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12.05.12

Printcopia Canvas Giveaway

I started my photography business right around the time my husband and I got married. So, right away my entire life was all about other people’s photos and I was so bad about framing our personal photos that it was pretty embarrassing. We didn’t even have a photo from our own wedding displayed anywhere! I realized I couldn’t expect my clients to display their photos proudly if I didn’t do so myself, so I decided to start practicing what I preach and I got to work framing a lot of personal photos to display around the house.

One of my favorite ways to display my work is on a canvas print. It makes any photo look so special and even more like a piece of art. I’ve ordered many canvases for our parents as gifts and many of my clients have turned their wedding and engagement photos into canvases, which makes me pleased as punch.

So I was thrilled when Printcopia contacted me and offered to give away one of their 11×14 canvas prints to one of my readers!

Printcopia was kind enough to send me my own canvas to check out the quality, which was perfect timing because we recently moved and my new office needs pretty things for its bare walls. I decided on one of my favorite shots from Melanie and James’ WB lot engagement session.

I was pleased with the quality of the canvas and the colors looked exactly as they should, which is sometimes hard to do, especially when ordering a print from a lab for the first time. I’m so pleased one of my lucky readers will get one of these for their very own! Entering the contest is easy to do, just keep reading to find out how. And PS: Anyone can enter – you don’t have to be a past or current client of Heidi Ryder Photography to win! And even if you are a client, you can have any photo turned into a canvas, not just one I made.:)

Printcopia

Win an 11 x 14 Canvas Print from Printcopia!

To enter, leave a comment on this post telling me what photo you would print if you were the winner of this canvas print.  One winner will be selected using the random number generator on Monday, December 10th, 2012 at 10am PST. Please, only one entry per person. Contest has ended.

Happy Holidays and Good Luck!

 

Update: The winner has been selected at random by the help of the random number generator.

Posted in announcements, for photographers
09.21.12

Portrait Sessions For Good Reason

It’s that time of year again…time for mini portrait sessions for the holidays! I wasn’t going to hold mini sessions this year, but I now have two very good reasons to do so, let me tell you about them…

First is We Spread The Love, a non-profit initiative created by my very dear friend Mary, designed to spread love to orphans and underprivileged children in Uganda. Mary has huge plans for the future of We Spread The Love, but for starters, she’s spending the holidays in Uganda, and wants to bring Christmas to the orphans. Mary has already spent a couple of weeks with these kids, and they mean so much to her. And Mary means so much to me. She’s an amazing friend and an amazing person, and she deserves all the help she can get! I want to help by donating my time and talents to help bring some holiday joy to Uganda. If you book a portrait session with me and decide you’d like to help Spread The Love, all of the proceeds from your shoot will go directly to We Spread The Love.

There’s someone else I’d like to help. Four years ago when I first started my company, I met a fellow photographer by the name of Jen Berry. I adored her instantly, which isn’t surprising at all if you’ve ever met her. Not long after our first meeting, Jen married Steve. I was (and am) looking forward to eventually meeting Steve, but a few short months later, Steve was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and they began a serious and grueling fight together, that still continues today. You can read Steve’s story here, but in short, and as is to be expected, Steve’s medical bills over the past four years have begun to add up. I want to help by donating my time and talents to help alleviate some of the financial stress put upon these two amazing people. If you book a portrait session with me and decide you’d like to help Steve and Jen, all of the proceeds from your shoot will go directly to funding their medial expenses. The donations are handled through the National Foundation for Transplants, and whatever funds are not used will automatically go to another cancer patient.

So, here’s how it will work:

  1. You decide which of these two causes you’d like to support.
  2. If you’d like to help We Spread the Love, click here, and choose a mini or full session; If you’d like to help Stephen Dickter, click here, and donate either $200 or $400. **
  3. Take a screen capture of your payment confirmation and email it to me directly (heidi[at]heidiryder.com), or forward me your confirmation email.
  4. Once payment has been verified, we’ll schedule your session for a mutually agreeable time and date.

**  Please note: If you decide to book a 90-minute session and would like to help both causes, please email me directly so I can instruct you on how to do this.

****And, please, if you can’t afford a session this year, you can always purchase items from the We Spread The Love Store, or donate a smaller amount to Stephen Dickter. Every little bit helps!****

Thanks in advance for helping me help people that I really care about!

Posted in announcements, portrait
02.09.12

Studio Grand Opening Party

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter then you know I recently moved into a new meeting space in Pasadena. I’m sharing it with one of my favorite coordination teams, Wish Wonder Dream, and an amazing florist, Rosebud Floral Design. The space the cutest little shopping center in Pasadena, and the office itself has come together very nicely!

We decided to throw a grand opening party this past Friday and it was one of the funnest nights, ever! It was so fun to have old and new clients, fellow vendors and friends all in one place! Thank you so much to everyone that came to show their support and to all of those who couldn’t make it but sent words of congratulations. I wish I could have a studio grand opening party every weekend!

I meant to get some photos of the space all set up for the party, but I only managed one very poor shot of the room (only about a third of it), plus a couple of details. Many thanks to my friend, Megan Welker, for the shots from the party. You complete me, Megan!

I wanted a fun way to display as many photos as possible for the party, so I decided to hang some small prints clothesline style. I got the idea from Pinterest to dress up clothespins with glitter and spent a day glittering about a hundred clothespins. I loved the way they turned out!

Here’s a shot of me and my studio mates! Whitney and Alex of Wish Wonder Dream and Amanda of Rosebud Floral Designs. Love them!

If you find yourself in the Pasadena area and want to stop by for a visit, let me know! I’d love to see you.:)

Posted in announcements, personal