Seriously Slacking, Here Are Some Updates!

Wow, so I haven't posted since the end of October, sorry!

Some new business updates are:

-I just renewed my domain for another two years. I'm hoping that things will pick up soon. I have some ideas about doing some shows and getting myself out there. Now it's just a matter of doing it. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to send them my way!

-I guess the biggest news is that you can now purchase prints right from my website. FINALLY! I'm not really sure how or if it works since no one has bought one yet, but hopefully it'll run smoothly.

-I'm considering opening and Etsy shop. I think I would get more click traffic (like foot traffic, but online--I just came up with that myself!). Any thoughts? My friend Emily sells her jewelry on there and does great. Her link is also on my website.

-Just an FYI, those of you who I usually exchange gifts with....Guess what you're getting?!

-I recently posted photos I took of my friends Brenna and Cassidy. I took them at their home in VT in September. They are expecting and they wanted some nice pictures of themselves. I then used some of the prints in the nursery that I designed for the baby who is due to arrive anytime now! I think he's holding out for my birthday :) I also took a few of her belly while we were together at Thanksgiving. I'll try and post those soon.

I guess that's it for now. Hope you didn't miss me too much!


Merry Christmas!

Just For Fun!

So while at a party at a friend's house this weekend someone asked me what I did for work. I told them I was a photographer. After having stated this, the host and new friend of mine proceeded to tell us about an episode of The Family Guy where Stewie (essentially) makes fun of female photographers. I was slightly offended by this story and decided that I needed to see the clip for myself. So after some super detective Googling, I found it. I was still slightly offended, but I found it really funny too.
So anyway, here is the clip. I hope no one thinks that I think I'm 'brooding and deep.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi8A5bsbmUM


P.S.
I don't know how to embed YouTube videos so if anyone knows how, let me know!

Newburyport - Day #2...Not A Total Bustfest

We started the day off strong!
I got there a little bit before Katie so I (in true 'Meg' fashion) started setting up. I couldn't get the tent all the way up on my own, but I did a fair amount of it on my own...I was pretty impressed with myself. Set up took no time at all, we're old pros at this now. We opted for a different layout today. We put the tables with the photos right up front along the curb. This way people could just stop by and look without having to actually enter the tent. This turned out to be very successful. We had a lot more lookers today and we definitely chatted it up more with people.
We had a number of visitors today too. My friends Kaitlyn and Andrew came up and they got a print from each of us. As did my friend Kelly. Thanks guys!!! Katie also had a few friends stop by and they got some prints from her too. We only had one 'non friend sale' of the day, but it was definitely a team effort.

(Katie and our first purchaser of the day)

It was a beautiful day and we both had a lot of fun. We got a little loopy towards the end. You should have seen us dancing around and Katie doing lunges...classy! So I would say, although we didn't sell out or even sell half, it was a great experience and I'm definitely glad we did it.
Now I just have to figure out what to do with all these prints. I'm sure many of them will be Christmas and Birthday presents, so don't be surprised if that's what you get this year! I guess it's probably time to set up the ecommerce option on my website. I'll probably do that and open and Etsy shop. Any thoughts on that or on pricing? So tricky.
Thanks again to everyone for their support!!! And big thanks to Katie for being my partner in crime the last two days. It was a blast!

Newburyport Bustfest- Day 1

(Katie's photos on the left, My photos on the right)




"Are you selling vintage photographs?" asks prospective buyer.

"No" I respond thinking to myself, oh because they're black and white that classifies them as 'vintage'?

"Oh, do you have any pictures of boats?" he asks.

"No, sorry" I respond, this time thinking I really need to step up my game and feed this niche market. Apparently in Newburyport people are looking for photos of boats, the ocean, light houses, etc.. I'm not saying that that's not art, but really people?



So although Katie and I sold nothing, zilch, zero today, we are still in high spirits for tomorrow. It can only get better from here right? Our booth looked great! Maybe too good? Perhaps it was intimidating to buyers? Who knows, but if there was a prize for prettiest booth we would totally win!



The wind was a bit of an issue today. More so for the girl next to us. She put the sides up on her tent which seemed to catch the wind rather than deflect it. Several times she came barrelling at us. While we were packing up there was a huge gust and it hit my table and knocked my whole basket of prints on the ground! They're in plastic so they were fine, but still, what a pain! Hopefully she'll opt not to put the sides up tomorrow, we'll see!

I'm definitely bundling up. It was a bit chilly today and I refused to not wear flip flops. I will need to accept the fact that the warm weather is leaving, so it's boots, wool, and down for tomorrow!



Anyway...tomorrow is another day and we're ready to go. We'll be slashing prices to see if that makes a difference at all. If you're interested in any prints let me know...I have a lot!



Thanks to everyone who came up to visit/support us. We really appreciate it!

