing perk of the world I live in. :) :) I actually hadn't seen this family for 2 years before this shoot though. It's honestly more crazy to me to think that I've been doing this photography thing for longer than that. The twists and turns that life takes...it's an adventure every day. :) What will tomorrow bring???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On with the smiles (and what great smiles this family has!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Last night my honey and I headed over to an 80's birthday party for two of my friends. I'm really not a fan of dressing up whatsoever...and although I lived my childhood in the 80's, I really had nothing to show for it wardrobe wise. The most I could get my hands on was a hair crimper and leg warmers from some friends. Once my bf's mom and sister found out that we were going to an 80's party though, they both brought out their costume arsenal and dressed me up, and I had to admit, it was actually pretty cute. The gloves were definitely my favorite part. I had to pass on the giant Madonna-looking bow though...my hair was gonna be crimped and that was as far as I was going.<br />
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I did find out that I actually liked my crimpy, frizzy hair. I'm used to my hair being pretty flat and straight all the time, so the body that the frizz gave to my hair was pretty awesome, lol. :) :)<br />
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What's your favorite 80's fashion piece??<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my love (don't mind the missing tooth...it's a long story)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us and the birthday boy and girl :) :) She made her own Michael Jackson costume - how awesome is that?? And he's from the Smooth Criminal video.</td></tr>
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This obviously is my photography blog, but I'd like it to be more than that. I want to find a way to combine my photography with my life with my interests with my stories with all of you out there in the blog world and with me in general.<br />
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With that said, I may just post a little of this and a little of that randomness...because personally I love randomness. For example, I always put my ipod on shuffle when I listen to it vs searching for my favorite songs...most of the time I don't even listen to my ipod because I'd prefer to listen to one of my many mixes on <a href="http://www.pandora.com/" target="_blank">Pandora</a> because I never know what song will come up next. I also came across this <a href="http://www.facebook.com/etsythemeshop" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> app on Facebook that brings up a random shop everytime you refresh the page. That stuff just tickles me. LoL. :) I'm definitely not a Type A personality, that's for sure.<br />
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So my point is, that I hope to use this blog in a more personal way. You'll get to know me as more than just a photographer...there's a real, live, breathing woman behind that camera and I've been known to have a lot to say from time to time. Hopefully it'll interest you. :)<br />
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Look for more posts like this in between my client photos, but there shall always be at least one photo in a post. This one is of my son that I took around Christmastime to use on our Christmas cards. It's taken in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palos_Verdes" target="_blank">Palos Verdes, CA</a> where we live. Absolute paradise in the city is what I think of this place. :)<br />
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Today I'm blogging pictures from another one of my regular client's recent shoots. Love this family too!! They are just so absolutely sweet and the kids are adorable. The kids all kept running and tackling and hugging me and during the shoot which I thought was so cute. I love being able to form relationships with the families that I see on a continued basis. An extra perk to my job. :) :)<br />
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Also, after I blogged yesterday's post, I realized that I never blogged that same family's last shoot....but I think their pics are on a different hard drive that I need to get plugged in...and I also don't think I ever blogged this post's family's photos from last year either. So I'll get both of those up in a future post. :) :)<br />
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On with this pics! :)<br />
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This past holiday photo season really grabbed me by the toes and swung me around till I couldn't see straight, that's for sure. Not a bad thing depending on how you look at it, but I'm sure glad it's over because I was nearing the end of my stress rope, lol.<br />
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These pictures below are of some of my regular clients that I took a little before the holiday season started, just didn't get to blog them yet. Doesn't this family just make you smile?? They're SOOO easy to work with, my favorite type of client - laid back, let's me do my own thing, let's the kids relax and have fun, smiling, laughing, and lots of interaction with each other. All of that really does produce a great photo environment. :) :)<br />
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The winner of the amazing Spa Pedicure with Zenka Nails is....<br />
