Searching for 2011 Senior Reps - { Treasure Valley Idaho Senior Photographer }

Barbara Walker Photography is now searching for 2011 Senior Reps!! 

Are you graduating in 2011? Are you fun and outgoing? Do you love to be the center of attention? Then we want you!!! Barbara Walker Photography will choose 2 students from each high school in the Treasure Valley, Idaho area (including Emmett, Boise, Star, Eagle, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, and Payette) so hurry and apply as spaces are already filling up.

Details for the Barbara Walker Photography 2011 Senior Rep Program:

  * Your Senior Portrait Session fee is only $100 (no print credit)

  * 4 sets of 8 wallets or 1 set of 56 wallets for FREE

  * One 10x10 or 12x12 custom album for 1/2 off

  * 30% off portrait packages, al-a-carte print pricing, fine-art prints, and products

  * 100 Rep Cards free to hand out to classmates, friends, and family personalized with your images from your shooting session with instructions on how they can get a discount themselves on a session with Barbara Walker Photography

  * For every Rep Card that comes back to Barbara Walker Photography with a paid session, you'll receive $25 CASH! Seriously...only 4 referrals and you have $100 cash in your hands! All just by being hyped about Barbara Walker Photography and telling everyone about us and handing out your cards.

**More incentives for the top 3 Senior Reps!!!

SIGN ME UP!

Send the answers to the following information requested and questions along with a snapshot of you to barbara@barbarawalkerphotography.com

Your Name / Contact Number / E-Mail Address

Parent/Guardian Name / Address / Contact Number / E-Mail Address

1. Are you graduating in 2011?

2. What school do you attend?

3. Have you told your parent(s) about wanting to be a Barbara Walker 2011 Senior Rep? What did they say? (if you haven't talked to them yet, go do it now and tell me what they say)

4. Do you have a Facebook page? What is it?

5. What school clubs, sports, activities are you involved in?

6. What community activities are you involved in or a member of?

7. What are your hobbies and interests?

8.Describe your personality. What defines who you are?

9. Why do you think you'd be a great Senior Rep for Barbara Walker Photography?

FINISHED!!! "All is Vanity" Counted Cross-Stitch Project is completed - { Emmett Idaho Photographer }

You may remember my last blog post on one of my projects that I was working on called "All Is Vanity". Well, it's FINALLY done!!!! It only took me about 8 months to finish. Some may think that's a long time, but really it's not. I didn't work on it 24/7, there were a few times that I was so busy that I didn't work on it for 3 weeks and other times where I could only get in 2-3 hours at a time. All Is Vanity was a very tedious project, but very much worth it!! I want to do it again, but not for while....and next time I'll do it on black canvas (which actually will make it ALOT harder to do, but I love challenges).

I still haven't found the box of my started projects and I am keeping to my promise to myself to only do one cross-stitching project at a time. Notice how I wrote "cross-stitching project".....in between working on cross-stitching, I am also working on a few jewelry pieces and some newborn crochet hats. I'll post those projects later ;)

May 2010 Special from Barbara Walker Photography - { Emmett Idaho Photographer }

It's graduation time; which means that it's time to parrrrtaaaayy!!  Congratulations Class of 2010!

Barbara Walker Photography is offering an awesome deal for the month of May 2010. Purchase one set and get one set 1/2 off on your choice of custom cards. That's right...2x3.5, 4x6, 4x8, 5x5, 5x7 ~ one-sided, double-sided, trifold, or accordion cards, they all are included with this discount. There is no limit to the amount of cards that you order...just know that custom cards take 2 weeks from approval date to arrive (so get your order in soon).

This offer isn't limited to only graduation party announcements. Don't forget about newborn announcements, children's party announcements, engagement announcements (save the date cards), even holiday cards.

Offer ends May 31, 2010 at 11:59pm mountain time. Call me to place your order at 208.794.7420 or email me at barbara@barbarawalkerphotography.com. Just remember....this special ends May 31,2010 at 11:59pm mountain time.

A note to fellow photographers and Parents of newborns - { Emmett Idaho Photographer }

Check out the posing guide give-a-way on 4 The Love of Focus
(www.4theloveoffocus.com/blog)

 

Photography by Jacqueline has created an awesome newborn posing guide. This is a great tool for photographers to keep looking over and over for inspiration and shooting concepts. For parents of newborns, this is a great tool to help you with taking better pictures of your child. Jacqueline shows the secrets she has learned from how to pose, lighting setups, tips and tricks and more! She goes into detailed step by step instructions and behind the scenes shots for certain poses.  

This is an AWESOME giveaway that ends tomorrow so get on it!!!

