Photography Workshop Recap!!!

Last Saturday Jennifer and I held our first Photography Workshop for Beginners. We had a really great time getting to meet all of the attendees and we felt like it went really well! Based on what everyone who attended said, we feel it was a success and look forward to doing more in the future. Everyone said they learned something new and felt it was a tremendous help to understanding your cameras and the fundamentals better through the hands-on instruction.

Above are a few pictures, but unfortunately the flash was inadvertently turned off on the point-and-shoot, so these pictures are pretty grainy and dark. (Thanks Katie, for helping to capture part of the day.)

Future Workshops::

We will definitely hold another workshop or two in the fall; likely the beginners workshop again as well as a more intermediate version that will include models and a live shoot. As of now we do not have a date selected, but if you are interested in being on the mailing list for our future workshops, please send me an email and we'll make sure to keep you updated! All of you who attended saturday will be automatically added.

Thank you to everyone who attended last Saturday and helped make our first workshop a success! We can't wait to see your work and how you evolve from here!

Reminder - only one more week until the workshop

Well there is only one more week left until we have our photography workshop, so I wanted to post a little reminder!!

This workshop is for ANYONE who wants to learn more about photography! We are going to go over a lot of really good things to help make you a better photographer.

You can view the original post with more information here, but read below for some things that we are going to be going over.

Topics Covered:

*The best lenses for the least amount of money for digital SLR cameras (hint: it's not the one that came with the camera!)

*How to turn off the flash and achieve professional looking results, even in low light

*The fundamentals of shooting manually (where the magic really happens)

*Easy lighting tips and techniques to get the best results

*How to get the most out of your Point-and-Shoot (using ISO effectively, burst rate, and more)

*The fundamentals of composition (the rule of thirds, framing your subject effectively, reducing your background elements, and more)

*And much more, including time for open-ended Q&A

If you would like more information, please don't hesitate to contact me at 480.203.1090 or workshops@kimberlyjarman.com

The workshop is only 3 hours on Saturday, June 28th from 1-4PM in Mesa.

You can download the registration form here.

Please feel free to pass this info along if you know anyone else who may be interested....

Enjoying the Cool Weather

Right now I am sitting in my parents living room in Pinetop, AZ enjoying the cool weather. I needed to get away from the heat, especially being pregnant!

I did a ton of sessions this last week so i'm sitting here working on pictures and trying to catch up! I am still checking email, so if you need to get ahold of me that is the best way. Melanie is in the office as well a little each day and will be checking voice mails.

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My Three Sons Designs

A month or so ago I met an awesome lady, Jen. She owns a really cool company called My Three Sons Designs. She makes amazing blankets, onsies, burp cloths, and other yummy things for babys. You should check out her website and buy everyone you know who has a baby one of her soft baby blankets. I bought one for Kailee and she is going to LOVE it.

Well we met up this week and I took some pictures for her for her site. I have only processed a few of them so far, but wanted to show you some of her products for little girls! More pictures will be coming as I finish up the boy stuff.

I also want to thank Blissful Living Studio for allowing me to use the studio to shoot these in. If you want to do something really fun this summer check out some of the classes that the studio is offering.

Dyer and Ferris, LLC

It's always fun to do something totally different that i've never done before. I get a little nervous and excited at the same time. That is what happened when Mike Dyer, from Dyer and Ferris, LLC called and asked me to take headshots of his Law firm. I was excited to do something a little different.

We got some great shots... very corporate! We pulled out the lighting and did some basic set up shots that they could use on their website.

I thought I would share a few!

Wedding Wire

I have joined a community called Wedding Wire, which is a great resource for all Bride and Grooms! It's actually affiliated with Martha Stewart. They have wedding websites, wedding vendor reviews, and a ton more to offer.

I would love it if some of my past clients would leave a review on the site for me! Even Portrait clients can leave a comment, as I want all people to know how I work.

If you click the link below it should take you to a location to leave a review.

