A Picture's Worth | Photo Blog » products http://apwphotography.com/blog wedding photography in West Michigan and beyond Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:49:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 looking back and moving forward http://apwphotography.com/blog/2010/12/31/looking-back-and-moving-forward/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2010/12/31/looking-back-and-moving-forward/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:49:21 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/?p=705 As I look at all the beautiful couples below and think back over the past six years, I have so many wonderful memories. I have been so overwhelmingly blessed to be part of all of their weddings – some family, some friends, some strangers who I now call friends. Taking the leap to start my photography business was so scary, but it was one of the best things I ever did. I set out to do something and I did it. I wanted to shoot weddings and I did. Lots of them. All along, I have said that I truly believe God brought each and every couple my way and I’m so thankful for that, because I have worked with some of the most special, kind, thoughtful, beautiful people in this world.

Over the past couple of years, though, the business has slowed way down for me and I have spent a lot of time searching and praying and asking God why. This year, I have put a lot of my focus on my family and spending time with my kids, who really took a backseat more often than I’d like to admit because of all the time devoted to editing photos. I have felt for a while now that this little business of mine may have run its course. This post has been such a long time coming, so here it is … I am officially stepping back from A Picture’s Worth photography. I’m embracing my kids, my husband and our life as it is right now and turning my attention to other things. There will always be a love of photographing weddings and I’m leaving that little place in my heart open to the possibility of doing this again someday, but I truly believe this is the right decision for me at this time.

THANK YOU so much to all of my wedding couples. Thank you for choosing me to capture your most important day. And to the dozens of families whose pictures I took along the way, too. It’s been such fun getting to know all of you. THANK YOU all from the bottom of my heart.

I will be keeping this blog up indefinitely since so many couples’/families’ pictures are here, so feel free to browse through all the posts. I may check in every once in a while, so keep me on your RSS feeds and Google Readers just in case. :)

Happy New Year!

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2010/12/31/looking-back-and-moving-forward/feed/ 5 lindsey + kevin | albums http://apwphotography.com/blog/2009/10/17/lindsey-kevin-albums/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2009/10/17/lindsey-kevin-albums/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:44:36 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/?p=585 I meant to share this a couple weeks ago. Lindsey and Kevin’s album arrived and I took a few quick pictures to share. I love these albums. Every time I get one for my wedding couples, it makes me want to dig out my old wedding pictures and make a book of my own. Someday …

The slideshow of the full design is below the pictures, too.

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2009/10/17/lindsey-kevin-albums/feed/ 1 wedding announcement cards http://apwphotography.com/blog/2008/12/18/wedding-announcement-cards/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2008/12/18/wedding-announcement-cards/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:32:06 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/?p=278 Something I’ve been doing for a couple years now is making these cute little announcement cards for all of the weddings I shoot. They have a link inviting the couple’s family and friends to view their pictures online. This link leads them to a little custom webpage that I put together for all my couples. I design the cards in Photoshop using one of their engagement pictures (or a picture they email me if they don’t do an engagement session with me) and I customize the color to match their wedding colors. Everyone loves these and they blend right in with the other wedding decor. :) Thought I would share some pictures for all my potential brides out there.


Here are a couple of the guests at one of my ’07 weddings checking out the cards. :)

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2008/12/18/wedding-announcement-cards/feed/ 1 rachael + nick • coffee table book http://apwphotography.com/blog/2008/05/08/rachael-nick-%e2%80%a2-coffee-table-book/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2008/05/08/rachael-nick-%e2%80%a2-coffee-table-book/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 13:27:47 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/2008/05/08/rachael-nick-%e2%80%a2-coffee-table-book/

I’m always so excited when an album arrives on my doorstep. Rachael & Nick’s coffee table book arrived yesterday and it looks fabulous. I love seeing the design in print and I know they are going to LOVE it! :)

I snapped a few pictures before I boxed it all up for them. Laid it on this sweet afghan my mother-in-law crocheted for me this past year for Christmas. Made in my business colors. How sweet is she. :)

A few layouts:

my favorite picture from their wedding!

And a slideshow of the entire design:

View larger version HERE.

Enjoy!

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Kevin and Erinn’s wedding album!

I am always so excited to see the finished album. They are so beautiful. One of these days, I will take all my old wedding pictures and design my own album and get me one of these beauties!!

Here is a slideshow of their album design for your viewing enjoyment:

View larger version HERE

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/11/18/something-wonderful-arrived-on-friday/feed/ 2 christmas cards http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/10/17/christmas-cards-2/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/10/17/christmas-cards-2/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:07:31 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/10/17/christmas-cards-2/ With the cooler weather this past week, it’s finally feeling like fall in Michigan, which is getting me excited for the upcoming holidays. If you would like your prints in time for Christmas, please order no later than November 16th. I also offer custom designed cards. Here are a few designs I’ve come up with for this year. We can do them in a 5×7 folded greeting card style or long 4×8 prints. Card orders also need to be ordered by Nov. 16. Please contact me asap for more information.

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/10/17/christmas-cards-2/feed/ 0 julie + terry • album http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/04/17/julie-terry-%e2%80%a2-album/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/04/17/julie-terry-%e2%80%a2-album/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:24:00 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/04/17/julie-terry-%e2%80%a2-album/ Julie & Terry’s coffee table book arrived today! Can’t wait to send it to them. They will love it. The quality of these books is gorgeous! Here are a few quick shots I took before I packed it all up to send.

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/04/17/julie-terry-%e2%80%a2-album/feed/ 0 album • stacy + matt http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/01/10/album-%e2%80%a2-stacy-matt/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/01/10/album-%e2%80%a2-stacy-matt/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:44:45 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/2007/01/10/album-%e2%80%a2-stacy-matt/ Received the finished Zookbook album for one of my favorite couples, Stacy + Matt, whose wedding I photographed in September. It looks so gorgeous, I wanted to keep it to show off. :) Instead, I snapped a few shots of the album before I sent it off to them this morning.

[a few page layouts ]



[ love how these albums lay flat when opened ]



Love it! I really feel like the album is the perfect end product for your wedding pictures, such a special heirloom. I’ve put together some packages that an album credit, but the albums can also be purchased after the wedding, too. Whatever works best for my couples works for me. :) For more information on packages and pricing, contact me!

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Those who want to order prints for Christmas, please place orders by this Friday, Dec. 8th. Orders placed after that can not be guaranteed Christmas delivery.

]]> http://apwphotography.com/blog/2006/12/06/christmas-print-orders/feed/ 0 christmas cards http://apwphotography.com/blog/2006/11/27/christmas-cards/ http://apwphotography.com/blog/2006/11/27/christmas-cards/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:56:16 +0000 kristajean http://apwphotography.com/blog/2006/11/27/christmas-cards/ the holiday season is upon us now and I just designed the sweetest little Christmas card for one of my favorite families:

If you are interested in having me design a card for you, contact me and I’ll give you more information.

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