Referral Program

Every year, September is to me like the beginning of a new year. It means colder weather, beautiful colorful leaves on the trees with the coming of the fall, school, new styles...I just love September! And after reviewing some aspects of my business, I realized of some changes I needed to make. One of them is our referrals. It is something I had been wanting to do but I was never sure how to approach it. So here it is! Nate and Arancha Photography´s Referral Program! Here are all the details!

- You must be a customer of Nate & Arancha Photography, which means, you have already booked and had a session with us.

- The number of referrals is unlimited. The more people we book from your referrals, the more savings for you!

- For each full session we book from your referral, we will give you a $20 credit for you to use in any product or session. You can do a mini session, full session, purchase cards or an album...

- For every mini session we book from your referral, we will give you a $10 credit.

- For every 5 referrals we book from you....you get a COMPLIMENTARY MINI SESSION! (and all your pictures on cd!)

Or

- For every 7 referrals we book from you...COMPLIMENTARY FULL SESSION! (and all the pictures on cd, of course!)

We are always trying to improve our business. Not only in our images, but also in giving our customers a great service. Suggestions are more than welcomed! But we hope that with our referral program we can be a blessing to you as you will be to us!

For more information, contact us! info@nateandaranchaphotography.com

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Love photographing baby girls!

As photogenic as her mommy! Remember Mayra's maternity pictures? Here is her baby girl! She's already older than a month!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Discussion Board and freebies!

We´re starting topics on our Discussions Board! (on our Facebook fan page) I think it will be a great way for us photographers to help one another! I´m not the best photographer out there, but anything I can help with, I´ll be glad to!!! So all photographers, let me know any topic you would like for me to start! It can be lighting, editing, albums, poses, etc...I started two already! Check it out and give your opinions! :)

Also, I´ve been giving a freebie. So if you want it too, make sure you comment on my freebie post on Facebook!

Here is the link to our fan page!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Huntsville-AL/Nate-Arancha-Photography/59681445127?ref=ts

Thank you!

Arancha

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Coffee Table Books

I remember when Nate and I were looking for a wedding photographer. One of the things that really wowed us was the magazine style books. We thought it was the most amazing wedding product ever. Now as photographers, we have seen all kind of albums that we love and would love to have for our wedding pictures. But this, a coffee table book, still remains special. I spent hours designing this one and was looking forward to seeing the results. And here it is! A 10x10 coffee table book with a custom hard cover. It is one of those books that you can leave on your coffee table permanently and it won't make your house look like you didn't pick up. It's just made to be there and show to all your guests the story of one of the most wonderful days of your life. From beginning to end. The whole story of your wedding day.

I hope you like it!

Arancha

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Complimentary set of cards with your August session!

August Promotion! Book your session for August and you will receive a complimentary mini accordion book or a set of cards! (this includes birth announcements, Christmas cards, senior cards, etc.). This is the one I designed today. Colors and layout can be customized! :) I'm thinking Christmas for mine!!

Email us or call us to get yours! info@nateandaranchaphotography.com

Have a blessed day!

Arancha

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Our past 5 months

Wow, it's been a long time since I have posted anything personal! It has been a wonderful 5 months being a mommy! An I am looking forward to enjoying many many more! Sure some parts have been tough...but God has blessed us with such a wonderful and good baby, that the tough parts have been veeeeery few :) We have a smily, happy little boy that loooves to look around, see people, see colors, play with mommy and daddy... I just love him!

I had to put my photography aside for a little while! I honestly didn't find the time to do anything but I finally organized my days better where I can get everything done and get free time to just play with him! :) And I am very excited to see that our fall calendar is filling up! I'm working on new products and offers that I will be posting about soon!

This last contest has been my favorite! I once realized that since God had blessed us with the ability to take pictures, we should use it to help others too! Also, when I was little, I looooved contests and always tried to participate to win something. Unfortunately, the winning part didn't work so well for me lol but I still enjoy seeing other people winning! and even more giving others the opportunity to win! All these questions that were asked were awesome! It was fun answering all your emails and please, if you have any other question you would like for me to answer (even when there is no contest), let me know and I can write a blog post about it :)

One of my photography dreams has been for a while to have my own photography workshop...I don't see it happening anytime soon though! But helping others in photography is something I truly enjoy! Although I need to be helped too in many areas!