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Thank you to everyone who entered! Be sure to check out my review and their information on this awesome company here: <a href="http://averyjamesphotography.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway-and-review-for-zenka-nails.html">Zenka Nails Review</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-82134470029292963142011-10-31T12:35:00.000-07:002011-10-31T12:35:35.243-07:00Happy Halloween 2011!<div style="text-align: center;">I hope everyone is having a fantabulous Halloween and that you got to do some fun stuff with the kiddies or your friends or fam or whomever this weekend! :) I went to 2 different Halloween parties (adult parties) dressed as a firefighter. Gotta love our heroes. ;) I also painted pumpkins with my son (waaaay easier and more fun, in my opinion, than carving them!). :) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a few pics to share - a few of my son, our pumpkins, and his Halloween costume, and then the rest of a few other Halloween cuties that I met up with! :) I don't have any pics of me dressed up...I think there's a couple floating around out there, but I haven't seen them yet. :) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">First the review, then the giveaway details!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and please pardon all the pictures of my piggies! They aren't the prettiest things around by any means, but I couldn't do a review on a pedicure without having pics of my toes and the process to go along with it! :) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zenkastyle.com/index.html">Zenka Nails at Trilogy Spa</a> is located at 451 Manhattan Beach Blvd. in the <a href="http://www.metloxmb.com/">Metlox Plaza</a> in Manhattan Beach, CA. just up the street from the pier. Right next to the super chic <a href="http://www.shadehotel.com/">Shade Hotel</a> and alongside tons of other cute boutiques and restaurants. (Contact: 310.374.3600)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Upon entering the <a href="http://trilogyspa.com/manhattan-beach.html">Trilogy Spa</a>, you're greeted by the very welcoming lobby and front desk ladies (there might be men too, but I didn't see any on my visit). I was then whisked away into the nail spa area which was a very cozy room with 2 cushy seats side by side with a small table in between, a curtained area with a manicure table to the side, a television with headphones, magazines, and relaxing music playing in the background. Very much like a spa atmosphere versus the typical large nail salon with 20+ seats, tons of chatter, and background noise. This is a great spot to come with a girlfriend to relax and catch up on gossip, or to just come and relax by yourself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was then introduced to my AMAZING nail tech, Valery. She was super sweet and made me feel relaxed and confident in her work. She's been doing nails for 5 years now and has worked with several celebrity clients as well. Prior to nails she was a masseuse which translates into - she gives great foot and reflexology massages in her pedis! :) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She started off by soaking my feet in a warm, foamy fizzy bath of rock salt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next she worked at removing my nail polish....which happened to be many, very heavy coats of glittery polish. Not easy to take off, but she was a trooper and kept at the stubborn polish. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next she cut and filed my toenails making them all pretty and straight :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next up was a hibiscus and tiger lily sugar scrub treatment. I love sugar scrubs personally because they exfoliate and all that good stuff, but aren't as harsh as a salt scrub...I have very dry skin so the salt isn't always the best thing for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After rinsing the scrub off, Valery then proceeded on to the next treatment which was a detoxing seaweed wrap. This detoxes your skin of impurities and opens up the pores. She rubbed the mixture over my feet and then wrapped them up like little babies in warm towels. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She let the seaweed wrap soak in for a bit and we talked about another service that she does. As far as she knows, last she checked she's the only one in the South Bay that offers the following service:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Minx Nails</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They're basically little foil-like nail coverings with various designs. They don't chip like polish or anything like that and on the toes they can last for 8+ weeks...depends on the wearer and how much you put your feet through. ;) You can also get then on your fingernails.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a couple of examples:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's an example of how they look on the toes:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because it's not a polish, you can really achieve that metallic look which is super cool. I'm all about the shine myself. And I love all the fun designs you can get!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a difficult process to do and nail techs must be trained and certified in doing this process, so it can get a little pricey - but totally worth it if you want something unique that isn't really offered in the area right now! (Price list link below)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">OK - back to my pedi. After the seaweed wrap soaked in a bit, Valery took the towels off and rubbed all the green mixture off. She then moved on to the best part of the whole experience - the foot and leg massage! She used this plumeria and hibiscus lotion that smelled sooooo good - a nice, light, fruity/floral mixture. And as I noted earlier, she has that professional massage background, so she definitely knows what she's doing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And so...the massage was so relaxing that I completely forgot to take a picture, lol. So no visuals on this one, haha. But just picture me sitting there in complete bliss and relaxation. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">:) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After that it was time to put on the polish. I requested french tips, my favorite! She polished away and sculpted those tips. She's very quick and precise. Great lines and technique.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I even got the fancy fan treatment to help it dry a bit. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is the lovely final product!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please don't mind that ugly cut on my left big toe - Apparently I forget how to walk sometimes and I stepped on my own toe last week with my heel.....very hard....it still hurts. :(</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love them! And I felt super happy and relaxed when I left. And of course being right down the street from the beach amongst all the beachy shops just added to the experience when I left. :) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh - and before I forget, if you get a nail treatment with Zenka Nails, you can add on usage of the Trilogy Spa amenities for $25 (regularly $45)! A great way to relax before/after your manis and pedis! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">LINKS:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zenkastyle.com/index.html%20">Zenka Nails @ Trilogy Spa</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zenka-Nails-at-Trilogy-Spa/120457971337726">Zenka Nails on Facebook</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/zenkastyle">Zenka Nails on Twitter</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zenkastyle.com/nails.html">Price list</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zenkastyle.com/deals.html">Specials</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">OK - now on to the FUN part!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: red; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">GIVEAWAY TIME!!</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I encourage you to enter this giveaway, and do as many of the entries as you can because this is a fabulous package to win!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One lucky Avery James Photography reader will win the same Spa Indulgence Pedicure package that I did from Zenka Nails at Trilogy Spa. Zenka Nails at Trilogy Spa is located in Manhattan Beach, CA. so you'll need to be local in order to claim this prize.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You must do the Mandatory entry below in order to be eligible for any of the Extra Entries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember to leave your email address in each entry so I know how to reach you if you win!</div><div style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"></span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-74857378836193745362011-10-19T10:07:00.000-07:002011-10-19T10:07:35.536-07:00Rosie and FamilyHappy Hump Day everyone! :) Wednesday already...where does the week go?? :)<br />
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Any fun plans for anyone out there this upcoming weekend? It's almost Halloween!! Then the onslaught of holiday fun starts, crazyyyyy...the year is coming to a close already.<br />
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As for myself, I'm doing Halloween costume mini-sessions this Saturday for the kiddies (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123889467718115) and a beach shoot on Sunday. Other than that, just some fun time with my little one and my love. :) Should be a great weekend!<br />
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Speaking of beach shoots, below are some pictures from a shoot I did about a month ago with 2 adorable twins and their big brother. They all had birthdays right around the same time so they wanted a picture for the party invitation and for the cake topper. They went with this first one of all 3 of them. I photographed the birthday party as well so I'll try and post those pictures next! :)<br />
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I must admit though, I have sooooo much respect for parents of twins or greater multiples...it's not easy to take care of 1 toddler let alone 2 of them at the exact same age (or to photograph them!)...plus older/younger siblings on top of that. I tip my hat to the hard work that you do. :) :)<br />
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Have a great week everyone! :)<br />
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She sent me some interview questions the other day and I responded to them yesterday...in my usual fashion they became very wordy answers, but it was really nice to be forced to sit down and think about my responses and really put into text how I feel about various things.<br />
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Halfway through the novel I ended up writing her, I realized that there might actually be some interesting info in here that others might either get a little inspiration from or just be interested in reading in order to learn a little bit more about me and my business. So I decided I was going to post my answers here for all to see. :)<br />
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Once she finishes with her project, I'll also post that here to share with everyone! :)<br />
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Happy reading. :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>1. Why did you start your own business?<br />
</b></div><ol></ol>A few different reasons. Ever since I was a very young child, I have always been finding ways to make extra money before I was old enough to get a payroll type job. I sold anything I could get my hands on or could figure out how to make on my own. I think the entrepreneurial spirit has just always been embedded in me. <br />
Once I was old enough for a job, I realized that I really didn’t like having a boss for the most part, I didn’t like being on someone else’s schedule, and I really didn’t like working my butt off to make someone else money. I also loved the thought of working from the comfort of my own home and being able to walk away from my desk whenever I felt like it. <br />
The real drive to push even harder for my own business came once I had children though. I knew that I did not want my children growing up in a daycare or with a babysitter. I wanted to be involved with their school and classroom once they started. I wanted to be able to take vacations with them and not have to worry about whether I could get the time off from work. I wanted to be able to take a day or two off to take care of them if they were sick without feeling guilty for abandoning anyone at work with deadlines, etc. <br />
And lastly, I wanted a future that I could be really proud of. To be able to provide for myself and my family by the work of my two hands and my own brain power. To be able to introduce myself as a successful business owner. There’s definitely a sense of pride in having your own business.<br />
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<b>2. Did you create a business plan? If so , where did you go for advice regarding business development? </b><br />
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I did not create a business plan per say. I’m really not the most organized, Type A personality...so a written business plan just wasn’t my style, nor would it have really helped me personally. I suppose if I needed investors or anything like that then I would have needed one though. <br />
