Hannah and John {engagement}

When Hannah and I first talked on the phone about their wedding photography, I knew right off the bat that she was a feisty and happy girl. She came to me with a very thorough and thoughtful list of questions about my photography business and style (which will become a post later on this blog). Hannah has a cute way of wrinkling her nose when she smiles. John is a great guy with a passion for jazz music...so he and I immediately had a connection. We spent a couple hours last week running around Bloomington shooting in various locations and had a lot of fun...even with the threat of rain. I look forward to shooting their wedding this December.

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Zenfolio Love

I am very honored that my website, Eric Rudd Photography, was mentioned in a recent blog post by my image hosting service, Zenfolio. They recently performed some service updates that I took advantage of in order to bring a more seamless experience for my clients. You can find their blog post here.

What this allows me to do is more closely integrate my site with the Client Proofing section of my site. It's a lot of "under the hood" stuff that may only be of interest to some, but I believe my guests and clients will find it even easier to locate and navigate to a particular event gallery.

If you are a photographer and are looking for an image hosting service at a reasonable price, look no further than Zenfolio. Click on the graphic above and receive $5.00 off a yearly subscription to their service.

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Grow Your Photography Business with Google Profiles

As the owner of my own business I am always looking for new ways to grow my business and to increase my www footprint and reach. This week on the Google Blog there was a post about a new service they are introducing....the Google Profile. This profile is similar to the information folks post on other social networking sites such as Flickr, Facebook, MySpace, etc. In this profile you are able to write a short bio, add other links to external websites such as home pages, business sites, etc., and enter other little bits of information. When a websurfer enters a search for your name, a link to your profile will be included on the bottom of the search results with a link to your profile page. Pretty neat, huh?

I'm a huge fan of everything Google and I figure any tools I can use to make sure I fall on their radar is a plus. Have any of you signed up? What has been your experience? Please leave a comment and let me know.

You can find my profile here. Please check it out!!!

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photo du jour

No matter how many times my son, Charlie, goes to the local children's museum, the experience never seems to grow old. He loves seeing all of the exhibits. It also gives me a chance to chase him around the building, looking to capture a few special moments.

Whenever we go, he has to check on Nemo and Dori in the fishtank....

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