Today is saturday! Family time, shopping, movie...I'm looking forward to it! On my shopping list: candy for my family in Spain, picture printing, and sippy cups lol

Wow... I rambled like nobody else lol

Have a good weekend!!!!!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Little Sergi :)

F.A.Q. Poses

How do y'all get so many great ideas with locations and how the people pose? Are they more your ideas or do the people in the pictures give their opinions?

I love cities, so usually I will find downtown (in whatever city we are at) and walk around a lot! its helpful to be there a day before or an hour before and check out the location. It helps get ideas and poses so when you get there with the clients, you know what you want, and the session will flow :)

For couples' poses: before I started the business, I used to check a looooot of photography websites from David Jay, Jasmine Star, and other famous photographers for inspiration. I would look at a lot of wedding magazines too just to get inspired. I would think about a session and then write down or even draw poses that I had in my head so I wouldnt forget and I would bring the paper with me to the session and review it on the way to the session.

I always pose them the way I like or the way I think would go well with the background, couple...and then tell them to feel comfortable with each other. If they feel awkward in that pose, it's gonna be noticeable in the picture. So if they feel comfortable, they will look more natural in the pictures, which is what I am looking for. I usually choose a pose, have them look at me for the first shot and smile, and then have them interact with each other and just take a lot of pictures while they are having fun with each other, talking, or just looking at each other. As I take pictures, I move around and try different angles of each pose.

Look for walls or just play with the depth of field. A head-shot at a 1.8 aperture will have a very blurry background and make the subject pop! And if there are some colors in the back it can help a lot!

I hope this is what you were looking for!

Stay tuned, I'll be posting pictures of a very cute little boy!!!

God bless you!

Arancha

F.A.Q. Lenses

What lenses would you recommend investing in?

It all depends on your budget. I loooove the 50mm 1.4 and I use it 90% of the time. It's sharp and lets you take pictures in low light situations :) But if you can afford it, go the 28-80 mm 2.8 or the 50mm 1.2! The 50mm 1.2 is my dream lens right now :)

I hope this helped!!!!!

Have a great day!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

A beautiful baby girl!

F.A.Q. 1 from our contest

Can you explain about the aperture setting and how it affects the the picture?

(Explained as good as I can with my limited knowledge of the English language lol)

The aperture means that the smaller the number the more it opens, the more light comes in the camera. So 1.4 would have a more open aperture than 5.6. If it is a darker day, you might need to shoot at 1.8 or so (so more light would come in the camera). If it's lighter outside, you don't need to open the aperture as much and you can shoot at 3.5 or higher. I always shoot at 2.2. or so anyways unless it's too dark and I need to bring it to 1.4. But most of the time I try to keep it at 2.2 and just play with the speed and the ISO so I can keep the picture at 2.2 with no under or overexposures :) I love blurriness around the subject!

The more you open it, the smaller the focal point (like how much you can focus in the picture). This means that at 1.4 you could do a head shot where only the eyes are focused and sharp and the rest soft and blurry. If you took that picture at 11, the whole face would be sharp and the background would be too. Does that make sense?

Just remember, aperture, speed and ISO are related. So for a perfect exposure and for a perfect picture, you need to play with the 3 of them depending on the circumstances :)

Thank you for all your questions!!! There is more coming!

Arancha

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Contest!!!!!!

Do you like photography and would like to win a free mini session? Email us a question about photography that you would like us to answer on our blog!!!! info@nateandaranchaphotography.com
You have till friday! :) After that, we will draw names and tell you the winner!!

Loooove my new props!

Here are a few images I took of babies with my new props :) I love playing around with these hats! And I cant wait to order new ones!

Thanks to BPDesign on Etsy! She is so good at what she does!

Have a great day!

Arancha

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(Froggy and Elf hat and hairband by BPDesign.etsy.com