Friday, September 7, 2012

September 2012 Newsletter



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www.hope-haven.net
denise@hope-haven.net
(843) 871-7340 - Studio
(360) 340-7344 - Cell

Keeping in Touch

You can follow us on FACEBOOKHOPE HAVEN FACEBOOKTWITTER, AND ON MY BLOG.
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In this issue:

Fall Portrait Special - $25 family session - in studio
Senior Portraits - Special offer
Our Favorite Place of the Month
How Best to Prepare for your Portrait Session
Infant Photography
Have you heard of Green Screens?
Maternity Sessions
Cafe Press - New Items
Gift Certificates
Attitude Panoramas - we now have frames
Level Two Composite Images
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Fall Portrait Special $25 Family Session

Come have your family portrait made in studio for only $25, excellent prices on print packages. Come see what makes our studio so different.
Beach Session $99
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Senior Portraits

We know you might not have a choice for your senior portrait in the yearbook, but you do have a choice for your lifelong memories. Bring us your receipt for your "Other session" and we will credit to your session with us. Plus if you don't LOVE the pictures, we will give your money back!!! 100% Guaranteed.

Our Favorite Place of the Month

Morris Island Lighthouse

Shooting here includes a 1/4 mile walk each way, but it's worth it.
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How Best to Prepare for your Portrait Session

  1. Considering what to wear - you want to consider both age and personality. Solid colors almost always work best. Covering as much of the arm as possible is usually a benefit as well. Don't forget to try on all your choices ahead of time.
  2. Bring several changes of clothes, we like to help out as much as possible, and can help choose the most flattering cuts and colors.
  3. Bring personal items that have special meaning or highlight the occasion, such as musical instruments, special hat or shawl.
  4. Choose a time and day that takes into account your families schedule and allow plenty of time prior for preparations. You want to arrive for your session relaxed and ready.
  5. Browse our site, magazines or other books. Bring us any ideas you might have. We can recreate any look. During your session, we will try a variety of poses and lighting effects to create both classic and contemporary looks.
A little planning and prep time can help your portraits look their very best. Please remember we are here to help, so if you have any questions, call us! (843) 871-7340
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Looking for something different with Infant Photography?

Try out our Flower Portrait Line - $49 per flower portrait. Regular Session Fees apply
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Have you heard of green or blue screens?

We use a chromakey (blue or green) background to create truly unique works of art. Here is a sample from our new fantasy line. As a special for the promotion of this new line, we are offering free sessions to the first 10 clients to sign up. You will be required to prepay for the $49 fantasy portrait. (Savings $99)
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Maternity Sessions -

Only $99/ 1 Hour Session - includes both Mom and Dad to be; as well as a newborn session (no additional charge)
Gorgeous Composite available - no artwork fee required.
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CAFE Press

We have a brand new cafe press store. There are already a few items, but lots more to come. Please send us an email if you have a particular product you would love to see. We can do it!
We are going to mainly focus on art from in and around Charleston. So please tell all your friends.
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Gift Certificates

Available online - From www.hope-haven.net Just click on Client Galleries, then Gift Certficates. Any denomination. Want one in a denomination that you don't see? Just let us know. We can customize one just for you. After your purchase, you will receive instruction on how to download the certificate.
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A Small Bit about Copyrights

Copyright is a property right. Under the Federal Copyright Act of 1976 (effective January 1, 1978 and amended when the USA joined the Berne Convention in 1989), photographs are protected by copyright from the moment of creation.
Hope Haven Photography has NEVER sold the copyright of any image. We do sell licenses for specific uses, however when we sell a print of image, you are NOT allowed to copy it in any way, for any use. Sorry folks, not even for Facebook; however, we will prepare a digital image for Facebook use at no charge.
If you have already purchased the image in some form or another, we will create for you a low-resolution (not print ready) and water marked (protects image from being stolen by thief's) and post it to Facebook for your sharing purposes. Aren't we nice?
We are members of the PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and they are fantastic watch dogs for the rights of photographers.
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Cane Bay High School's Cobra Regiment - Saxophone Sectional

Cane Bay High School AF JROTC Drill Team

Attitude Panorama's - Does your team look this good???

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Level Two Composite Images

This give you a unique opportunity to showcase more than one image in the print. Have a talented athlete or performer? You are going to want this one on your wall.
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Letter from a Client

Dear Denise,

At the time I called to inquire about the possibility of a Christmas photograph that would include my new service dog, little did I know that I was about to connect with an extraordinary woman. The moment your gentle voice told me that you had several rescued dogs, horses, and goodness knows what else at your home, I knew that this inquiry had led me to something - and someone - very special.

But now, I must talk about the photographs you and Sam took. Over the years, I have had a professional photograph taken of our family. Going in for one of these things was generally an awkward, even unpleasant, experience ("smile!", "turn to your right," "turn to your left...") and the results of these uncomfortable and false poses were always apparent in the results. But with you and Sam, it was fun, and the smiles that came through in the end were genuine.

The real test of your exceptional skills, however, came through in the photographs you took of my dog, Morgan. Taking photographs of animals is, I believe, a test of the highest skills any photographer can achieve. Due to the eye reflectors of animals, their constant motion, inability to follow those basic photography instructions ("look this way..."), it is no wonder that we stare in awe at the photos sometimes come to us over the internet or appear in National Geographic showing the beautiful creatures that share our earth in a stilled moment. That is the beauty you captured in my dog.

I had mentioned that this particular animal had big paws to fill since my last service dog had been with me ten years, knew almost without my asking what I needed and was a source of comfort to me as I struggled through illness and chemotherapy. Getting a new service dog meant starting all over again and my heart simply wasn't ready to let go of the past and my feelings for the last one. Yet, within the photos you took of all of us, then him alone, I saw what everyone else was trying to tell me: that he was an exceptional animal, just as loving and beautiful as my last dog and that we were going to be a fine team.