Ready...Set...Fest!

So for the last few weeks I've been super busy getting ready for the festival up in Newburyport. Yes, it's this weekend! Of course me being the planner that I am allowed for plenty of prep time. I ordered 114 prints that I would then matte to sell at the festival. I order all the matting supplies. Sorry kids, not cutting my own mattes, I would go crazy...more crazy. I also ordered merchandise bags that I would stamp with a logo (interesting story about this to come).
Fortunately for me, I'm still unemployed and only at The Improper two days a week so I have plenty of time to (as we say in VT) git er dun! I researched online exactly how to do the matting and it seemed pretty simple. I made a quick run to Art Supply Wholesale...ahhh memories of Interior Design projects and spending obscene amounts of time and money in that store, but I love it. So with supplies in hand I was off!
Thank goodness for Sex And The City DVDs! They helped to keep me sane while matting prints for 6 hours straight. Unfortunately I didn't purchase enough double-sided tape so I was at a standstill. It was probably for the best, I was pretty fried. In the meantime I went and had more of my negatives scanned so I could order some more prints, yes as if 114 wasn't enough, let's add 30 more to the list!
By the time the additional 30 arrived I had already matted, signed, stickered, and bagged up the rest, ahh progress. I was definitely on a roll and flew through the final stages. I still had the idea of stamping the merchandise bags so it was onto project #2. I opened the box containing the bags to find them, mushed, wrinkled, and not the right size. Apparently I figured 8x10 prints and 8.5x11 bag will work fine...not so much! Should have gotten the 9x12s. So the bags were a total bust and if anyone has a use for 1000 brown merchandise bags please let me know. Or I may be forced to make a large scale paper mache sculpture or use them to wrap all presents I give...for the rest of my life.
My biggest worry so far has been how to display the prints. I have 144 matted in sleeves, 1 framed 16x20 and another framed piece that has 3 prints. Not much online either, perhaps I should start a photography display 'how to' site? I did find some awesome baskets at the Christmas Tree Shop that are perfect for displaying the loose matted prints. Fortunately, Katie is doing the festival with me and she had some great ideas, plus her parents own a gallery up in Stowe, VT so they're familiar with this sort of thing. After a day of texts and picture messaging we had a basic idea, yes! I have a feeling we're going to end up with so much stuff up there and we're not going to use half of it, oh well! I'm not going to describe the display because honestly I have no idea what it's going to end up looking like. I know we have some tables, some lattice work, foliage, and of course Katie and I kickin' it tailgating style! You'll just have to come to the festival and see. Or check out my blog next week, I'll post pictures.
I'm really hoping it goes well. Katie's mom sent her a note and she forwarded it to me today. I thought it was really great:
"Bet you’ve been a busy bee getting your things ready for this weekend. I’m sure you and Meg will have a great time and really learn a lot. Try to pick the brains of the other vendors. Some will be regulars at these fairs and can tell you which are the best organized and attended if you want to do it again. Take some pictures of your set up and send them to me next week. I wish I could just pop in on you. Can’t tell you how happy I am that you are doing this as it’s the start of your artistic future. You will feel slightly insecure and vulnerable if a few people (the jerks) look at your things and say nothing and just walk away and then you’ll be infused with confidence and pride as the next person says ,“Wow these are great photos…Did you do these?” The experience is definitely character building and it helps you build a thick skin…….something you really need as an artist!"

So now I will head off to bed and wonder about what I'm forgetting or what I didn't do or what I should have done. I'm really excited to be doing this. If you had told me a year ago that I'd be where I am with my business, I would have said you're crazy! I guess I was given some good motivation even though I didn't realize it at the time. I'm definitely excited to see where I'll be with it a year from now. Just gotta keep plugging away!

More to come soon!
I'm going to eventually write about each of the sections of images on my website. Would that be interesting (Sal? Since I think you're the only one that reads this).

Newburyport Fall Harvest Festival...mark your calendar!

Is This Thing On?

Just wondering if anyone is actually reading this blog? Not that I'm spending hours slaving away at it, but if you're taking the time to read my random thoughts, thank you! I'll try to keep up with it.

Photo Editor For The Week!

So, while Katie is off in Germany I am filling in for her as Photo Editor. I have feelings about this: YAY! and EEEEEK!
It's going really well so far though. We're working on the Music Issue, out October 7th and we're really on top of things. It's great that it's all coming together so easily. I was really nervous that there would be some huge meltdown while I was standing in, but so far so good (picture me here knocking on my desk).
Today was especially fun because I got to (I guess supervise is the right word?) supervise a photoshoot that we were doing for the Imperatives Opener. The shoot was at a Guitar Repair shop near Berklee College of Music. I was swarmed by students with guitars on their backs while walking there and the building seem a little questionable at first because there was no sign. But I managed to find the right place. The repair guy was quite the character too. He was definitely one of those guys that has a good sense of humor once he warms up to you.
The photographer for the shoot was Michael Khachadoorian. He was really fun to work with and I think we came away with some really cool shots. Check them out in the October 7th issue of The Improper.
The rest of the week seems like it will be pretty calm. I'm doing a dining shoot on Thursday at Bon Savor in JP. And I'll be scheduling the style shoot for next week.

