WANTED: 2011 Grad Reps!
July 25, 2010 | Filed Under News | 3 Comments
REWARD: Some pretty cool Scuffed Boots swag and a complimentary Scuffed Boots Grad session.
So I know nobody wants to think about school’s arrival in a little over a month, but unfortunately, just like how the clothing stores all have Fall styles in, I also have to be on the ball and be planning ahead. And part of that is getting everything ready for my 2011 Grads! Right now I’m looking for 2 grads from every high school in the Greater Moncton area. As a grad rep, you get the services listed above, in that lovely graphic.
So, as a grad rep, what is your “job”? After we do your free session, you will receive 50 rep cards. They will feature a photo from your session on one side, like a regular wallet, and on the reverse side, it will have some information about Scuffed Boots Photography. Your job is to hand out these cards, showing off your pictures to your friends and family, and refer them to me. For every session that is booked as a result of your promotion, you get $10 credit with me. So, if 10 friends sign up for grad pics, that’s $100 worth of products from me! You also get 10% off your total order if your parents would like to order photos. At the end of the school year, around May, I will tally up which one of my grad reps referred the most bookings, and they will be the winner of a free prom shoot! Pretty easy stuff. :) I may also ask my reps to put up posters, or other promotions at schools, if available to do so.
Because you guys are already on the ball, Harrison Trimble High School’s spots are already booked. (Go Trojans! ;) I’m not biased I promise.) But I still have spots available for most of the other schools.
So, are you interested? Shoot me an email at jill.renton@scuffedboots.ca or use my contact forum, and I’ll send you my application form!
Sharilyn – Prom
July 13, 2010 | Filed Under Portraits, Shoots | 3 Comments
I love proms. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that before in previous posts. It’s like the best bits of a wedding, but in technicolor. It’s only be 5 years since my prom, but man the colours and dresses the girls wear now are CRAZY! Where’s that time machine?? I wanna go again! But seriously, prom was one of my favourite events in high school, and I even had a custom made dress. I had seen the color scheme of orange and pink in a prom magazine and KNEW I wanted it. And yes, that’s where the colors for Scuffed Boots came from! :)
But this dress, ladies and gentlemen, was like nothing I’ve ever seen before at a prom. Let me introduce you to Miss Sharilyn, her boyfriend Chad, and her dress. If you’ve read my posts about Justine and Nathan’s wedding and engagement session, you know that I grew up with her in church. Well it’s the same with Sharilyn. I’ve watched her grow up from just a kid, and was stunned when I met her and her family at Victoria Park to capture her before prom. I seriously couldn’t believe it was the same girl that I remember singing on the church stage 5 years ago. Man time flies. Her dress was a gorgeous mix or turquoise and beading and bows and color! All mixed into one. I was honestly blown away. And aren’t her nieces sweet? I had to throw them in this blog too!
Sharilyn you looked stunning, and I wish you only the best as you’ve now graduated and you’ll be heading off to Crandall University in the fall. You looked stunning and so grown up. And I still can’t get over that dress!
It’s the little things that count.. – Automotive
July 12, 2010 | Filed Under Automotive, Shoots | 1 Comment
As most of you know, I’ve been doing Scuffed Boots Photography full time for about a month, and what a month it’s been. My editing is a little backed up, and I know you guys are anxiously waiting for them. But what I’ve learned already is that there always needs to be a balance. A balance between working (which most definitely is not an 8 – 5 work day) and personal time.
So, this weekend I gave myself a break. And I shot something that was really fun for me, and something I normally don’t get to shoot. Besides photography and horses, I love cars. I’m definitely not a mechanic, so don’t bother calling me if your in a jam, but it’s the outsides that I love. Metallic paint, chrome accents, smooth bodylines… That’s my favorite. So since the 10th Annual Atlantic Nationals were in town, it made for a perfect mini break. I focused on the little things the most, hood ornaments, emblems, lines in the vehicles, as to why it’s the “little things that count”.
So hears some bits and pieces from the car show, and hopefully some day, there will eventually be a Scuffed Boots car in that show, whatever it ends up being.
Chris & Katie – Engagement
July 7, 2010 | Filed Under Engagements, Shoots | 7 Comments
In business they always tell you to market to your ideal client, to find your niche so to speak. I believe it, but didn’t think it would really happen all that often, or as soon as it did. Scuffed Boots Photography is based around rural photography, a lil bit country, with a dash of city now and then. But since I really just went full time, I haven’t had the chance to really promote myself, (other then all the fine folks on Facebook tagging and posting and such. PS – Thank you!!) I really didn’t expect to find my “ideal couple” this fast.
Then Katie emailed me. I was already pumped, because this is my first engagement and wedding where I wasn’t already friends with the couple to start with, so to me that’s progress, like “HEY I really am doing this for real!”. Then we met for their consult in town, and I got details on the wedding and reception, which are going to be fabulous. And then we talked about their engagement pictures, because well that comes first right?
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“We’d like to do our engagement pictures in a field.”
We were at Starbucks for the consult, so I couldn’t get up and jump around and squeal like a little girl. But inside I was, I promise. I mean really. How more perfect can you get! I held it in until I got to my car and then I called my mom (yes.. my mom.. haha) and gushed to her about it.
And now I’m gushing about the pictures. Katie and Chris you two are an amazing couple, and sooo easy to shoot. I still haven’t learned to open up during my shoots, right at first, but seriously you guys rocked this. I’m so excited about these pictures, and I promise I didn’t know Katie was going to wear yellow. Hello accessorizing with the fields? It couldn’t have gone better. I cannot wait until your wedding, just picturing it in my head I know I’m going to be gushing again.
Enjoy the pictures guys!
