Published in Phoenix Bride and Groom - Allison and Ryan's Wedding

Allison and Ryan's wedding has recently been published in Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine. You an pick up a copy from many local magazine retailers.

They share some of their wedding day experience with those soon to be married.

Where have I been? Everywhere.

I've been getting a lot of flack recently from my friends because I haven't been posting on my blog. There have been many reasons for this, most of them just because I've been so busy traveling/moving/working that I haven't taken the time to prepare any photos to post.

Here's an update on what's been going on:

Launching MokaDesign, LLC.

Its been in works for over a year now and I'm finally able to say, "We've Launched!"  My sister and I have started a design firm that offers custom flash website designs to artists and photographers.  We also offer album design services to photographers for wedding and portrait albums.  I left for Texas because that is where my sister is living and we needed to be in the same place to get this business launched.  That leads to the next topic...

Moving Back to AZ

I decided after getting everything setup with my sister for MokaDesign, that I would head back to the Valley of the Sun.  Apparently I didn't make the best cowboy.  So at the beginning of November I moved back to Arizona to continue my photography business.

Visit to Michigan

During all of the starting of a business and moving back to Arizona I decided to take a trip to Michigan with my dad.  We spent a few nice days at his summer home north of Detroit.

Launching JeffNewton.com

In conjunction with launching our own site, we also built a new portfolio site for Jeff Newton.  Jeff is a Phoenix based commercial photographer who has an amazing portfolio of work and clients.  He has a style of his own and we knew that a customized flash site would be perfect for showing off his work.  And the best part about it is that he can easily add new photos on his own.

Gallery Wrap Sale

Today we are starting our 2 week Gallery Wrap Sale ending on Sept 30th. You can save $100 on a 20x30 gallery wrap. Standard price is $469, you pay $369.

This is the perfect time to order that wall print you've been wanting.

So, what is a gallery wrap?
We print your photograph on photographic paper and then strip the backing paper off of it. The the front film of the print is pressed to canvas material which is then stretched over wooden stretching bars. The image wraps all the way around the edge of the frame providing a great look that doesn't require any framing. The back of the wrap is covered in framing paper and hanging hooks are added on the back top corners so it's ready to hang on your wall when it arrives.

How to Order:
Just visit our Online Gallery to find the image that you would like to order. Then under the size selection you'll find the Sale price listed for the Metallic Gallery Wrap. Place your order and we'll get it to you within 2 weeks.



Here is an example. Because the image wraps around the edge, you will loose a portion of the image. We can also place a solid color or texture around the edge if there is not enough space on the image to wrap around.

By default we print on metallic photographic paper to make the images pop.

Our Website Featured in Rangefinder Magazine

Our website was featured in the July issue of Rangefinder Magazine in an article titled"Online Portfolios for Photographers.".  We were mentioned for our use of custom slideshows in our fully customized website.

Our website was designed by MokaDesign.com and it is super easy to update!

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Website Updates - More Product Information!

If you've been to our site then you may have noticed a new intro video featuring some of my favorite wedding and engagement photographs.

We just recently added a new Products section since so many of my clients are making their decision from a distance and I hope this will help you understand more about the great wedding products we offer.

The album information is wonderful as well since you can even view our cover swatches for both the premium leather albums as well as the coffee-table albums.

Go to http://www.jeffersontodd.com to check out the latest!

Featured in Wedding Chronicle

Allison and Anastacio's wedding from April 2007 was featured in the current issue of the Wedding Chronicle in the Phoenix area.


Here is a list of the vendors that made the day run so great even though we battled through a dust storm.

Main Office is Moving

Hey Everyone!

I have some big news to announce! We're moving! As the business continues to grow and evolve it has become apparent that I need to combine our offices to keep everything nice and efficient. I will continue to do business in Arizona as well as work on expanding our national coverage. Please continue to refer friends and family to my website at www.jeffersontodd.com and let them know that I am available to travel where ever they would like to take photos.