That's it for now!

Quick Update

Sorry, still slackin' a bit.

Anyway, quick updates.....

I've been busy doing Dining shoots for the Improper. Did Teranga this week and I'll be doing Tangierino this Tuesday. Look for images in upcoming issues. We've been working on the Music issue too, should be preety cool. Lots of up and coming Boston bands featured.

I sent in my application for the Newburyport Fall Harvest Festival! I should know soon if it's been approved. I'm really excited! Katie (the photo editor at The Improper) is going to do it with me too. It should be really fun and I hope we sell some prints. I ordered all the prints I want to sell. I now am the proud owner of 140 5x7 prints! There's a funny story too...So the estimated delivery date was 9/9. So that day I checked the status and it said that it was picked up from the facility in North Billerica and was on the truck for delivery (this was at 10:30am). So I listen for the truck in the afternoon and check the status, nothing. Finally that night I hear a truck out front and then look outside and there is my package. Mind you, it's now 10:30pm! Apparently it takes 12 hours to get from North Billerica to Salem. Anyway, they got here safe and sound. Now all I have to do is order the mattes, matte them all, sign the mattes and package them all up. Whew! Should be a good time!
Remember the festival is October 11 & 12 in Newburyport MA. That's Colombus Day weekend (Sun and Mon). Hope you can make it.

I guess that's it for now.
I'll seriously try to be better about blogging.

Facebook & Twitter

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Newburyport Fall Festival

After visiting the Fall Harvest Festival in Newburyport for the last three years, I have decided to participate! I’m in the process of getting myself a tent and all the display materials. I of course then have to apply (hopefully they’ll accept me). Then I have to get everything all set for selling. I’m not sure yet which prints I’m going to sell and how many of each I’ll have out but custom orders will certainly be accepted. Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated, especially when it comes to what to sell them for. I’ll keep you posted on the Festival, but pencil it in. It’s the Sunday and Monday of Columbus Day weekend.

Internship Updates

Things at the Improper are great. I've been to two photo shoots recently. One was for the Fall Fashion issue which came out today. We did it at the Liberty Hotel at the Esplanade Suite on the terrace. The photographer was Kim Kennedy who was great to work with. He had great energy and was really exciting to watch. The models were amazing too…all three of them (this includes Sarah the falcon who made her editorial debut). Check out the photos in this issue with John Slattery on the cover.
Last week I went to a shoot in Wenham with Keisha Whitaker (Forrest Whitaker’s wife). For this shoot I assisted the stylist by helping her organize the clothing, taping shoes (they do this so the bottoms don’t get scratched up). Keisha was so nice! It was really fun to see a shoot with a celebrity rather than just models. Although I guess models are celebrities too, right? The shots will be out in the Lux Life issue out soon! Check out issues for Dining photos by me as well. I don’t do them for every issue, but keep an eye out.
In case you missed the scavenger hunt story that I took photos for and also participated in I can give you a brief synopsis: Running around Boston on a school bus turned limo, complete with stripper pole, classy! Being hit on by a random guy from Dorchester, who conveniently gave me the nickname ‘Vermont’…All in all it was a great time. I have copies of the story and they’re on my personal Facebook page, you’ll just need to get out your magnifying glass to read it. I'll try to post the images here at some point.

Business Update

Well as you know I still haven't officially gotten the selling aspect of my business up and running yet, but I'm working on it. I've been racking my brain and putting feelers out trying to figure out how much to charge for prints...not much luck! So without that information I'm sort of in at a standstill. I’m working on getting an ad up in the movie theatre back home in VT. I hope to have it up for the new movies opening this Friday so if you’re in the Manchester area go to a movie and check out my ad!

Sorry I've Been MIA...

Dear Blog,
I am extremely sorry for neglecting you! Here's an update on what's been going on since I decided to start you...
Here’s what’s coming?
Business Updates, Internship Updates, Newburyport Fall Festival, Facebook & Twitter

Here It Goes...

I decided that since I finally have my website up and running I should probably get a blog going to go along with it. So here it goes...

There isn't much space on my website to actually talk about my photos and what I'm working on so I'm hoping that this will serve as a good outlet for me and a good way for everyone to learn more about me and my photography.

If following my blog isn't enough, you can also follow me on
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Hope you enjoy my blog!