{"id":412,"date":"2013-12-19T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/?p=412"},"modified":"2013-12-19T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T16:31:00","slug":"limited-edition-storybook-portrait-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Limited Edition Storybook Portrait Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TcRUqtpJ3x0\/Uq36vntN9AI\/AAAAAAAACYc\/zGvfXogeNRY\/s1600\/1311-8535+Sketch+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TcRUqtpJ3x0\/Uq36vntN9AI\/AAAAAAAACYc\/zGvfXogeNRY\/s640\/1311-8535+Sketch+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Well in the end I didn&#8217;t take&nbsp;this promotion&nbsp;as seriously as was required in so much as I didn&#8217;t allocate any budget for advertising.&nbsp; I relied only on the few posts on Facebook and as such I only did&nbsp;2 sessions, which to be perfectly honest, was all I could handle this year given that I&#8217;d not properly planned for these sessions in an already busy time of year.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bcNDj8jKPe4\/UqiDaksQ1KI\/AAAAAAAACU4\/sHIvhWmeiaM\/s1600\/1311-8618+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bcNDj8jKPe4\/UqiDaksQ1KI\/AAAAAAAACU4\/sHIvhWmeiaM\/s640\/1311-8618+FB.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-itJ9HYIy7vs\/UqiDi3wV8eI\/AAAAAAAACVA\/xUSEo5eNCw0\/s1600\/1311-8636+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-itJ9HYIy7vs\/UqiDi3wV8eI\/AAAAAAAACVA\/xUSEo5eNCw0\/s640\/1311-8636+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>However, what I did do proved to me that this is something that deserves proper attention and&nbsp;a concerted effort to push this promotion forward.&nbsp; I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it, from shopping for props, to the sessions and then the editing.&nbsp; I really love the fun that these sessions provide and the look of the finished images.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-R-URZi93nMc\/Uq368-5v46I\/AAAAAAAACYk\/fBxakF52vuQ\/s1600\/1311-8617+sketch+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-R-URZi93nMc\/Uq368-5v46I\/AAAAAAAACYk\/fBxakF52vuQ\/s640\/1311-8617+sketch+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Spring will see a second go at this special collection with plenty of advertising in the run up to our event.&nbsp; I will get another chance at shopping for additional props and tools to run this limited edition promotion and I can&#8217;t wait to see what else I find.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CwxdDbWfVZw\/Uq36DNNN8qI\/AAAAAAAACYE\/Dp_pFh3YVWo\/s1600\/1311-8139+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"456\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CwxdDbWfVZw\/Uq36DNNN8qI\/AAAAAAAACYE\/Dp_pFh3YVWo\/s640\/1311-8139+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-NNsurUc5u4c\/Uq36NBmlcSI\/AAAAAAAACYM\/qkuqvxPMUpM\/s1600\/1311-8155+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-NNsurUc5u4c\/Uq36NBmlcSI\/AAAAAAAACYM\/qkuqvxPMUpM\/s640\/1311-8155+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I love the props I&#8217;ve already collected, which include beautiful tutus, from Angel&#8217;s Face, dresses collected from various sources, one of which was purchased at an antiques fair (see below).&nbsp; For the boys we have adorable tweed jackets, flat caps and skinny jeans with braces from Mama&#8217;s and Papa&#8217;s.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JHY2JUen3gY\/UrMedi2PwaI\/AAAAAAAACZM\/pm8fl-owM-I\/s1600\/1310-6645+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JHY2JUen3gY\/UrMedi2PwaI\/AAAAAAAACZM\/pm8fl-owM-I\/s640\/1310-6645+FB.jpg\" width=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yE2YYOAyJ_8\/UrMeACKqzyI\/AAAAAAAACZE\/i2NgaOcoaKg\/s1600\/1311-8550+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"456\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yE2YYOAyJ_8\/UrMeACKqzyI\/AAAAAAAACZE\/i2NgaOcoaKg\/s640\/1311-8550+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also collected lovely items such as an old camera, pearls, suitcases, classic story books, and borrowed but hope to find my own, red wagon.&nbsp; I&#8217;m always on the look out for things that will suit my portraits and its become a hobby of mine to frequent charity shops and antiques shops and fairs.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PtES2dynwgU\/Uq37EJxNP6I\/AAAAAAAACYs\/h5S16HV0uOY\/s1600\/1311-8196+FB.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"456\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PtES2dynwgU\/Uq37EJxNP6I\/AAAAAAAACYs\/h5S16HV0uOY\/s640\/1311-8196+FB.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you would like to be on our mailing list for these sessions, as a date has not yet been set, please get in touch and give us your email address <em>(please be aware that&nbsp;will not give your details to anyone else and we promise not to contact you more than&nbsp;3 times a year).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well in the end I didn&#8217;t take&nbsp;this promotion&nbsp;as seriously as was required in so much as I didn&#8217;t allocate any budget for advertising.&nbsp; I relied only on the few posts on Facebook and as such I only did&nbsp;2 sessions, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,9,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christinalauderportraits.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}