Review Kimberly Jarman Photography at WeddingWire

Pictures in the Pines

I'm so excited to be able to take pictures up in the White Mountains. From June 14-21st I will be up in Pinetop, near Showlow, and will be taking pictures all week! If you are interested in a session please contact us at 480.203.1090 or email us.

Create Better Images - A Beginners Photography Workshop

I'm so excited to announce the first ever Kimberly Jarman and Jennifer Bowen Beginners Photography Workshop.



We finally have all the details figured out and have the registration form ready. The image above has all the information. Click on the Image or click here for a PDF with more information and the registration form.

There are only 20 spots available so make sure that you get the registration form into us ASAP to hold your spot.

This is going to be a great workshop for beginners who want to take their photography to the next level. We are going to go over a ton of information and also have a great Q&A time.

If you have more questions please feel free to email me.

Photography contest winner!!!!

I don't enter many contests, mostly because I always miss the deadlines for them:):) But I was so excited today when I found out that I placed 5th in a really cool photography contest. This is a contest that is voted on by other photographers so it makes it even more exciting that I won!

I Love this image of Andy being super GQ!

We are really busy over here working on a ton of stuff....but coming soon to the blog will be more information about the workshop I am offering, pictures of the Graves family, Nicole and Steven's Wedding, and pictures of the Wright Family!! We've been busy!!!!

Exciting News

I'm so excited to announce that Jennifer Bowen and I will be holding a 3 hour workshop for those who are just starting out in photography. This is great for parents and amateur photographers who are wanting to take better pictures.

I get a lot of questions from parents and people who are wanting to learn the basics of photography and how to take good pictures. Jen and I decided that we would love to help out in that area!

The workshop will be Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM at my studio in downtown Mesa. We will be posting more details soon so be sure to check back next week for more information and how to register. Feel free to email me or leave a comment if you are interested!!

Another Great Bride Recommendation

A couple of years ago I photographed Gary and Kims wedding over at the WigWam Resort. It was an awesome event and my husband and I got to know Gary and Kim pretty well! I love that about my job! Well today i got a surprise email off of LinkedIn, a business resource and Kim posted a recommendation about me. I love hearing things like this because it makes me soooo happy! So I thought i would share it with you all too!

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"Kim's photography at our wedding was the highlight of the entire event, because after over 2 years we still look at the album and feel as if it were yesterday. Kim was able to work with us and capture a moment in our lives that we will remember forever. Her talent is truly inspirational, and everyone who sees our wedding photos comments on how we have "the best photography" they have ever seen- and we "must have paid a fortune...". Kim's prices were fair and we got more than expected!"

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Thanks Kim and Gary!!!

WPPI - Las Vegas

Well I am in Vegas right now for my annual WPPI Vegas trip!!! This is an awesome photographers conference that I get to go to every year!! I will be out of the office until Friday, but Melanie is there if you need to get ahold of someone and I am also checking my emails!

Have a great week everyone!

The Price of Photography.....

I'm always on other photographers blogs and reading what everyone is up to. Today I was checking out a local photographers blog, Ana Frias , and I loved a post that she put up on the Price of Photography.

Many people often wonder why photographers charge so much for their services. It is hard to explain all the details of what go into a shoot or a wedding, but once you understand everything that professional photographer does to make sure that you get the PERFECT image, I think it starts making more sense.

Ana pointed out an article from another photographers website and I think it really does a good job explaining everything, so I wanted to share it. You can find the article here.

For those who use Blogger... a little tip.

I have loved getting everyones comments lately... I think I'm going to run a contest every couple weeks to make sure you all keep commenting!!!

However, the bummer thing with blogger is that if you don't have a blog with blogger I am not able to email you back to thank you for commenting... and the people who do have a blog with blogger only some of you have your settings set up so that I can quickly email you back. So I thought I would hand out a blogger tip that I recently found out about.

How to allow people to email you back when you comment with your blogger account.

You will find everything in the profile view of your blogger account.

1) When you log in to your blog go to edit your profile.