With that said, I did create somewhat of a business strategy in my head. My brain never stopped thinking of ideas, processes, long-term goals, short-term goals, etc. I was constantly planning things and changing plans and figuring out better ways to do things. I feel like I need that flexibility to change things as circumstances change or as results don’t come through the way they’re expected. I don’t know how much I would be tied down by a written business plan if I had one that I tried to stick to.<br />
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<b>3. Did you do any market research prior to starting your company? Do you do market research now?</b><br />
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I did a little market research prior to starting, but not a ton. I didn’t really know exactly, specifically what I wanted to do at first, and with my line of work, it was more important at the moment to perfect what I was doing before I worried too much about what everyone else was doing. I really focused in the beginning on taking as many photos as I could of everything and everyone. <br />
Once I started getting a little work under my belt and a portfolio halfway put together, then I started doing a lot more research into the industry. I started looking at hundreds of photographer’s portfolios to get a better idea of the quality level I needed to strive to be at. Ideas as to different promotions, different prop ideas, different locations, poses, styles, etc. I soaked up everything I saw and then tried to figure out how to take all that knowledge to make it my own. <br />
I also did a lot of research on industry standard pricing and package options. It was a little more difficult with this because a lot of photogs do not post their pricing directly on their website. And there is also such a huge range when it comes to pricing – all based on experience level, quality, location, and clientele. In general the prices were VERY high for a lot of custom, family photographers (which is what I had at this point set out to do), but their quality was also very high and they had worked themselves in with a clientele that could afford these prices without blinking an eye. This type of clientele is not the majority of America though, and I wanted to come in lower with a larger pool of clientele to work with.<br />
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<b> 4. How did you identify/evaluate the opportunity to no longer work the average 9 to 5 but to work for yourself instead? </b><br />
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The opportunity pretty much presented itself to me. My work load with the photography was getting extremely busy. I was working a full time job, practically a full time photography job, plus I had a family at home to take care of and give my attention to. Just as things were becoming overwhelmingly stressful and too much for me to handle, I found out that my boss was moving to another state. That past year I had been working so hard with the photography, but was scared to make that jump into doing it full time for financial reasons. I felt like I had needed someone to basically push me into the deep end so that I could sink or swim. When my boss announced he was moving, therefore leaving me without a job, I realized and believed in my heart that this was that push I had been waiting for. From that point on, I started preparing for the life of a full-time photographer, and when my job officially ended, I jumped off that deep end ledge and have been swimming ever since. :)<br />
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<b>5.How do you handle the potential risks and the possibility of failure? </b><br />
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I have to be honest, much of the way I handle all of the risks is through my religious faith. I know that’s not the most business-minded answer, but it’s the honest truth. I’m aware that at any day everything could go under and I would have to start over or go back to working in the corporate world. It’s a real fear that is always under the surface, but that fear is also what motivates me to work harder, find new ideas, better my work, and network more. When things get really overwhelming and uncertain, I literally sit myself down and pray about it, I ask for help, and I accept the fact that my future is always uncertain and that I will need to find a way to provide for myself and my family no matter what the outcome. <br />
I think the key to handling risks and the possibility of failure, is to accept that it’s possible, but to also know that if you’re confident in what you are doing, and if you want it bad enough and can work hard enough at it to prove it, then anything is possible. You need to reinvent yourself sometimes to keep up with the changes around you. You can’t be so stuck in your ways that you think there’s only one way to do something. You need to constantly be looking around you to see where the consumer tide is headed and then point your sail in that direction and follow the wind.<br />
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<b>6. Have you ever failed in a venture? </b><br />
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MANY times!! I honestly couldn’t even count them all. Although I don’t know if I would say that I “failed” at them...more just “admitted defeat” and realized that either it just wasn’t meant for me, or that I could already see that it wasn’t going to work out long term and wasn’t worth the time/money investment in it. Prior to the photography business, I usually had at least 1-2 different business ideas going on in my life at a time. When I decided to drop one idea, I was already thinking about the next idea. I’ve done the mainstream businesses like being an Avon representative and a Notary Public...then I’ve also had smaller ideas that I tried to start on my own – photo editing, website building, jewelry making, catering/bartending services, talent management, blogging, candy/soda sales, babysitting, travel agent, etc. You name it and I’ve probably either attempted it or thought through the idea pretty thoroughly before I decided not to do it. <br />
I’m not afraid of failing, I’m more afraid of running out of new ideas.<br />
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<b>7. What have you experienced that was a major event or issue? </b><br />