I will treasure forever the photos you took and will always be in your debt for the kindness you showed to me, my husband and, of course, Morgan.

Kindest regards,
P.B.

Band Photos

In an attitude panorama (10x30), images are taken individually and then set into the custom background. This image is printed on a ultra glossy, metallic paper and creates almost a n-dimensional feel to the photograph.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Restoration Services

Looking to have an old precious memory restored? Hope Haven Photography (located in Summerville, SC) provides you with plenty of photographic restoration options, such as: black & white portraits, school portraits, family portraits, wedding portraits, pet portraits, etc. — all done in a professional timely manner with the best quality you could ask for! Get your first photo restoration at $24/hr. — Normally a $50/hr. value! For more information on our services, please feel free to take look at our website www.hope-haven.net and let us know if you have any other further questions.

Business Headshots


Do you have a business in need of photographic services, such as photo ID cards? Hope Haven Photography (located in Summerville, SC) provides you with a range of various photographic services, including business headshots! We will provide your company with professional quality portraits, all done in a professional timely manner and also, if you have 20+ employees, at your convenience, we will come to you! Please feel free to reach us by email or by phone for further information.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Newsletter February 2012

www.hope-haven.net
denise@hope-haven.net
(843) 871-7340 - Studio
(360) 340-7344 - Cell

Keeping in Touch

You can follow us on FACEBOOK, HOPE HAVEN FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND ON MY BLOG.

NEW - We are now at www.hopehavenphoto.com andwww.hopehavenphotography.com

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In this issue:

  • Valentines Portraits
  • Our Favorite Place of the Month
  • How Best to Prepare for your Portrait Session
  • Infant Photography
  • Fantasy Sessions
  • Maternity Sessions
  • Cafe Press - New Items
  • The Kodak Silent Moment
  • Gift Certificates
  • A Small Bit about Copyrights
  • Cane Bay High School - Cobra Regiment - Saxophone Panorama
  • Attitude Panoramas - we now have frames
  • Level Two Composite Images
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From the Haven

Valentines - Valentines - Valentines

Will you be my valentine?

Valentine Portrait - 30 minutes plus free 8x10 - $29.00

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!

Book your appointment right online.

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Our Favorite Place of the Month

Folly Beach

I have not been back to the folly beach area since the bad storms last fall. I understand it suffered from a lot of beach erosion. However, my favorite place to eat there is Taco Boy. I can't go near the place without stopping for some of the best tacos in this world.

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How Best to Prepare for your Portrait Session

  1. Considering what to wear - you want to consider both age and personality. Solid colors almost always work best. Covering as much of the arm as possible is usually a benefit as well. Don't forget to try on all your choices ahead of time.

  2. Bring several changes of clothes, we like to help out as much as possible, and can help choose the most flattering cuts and colors.

  3. Bring personal items that have special meaning or highlight the occasion, such as musical instruments, special hat or shawl.

  4. Choose a time and day that takes into account your families schedule and allow plenty of time prior for preparations. You want to arrive for your session relaxed and ready.

  5. Browse our site, magazines or other books. Bring us any ideas you might have. We can recreate any look. During your session, we will try a variety of poses and lighting effects to create both classic and contemporary looks.

A little planning and prep time can help your portraits look their very best. Please remember we are here to help, so if you have any questions, call us! (843) 871-7340

***

Looking for something different with Infant Photography?

Try out our Flower Portrait Line - $49 per flower portrait. Regular Session Fees apply

***

Have you heard of green or blue screens?

We use a chromakey (blue or green) background to create truly unique works of art. Here is a sample from our new fantasy line. As a special for the promotion of this new line, we are offering free sessions to the first 10 clients to sign up. You will be required to prepay for the $49 fantasy portrait. (Savings $99)

So hurry and sign up now!

***

Maternity Sessions -

Only $99/ 1 Hour Session - includes both Mom and Dad to be; as well as a newborn session (no additional charge)

Gorgeous Composite available - no artwork fee required.

***

CAFE Press

We have a brand new cafe press store. There are already a few items, but lots more to come. Please send us an email if you have a particular product you would love to see. We can do it!

Check it out!

We are going to mainly focus on art from in and around Charleston. So please tell all your friends.

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The Kodak Silent Moment

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Gift Certificates

Available online - From www.hope-haven.net Just click on Client Galleries, then Gift Certficates. Any denomination. Want one in a denomination that you don't see? Just let us know. We can customize one just for you. After your purchase, you will receive instruction on how to download the certificate.

***

A Small Bit about Copyrights

Copyright is a property right. Under the Federal Copyright Act of 1976 (effective January 1, 1978 and amended when the USA joined the Berne Convention in 1989), photographs are protected by copyright from the moment of creation.

Hope Haven Photography has NEVER sold the copyright of any image. We do sell licenses for specific uses, however when we sell a print of image, you are NOT allowed to copy it in any way, for any use. Sorry folks, not even for Facebook; however, we will prepare a digital image for Facebook use at no charge.

If you have already purchased the image in some form or another, we will create for you a low-resolution (not print ready) and water marked (protects image from being stolen by thief's) and post it to Facebook for your sharing purposes. Aren't we nice?

We are members of the PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and they are fantastic watch dogs for the rights of photographers.

***

Cane Bay High School's Cobra Regiment - Saxophone Sectional

Attitude Panorama's - Does your team look this good???

We are now offering frames for our panorama's. 10x30 black poster frame $25

***

Level Two Composite Images

This give you a unique opportunity to showcase more than one image in the print. Have a talented athlete or performer? You are going to want this one on your wall.

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