July's What to Wear Inspiration, for the perfect portrait session! Bella Valentina Photography {Zanesville/Columbus, Ohio}

Again, keeping everything color coordinated as opposed to everything completely matching makes things much more interesting!

Photos + Fashion (Senior Pictures) - Bella Valentina Photography, Zanesville, Ohio Photographer

I've been doing quite a few Senior sessions this year and they're quickly becoming my favorite kind of shoot (shhh! lol) It seems like every client, ESPECIALLY when it comes to Senior sessions, asks me to direct them in what to wear. Now, if you know me at all, you'll know that I don't mind having my two cents in the fashion bank but its not always easy short of going in to the clients home, pulling from their closet, and helping them put it all together. But along comes Salt & Prep....

Salt & Prep is a fashion blog for teens, created with the purpose of helping them find inspiration for portrait sessions, prom, or the everyday. It features real teens, real style, real inspiration, and where to find it! They post about how to rock the latest trends, a Things We Love section features different sites and stores they recommend, information on beauty, featured designers, and images from Senior sessions they thought worth sharing ;) Not only is this a great blog for teens, but for photographers that want to help style their clients, or point them in the right direction! Pass it on!

So it started out about fashion.... {Bella Valentina Photography Zanesville, Ohio Photographer}

My Mom & Sister have a boutique on Grandview Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Super cute! Vintage stuff, new stuff, stuff you wanna look through all day! So I wanted my Sister to model some things from their store, let me photograph her, and we'd display some of them in their store. Mutual benefits, and a fun project, outside of my usual daily shoots. Of course I got a little sidetracked, by my Sister's beauty, & not everything ended up being as focused on fashion, or the product, as it should have been. Luckily I had that freedom with it! Either way, I wanted to share some of them. I'm not even half way done with this session but I can always share more later : ) And the last one is my Mom, just because!

Brochures Printing Online Giveaway - Brochures!! {Bella Valentina Photography - Zanesville, OH}

UPrinting.com and Brochures Printing Online have allowed me to do so many giveaways and I couldn't be more grateful! The perfect thing about this is that the giveaways are for products that help us further our businesses - for someone just starting out, this is a HUGE help! One less thing to have to pay for right lol?! And I'm super excited about this particular one since I desperately need some brochures - you know I get some for doing this right? ; )

SO, here are the details: 

100 Brochures for One (1) Winner

Dimension: 8.5 x 11

Folding: Folding Choices: Half fold; Tri-fold/Letter fold;

Z-fold; Accordion (4 panels) Roll Fold (4 Panels)

Printing: 4 color printing on both sides

Paper: 100 lb gloss text paper

Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping

Eligibility: Limited to US Residents only

You must be at least 18 years old to enter.

To win, leave a comment here telling me what you would use your brochures for! Don't forget to leave your email so I can contact you if you win. If there is no email, you won't be eligible! Earn additional entries by posting about the contest & linking to it on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, or your own blog. Leave separate entries for each post you make! The winner will be drawn April 27th - good luck!!

More studio cuties! {Bella Valentina Photography Zanesville, OH Photographer}

I like to share a few from all of my sessions so here are a couple of my latest cuties, but I warn you, they could make you swoon for one of your own! ; )

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Autumn - Preview {Zanesville OH Photographer}

Teens have been my favorite subject to shoot lately so when Autumn showed up for her recent Senior session I was super excited - I KNEW she wasn't looking for traditional! : ) We had a LOT of fun shooting and I'm having just as much fun editing! As promised, here are a few to get her through the next day or two it will take me to finish her gallery!

Studio updates!

I've been so busy with the Marketing Package release, the studio renovations and the preparations for the upcoming Portrait Competition but I finally found some time to go play in the studio! My girls were the lucky test subjects this time around lol!

Seeking 2010 senior Spokes Models!!

Bella Valentina Photography is currently seeking its 2010 Senior Spokes Models! With the studio renovation nearing completion we will now have the freedom to shoot indoors as well as outdoors which I'm super excited about!

With the Senior Spokes Model Program I will accept the first Senior inquiry from each area school to receive a completely FREE custom Senior session as well 88 FREE wallets for the Senior to pass out to their friends! Each Senior that books a session based on the referral will receive 40 FREE Wallets of their choice!! And for each referral that mentions the Spokes Model's name when booking their session, our Spokes Model will be paid $20 cash!! For example, refer 5 friends for booking and you will get $100 cash!

I look forward to working with the new Seniors this year!

*UPDATE - I have my Philo Spokes Model so I'm not accepting any further Spokes Models from that school. Thanks Hannah!