Parrish{able} Goods

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Welcome to our newest project, made especially for fellow photographers and created by Ryan & Amy Parrish.  Why the name?  We’re big on puns around here, for one.  Though this particular name brought up much debate.  Our first thought was that if our “goods” (information, education & products) are perishable,  they’ll spoil.  And that’s rotten.  On the other hand, perishable goods are where you get those raw nutrients for a healthy diet from fruits and vegetables.  It’s where you get the meat.

And then, the more we were thinking about it, a lot of this information will spoil; and we’re okay with that.  This is a fast-changing industry.  There are always equipment upgrades and software upgrades, innovative trends and trends you can’t even believe would have ever caused such a buzz.

What you’ll find on this site is exactly what we’re learning and experiencing along our own journey.  We’ll share our successes and we’ll share our failures.  Of course, don’t forget that you’ve got to forge your own path.  Just because we made something work for us, doesn’t mean it will work for you, and vice versa.  This site certainly should not be your only source for inspiration and education.  We urge you to delve into as much variety as you can, but then also take long breaks from all outside influences to ensure you’re following your vision and your passion to the fullest.

All in all, best of luck and enjoy!

~Ryan & Amy Parrish

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Advertising Concept

This is ingenious!

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Just a note to let you know that our next post is password protected. If you are a professional photographer outside of Ohio, simply send an e-mail to request this one-time password.

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More on Textures

In posts made here and the exposing of my enormous collection of design elements during the first Asuka webinar, we’ve had a lot of interest coming in about exactly where we find all of our textures, borders, papers and other embellishments. Some of these are handmade (go photograph cool things like cracked cement, peeling paint, crumpled paper, or draw your own borders and details), and a lot of others have been collected from all sorts of online locations. I just wanted to share one of these latest finds; a couple of texture packs available for sale on Etsy. The image above incorporates Joy’s “Smudgy Letters” texture.

And what’s even cooler? I just found out that she lives less than half a mile from me! This is what I’m saying: there are so many resources available to use all around you. All you have to do is look!

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Not so SPAM

I just got an e-mail from West Elm that normally would have remained in our SPAM box, but when I saw it was a behind-the-scenes video from their Fall 2010 Catalog shoot I just had to take a look! One of my favorite things to do is see how other photographers work in their own environment (I’m horribly addicted to Photovision DVD’s and got a lot of great insight from New York photographer, Nathaniel Welch, when he came into town recently for an editorial shoot). So with that being said, I thought you may like to take a peek as well!

Behind the Scenes at west elm from west elm on Vimeo.

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Asuka Webinar Follow-Up Pt II

For those who tuned into the second part of our Asuka webinar series, here are two of the links requested that I promised to post here.

Studio Management Services (for those looking for more assistance in the logistics of starting/running your business…including pricing for profit)

…and a link to more information on the study Ryan mentioned in regards to giving customers some control in the form of Mass Customization (which we also try to incorporate a bit into giving clients a chance to voice input in their custom book designs). If you Google the title, you can pull up lots more: The “I Designed it Myself” Effect in Mass Customization by Nikolaus Franke, Martin Schreier and Ulrike Kaiser

Thanks so much for listening in! We’re both quite new at speaking to an audience that we can neither see or interact with, so if there’s anything that you want us to touch on more, just leave a comment here or send us an e-mail. Just keep in mind it may take several days for us to respond to fellow photographers and if a question is too sensitive, we may not answer here on the blog since this blog is open to the entire world. Though, if anyone knows how to easily manage a few levels of subscribers to WordPress blogs, we’d love to pick your brain!

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Auska Webinar Follow-Up

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to listen to today’s webinar! I didn’t catch how many actually listened in, but I know the number of registrants was estimated to be the second-highest ever for the Asuka series. Be sure to register again for next week when Ryan and I will get into all of the juicy details of our pricing and selling strategies for custom book designs.

In the meantime, as promised, these are some of our beloved resources for building a library of design elements.

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Help for Your Newborn Sessions

A few weeks ago the battery died for the heart murmur box that I use as a form of white noise during newborn sessions. At the time, I found some audio on YouTube and looped the segment so I could play this from my computer (you might actually see a “private” post in an older entry called “Heartbeat”). It was a lifesaver for me and thought I should just post this publicly as well since it may be a lifesaver for you, too!

If your client has a computer nearby when doing a newborn session on location (or if you work out of a studio to use your own computer), you now don’t need to deal with extra equipment…just bookmark this post and you’re all set!

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Free Asuka Webinars this Month

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Passing Along Opportunity

I just paid a visit to Jesh’s blog a few minutes ago and thought I’d pass this information along:


Monday, July 05, 2010

career opportunity (announcement)

hello amazing friends,,,

my company, Life As An Artform, is preparing to break ground on several new projects i’m thrilled about. i’m looking to add someone to our team who can be our resident visual voice, helping us breathe life into our projects by giving them bodies as beautiful as their hearts.

effective immediately, i’m opening a full-time or part-time (negotiable) satellite position for a designer who:

- is passionate about visual communication
- feels life intensely
- sees the deep beauty in people
- has a spiritual sensibility to their work
- understands the importance of balancing form & functionality
- keeps a finely-honed imagination
- wants to make work that means something
- is committed to personal and artistic growth
- has a child-like curiosity and fascination
- is highly-skilled in photoshop (or similar)
- has a strong knowledge of web-based design
- is self-motivated and takes pride in excellence
- can take direction and meet timelines
- can work remotely
- is an honest and open communicator
- wants to work with a company of people committed to improving quality of life
- is brave enough to imagine they could change the world

if this sounds like you, please forward your creative resume and portfolio to

support@jeshderox.com

if you know of someone who would be interested, please forward them this link:)

i very much look forward to hearing from you! many blessings,

jesh *
Posted by Jesh de Rox at 7/05/2010 10:15:00 AM

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