Start planning your 2012 Holiday Card offerings now~

The 2012 Holiday Card Collection by Jamie Schultz Designs ensures your clients can send out their holiday greetings in a style perfectly suited for them.   This year each card collection includes a FREE set of coordinating address labels.  As always a bulk discount is available so the more you buy the more you save!!  To see the entire collection, visit Jamie Schultz Designs. 

We love that all come with matching address labels...for free!

vacation awaits

*We are still planning the details of the Savvy Workshop Seat giveaway...it will be big! Stay tuned.

If you want to read some great testimonials from previous workshop attendees, click here. 

We also have more details about the price here and to meet the fabulous speakers, click here.  

To learn more about what the attendees will learn, click here. 

I'm heading out for vacation (with a stop in Alys Beach for some workshop planning) and I'm giddy with excitement! I will try to return emails...it just might take a few days. Enjoy your week and I'll see you soon. 

Is your business missing something?

Are you completely moved when you see a family portrait? 
I'll be the first to admit I'm not. I'm not moved to tears by a family portrait normally...they don't usually make me crave a family session for my own family. 
But then...I saw this video on the Chic Critique Forum blog. It was beautiful...and moving...and I booked my family session with my favorite photographer down at the beach. 


The France Family from Kelli France on Vimeo.

The video is of the France family...and she should look familiar if you're a Savvy Reader. Kelli was a speaker at the 2010 Savvy Workshop in St Michaels, MD and we loved her! We loved her so much that we ask her back this year for the 2012 Savvy Workshop! (to be honest, we LOVED all the Savvy Speakers from 2010...we just wanted to add some different speakers each time and some had other obligations and couldn't make it this year). 


We are thrilled Kelli is coming to the beach to join us and she will be teaching the attendees how to make these amazing videos and add them to your sessions. I think clients will love them...and it gives them a reason to hire you over the competition. We all know that new photographers are everywhere and offering crazy low prices for you, the experienced photographer, to compete with. This is something that will set apart from the others and the families will have an amazing glimpse into their life at that time...it shows something way beyond what an image can. 

If you are interested in learning about how in incorporate cinematic sessions into your photography business, we invite you to join us at the Savvy Sisterhood Workshop on October 1-4, 2012 at Alys Beach! We'd love to see you there!


The images were taken by the fabulous Yan...we love her work! 

You can also see more of the France family images on the Chic Critique Forum blog here. Kelli is als0 the creator of this wonderful forum and blog for women photographers.


Do you need one more reason to join us at the beach for the Savvy Workshop? The accommodations are simply fabulous! Come join us...bring a girlfriend...or a house full of friends...it will be the best "work related" trip ever!

The Wall Art Love Contest

Our dear friend, Laura Winslow from Laura Winslow Photography, is having a great contest on her blog...check out the Wall Art Love Contest and enter your walls! Readers have until Thursday, August 2nd to submit their photos.

We love to see the fun things Laura finds for her Wall Art Wednesdays...I can't wait to see the entries of the this contest! And I'm very honored to be a judge...along with many other wonderful and talented women. 

Laura Winslow is also a speaker at the 2012 Savvy Sisterhood Workshop! We will be "meeting and greeting" her soon on the Savvy Blog!  

Registration is live for the 2012 Savvy Workshop!

We are so excited to announce our speaker line up for the 2012 Savvy Workshop! To read more about each speaker, click here.  

Registration is open for those wanting a seat! You can purchase your seat at the Savvy Store...choose the accommodations your prefer and grab it quick. If you'd like, you can pay 50% down now and remaining balance is due by September 1, 2012. When purchasing, use the code WORKSHOP and that will allow you to split the payments. The tickets are nonrefundable. If you are unable to attend, you may sell your seat to someone else.

Purchase here. Seats are limited!

To read more about the prices and the details, check out the Savvy Sisterhood workshop blog. 