Where are you moving and when?
The office will be located in New Braunfels, TX with close access to both Austin and San Antonio. We are moving June 10th. The office phone number will remain 602.904.5112

Can we still use you for our AZ wedding or refer you for friend's weddings?
Of course! I will continue to book and photograph weddings in Arizona. Please send everyone to www.jeffersontodd.com to find more information.

How can we get information about weddings?
All of the pricing information is sent via postal mail so just send in your mailing address to info@jeffersontodd.com along with your wedding date and location.

What about my Arizona wedding?
No need to worry. Everything will be the same. Nothing will change in regard to your wedding. We are always available by phone if you have any questions. Our Arizona number will remain the same. 602-904-5112

How do we schedule you for family/child portraits or engagement photos?
Just give us a call or send an email and we'll let you know what dates are available for sessions in Arizona or whatever state you are in.

Are you available for weddings outside of Arizona and Texas?
Definitely! I am available for weddings or portraits anywhere. Feel free to view some recent photos from a wedding in Greece, HERE. Please send us an email with your location and we can contact you in regard to pricing for your location.

Thanks for all of your continued support.

God bless,

Your Favorite Images only $1.99!

I'm stoked to announce our NEW GALLERY
with an exciting new option to download your favorite images as digital files for $1.99!

The files are perfect for loading on your iPod and posting on your MySpace and Facebook pages or printing 4x6 photographs.
And with over 40,000 images available for download you're sure to find a few favorites!

We also offer our amazing quality custom photographic prints in all standard sizes.

Save 15% on any digital download or print order by using coupon code: save15
on orders over $5 when you checkout by May 30th!

Wedding Chronicle - Best of 2007

I totally forgot to mention that the Wedding Chronicle featured Jennifer and Dominic's wedding in their Best of 2007 issue. I was excited to hear that they wanted to feature it in this issue. We also have another wedding that will be featured in their next March/April issue.

Speaking in Arizona Tomorrow Night

I'll be speaking to the Arizona Professional Photographers Association tomorrow night. Networking begins at 6pm and I'll begin presenting at 7pm.

Marketing will be the big topic of the night and I'll be covering ideas on how to better connect with potential clients as well as how to keep everything looking professional with all of your documents. And I'll also be giving away some free photographer downloads from our new online store.

You can find out more details HERE. First time visitors are free. Non-members are $25.

January Newsletter

Our January newsletter goes out this morning. If for some reason you don't receive it then you can view it at http://www.jeffersontodd.com/newsletter/ This month we have a feature on our album and book designs with some great slideshows.

But be sure to CLICK HERE to sign-up to receive it in the future.

Exclusive Wedding Album Registry!

Coming VERY Soon!
Finally a way to give the gift of memories!



AlbumRegistry.com is available exclusively through Jefferson Todd Photography!

Give us a call to come pick up some nice cards for your family to pass along.

Senior High Portrait Special!

Pay for your Senior High Portrait Session by January 31st and save $50!

Click HERE to pay for the session and then contact Jefferson Todd Photography by February 9th to book your session date.

Nominate Awesome Single Parents

Let's celebrate how great these parents are and reward them for their great achievement of working double-time to raise their children.

Nominate a great single parent and let us know why they stand out amongst the crowd to become your top pick. Our top 5 picks will receive a free lifestyle family photo session and will be featured on our blog.

Please include all contact information for both you and your nominee as well as a paragraph describing why you have chosen this parent.

Please send your entries to info@jeffersontodd.com by January 31, 2008.

New Online Store - Album Registry

I'm super excited to announce our new Online Store and Album Registry! The store link is always available on our new blog header at the top of the page and is available 24/7.

The biggest news is our NEW ALBUM REGISTRY! Feel free to let your family and guests know that they can give a gift towards your wedding album. This will help you to get a bigger wedding album to preserve more of your memories. We will also have cards available by request to include in your invitations or to pass to family if you would like to let your guests know about the registry. And if you have a wedding website, be sure to add a link to it.

