Photography Information and Pricing
- Information and PricingJamie Harper is an on-location, natural light photographer located in Phoenix, Arizona. She has a funky-modern and timeless style (yes it IS possible to achieve all of this) She specializes in couples, newborns, babies, children, seniors, families, and even weddings. She serves the greater Phoenix valley and surrounding suburbs. Please contact Jamie at 602.441.5194 for more information or to schedule a session All sessions will be outdoors in natural lighting. The best time of the day is in the early evening. Your session will be about 1 hour, but will be as long as it takes to get the best shots possible. I love to get to know the family and capture the relationships between family members. Your session will be edited and complete within about 2 weeks. Session Fee: $300.00 Session fee is due at time of booking to reserve appointment and covers my time and talent, a 1 hour session at location of your choice and my custom post-session editing of your images, and your CD with your high-res images. Session fee covers immediate family only. 50 customized images will be on a CD and you will have all of the rights to these images.
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June 2008
Stamps and how to use them.
I have gotten many requests to do some teaching about stamping. SO I thought why not start at the beginning?
Clear stamps
You will need a clear acrylic block to mount your clear stamps onto.
1. Peel, or gently roll your stamp off of the protective plastic it is on
2. Place the smooth side of the stamp onto the block; you should have the rough image side facing up.
**If it doesn't seem sticky, just clean it with plain soap and water or stamp cleaner. Make sure you dry with a lint free towel. It is like a vinyl cling on the back side, so if it gets dirty, or has lint on it ...it might not cling to your block****
3. Some clear stamps require you to season them. You will know if they need seasoning if your ink beads up like water drops on your stamp.
**To season rub a white eraser across the image or some prefer light grit sandpaper across the top. Whatever you do ...do it gently!!**
**Technique Tuesday Stamps DO NOT require seasoning**
4. You can use ANY ink or paint with your clear stamps. Some inks will stain your stamps and that is totally OK. It will not harm your stamps at all.
5. Lay your block down with your image facing up and ink your stamp by pressing your ink pad onto your stamp. If your do the opposite by pressing your stamp into your ink pad you may press too hard and get too much ink. By doing it ink onto stamp you have more control.
6. Ready to stamp. If this is your first time stamp onto a scratch piece of paper first so you get used to how your image transfers. I like to stand up over top of my project, so I have even pressure and I can see exactly what I am doing.
** Some recommend using a piece of foam under your project so that your image gives a deeper impression. My personal preference is a hard surface, so you try and see what you prefer**
7. Press down with even pressure. Straight down and straight up. Try not to rock or roll your stamp, you could get smears or smudges. And don't worry if there is a part left too light or uneven that is why the stamps are clear, so you can re-ink, and re-stamp over your image.
8. To clean your stamps you can use a spray cleaner and a scrub pad…the way this works is you spray one side of the pad with your stamp cleaner, then with your stamp still adhered to your block rub across the cleaner until your stamp is clean (remember some staining will happen) Then dry your stamp on the other side of the scrubber.
You can also use plain soap and water, just be sure to dry your stamp with a lint free towel.
And alcohol free baby wipes can also work. Just be sure they do not leave lint on your stamps.
You can also just stamp off the ink...stamp over and over on a scratch piece of paper until you no longer see ink coming off.
Now you are a stamper!!!
Some of my favorites…
Technique Tuesday Stamps- quality clear stamps, very sharp images, never have to season, great variety offered.
Tsukineko Inks- Versa Magic is a chalk like ink that dries very quickly and is so soft and beautiful. Also love their brilliance pads, they have a shimmer to them.
World Win Cardstock- has a bit of a smoother texture to the cardstock, great for getting a clear image
Technique Tuesday Tiles- very smooth to be able to ink and stamp on.
I hope this is helpful, and gives you the confidence to getting started.
Happy Stamping!!!
Simply Home
Simply home is the theme of today. We have spent our day together indoors and it is my favorite kind of day!!!! So I wanted to scrap the simple things today.
Here I started with the focus being on 2 of my favorite new stamp sets;
&
I stamped my journaling box first (I know weird place to start) But this was really what I wanted my layout centered around.
I then found papers that went well with my journaling box, punched out from the same pattern in a different color random circles
Then inked and stamped on my
Using
And layering paper underneath.
I love the end result!! Just simple and fun.
I love these papers from a new company called
you can purchase the papers here.
They also have ribbons, chipboard, and stickers and rub ons.
So grab your journaling stamps and make a new memory today.
Vignettes Made Simple!!
By now you must know what an obsession I have for frames!! Well I hit the jackpot today!!!
AN A W E S O M E V I G N E T T E set, and only $4.00!!!! Look at my little sister and her family using the new goods!!
And again these are from Sande Krieger can she do anything wrong?!?!?!? Man she ROCKS!
A week away.
Haven't uploaded any pictures from girl's camp, but here are some recent projects...
Article at Scrapbook.com.
More to come soon!
New Technique Tuesday on Tuesday!!!
Love the new release from Technique Tuesday.
Even Ali Edwards has a new set as one of her favorite 3 products today!!
This layout uses Storytellers-Ledgers sooooooooo cool for making your own library cards, journaling spots and just fun!
And Little Labels is my FAVORITE new set!! Only $2.99, and oh so cute!
Also used on this layout is
Check it out today!
I have a teenager!
I just can't believe it (although she is very mature for her age, so she has felt like a teenager for awhile) Taylor you are so beautiful inside and out!!
This is one of my favorite new sets from Technique Tuesday. I used TT tiles as the circles, inked them all various shades of green, and then used the different stamps from the stamp set "Time Flies" to create my clock of time for Taylor as she is 3, 6 , 9, and 12, LOVE this set, and it is so inexpensive! Under $3.00!!!
