Texture Tuesday 3.31.09

March 31, 2009 by Holly McCaig  
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This month’s textures are sponsored by our design team member, Tara Sroka!

Download our free texture action here.

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NAPCP

March 30, 2009 by Holly McCaig  
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If you’re a professional child portrait photographer, we encourage you to check out the association just for you! National Association of Professional Child Photographers. With great benefits and information for you, you’re sure to find it resourceful!

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Photo of the Month

March 30, 2009 by jana  
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Are you addicted to flickr like I am? Do you love Pink Ink Studios and use our product?? Then if you’re not already, you should join our Friends of Pink Ink flickr group there and add your photos to our gallery where you used Pink Ink product! It’s fun and easy and if you do that then you’ll automatically be in the running for our Photo of the Month contest and if chosen, you could win a gift certificate to use in the Pink Ink store. Easy enough right?! Kari Dawson did just that and her photo caught my eye right away and was chosen as our Photo of the Month for March! She used Holly’s vintage frame to compliment the vintage feel of her baby photo perfectly. It’s amazing how something so simple can make such an impact! You can find various frames such as this in the Pink Ink store and one similiar to the one Kari used is available in the Vintage Frame Set #6. Congrats Kari!

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What’s New?

March 28, 2009 by Holly McCaig  
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Sorry for missing Thursday! I’ve been swamped with things and some future photography stuff. I figured I’d wait till today since we normally don’t post on the weekend! Here are the newest goodies in the store!

Our newest designer, Julie Klaus has a great new item just for the wedding photogs!

I have some new pre-made logos (sorry I put these up earlier and sold two already). These are exclusive to the buyer!

I LOVE Traci’s new pre-made album template!

Carrie has a GREAT new, business collection called Back to Black. Be sure to check her store for all the pieces!

Her new birth announcements are awesome too!

Be sure to check the “What’s New” section every day!

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Before and After

March 27, 2009 by bianca  
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There are quite a few different business sets to choose from in the store. With so many styles available, it’s easy to find one that works for you and then make a few customizations to make it match your own business colors and feel.
I’ve taken the popular GEM Collection – 5 x 7 Wide Format Brochure (I chose it for the damask pattern) and made a few quick adjustments. I love how it turned out!
After adding my own photos and logo, I decided to move my logo above the photos. I grouped the photos and frames together and moved it all down a little bit, and placed the logo above.
Using the paint bucket tool, it’s really easy to change the color in the lower portion. For the frames and damask pattern, I used a Hue/Saturation layer to adjust it, using a clipping mask to make it apply only to those layers. Check the “colorize” box and play with the hue, saturation, lightness sliders until you are happy with it.
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The last few changes I made were taking off the drop shadows on the “information packet” wording and deleting the ornament (I didn’t like the way it looked with my logo, but otherwise, I liked it).
Don’t like the drop shadow? Want to change the frames? Don’t like the dots? Every element in this brochure is on it’s own layer which makes it so easy to customize. If you’ve used this set before, show us what you’ve done with it!
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Product Idea – Wedding Add-ons

March 25, 2009 by jana  
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Wedding photographers are in the midst of booking summer weddings right now with June being the most popular month in which to get married. In most areas there are numerous photographers to choose from so most of us are looking for ways to set ourselves apart from the rest of the pack. Most photographers can take great photographs but can they also offer custom items for the bride & groom such as table top books, invitations, thank you cards, moo card templates, save the date cards, new address cards, guest book pages or even custom storyboards & canvases? With Pink Ink here to help you, we can help provide beautiful templates & products to help set yourself apart from other photographers and entice brides to book with you for the extras that you can offer her! In your bridal packages why not also offer invitations & thank you cards with the beautiful templates available at Pink Ink, change of address cards to send to friends & family members or help the bride create adorable Moo cards to attach onto wedding favors? Being able to offer potential clients these personalized items is sure to increase your sales & bookings too. Don’t forget about the various brushes, actions, borders & frames to customize your bridal photos & portraits as well. With Pink Ink you can take your bridal photography & add-ons to new heights and have fun designing custom products for today’s savvy bride & groom!
Moo Card Template from Pink Ink
Thank You Cards for Pink Ink
Wedding Invitations from Pink Ink
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Texture Tuesday 3.24.09

March 24, 2009 by Holly McCaig  
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This month’s textures are sponsored by our design team member, Tara Sroka!

Download our free texture action here.

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Designer Focus- Traci Murphy

March 23, 2009 by Carrie Bombria  
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This month’s Designer Focus is on Traci Murphy! I asked Traci a few questions and here were her responses…..

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What is your favorite product that you have in the store? Definitely my textures – do I have to pick just one? LOL

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How long have you been designing? I began designing in late 2007

Messy or clean workspace? It’s only clean because I work on my laptop and my couch – but my actual desk is a total wreck, I have so many ideas, so many projects that I never get anything put away.

Why do you love being a designer/photographer? There are definitely days that designing isn’t my love, but I’m in a wave right now where creating something is such a wonderful creative release, totally relaxing and it almost seems to “clear” my head in a way. I’ve just started as a photographer this past year, so really I love absolutely everything about it that I’ve learned so far!traci3

Describe your style? I always choke on this question – bright and grungy is best I can describe it, it really all depends on my mood.

What’s one place you’ve always wanted to travel? And if you were only allowed to bring one suitcase with you, what would you pack in it other than clothes? Australia! Goodness that accent just makes me swoon…I’d pack suntan lotion so that I could just hang on the beach, gaze upon the hot lifeguards and listen to them talk. You thought I was going to say camera, didn’t you?

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March Poll

March 20, 2009 by Tara Sroka  
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Come take today’s poll! Today’s poll question is: Have you tried selling your photographic prints/work? Answer and share in the comments any further replies.

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What’s New?

March 19, 2009 by Holly McCaig  
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It’s time to list out the new goodies in the store! I love this day!

From Amy – we have some more book templates! This time some different sizes!

I have a new splash page design up!

We LOVE Carrie’s new logos!

Both Carrie & Kim have some great new Senior Marketing Sets!

And, a few other goodies in the store:

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