Free Premier and Lots of Classes to help you create those amazing Holiday Gifts!
Let me know what you are creating!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
National Scrapbooking Day - November 4
I am so going to join Heritage Makers in celebrating National Scrapbooking Day with our Premier Palooza and Free Premier Weekend!!
Free Premier and Lots of Classes to help you create those amazing Holiday Gifts!
Let me know what you are creating!
Free Premier and Lots of Classes to help you create those amazing Holiday Gifts!
Let me know what you are creating!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Heritage Makers Review by Tina Sansone
Check out this Review a friend of mine did about Heritage Makers and all the fabulous things you can create! HM Review
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Why Heritage Makers?
Wonderful story we should share with Clients (and other photographer
Posted by: "booksbylisad" heritagemyway@kent.net booksbylisad
Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:15 pm (PDT)
I found this post on the blog of one of our local photographers (who is working with me to possibly start using Heritage Makers for her clients photos). I thought it was the perfect point for what we all do and should be read at EVERY workshop we teach:
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I found this article awhile back and have not been able to stop thinking about it….why??? Because this is totally our generation. Most of us are putting all our images on disc or worse yet leaving them on the computer. My heart sinks and I am refusing to not be "this grandma".
Author: Fred Molesworth, Salem, Oregon
I'm willing to bet your grandchildren will be upset with you. Here's why. Imagine, 50 years from now, as your grandchildren or great grandchildren are going through the boxes in the attic. They are enthralled with the treasures and keepsakes they find and how they tie into the story of your life.
Amongst all the old items, they find a number of round silver objects. Some have writing on them, some are blank, but they resemble some kind of a small platter about 4″ across, with a hole in the middle.
Puzzled, they take them to their parents. "What are these, Mom?" they ask. "Oh, I think those are all of grandma's photographs. Yep, here's one labeled `My Wedding'. Here's some more labeled `Family Photos,' and some more labeled `Vacations'. "
"How do we look at them?" they ask.
"Well, I'm not sure we can. First of all, no one has the device that reads these anymore. Besides that, I doubt after all these years that they're any good anymore. Being stored in the attic, the heat and cold probably ruined them."
The kids are very disappointed. Nowhere amongst all the treasures are any actual prints. All that history is lost. Their connection with the past and all the wonderful stories that might have gone along with all those photographs are gone as well.
Along with all the wonders of our digital age come some significant problems that most people have never thought of.
Did you know that over 90% of all images taken on today's digital cameras are NEVER PRINTED? I'm guilty of that myself. I have gigabytes of personal photographs that have never been seen other than on a computer screen.
In the old days, film went to the lab and everything that was printable was printed. Even if it was a bad photograph, it still was a hard copy, a part of your family history and it had permanence. Even if they never went in an album, they at least went into a box, to be discovered as treasures years later.
The same problem exists in professional portrait studios today. Many people are simply asking for the images on CD. "I'll print them later" or "I'll design my own wedding album" are common phrases. Usually this is done with the thought that they'll save some money by doing it themselves.
But you know what? Most never make it into any kind of an album. Life gets busy and 20 years later they'll be looking for some way to read those disks.
I bring this up only to point out the importance of what we, as a professional studio do. Our job is not just to create the images, to create wonderful story telling photographs about the people in front of our camera; it's to create a final product, whether it be a professionally retouched and printed single image, a family heirloom wall portrait, or an incredible storybook album using a collection of the images that were created.
It doesn't matter whether it's a wedding, a newborn baby, a senior or a family. Having the final product created for you is important. To do less is to leave the job half done and to short change the customer.
So, if you're asked for a disk with all the images "so I can print them later", that's fine, just make sure your customers understand that if not printed, the conversation their grandchildren will want to have about their family history may never be able to happen.
Fred Molesworth
In addition to running a full time portrait studio in Salem Oregon, Fred Molesworth is a small business teacher and advisor, and the author of the Portrait Studio Marketing blog (www.portraitstudio marketing. com). He's also a nationally known business and marketing speaker in the portrait industry, and past president of the Professional Photographers of Oregon.