Our new store will allow you to purchase more customized items and products that are not available through our Pictage.com (our online print order system). Such items include our new canvas Signature Print Collection, Photo Cards and our amazing Engagement Guestbooks. We will also accept Visa or Mastercard wedding, album and portrait payments through our online store as well.

Wanna Christmas Card?

Cards are about to be shipped so send us your address!

It's once again time to send out our Christmas card and I'd love to send one to all of you!

Please shoot me an email (click here if doing so) with your snail mail address and I'll send you one of my Christmas cards.

And if you'd like, feel free to send one here:

Jefferson Todd Photography
2659 W. Guadalupe Rd
Suite D-211
Mesa, AZ 85202

If you missed out, here is last year's card and this year's should be just as good!

Jefferson Todd Studio Open House

Wednesday, Dec 12th
1-5pm

You are all invited to swing by the studio this Wednesday to grab a drink and check out all of our products. If you haven't been by, definitely come check it out. We'll have all of our albums and books available for you to see.

CLICK HERE to view the E-vite and RSVP to let us know if you can come by. And feel free to invite any friends who might be interested in seeing everything.

Business Week!

I'm in Texas to sit down and organize all of my business thoughts. We have been moving so fast since I started two and a half years ago that I haven't had a chance to get away from things and write down my goals.

But I will be available for any important business. And I also hope to catch up a bit on my blog. I have many weddings and engagements that haven't been posted about yet and it's a shame because they all have some amazing photos.

Talk soon!

NEW NIKON D3 CAMERA!!!

I am one of the first in Arizona to receive the new Nikon D3. It just went on sale today and Nikon was nice enough to send one to a local store with my name on it!



This camera is amazing and will totally change how I work with light on a wedding day or portrait shoot. It produces beautiful photos in dim situations without having to use flash which is great. It also has an entirely new full-frame CMOS sensor that Nikon engineered.

So even though the last two days have been tough for me (another post to come) I'm stoked about using this camera at my wedding tomorrow. It's been raining all day today and will do the same tomorrow but I'm not worried because I picked up 6 umbrellas for the bridal party to use and my new camera is all weather-sealed and will do just fine in the rain. We're going to get some great photos out in the rain!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. We've got a lot to announce in the next few months!

FexEx is My Friend

I've been in the office all day long to make sure that all of our shipments go out before tomorrow. Hopefully they'll arrive on Friday but if they don't they should by Monday.

I'm working on getting all of this out today so I've had to ignore my voice mail the last two days but I will check it later today and respond tonight if it's urgent or Monday if it can wait.

I'm heading up to Pine, AZ in the White Mountains tomorrow for some cooler weather and good times with my best friend Troy and his family.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

System Updates!

We've been working on updating a few systems in our business recently.

One of those involved switching over our website to a static server for a project that we'll be releasing soon (can't wait to let you all know what it is). For some reason we have had a few people tell us that our website is not working. Hopefully the internet service providers will have their systems updated within a day or two so that everyone can view the slideshows that we recently sent out.

The other update was in our office. We just added another 3 Terabytes of protected storage for all of our photos. This will allow us to keep up with the large amount of photos that we work with each week. As well as make sure that our systems are also backed up off-site. For those of you who are tech geeks, we have a total of 7 terabytes of space and have two RAID systems.

We also have many more exciting projects in the works for both our clients and other photographers. So be sure to sign up for our newsletter if you aren't already. There is a link on the right side of this blog.

And if any of you know much about a VPN setup, shoot me an email because I'm looking to set one up and I have a few questions.

On the cover of Destination I Do!

Destination I Do Magazine just hit the stands! It has tons of wonderful ideas for your destination wedding. I'm excited because this is my first magazine cover. There is also a wonderful article inside featuring Allyson and Rich's wedding in Placerville, CA.

You can pick up an issue at your local news stand internationally or buy it on their rockin' new website!

Constantly Getting Better

Running your own business can be very difficult at times and one of the hardest parts to battle is the need to be constantly evolving and reviewing your systems. We don't have a team of people that review these kinds of things, so it is my responsibility to always review our processes and see where we can get better.