2) In the first section you will see a bunch of questions under Privacy. Make sure show your profile is clicked and also the show my email address box. - This will allow people to see who you are and when you post a comment on someones site they will be able to directly email you to thank you for the comment or answer your question.

3) Under the identity section make sure you put in the email address you want people to email you back at.

It's really simple to do and makes a huge difference for those who want to get to know you a little better when you comment!

Let me know if you all have any questions and also if this was helpful.

Pug Meeting and Model Shoot

Every 3rd Thursday a bunch of photographers gather at my studio and we talk about photography, life, and have a wonderful time getting to know each other. It's one of my favorite times of the month! Yesterday we did things a little different. We did a night time shoot. Jefferson Todd, Stuart Thurkill, and I all brought models and lighting equipment of our choice. We then had everyone who attended split up into groups and we went out around downtown Mesa and had fun shooting models. We had a blast and everyone did such a great job.

I was excited too because JT reminded me to take a picture of the group and i've been wanting to do that forever!! So the pictures above are of everyone who participated except one of the models, who had to take off early. Also, for those of you who have been wanting to see my studio, this picture is a sneak peak!!!

I do love taking pictures at night, it's a lot of fun and i'm having a great time playing around with techniques. I had the wonderful fortune of having Jessamy come out and be my model. We wanted to do funky, fun, and crazy, and she pulled it off!!! Thanks so much Jessamy. Below are some of my favs!!!

I love this crazy pink couch with her dress!








One of my favorites!









Another absolute Fav!

Contests....

Contests... Do you like them or not?

Ok everyone, I need a little feedback now!!! I keep posting contests and am not getting any bites or interest at all! I'm trying to give away free things people!!!!

So my question to you is.... Do you like contests or not? And if you do, what kind of contests do you want to see me do? If you don't like them let me know why!!

I want to hear from YOU, the people, the blogstalkers, the ones who matter!!!

Talk to me!!!

I think we are up again!!!

I think we are up and running again with the blog! If you find things that aren't working please let me know!! I'm so thankful to WebFixer, a random person on the blogger groups page, who totally helped lead me to the right direction in fixing the problem! I understand some HTML and can usually get by pretty good, but when it comes to fixing things like this I don't know where to start, so i'm so thankful to those who help out!!!! Thanks:):)

Blog Issues

Well everyone, as you can see we are having some major issues with our blog... it is not pretty at all and things are not working correctly.

I have been trying to talk to blogger about why it all the sudden stopped working correctly, but it's taking a lot of time... so please bear with the ugliness as we try to get everything fixed.

Address Update and Christmas Cards

Well it is that time of year again and we have just ordered our Christmas cards. We will be sending them out early next week so if any of you would like a fun surprise Christmas card be sure to email me your address so we can get you on the list.

We had fun this year with our cards and I'm so excited to send them out!!!

Just send an email to kimberly @ kimberlyjarman.com.

Also, if you have moved recently please send us your updated info so we can keep our records up to date!

Thanks everyone!!!

Running around with my head cut off!!!

Yes, it's been an intense week, thus not much posting. I'm trying to get everything done before I leave out of town for A WEEK!!! Ahhhh!!!!

So this post is to let you know that I am going out of town until Tuesday December 11th and will not have access to email and phone, so please be patient if you need anything until we get back. All orders that have been placed prior to today have arrived and we are mailing them all out today, so you should receive everything in the next couple of days.

If you need prints done please order through Pictage as we will not be able to get them done until a week from now.

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL week!!!! I'm off to a real vacation with my hubby tomorrow morning and will be trying to get last minute stuff done this morning!

Another email!!

Another awesome email from Meredith and Ernie, the wedding I did on sunday!! I had to share! Thanks guys!!!

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Kim,

Thanks so much for this. Ernie and I haven’t stopped talking about how awesome you are! We love the pictures and slideshow and can’t wait to see more. You really have such a fantastic eye and the style of the pictures is exactly what we wanted.

Thanks so much for capturing our special day. We are couldn’t be happier!

Meredith Barré