Unlike what you may think, we begin planning our client’s engagement sessions during the initial consultation with perspective clients. Before any pricing has been discussed, or contract signed or any decision has been made, my partner and I are thinking about their Engagement Session. This may seem backwards or pre-mature but in our minds, it […]

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October 2, 2014

Easy Steps for Planning the Perfect Engagement Session

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Jamie + Sarah are wedding photographers in Grand Rapids, Michigan who customized a style group to create their Showit website. How did you get started working on your Showit site? What was your first step? I found inspiration from some of the templates and then combined them and rearranged them to fit a style that […]

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September 26, 2014

Jamie + Sarah | Featured Site Friday

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Sometimes it can be hard to find inspiration when you are working in a creative field, whether you are creating something for someone else, or for yourself. The Showit Design Smiths are constantly churning out inspired website designs that are unique for their clients, which begs the question: How do you stay inspired?   Lyss […]

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September 25, 2014

Ask the Design Smiths | Staying Inspired

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Join us as we discuss the latest in Showit news and talk about the top 5 tips for custom mobile site design.

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September 23, 2014

Live: 5 Tips for Custom Mobile Design

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For a little inspiration I thought I’d share with you one of my favourite styled shoots to date. For this shoot we headed down to Studland Beach in Dorset, UK, just me, my second shooter, a beautiful model called Emma and two of Nicki Hill’s bridal gowns from her couture collection. Since this was a […]

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September 22, 2014

Styled Shoot: Studland Beach, UK

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I was fortunate enough to share a seat next to Taliah while we listened to Amy & Jordan Demos share their process on getting published. Taliah is from beautiful Langley, BC and was excited about getting her site on mobile to serve her audience from the moment we got to share it! As we built […]

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September 18, 2014

Mobile Site Inspiration: Taliah Leigh

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As part of Nicki Hill’s Couture Collection of beautiful wedding dresses, she likes to include something a little different (it’s not just photographers who can be creative). Nicki loves checkered dresses and asked me to photograph this black and white gown for her. Due to the quirky style of the dress, the location needed to […]

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September 15, 2014

Styled Shoot: A Black & White Wedding Dress Amongst the Bluebells

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Location – Denver, CO. Specialty – As a photographer I specialize in non-traditional, nerdy, geeky, and offbeat weddings. As an educator I specialize in teaching business on photographyawesomesauce.com Years in Business – I just celebrated my 7th year as a photographer, the first few years were me being in pretty crappy business haha, so I […]

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September 15, 2014

Carrie Swails | Featured Showiteer

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At least once a day, and sometimes more, I find something I want to screenshot. Sometimes it’s an order confirmation for something I’ve bought and I want to be sure that I have my confirmation number (in case the email gets lost in cyberspace). Sometimes it’s inspiration for a photo shoot or a website design […]

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August 29, 2014

De-Clutter Your Computer Desktop by Saving Screenshots to Dropbox

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I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I didn’t figure this out until YESTERDAY. I’ve been on Instagram for what feels like forever, but until yesterday I had never taken the time to find a great workflow for sharing images from my business. In fact, if you look at my wall @elizabethlangford you’re going to […]

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August 28, 2014

How to Share Your Professional Images Easily on Instagram

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