One of those areas that needed a boost was our computer systems. So in the last few weeks I purchased 2 new 24 inch iMacs. They are beautiful machines and really help us with speed and color correction.

Another has been the communication within the business. So, we recently upgraded our email system to an Exchange Server and Blackberry Enterprise server so that all of our emails sync between the different computer systems.

And this weekend I traveled to Texas to sit down with Heather my album designer to review our editing and album process. So we're putting things into place which will help us speed up our workflow and make everything faster on our end. Of course we still need all of you to respond to our emails in a timely manner in order for our estimated times to be kept on track.

Our current turnaround times for all image edits are:
Engagement Photos: 4-6 weeks
Wedding Photos: 6-8 weeks
We are hoping to make these times much smaller.

All of this is definitely a process but I want all of you to know that we do find it important to be the best at what we do.

Cheers!
JT

Album Sale Through Aug 4th!

All of our albums are on sale through Saturday August 4th!

We have an open house at our studio from 2pm - 8pm on Saturday. Come and check out the album options and finalize album orders.

Albums are 25% off
Parent Duplicate Albums are 50% off
Pre-designs are 50% off

You can find more info at http://www.jeffersontoddalbums.com

Wedding Albums Website

Check out our new wedding albums website at http://www.jeffersontoddalbums.com



Our album sale runs from August 1-4th only.
25% off all albums
50% off parent albums

All New JeffersonTodd.com!

Our new website is here! Check it out at http://www.jeffersontodd.com



I'd love to know what you think of it. Just click the 'comments' button at the bottom of this post. Thanks!

June Newsletter

Our latest newsletter went out today! It highlights a bunch of our spring weddings and and engagements.
We're also looking to hear from all of you about your favorite photo. Tell us what your favorite photo from one of our events is and why it means so much to you. We would love to share some of these great stories on the blog.

If you haven't seen it be sure to sign up below and then you'll get an email with a link to the latest newsletter.

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Our Products!

Many of you, especially those of you not located in AZ have been asking me what our albums are like. So I figured it was time to take a few photos to give you a better idea.

Premium Album
Two Volume


Split covers with black and red wine leathers. Pages are thick to keep prints from bending.


Designs are all custom, no templates here! So don't expect your book to look like this one! :)
(click to view sample design)




Custom Guestbook



Guests can leave short messages written directly onto the pages
(click to view sample design)


Coffee-Table Album


Coffee-table book pages are much thinner and provide a more portable book style.


The coffee-table style books currently come with a red or black slip case with your names imprinted in silver.

More Slideshows

You can now check out more engagement and wedding slideshows HERE!

Out of the Office

Just to let you all know. I'll be out of the office all of next week to attend the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International conference in Las Vegas.

And I'll be busy photographing Kim and Jason's wedding next weekend. So feel free to contact my studio manager Heather if you need anything while I'm gone!

Thirst Relief Auction

This year at WPPI a bunch of photographers will be offering mentoring sessions and donating all the profits to Thirst Relief. Thirst Relief who was started by fellow photographers Jim and Lara Davis-Hicks is an organization who's goal is to provide humanitarian and disaster relief to those in need worldwide through the provision of safe, clean drinking water.

The mentoring sessions last year were the highlight of my trip. I can't wait to meet with whoever wins the bid this year. Last year I sat down with Brody Dezember, Kevin Meyers, Millie Holloman and Davina Fear for some great tips on consistent image branding and marketing.




***Click Here*** if you would like to bid on a 90 minute session with me, or here to check out the awesome list of photographers donating their time for this great cause.

And I forgot to post this earlier so there is only a day or two left to bid.

Rock on! I can't wait to see who I get to meet with!

March Newsletter

I just sent out my latest newsletter highlighting a lot that has happened since December. If you didn't get it in your email then make sure to enter your email into the signup box below and then click HERE to view it.
Enjoy it!

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New Office Studio!

