• bsquared business,  personal

    6 for saturday

    1. Gave my blog a little face lift (botox? nip/tuck?) to celebrate my almost 1 year anniversary over here. New crosshatched grey background and a new header. Do you like it?

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    2. It was so hard to choose pictures for the header. I didn’t want anyone to feel left out, but with the huge # of shoots I did in 2009 it’s just not possible to put a picture from every shoot on there. Maybe I’ll update it again in a few months, give everyone a spot. But tried to represent a little of everything I do.. little kids, big kids, families, babies, weddings, parties, big groups, the band. Am I missing anything do you think?

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    3. ipad, iphone, kindle- in a quandary. When I saw the ipad debut this week, my first impression was ‘iwant. now.” But on further consideration, I’m not so sure iwant. What I really want is an iphone but can’t do it until they are off AT&T and on Verizon. And god knows when that is gonna happen. I think the iphone would really work out well for me.  As for the ipad, I’m not sure my 40 year old eyes will do well reading on the backlit ipad instead of the e-ink on the Kindle. I spend far too much time on the computer as it is. And I loooove my Kindle, wouldn’t be able to give it up. Would like to see the ipad with a phone, a camera, a way to change over to e-ink for reading books. You listening, Steve Jobs?

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    4. Went to the ‘Taste of Rockville Centre” fundraiser tonight and had a great time. Lots of friendly faces and even made a few new friends (and maybe even a new client or two). Kathy, Keely & Suzanne- great job, ladies! (I know more people worked on the night, but those are the ones I know!)

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    5. Trying out a new babysitter today. A boy one! The boys are so excited as he’s a big Mets fan. Should be a hit all around. And he’s a triplet!

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    6. Lots more travelling coming up soon. Disney next month and then a girls weekend in South Florida in March, and the wedding I’m shooting in Jamaica in May. I’m so, so miserable with this cold weather and can’t wait to be back in the sun and warmth. Or maybe we could just skip ahead to July? Global warming my ass.

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    Off to a shoot this morning witha really fun family, now expecting their 4th child. Pictures soon….

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  • bsquared business,  personal

    trying…

    to catch up. It’s not going nearly as well as I had hoped, but I’m getting there a little at a time. Between the whole switch over to the imac, all the paperwork I put off from November & December that has to be done now, adding on the photography lessons, and just life around here with 3  kids, a husband and house to take care of, I’m just back in the thick of it.

    Here’s the new confirmation I made for 2010, so if you have booked a shoot with me for this year, this is what you will be receiving via email (filled out of course) once you  are booked.

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    And on that note…if you have booked a shoot with me for 2010 and you haven’t received one of these via email as of this morning, please email me at bbeyrer1@optonline.net right away.

    And because a post is just no good without a picture, here you go. Something to warm you up on yet another cold day in NY.

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  • bsquared business

    photography lessons

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    Did you get a new camera for the holidays and have no idea how to use it?

    Do you have an SLR camera but don’t know how to shoot in anything other than auto?

    Are your pictures just not what you’d like them to be?

    As a new bsquared program for 2010, I’m going to be offering photography lessons. I’m so excited to teach you how to use your camera!!

    I’ll be teaching both one-on-one lessons and group lessons, whatever works better for you. I can come to you, or you can come to me, or we can meet for dinner somewhere in between.

    And you can sign up for one lesson at a time, or a few over the course of a few weeks or months. As we move into the spring, summer and fall, I’ll have less time to teach so the earlier you schedule with me the more lessons we’ll be able to do.

    Rates are $50 per person for a 2hr lesson. Or if you have a group of 3 or more, it’s $40 per person for the 2hrs.

    If you book more than one lesson at a time, you can take $10 off each lesson fee.

    If you are interested, please email me at bbeyrer1@optonline.net  Hope to hear from you soon so we can make all your pictures ‘pretty’!

  • bsquared business

    2009 holiday cards

    Figured it was ‘safe’ to post these now as I’m thinking everyone has sent and received their cards.

    I placed holiday card orders for no fewer than 43 bsquared clients. It was a very busy year. (that 43 doesn’t include the 10 or so birth announcements, thank you cards and invitations from 09 either.)

    Here are some of the flat cards:

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    And some of the folding cards:

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    And also a thank you to my clients who used my pictures on their cards (but purchased the cards elsewhere) and sent me copies of their cards so I could see what they came up with. It was so great seeing all those different ideas and designs. Plus, it’s always nice to get some extra mail!!

  • bsquared business

    the year in numbers and pictures

    Did my usual year end count up of…well, everything. Everything bsquared related anyway.  And here’s the results:

    187 shoots. (wow, no wonder I never slept this year! That’s a LOT of pictures!!)

    Of which there were:

    3 weddings

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    11 communions

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    11 video your shoots (one of which was requested by the client not to be blogged, but the rest can be seen HERE)

    14 newborns

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    and 11 parties of various persuasions.

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    Thank you SO VERY MUCH for all your business, all your blog stalking, all your compliments. I am so lucky and have the best clients ever!! Can’t wait to see what 2010 brings. I have some ideas floating around in my head for this upcoming year, so we’ll see which of them actually makes it to reality.

    Wishing all of you a very happy and healthy new year!

    xoxoxo,

    beth