Tag: Photography
Gotta Keep It Green in Marketing & Communication
I FINALLY got around to retaking the photo for my website header last week, and it’s something I should never have had to do in the first place. I broke one of the basic rules of design/marketing/communication: Whenever possible, make content “evergreen”!
Below is the former photo I used for my header. See the error?
I included my business cards in the photo, which I loved at the time and had no plans of changing. The thought had not crossed my mind. But we all know these things change! And sure enough, I recently changed my business cards…
…drastically! The entire look and feel changed, and it was bugging me that this photo remained on my home page. I have an instance (i.e., Instagram) where it’s cropped, but because of the aspect ratio, that photo wouldn’t work as a replacement header photo. So in essence, that header photo is now obsolete, as it pertains to my business. I added more work to my plate by having to recreate the photo, because I broke the “evergreen” rule.
My mistake wasn’t necessarily that I chose to include the business cards; you’ll notice that I still included the new cards in the updated header photo. My mistake was that I didn’t take any photos without any cards! That would have left me with some flexibility to use that image in other places if I chose. So this time around, there are two photos: one with cards and one without.
Obviously, not all digital content will be evergreen, but creating content that can be easily adjusted and/or re-purposed makes life so much easier. I dropped the ball on this one, but rest assured that I’m hyper focused on it now!
Some Brands Are Just Plain Fun
During the past few weeks, I’ve done a lot of marketing for Kool Pix ATL. In the interest of full disclosure, it’s my family’s business. We are a professional full-service photo booth company, and we have been absolutely blown away by how much we’ve been working the past couple of months! And I’ve had so much fun with marketing!
Overall, it’s just a fun business, so developing its brand has been all about FUN! We’re exciting, we’re colorful, we’re spunky, we are your party!
Below are some images I created for use on Kool Pix ATL’s website and social media platforms.
*We recently made the decision to change our wordmark and capitalize every letter in ATL, so previous images still include “Atl.”
A push for users to book events
We had just booked an event for January of next year (in June of this year!), so I took this photo to urge people to book events early.
A display of a photo album, an additional feature available to customers
I took the background photo using ribbons and a white background, then I used Photoshop to insert the images of the photo album.
Social Media Station
I used these 3 images to showcase the use of our social media station, a feature now included in every standard booking.
I’m always so flattered to see my work elsewhere!
Last week, I had the honor of attending the Spring Luncheon at Atlanta Youth Academy, an incredible school near the heart of the city of Atlanta. I’m really excited about what’s in store for these students because of the direction in which this school is headed!
I was also excited to see, after posting on Instagram and tagging AYA, that my photo was used in the school’s Instagram and Facebook posts following the event!
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