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Blog Love Week 13

March 30th, 2013

Do you post on your blog only to hear crickets? Do you sometimes feel like you are talking to yourself (and maybe your Mom) on your blog? Do you need some LOVE?

Chic Critique is here for you, girl. In 2013, we are doing a weekly feature on our blog every Saturday called “BLOG LOVE” where you can showcase your blog posts on Chic Critique for lots of love.

SWEET BENEFITS:

Use this as motivation to blog at least once a week
Boost your SEO: your thumbnail will link back to your own blog for lots of publicity and SEO lovin’!
Get blog comments from our fans
Show off your work
Get published! One of your images might be featured in an upcoming issue of Chic Magazine

It’s so easy! HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

You must be a member of Chic Critique forum to participate

Post some pics on your own blog with a link back to Chic Critique
Every weekend, submit your permalink (not your main blog address) from your own blog post to the frog icon (see sample below) to our weekly Saturday “Blog Love” blog post
Your image will then show up as a thumbnail on OUR blog and allow our readers to click on your image to check out YOUR blog.

Need a reminder? We’ll help remind you in our weekly newsletter and on Facebook so be sure to become a fan and subscribe to our newsletter.

ENTER YOUR BLOG POST IMAGES FOR THIS WEEK BY CLICKING ON THE FROG BELOW:
Don’t forget to leave a comment on the other entries because that is half the fun! Also, submit your photo early since those seem to be the ones who receive the most comments.

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ChicTV | How Summer Murdock’s 2- year hiatus changed her photography dramatically

March 29th, 2013

by Kelli France | Editor-in-Chief

It’s FREEBIE FRIDAY!!! At the end of every month, we share a FREE ChicTV interview with one of our Celebrity Photographers to all our forum members.

This month, I interviewed Celebrity Photographer, Summer Murdock.

In this short and sweet video you will learn:

How Summer’s hiatus changed her photography dramatically
What she wishes she had known when she first started out
How to avoid burnout
Plus, there’s some fun outtakes at the end!

WATCH IT NOW!

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TOP TRENDS | VOGUE VENDORS

March 29th, 2013

We are so excited to have our Vogue Vendor spotlighted today for Ashlyn Perkins creator/owner of Bellevue Avenue.

Ashlyn describe your business:

Affordable Photoshop Actions, Lightroom Presets & Textures/Overlays

What makes your product/service unique?

Bellevue Avenue offers sophisticated actions and presets at an affordable price.

Tell us how your business/product came about:

I am a graphic designer and sell clip art online. During my time designing clip art, I had a friend who was interested in photography suggest that I design actions since I knew Photoshop so well. Since I also enjoyed photography (thanks to my photographer dad), I delved right in and started designing actions and selling them on my Clip Art website. Because actions didn’t really “fit” the clip art genre, I decided to start a separate website and Bellevue Avenue was born. I soon fell in love with Lightroom and started designing presets as well and am now regularly designing actions for Photoshop and presets for Lightroom.

What is your most popular product/service?

Currently: Matte-Licious Actions & Presets

We would love for you to see Ashlyn’s work for yourself!

Visit her website or facebook page:

Website http://www.bellevue-avenue.com Facebook page URL https://www.facebook.com/bellevueavenue

Check back soon, we will be posting our Freebie Friday shortly!

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Fun Photo Session Locations

March 28th, 2013

by Sarah O’Connor | Contributing Editor

As photographers we are always trying to think outside the box and come up with fun new locations for photo sessions. I try to stay away from the popular photography spots in town like the gardens, parks and museums as much as I can because they get so crowded. Normally I just find a field or some random open spot for sessions, but I’m still always up for a fun new spot. Here are a few fun location shoots I have done so far.

Golf Course
The dad of this little boy really wanted to do a golf photoshoot. So he called up a local golf course which was more than happy to let us shoot one evening. It was so cute to see the little guy with his toy golf bag on a real golf course.

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Dude Ranch
I contacted a local horse ranch to ask about doing a photoshoot and they were all for it. It was really fun for the girls vintage bareback rider theme. I’m going to take my boys back this summer to do a cowboy photoshoot.

Small Airport
My brother is a pilot and took us out to the county airport one evening. It was really fun for the kids to see their uncle fly and I immediately thought “photoshoot location!!”

Christmas Tree Farm
My friend’s family owns a Christmas tree farm so of course I had to ask. We strung up some lights on the trees and had a session at the tree farm.

Other location sessions I have done include the carnival, vineyard, apple orchard & pumpkin patch. If you have an interesting or fun location idea please share in the comments below.

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ABOUT SARAH:

Sarah O’Connor is a creative portrait photographer in the Kansas City area and works mainly with families, newborns & children on location and in her home studio. She lives in Lenexa with her husband, two little boys and a very fluffy Old English Sheepdog.

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