{"id":176,"date":"2010-11-09T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T19:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tristancrane.com\/\/?p=176"},"modified":"2010-11-09T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T19:15:15","slug":"how-to-shoot-a-holiday-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/09\/how-to-shoot-a-holiday-card\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Shoot a Holiday Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holiday Season is upon us! I’m currently taking bookings for family sittings for holiday cards, but don’t wait until the last minute – the later you wait to get cards printed, the more expensive it becomes. I’m happy to travel to your home for a shoot, or can accommodate clients in my home studio. Contact<\/a> me for information and with any questions.<\/p>\n

My friend Aldythe Beltane recently commissioned a holiday card for her business, All Creatures Healing Network<\/a>. Aldythe is a former vet tech whom I call the ‘cat whisperer’, because she has such an amazing connection to the animals she cares for. She’s also a tireless advocate for rescues, and every season torments her friends with a fresh batch of kittens and adorable rescues who need adopting. I hire her to do our pet sitting when we’re away, and relax knowing that our little monsters are going to be spoiled<\/span> well cared for.<\/p>\n

After a discussion of her vision for the card, we settled on a ‘winter’ theme, but I’d already decided how I wanted to shoot this.<\/p>\n

Step one. Build a Set.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Step Two. Give your models a bit of time to adjust to being on set, as lighting can take some getting used to.<\/p>\n

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Step Three. Get the whole family together for a heartwarming group photo.<\/p>\n

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More steps and the end result, below the cut…<\/p>\n

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Step Four. Handle melt-downs with grace and patience.<\/p>\n

Working with babies and kids is a lot of fun, but doesn’t always go as you plan. (At least this time no one pooped on set.)<\/p>\n

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Step Five. Encourage your models to work their best angles..<\/p>\n

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Step Six. Tear the place apart!<\/p>\n

And prepare to blow everyone away this year with your completely awesome card.<\/p>\n

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Affordable holiday card printing –<\/p>\n

Photoworks San Francisco.<\/a> Ignore the terrifying pre-designed holiday cards on their website, and pay a visit to investigate their new expanded print options. I also recommend this lab to anyone looking to have prints made, they do film, digital, owned and staffed by photographers.<\/p>\n

VistaPrint.<\/a> We’ve all used them, but honestly, I don’t love their quality. But if you need 100 cards printed out on a budget, they are probably your best stop.<\/p>\n

Costo printing. Spare yourself the pain.<\/p>\n

Club Card Printing.<\/a> I use this company for all my business cards and promo cards. They are fast, have terrific customer service, and offer nice options like rounded corners, a wide variety of paper weights, and they also do temporary tattoos! One of these days I need to find an excuse to order those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holiday Season is upon us! I’m currently taking bookings for family sittings for holiday cards, but don’t wait until the last minute – the later you wait to get cards printed, the more expensive it becomes. I’m happy to travel to your home for a shoot, or can accommodate clients in my home studio. Contact … Continue reading “How to Shoot a Holiday Card”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cat","tag-cats-on-cards","tag-christmas","tag-client-commissions","tag-holiday-card","tag-kitten","tag-kitty","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}