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Thankfully I haven’t had to experience anything overly horrible or extreme...yet. I think the most difficult issues I’ve had to deal with, mainly when I was still working full time at my previous job and trying to juggle the photography and my family on top of that, is when things got REALLY busy around the holiday photo season 2 years ago. My rates were very low because I was still starting out and playing around with pricing, but because they were so low I had a LOT of clients coming to me for holiday photos. I also was giving a lot in my packages which was resulting in a lot of post-processing work...hours and hours of work per client. If all of the work had been spread out over 6 months or so, that would have been fine – but since they were holiday photos, everything was being condensed into a 2 month period with many people waiting till the last minute to do photos and then needing an immediate turnaround. Needless to say I was bombarded practically overnight with photo shoots, post-processing, client delivery, and lots of difficult to meet deadlines....plus still had to be to work at 7:30am, get off at 4:30pm, commute 30 minutes, pick up my son from daycare, have dinner, then spend a couple hours working on photography before going to bed, then waking up and doing it all over again. All of this resulted in having really long turnaround times for each client, causing them to get upset and causing me to be stressed out, plu<span id="goog_21881606"></span><span id="goog_21881607"></span>s not spending as much time on the pictures as I would like to be able to in order to produce better quality work. All around not a great time for me.<br />
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<b>8. What is your definition of an entrepreneur? </b><br />
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Someone who has vision, drive, and a hard-working personality that can actually take the steps needed to make their dreams reality. It’s one thing to have an idea, it’s a whole other realm to have the motivation and dedication to do everything that needs to be done in order to make it possible. You need to be able to take very calculated risks...throwing one’s time and money around at every opportunity that presents itself does not make an entrepreneur, it makes for a foolish man. Not every idea is made for every person. You need to find something that fits YOU and your personality. You need a product that’s going to sell itself. You need a plan that is feasible and will not leave you in debt for decades with absolutely no return. And you need a backup plan in case it doesn’t work out. <br />
An entrepreneur, to me, is someone who can visualize a business, service, or product from the ground up and can see its future vividly. Someone who wants it bad enough that they’re gonna give 110% to making it work, but that’s also smart enough to walk away, cutting losses, when they know it’s not the right thing for them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-19345967889301761802011-10-12T11:22:00.000-07:002011-10-12T11:22:26.965-07:00Natalie C.How adorable are these little girls??? It must be a wonderful thing to be able to grow up with siblings all close in age. I wouldn't know as I was an only child for 10 years before I had little sisters...totally different dynamic. But I would have loved to have a best friend growing up that slept in the bottom bunk and ate cereal with me every morning...oh and of course someone to fight with day in and day out, lol. :) I think growing up an only child for so long, and then having younger sisters to take care of through my teenage years, taught me to be pretty darn responsible though. I grew up pretty quickly. I suppose that is a plus that I can take from my own situation.<br />
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How many of you have siblings? How many of you are only children? Close in age or far apart? Thoughts??<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898772903843322011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520265355453655301.post-9700237608797062702011-10-07T10:53:00.000-07:002011-10-07T10:53:22.925-07:00DaVita Village Service Days - Inglewood Rogers Park Community Center<div style="text-align: center;">Still playing catch up from some past photo shoots! I am absolutely determined to get caught up and get everything blogged within the next week or so. :) :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's post is from an awesome event I was commissioned to shoot for <a href="http://www.davita.com/">DaVita</a>. Along with being a great company, they also try to involve their employees (teammates as they call them) in various community service events that volunteers within the company help to set up and coordinate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This most recent event for their Southern California corporate office was to refurbish the Inglewood Rogers Park Community Center. Such a fun and active project and I am so honored to have been a part of it through my camera. :) In addition, they also surprised some local children with backpacks filled with school supplies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite part of the day was talking to one of the young girls who has been coming to this community center since she was a small child, and she just was so amazed at all the work being done, how nice everything looked, and how all these people could take the time out of their busy days to come and do this for them. Things like that moment with this girl is what makes my heart fill with joy. :) <3</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a bit of what I captured of this great service that the DaVita teammates did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh - but first is a newspaper article in the Inglewood Today newspaper on the event, featuring my photos! :) (pg 6 - Sep 8, 2011):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm here now though, and I have a TON of blog posts to catch up on. I'll try to space them out where I can. For today, I've got some pics of an absolutely adorable little boy to share. His new agency loves his look (what look would that be you ask? Well, just-want-to-pinch-your-cheeks cute of course!) and needed some good-looking headshots of a good-looking boy so that they can get his face out there and in America's face. :) Avery James Photography to the rescue! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry, I'm in a silly, tired, just-getting-back-from-vacation kind of mood. :) :) Anyways. Here's Ethan's pictures - ssuuuuuper cute! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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