And what do you really get? Some pictures, maybe you pay them another arm and a leg (leaving you limbless) and you get a nice album of your photos.. which now you need to go and share with all of your guests. Why?

Imagine a professional photography team that not just charged less, but gave you the unlimited capabilities of sharing your album around the world in an instant. Not just that, we won’t charge an arm and a leg for the day of your wedding, AND best of all you get up to 3 photographers, so each moment whether it is with the bride, groom, or guests are captured.

Welcome to our new world. Each wedding you are guaranteed up to 3 photographers and after the wedding you will be given a flash drive or DVD with all your pictures. The fun does not just stop there. During the day of your wedding you will be able to tell or hand out cards that say “visit us after the wedding at yournameandyourspousesnamewedding.com to see more and see al the pictures”. Once you have chosen the pictures you love the most, they will be uploaded to a nice gallery website for all your guests to see, and even buy prints from (parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, etc. will love to have your wedding photo)

What else do you get? The sky is the limit, with each wedding package you will get not just a gallery page where people can buy your prints, but also a page about the couple, whether you want the “how we met” story, or “our plans for the future” you can share with the world (or those you choose) the wonderful life you have now created for yourselves.

So to sum it up, you get 3 photographers, an awesome collection of photos, and a unique website dedicated to your wedding. Still want that album? Why not, we will be offering those too, but without markup. Want some other features on your website? Let us know.. we can do just about anything for you, even if you wanted to sell t-shirts and mugs!

I know I am not an excellent photographer, so I have aligned and partnered with the best. John Westernoff is an acclaimed photographer, with experience in the film industry and more. His reputation for professional shots, affordable pricing, and great attitude makes every shot a fun experience, and you are always guaranteed great shots with him.

So what do you think? let me know what you think we should add or change.
We are starting our package at $400 till we get a good client base… so please, refer us some clients and we will make it worth your efforts.

case in point:

I can think of so many better ways to take photos. Just to give you bit of background of this image, I went to craigslist and went to apartments for rent and typed in “luxury”, the 2nd post I saw, posted BY A COMPANY (not just some person), is this picture. and this is the ONLY picture of the unit iteslf, out of 4 photos, 3 are of the amenities of the complex community. I think because of the lack of quality of good unit photos, they are really losing out on many potential clients  or renters.

Another case, wish I had the photographs to back it up, about 2 years ago I rented a condo in Upland, California. The place on the ad looked good, that is the description, the price. However the pictures were horrible. We were contemplating not even seeing the place at all, however decided to go check it out anyway. Let me tell you, a picture is worth a thousand words, because as soon as we got into the condo, saw the granite countertops (kitchen and bathrooms), stainless steel appliances, and very nice layout.. we were sold. How come the pictures looked SO horrible then? I mean this was a NICE place.

So I am going on a quest, to find people like mentioned, and tell them “yo, your photos suck!” how are you expecting to rent to someone when your photos don’t even depict what is really there, or depict it very poorly. While staging of items plays a big role as well, I think that even staged places I have seen have bad photography and so it ruins the staging.

I am partnering with a great photographer (as my skills are very limited) named John West, his photography is well known in the small actors arena as one of the leading headshot photographers. While he is building his portfolio if more high-end or A-List actors, I am helpng him get into a new arena. Wedding photography… but there will be a post about that later.

So any thoughts? Know anyone that could use this service… as always, refer someone and I’ll make sure it is worth (monetarily) your time!

There is this one guy on the bus I see almost every day in the morning… he dresses like a pimp, from the 1950’s!

Lizard Eyes

Its awesome. There is another guy I’ve seen a couple times, he is awlays drawing in a composition notebook, and he has lizard glasses on like the ones pictured. All these people are so fascinating to me… even just the little Mexican grandmas who have their 5 young kids that they are leading to school.

