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Hi Mike,

I have done several maternity sessions. I use a black or white nylon wrap that I bought from Joann's Fabrics. It is about three yards for the top and 3 for the bottom and I shoot on a black background. I usually start at 3-4 months and each month after that and then once they have the baby I shoot one more session with the baby and then do a collage that includes one pose from each session ending with one with the Mommy holding the baby. If they only come in for one session, I always recommend 7 months since they don't look too big and still have a nice sized tummy. I also offer a maternity book that I create 7x7 with blurb.com and charge between $125. and $175. for it. It is custom designed and sometimes includes photos of the baby from a session at about 2 weeks of age.

Peg

Michel company www.michelcompany.com

You have to have a business tax id to order through them.

I have been trying all morning to scan some old 35mm slides on my epson 4490

photo scanner. I followed all the instruction and can't seem to get it to work.

When I do it in fully automatic mode it says it can not find the document. When

I do it in home mode with film, color negative film it comes up a long box with

mixed colors, when i do reflective file the entire slide holder with the four

slides appear even in thumbnail. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help you can give me. I have over 2000 slides to do for a

friends birthday and running out of time!

Peg

CAn anyone tell me if there is an industry standard for proof prices? What is

the standard charge for a 4x5 proof?

Thanks,

Peg

If you check out www.action central.com (downloads) there are alot of nice actions that will change your images to black and white nicely.

Peg

I have a session with six physicians for a corporate portrait that will be used

in an upcoming advertising campaign. Does anyone have any poses that they care

share for this type of session. I have a couple of black stools that I can have

two sit in and arrange the other four somehow but I am kind of stumped on how I

am going to arrange them. Any help would be great.

Peg

Can anyone tell me where I can purchase templates for creating wedding albums.

I am not looking for the standard album templates but some with some creative

touches like some brush effects and colorful pages. I haven't been able to find

many online but I am sure they are out there somewhere.

Thanks,

Peg

Actually, I link my shows through the photodex website for full screen viewing but I also offer them on my website as a windows media file for viewing by all which is easy enough to do.

Peg

Hi Jeff,

I have several show on my website that were created with Proshow Producer -- www.photographyinaction.com

These shows were created for clients. Additional shows can be viewed by going to my site map. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me. I am also a beta tester for Photodex.

Regards,

Peg Yarbrough

Thanks everyone, the venue is on flat land in Florida at quail creek. It is a fishing, hunting and quail shooting range. There is very little with regards to height. I am taking a ladder for sure. There is a dock with water so I thought I may try something with that. I appreciate all the images and suggestions.

Peg

I am scheduled to shoot a wedding in a couple of weeks. The wedding party will

consist of 19 people, bride and groom, seven bridesmaids and groomsmen, two

ring bearers and one flower girl. I know there are some really creative

photographers out there that have experienced large parities so I was hoping

that you would be willing to post some pose samples that you have used

successfully in the past. Thanking you in advance for sharing.

Regards,

Peg

Recently I shot a wedding and had problems with my flash over heating my

batteries. Can I get some recommendations for what type of batteries everyone

is using and if anyone is using rechargable batteries. I shoot with a nikon

sb800 creative lighting system.

Thanks,

Peg

i have a d-80 nikon using a sb 800 flash. i set cammera in manuel mode with the

settings of f-5.6 iso 400 and shutter speed of 125. i took pictures in a church

using the above format and the shutter speed kept changing form 60 to 160 and

numbers in between. could you share with me why the shutter speed kept changing

with camera set in manuel mode? i need you help please.

Sounds like my horror story on 7-7-07...the big day for how many brides? I was at the bride's sisters house shooting her and her party dressing, then set up to do some formals of the bridesmaids and the bride with her parents. The flower girl had a very sheer long train on her dress and while I was shooting the bride with parents somehow she ended up right behind me on a ceramic tile floor. I stepped back to take a shot and it felt like I stepped in a glass of water, I went down, the camera flew across the room, hit the floor. Thought I broke my leg because I heard a loud pop but when I got up I knew it was my knee. It felt like it was going to slide off my leg, so the brides father went and bought me a knee brace which I used so that I could shoot the wedding, in slow motion needless to say, which dosen't work well at weddings. Camera survived but after seeing the doctor, found out I tore the ligaments in my knee pretty badly and it will take several months to heal and possibly surgery! Ouch. Learned one BIG lesson that day. No one can stand behind this photographer while shooting!

Peg

I purchased light room and was told from another photographer that you can

paste the same settings to all of the images at one time if they were all shot

in the same setting. I have tried, and tried but end up pasting one at a time

for my lack of knowledge of the program. Can anyone share with me the process

for pasting all of them at one time. I really, really need to get 1,500 pics

done asap...and it would be so helpful if someone could share with me the

process.

Thanks in advance.

Peg

Recently when shooting a wedding I experienced a large number of children who

were constantly in front of or around the bride and groom. The DJ even

requested that they move with no success. Lots of alcohol, little help from the

parents. Is it my responsiblity to request they move or the bride and grooms,

or do I approach the parents? It wasn't pretty!

Peg