Posted by: "booksbylisad" heritagemyway@kent.net booksbylisad
Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:15 pm (PDT)
I found this post on the blog of one of our local photographers (who is working with me to possibly start using Heritage Makers for her clients photos). I thought it was the perfect point for what we all do and should be read at EVERY workshop we teach:
************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********
I found this article awhile back and have not been able to stop thinking about it….why??? Because this is totally our generation. Most of us are putting all our images on disc or worse yet leaving them on the computer. My heart sinks and I am refusing to not be "this grandma".
Author: Fred Molesworth, Salem, Oregon
I'm willing to bet your grandchildren will be upset with you. Here's why. Imagine, 50 years from now, as your grandchildren or great grandchildren are going through the boxes in the attic. They are enthralled with the treasures and keepsakes they find and how they tie into the story of your life.
Amongst all the old items, they find a number of round silver objects. Some have writing on them, some are blank, but they resemble some kind of a small platter about 4″ across, with a hole in the middle.
Puzzled, they take them to their parents. "What are these, Mom?" they ask. "Oh, I think those are all of grandma's photographs. Yep, here's one labeled `My Wedding'. Here's some more labeled `Family Photos,' and some more labeled `Vacations'. "
"How do we look at them?" they ask.
"Well, I'm not sure we can. First of all, no one has the device that reads these anymore. Besides that, I doubt after all these years that they're any good anymore. Being stored in the attic, the heat and cold probably ruined them."
The kids are very disappointed. Nowhere amongst all the treasures are any actual prints. All that history is lost. Their connection with the past and all the wonderful stories that might have gone along with all those photographs are gone as well.
Along with all the wonders of our digital age come some significant problems that most people have never thought of.
Did you know that over 90% of all images taken on today's digital cameras are NEVER PRINTED? I'm guilty of that myself. I have gigabytes of personal photographs that have never been seen other than on a computer screen.
In the old days, film went to the lab and everything that was printable was printed. Even if it was a bad photograph, it still was a hard copy, a part of your family history and it had permanence. Even if they never went in an album, they at least went into a box, to be discovered as treasures years later.
The same problem exists in professional portrait studios today. Many people are simply asking for the images on CD. "I'll print them later" or "I'll design my own wedding album" are common phrases. Usually this is done with the thought that they'll save some money by doing it themselves.
But you know what? Most never make it into any kind of an album. Life gets busy and 20 years later they'll be looking for some way to read those disks.
I bring this up only to point out the importance of what we, as a professional studio do. Our job is not just to create the images, to create wonderful story telling photographs about the people in front of our camera; it's to create a final product, whether it be a professionally retouched and printed single image, a family heirloom wall portrait, or an incredible storybook album using a collection of the images that were created.
It doesn't matter whether it's a wedding, a newborn baby, a senior or a family. Having the final product created for you is important. To do less is to leave the job half done and to short change the customer.
So, if you're asked for a disk with all the images "so I can print them later", that's fine, just make sure your customers understand that if not printed, the conversation their grandchildren will want to have about their family history may never be able to happen.
Fred Molesworth
In addition to running a full time portrait studio in Salem Oregon, Fred Molesworth is a small business teacher and advisor, and the author of the Portrait Studio Marketing blog (www.portraitstudio marketing. com). He's also a nationally known business and marketing speaker in the portrait industry, and past president of the Professional Photographers of Oregon.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Heritage Makers #19 Fastest Growing Company in Utah
Woohoo! Heritage Makers makes the news again! CLICK HERE for the details!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Great Story from Heritage Makers Blog
Here is an amazing story from Heritage Makers!
"my brother cried" by LuAnn Rhea
I have an older brother for whom it is very difficult to purchase gifts for. Usually, for birthdays or Christmas we get him a gift card, but this year I wanted to give him something that told him how much I love and appreciate him.
I started three different projects:
Copy and paste this link to read more:
http://www.heritagemakers.com/comm/email/stories/20100208.htm#myBrotherCried
Isn't that an amazing story?
I hope you will contact me to find out how you can create such an amazing gift for that special someone! 817-683-0446
"my brother cried" by LuAnn Rhea
I have an older brother for whom it is very difficult to purchase gifts for. Usually, for birthdays or Christmas we get him a gift card, but this year I wanted to give him something that told him how much I love and appreciate him.
I started three different projects:
Copy and paste this link to read more:
http://www.heritagemakers.com/comm/email/stories/20100208.htm#myBrotherCried
Isn't that an amazing story?
I hope you will contact me to find out how you can create such an amazing gift for that special someone! 817-683-0446
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