Big retirement sale at Shutterbox Designs

Shutterbox Designs is retiring many of its very popular designs including all of the current birth announcements, wall art and the super popular Welcome Guide. If you want in on these items, now is the time as they will be gone forever after this sale. You can purchase the whole entire store today only  - everything in it for $75.00....Everything! Sale ends July 20th at noon.

Head on over to the Shutterbox Designs big sale.

Also, we have heard photographers rave about this lighting guide from Shutterbox Designs providing some helpful hints, tips and tricks to photograph with available light. We want you to have it for free! Download here...

Dear Miss Modern Summertime Sale~

It's a summer sale at Dear Miss Modern...half off all instant downloads! Use the code: SUMMERTIME

CLICK magazine for the Modern Photogra{pher}

I'm very excited about the new magazine created by the talented team at Clickin Moms...and I'm completely honored they ask me to be a contributor! This magazine is exactly want I have wanted someone to create...a magazine made for the woman photographer. A magazine I can put on my coffee table or carry on a plane while I travel...a magazine created by an extremely talented team of ladies (did I mention the design was created by Lisa The, a seasoned magazine pro whose experience includes Martha Stewart Weddings, Blueprint & Outside magazines). 

Reserve your premiere issue...if you subscribe today, you will receive 50% off the cover price! 

do you need some Savvy Sister time?

I'm giddy with excitement about the 2012 Savvy Sisterhood Workshop on the Waterfront! I ask the readers where they would like to see us have another workshop and so many of you contacted me and begged for the Gulf Coast...and after researching the options, I know we found the perfect place!

Want to know more about it? 
Here's the details we have ready to announce...but there's much more planning to do and many more details to share (like who will be there!) So for now, here's what we can share... The Savvy Sisterhood Workshop on the Waterfront. 
The seats are very limited this year and we expect them to sell out quickly. Stay tuned all weekend for more details and we will announce the day and time to purchase seats.

Here's a peek at one of the fabulous houses our attendees will be staying in...now you see why I'm so excited!

sharing our images

We are loving the beachy look of our newest addition to the Savvy Store...The 2012 Savvy Summer Series templates. You'll also notice our free download to all the Savvy readers in there...it looks great mounted and displayed on an easel.

free download from our newest collection!

Click here for your free download from the Savvy Photographer!

We hope you Enjoy!! Each week we will offer a free download from some of our favorite vendors...make sure you like us on Facebook to get our updates on the latest free downloads. Visit our page to make sure you are still seeing the status updates from The Savvy Photographer page.

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We are also introducing of newest addition to the Savvy Photographer store...The 2012 Savvy Summer Series Templates. 

For the low price of $10, you get six templates that can be used for so many things! They make a great client gift to add on to any purchase as a thank you. These templates are sized for 12x12 and 11x14 prints...you can even add a white border and use them for a gallery wrapped canvas. 

A perfect way to print your favorite images of the

 Summer of 2012.

To read more about them, visit the Savvy Store. 

fabulous packaging for sale

Last year when I featured the packaging of Camille Deann, everyone fell in love! It has been pinned on Pinterest more than any other feature on the blog. I had many readers email wanting to know where she gets everything...and now I can share more than just the juicy details...I can show you where to purchase the products straight from Camille! She is rebranding and has decided to sell her left over packaging goodies on Etsy. I can't wait to see her new look... I imagine it will be fabulous! 

So if you're in the market for packaging at a great price, check out Camille's Etsy store.

Celebrating Freedom

Back by popular demand...the "Freedom Sale" at Jamie Schultz Designs! Save 30% off all orders of $50 or more. Simply enter code: freedom12  
Visit Jamie Schultz Designs here.
(Please note: The Holiday Card bulk discount is not available during storewide sales.)

Work spaces (and walls) we adore!

The perfect office space... seriously! I adore this space...it's screams Savvy, don't you think? 
I love the room creations by Portuguese designer, Ana Cordeiro. They are divine! 

Love these walls! Such a fun look!

To see more of the wonderful works of Ana Cordeiro, visit her site, Prego Sem Estopa