Photos From My "Free Family Photo Day" - (Warning: 12 Photos)

[MikeBookPro]

If any of you have been following my thread in General Shop Talk, you know that I ran a "Free Photo Day" promotion this weekend to try to gain some visibility for my brand new photography business. I ended up shooting 12 families (out of 17 who were expected, after some cancellations), and here are some of my favorites from the day. I'll post results from a business sense in the Shop Talk forum later this month.

C&C would be nice, but I know it's a ton of photos.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Good stuff there, Mike!
Congrats on getting your business rolling!

 

[MikeBookPro]

Good stuff there, Mike!
Congrats on getting your business rolling!

Thanks, man! We had quite a few families buy print gift certificates on the free photo day, and a couple have called to book full sessions and/or buy prints already, too. Facebook "fans" have doubled (granted, only about 30ish to start).

 

[Derrel]

#11's back ground looks awful and blown out. The rest of the shots look pretty good! By gosh, I bet you get some repeat business out of this promo,and even if you don't I'm sure there's the experience and portfolio-building aspects of it.

What's funny in #1 is the kid is about to drool into mommy's mouth! photo #8 is cute on the kid and the parents in the BG are nice. Shots 9,10,and 12 are probably the best mother and child photos those three moms have!

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

That's how it starts.
Good luck to you!

 

[foned]

excellent shots, full of emotion. glad to hear you got a good promo finished, must feel nice!

 

[Eyetattoo]

#3 is my favorite, nothing better than a child and their dog.

 

[existence02]

Some absolutely fantastic shots there. I've followed your thread in the Shop Talk, but refrained from replying because I know nothing about running a photography business, but I agreed with you that outside of a small upfront cost and your time this was really a can't lose type of promotion. Glad to hear that it was very successful.

I absolutely love #8. If that were my family the free 8x10 wouldn't be big enough I'd have to order something bigger and give the 8x10 to grandma. I do wish that ever so slight tilt wasn't there though.