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And It Wasn’t Even Golden Hour | Door County Natural Light Photographer

June 14, 2015 by Ana Collins Leave a Comment

Another post from my amazing session with Cassandra! Did you miss the first post with the fun vintage car? Check it out HERE.

This part of our session took place at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Crossroads is such a beautiful outdoor location and it never gets old shooting there. The light at this particular spot was amazing and, as the title suggests, this wasn’t shot at golden hour. In fact, it was early afternoon! And how amazing does her red dress look against the greens?!

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My New Brand

May 30, 2015 by Ana Collins Leave a Comment

Over the last year you may have noticed that I have been slowly changing my brand. I worked with Meredith C. Bullock who is an amazingly talented designer and business coach who has helped me define and refine my brand. With her help I have come to a deeper understanding of myself as well as what I want to do with my photography. She also helped me develop steps to take to reach my goals. Branding is not only visual but it includes how I run my business and relate to clients. I wanted my clients to know what to expect while working with me but I didn’t know how to help them understand; so that’s where Meredith came in!

To begin, Meredith sent me a Brand and Vision Guide which asked a lot of questions in order to truly understand what I do and why I doing it. There were also questions about the future and about my short term and long term goals. Once I finished the guide we met on Skype to go over my Brand and Vision Guide. Then she created a Business Vision and Brand Book that compiled my brand and my inspiration and goals in one place. It is amazing to have and refer back to whenever I want to reassess and be sure I am on track and in line with my vision.

After all of that I knew I wanted to work with Meredith to develop a marketing plan. She sent me several worksheets that really and me delve into my target market and what they like. Then we met on Skype to go over the worksheets and she put together a 90 action plan to help me launch my brand and reach my target clients. It was such a wonderful experience working with Meredith.

Here is my visual brand inspiration page:

Next she sent me sketches of many logo designs from which I chose my favorite and she created my final logo (which is now on my site). Together we also created this website which is amazing and clean. It is simple and showcases my work and my brand. Meredith was amazing to work with and she really digs deep with your to get to the bottom of who you are and where you want to be. I cannot recommend her enough!

A before image of my old site:

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and after:

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An Epic Workshop| Wisconsin Engagement Photographer

August 18, 2014 by Ana Collins Leave a Comment

One of the most amazing aspects of photography is that no matter what stage you are at, there is always more to learn. I recently was able to attend a workshop with an extremely talented photographer, Sam Hurd. Sam is always pushing boundaries with his work. And he inspired all the attendees to step outside of our comfort zone (in a good way).

After lunch we were able to follow him on an engagement shoot with a couple who were recently engaged in Iceland. I learned so much from watching how he works at a session. We were also able to shoot alongside him. If any of us had questions along the way he was sure to explain. After the shoot we went back and watched him cull and edit the photographs he took, which was extremely helpful! I am excited to apply the techniques I have learned in future shoots and to keep experimenting and pushing boundaries in my own work.

And to see Sam Hurd’s post from the workshop click HERE!

Door County Softball

August 11, 2014 by Ana Collins Leave a Comment

A couple weeks ago I went to a softball game. My friend, Morgan, was one of the coaches for team Alberts. It was a beautiful night and a lot of fun (even though they lost). After the game I took a few team shots as well as Morgan and Falon with their team. They are adorable!

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Abstract

August 5, 2014 by Ana Collins 1 Comment

I decided to do something different for this month’s blog circle. I hadn’t done any abstract light paintings lately so decided to give it another try. Zane and I drove around Green Bay to find some fun spots to try. These are three of my favorites that I was able to capture.

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Next, check out Ally’s Life in Black and White post!