April 2010 Special from Barbara Walker Photography - { Emmett Idaho Photographer }

I love it when I receive discount notices from my favorite stores! I started to think this week about offering my clients some awesome specials too. So be prepared to have some awesome specials announced each month.

For the month of April 2010, order a 24x30 wall portrait or larger for 40% off. Choose your favorite images from a past session or from your session that is photographed in April 2010. There is no limit to how many wall portraits you order, but hurry and place your order soon as this special ends April 30,2010 at 11:59pm mountain time.

Call me to place your order at 208.794.7420 or email me at barbara@barbarawalkerphotography.com. Just remember....this special ends April 30,2010 at 11:59pm mountain time.

A Note To My Fellow Photographers - { Emmett Idaho Photographer }

A special note to my fellow photographers........

Win a {Power of Presentation} Couture Kit by {France Photography} / @kellifrance at Paperie Boutique / paperieboutique.com by @shutterblog

Seriously.....go check out Paperie Boutique. It's the best blog around for photographers. Tips, ideas, templates, everything is shared on this wonderful blog. It's the first blog I check each day (after checking my emails of course).

"All Is Vanity" Counted Cross Stitch Project - { Emmett Idaho Photographer }

I learned how to cross-stitch from my best friend's sister, Reina many many many years ago. I think I was about 10 years old at the time (so that's over 20 years ago) and she was cross-stitching something for her Mom and I wanted to know how she did it. Well, she showed me and I've loved it ever since. Over the years I've created blankets for friends and family and wall hangings of various art pieces and still haven't stopped. My problem? I have so many of these projects ongoing that when I moved to Idaho, I put them all in a box and that box ended up in storage but now I can't seem to find that box. ARGH!! So now I've started over, purchased a few pieces but this time I am only doing 1 project at a time (at least that's what I tell myself~LOL).

I don't know what it is about cross-stitching but it's something that I turn to it to destress from a hard day. It's something that seems to melt away and push all the problems stirring in my head down deep in order for me to concentrate on this piece of art that I'm creating. Yes, I follow a pattern so I'm not creating an art piece out of thin air, but watching the art come to life from a blank canvas by following the meticulous pattern is just something that I absolutely love to see. It's something that I created. And it's beautiful!

Since I have somehow misplaced my projects somewhere in storage, I went searching for new patterns. I came across a website called Scarlet Quince that produces cross stitch patterns of beautiful, famous art pieces. I came across the All Is Vanity art piece and immediately thought of a great friend of mine that loves skulls. I knew that she'd love the artistic aspect of this piece and would hang it in her home with pride.

Here's the progression of this art piece as I cross stitched it over the past few months ~ photos taken with my cell phone camera so please don't judge the quality of the photos ;)


This is what the piece will look like completed. Notice how you'll see that it looks like a skull, but when you look at it closely, then it's a woman with her reflection in a vanity mirror. That's why it's titled All Is Vanity.

By the beginning of December 2009, I had finally almost finished the 1st row (there's 5 rows total)

Towards the middle of December I had finally finished the 1st row and began on the 2nd row (bottom left image). Now the details are starting to come to life. You can see the progression of the 2nd row at the bottom of the image below and then the finished 1st and 2nd row on the top image. Can you see that it's a woman with her hair up in a bun on the left side and then you see the front of her on the right side? Can you see it? This progression took me some time. I finished the top 2 rows on 2/8/10.

Now I really was looking forward to finishing this project. The top row was a bit boring, I admit it, but then the 2nd row really reeled me in and I found myself pushing to get more and more completed. By March 1st I had finished about 1/3 of the 3rd row and by March 20th, I had completed the top 3 rows. Now you can really see the woman and her reflection with the vanity top and mirror and her reflection plus the bottles that make up the teeth in the skull.

You would think that this would be an easy piece to complete. It looks like it's just alot of black and white with some subtle grays here and there. OH NO!!!! There's black mixed with dark gray, there's black mixed with medium gray, there's dark gray mixed with medium gray, there's dark gray mixed with medium dark gray, and so forth. It's a very difficult piece to do and takes ALOT of patience and attention to details to follow the pattern precisely. If you happen to purchase this from Scarlet Quince I recommend that you purchase the large pattern...trust me, it will help tremendously on following the pattern.

I'm almost done with this art piece and have a few other projects lined up; including a couple pieces for my best friend Janet. One of the projects that I was working on before I moved was for her and now I have to start all over, but she's worth it ~ after all, she's my best friend ;)

I'm aiming for the end of April to have this project completed. Once it is finished, I will post again on the completed piece.