I'm so excited to finally announce our new office location in Arizona!
This has been in the works since October of last year and we're finally open!

I love my Apple products as large as possible so I picked up a 50" plasma to connect it to.


Come in and hangout while we talk about your wedding day or after your wedding when we'll check out your wedding photos on the large plasma tv.


And when you come in I'll make some espresso or we'll open up a bottle of wine to enjoy.


Most of all I want you to experience what I believe differentiates our business from others.


It's easily accessible at the intersection of Guadalupe and the 101 freeway.

Our new mailing address is:

Jefferson Todd Photography
2659 W. Guadalupe Rd.
Suite D-211
Mesa, AZ 85202

New Presentation at OSP West

Last week I had the chance to give my new presentation to 70+ photographers who are part of the OpenSourcePhoto.net forum that my friend David Jay started a few years ago.

The most amazing thing about this group is that they all want to learn and share with each other. We had photographers from all over the country fly in to help guide photo shoots and to teach different sessions.



I've given a number of presentations before but this was a new one that I had just written. It hit on the topic of marketing through every little part of your business. I included a bunch of tips that can be done for little or no money but will result in a more definite brand for your business.

So far received a ton of great comments already but I would love to hear from more of you. Feel free to post a comment on this blog if you found any of the information helpful and also how you plan on implementing it into your business.

Thanks so much for such a wonderful time!

Share the impact:
I'm submitting this talk for Pictage's next PartnerCon conference, so if any of you are interested in helping out you can email Lisa at lallen@pictage.com and let her know how much the presentation impacted you.

Off to Phoenix

Off to Phoenix
Originally uploaded by Jefferson Todd Pals.

Its time to leave Santa Barbara which is always difficult for me. I have so many friends that live here and we always have a blast hanging out. I also plan on moving there which also makes it much harder to leave. But I've got to get back to work.

JT

Edit: I'm actually going to crash in Burbank tonight because the traffic was really bad. So, I won't actually be back into the office tomorrow like my auto-response says.

Thank You!

I just wanted to thank everyone who sent me a Christmas card.

I've got to clear them off for some birthday cards that are coming in. My birthday is on Saturday and I'll be taking the day off.

For those of you that missed out on my Christmas card this year I've posted what it looked like. I got so many great comments from everyone many who said it was the best card that they had received. I'm glad you all enjoyed it!

Front (click to view larger)

Inside (click to view larger)

I'm Back!

Well after a week in the Gulf of Mexico I'm finally back to work. This week has already been filled with an endless amount of things to do and I finally had to sit down and write them all out so that I don't forget anything.
Here's my current list with things that still need to be added to it.


So, please be patient with me while I try to catch up on all of my work. And I've also got a ton of emails that still need to be responded to, but I'm also working on that.

Something is in the Works... :-)

Wanna Christmas Card?

I'm about to send out my Christmas cards and I'd love to send one to all of you!

Please shoot me an email (click here if doing so) with your snail mail address and I'll send you one of my Arizona themed Christmas cards.

And if you'd like, feel free to send one here:

Jefferson Todd Photography
2659 W. Guadalupe Rd
Suite D-211
Mesa, AZ 85202

Fall Newsletter

My Fall newsletter has been released!
http://www.jeffersontodd.com/newsletter/

It highlights some recent changes to my website as well as a few weddings and a large number of engagement sessions.

For those of you interested in viewing and receiving it on a regular basis please use the signup on the right side of the blog. -->

NEW WEBSITE UPDATES!

Hi Everyone!

I've got some cool new things happening for the business and one of those is finally finished! I just completed a major update to my website!

The new site (same look) now contains a couple new sections which include a Press/News page for up to date info and a Raves section for all of the lovely comments that I receive from all of you.

You'll also notice a change to the portfolio section. We now have an all video portfolio which includes two great videos presentations of my wedding work. In the future I'll also have a video for my engagement session photos, but for now you'll just have to scan the blog.

I'd love to hear your comments! Feel free to post them below.