But that brings me to my issue… how do you go up to someone with a big ole’ camera and hope they don’t care you are taking their picture? If someone came up to you with a big camera and got in your face while you are on the bus, would you appreciate it? I don’t think I would! and because of that, I just can’t bring myself ot bring my camera on the bus and actually take picture sof these people.

How do you guys get over this anxiety/nervousness/shyness?

Here is another problem – so I do ask them, they say yes… now they are posing! I don’t need anyone posing for me, that isn’t my style, I like just capturing “life” as-is, no pretend hardships, no pretend posing.

Oh well… well any comments welcome, hopefully i’ll get the motivation to get over it soon.

SFWebDesigns.net is moving into 2010 with a bang.

More to come about our 2010 goals and aspirations (another post)

For now I would just like to say with our new image, came with new cards, which you may see floating around, if yo udon’t need it, keep it and hand it off to someone who does need it.

Also SFWebDesigns.net will be anouncing its new affiliate/referral program for sales purposes. If you are interested in getting ahead of the game and want a great opportunity please let us know by contacting SFWebDesigns.net

please go to San Francisco Website Design’s main website and click on “blog” to find out how to get involved!

Can’t wait to see 2011, since i know 2010 will be a great year!

Emma sleeping away… what a cutey!

So I want to turn this blog into my daily blog / photography blog.

I have just purchased my first D-SLR, the Nikon D70 and I am LOVING it.

I have been taking pictures of the most random things, and then now starting to play with lighting (with a lamp ) and getting into the more manual features to really get things going and moving forward.

Well stay tuned for more!

San Francisco Bay Area, watch out, we are coming for you. Small Businesses, Large businesses, Corporations, and all the way back down to the individual who just wants a blog to express themselves.

Everyone has an idea on what to put online, share yours with SFWebDesigns.net and we will help you get started, whether if its a affordable website design solution, or a advance website design software package, we can help you mange your e-life, website, and marketing yourself.

SFWebDesigns.net just finished its new web design face life, featuring a new look and feel that has never been tried by our team before. Utilizing the latest in web 2.0 styling, and javascript, we are able to offer a fully animated website without the heavy flash components. This custom made idea can be something we offer you in your needs.

Website Design, Corporate Identity, and more to come! Stay Tuned.

We are still looking to expand into print with a new partner, and are expanding our name down to Southern California, teaming up with a up and coming website design company ArtEngineered.com

Also SFWebDesigns.net team members have been working on a new face for SFWebDesigns.net, and hopefully that will be up shortly along with new portfolio updates.

My idea has always been to give the big web design companies product without paying for it. I love how we are always able to give one on one interaction and not just that, its not a job to us… its what we love to do and we don’t have to report to some CEO who makes more money than is good for him/her.

I love the culture in SF for this, it has taught me that being an individual is always key, and if you can’t deal with being an individual.. San Francisco is not the place for you. That is what I bring to my website, design.. individuality, While sometimes clients love to blend in and look good compared to others, I want to stand out, I want to say HEY THIS IS MY WEBSITE COME CHECK ME OUT.. I”M THE SHIT! well that is what I’m going for, that is why I love San Francisco, it is all inspiration… all the time. From the SOMA’s rich yet cool elite, to Marina’s pomp yuppies, to the Haight’s hippies, and the sunsets former suburbia lifestyle… there is somethign for everyone and creativity and inspiration can come around any corner! its crazy.

Recently we started to heavily market ourselves and as we grow, we are looking for new people to collaborate with as designers/developers to keep our clients happy and producing websites as fast as possible.

Today I added my latest addition to the portfolio, Accurate Drug & DNA Testing. While I have been working on this website for a while it is in final push and soon will be live on the client’s side. I wanted to show that CMS websites are becoming popular, and with this new addition we are happy to be growing.

Also SFWebDesigns.net is growing with another company, details to come later, but soon we will be part of a unique solution for all business owners. We will be offering web design, web hosting, web marketing, as well as print marketing, print media, e-mail marketing, and newsletter services. I am excited at the prospects, stay tuned for further updates..

Roy