We just posted our company page on Facebook!    If you have a FB account, log on and become a fan!  We’ll get some images linked to your FB page too.  Just send a friend link and become a fan.

We are so thrilled here at the office…our website won the 2008 Ohio Visual Excellence E-Commerce Award for Best Photographer Website in Ohio!!  This award is given out by the Certified Professional Photographers of Ohio.  I had just attended the Professional Photographers of Ohio Mid-East Regional Conference in Dayton, Ohio this past weekend.  This conference brought in some big speakers like David Jay, Parker Pfister, Gary & Pam Box, Doug Box and Rod Evans.  And of course, I was asked to speak on Saturday on the trade show stage about proper lighting on location.  But the highlight of the weekend was the awards ceremony on Saturday night.   I entered the print competition, album competition and the e-commerce competition.  All three prints scored Honorable Mentions, the album missed the blue ribbon merit by one lousy point :(  , but the website took the prize!

Websites were judged on thier originality, content, photographic quality, and consumer ease-of-use.  The only way this can be achieved is with user friendly website design software.  I take care of the photography and content, the web control panel does the rest.  A big thanks goes out to my friends at FlashPalette Web Design for creating the custom template and control panel software that I use.  Lindsay and Yongtong are awesome and just super to work with.  Plus, their sites look so much more different than most of the mass marketed look-alikes out there now.  Thanks guys….FlashPalette Rocks!!

Thanks to the Professional Photographers of Ohio and the Certified Professional Photographers of Ohio for awarding us with the 2008 Visual Excellence E-Commerce Award.

Here’s a few photos of the program I put on.  It was titled “See the Light in Location Photography”.  Thanks to all who attended.  It was so nice to hear all of your comments and speak with you afterwards.  Thanks to my great friend Craig Weiglein of Mansion Hill Studio and Gallery in Newport, KY for taking the photos of the speaking gig.

It’s official!  The new website officially launched on New Year’s Day.  It was a huge project, but it finally got completed.  The new site features multiple photography portfolios for different lifestyles of work that we do.  Our newest, Fine Art, will grow as the year goes on.  The site also features a Client Preview feature with a shopping cart that is managed right in our office.  It is also compatible with widescreen HD monitors and features various musical tracks within the Portfolios.  Take a moment and view the new site…it’s awesome.  www.northbayportraitdesign.com  Happy New Year everyone!

A new website has been in the works for some time now.  It’s getting close, but still needs some updating yet.  And just when we’re ready to post it, a major update gets announced.  The new site is going to have some slick animations, more portfolio galleries and a state of the art e-commerce proofing/ordering system.  It will also be compatible to wide-screen monitors and HD displays.  We’re waiting on the new software update in the next week or so.  Then, the site needs to be completely reconfigured to the updated software.  Hopefully, it will be online in December sometime.

Cleveland’s finest wedding planner, Weddings in Cleveland, can be found at all major news stands.  We’ve been an advertiser with them for over 15 years.  This is by far the best quality magazine/planner out there.  Donna and Stephanie from Weddings in Cleveland are great friends and we go way back.   Their website is awesome and has a lot of features for the bride in planning her wedding.  Look for it on the news stand and be sure to register on thier website.  North Bay Portrait Design is featured in one of their spotlight articles along with a Real Wedding feature in the magazine.  This is our new ad for the 2007-2008 magazine.