Thank you all so much for visiting our website, and by extension, our humble little blog. It is here where we will keep everyone informed of all the news, goings-on, and updates to our studio, website, and any scheduled or special events which might be happening. Being a small operation, and having taken the duty of designing, administering, and updating our website myself, the decision was made to go the way of the upstart internet entrepreneur and DIY blogger/businessman and start this blog. The idea seemed harmless enough. Instead of hosting the entire bulk of our internet operations, like photo galleries, news and updates, and client/friend feedback and networking, we're keeping things much more dynamic. Having a smaller homepage linked to much more fluid and dynamic hosts for different applications like SmugMug and Flickr, MySpace, and Blogger will make updating individual items much quicker and more efficient. Being a part of each separate and respective community will also exponentially expand our exposure and networking capabilities.
For those of you new to our new website and networking layout, please note that all the different facets of our internet presence can be accessed through our home page. Our home page will have links to all relevant things--photo galleries, news and update blogs, our profiles (official Elysian and personal) on networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, and any other link we feel is relevant to us or potentially any of you.
As it stands right now, this is the way we are "outsourcing" our hosting needs: For photo galleries, our primary host is SmugMug. This photo sharing website is one of the slickest we have seen with some good premium services for power or professional users. Secondary photo collections and personal snapshot collections will be hosted through Flickr, a service already popular and familiar to many of you. Flickr has the added benefit of being a networking site, as well. For news, updates, and regular goings-on, we are using (obviously) this Blogger account. This being the 21st century, and since everyone and their grandmother already has a blog and feels comfortable with one, we are harnessing the power of the blog to keep our friends and clients informed of daily life at Elysian. We have also linked our home page to our Elysian profile on both MySpace and Facebook, so that we can take advantage of the networking possibilities there. As we evolve, more links are sure to follow.
Please let us know you care! Don't alienate yourselves from us. It is so easy to get in touch with us, and we will be happy to just hear from you, and not just for business. If we recently had a photo shoot with you, please, tell us about the experience, how you like the photos, whatever. We just want to hear from all of you. If you are scheduled to shoot with us or would like to, please share with us your thoughts, ideas, likes and dislikes, and concerns. We will gladly listen to your input so that your photo session will be pleasant and memorable. We can be reached via the main web site or any of the external host sites. My direct e-mail is fern@elysian-productions.com
I really look forward to what the future holds. Let's make beautiful images together.
Fern Camacho
Photographer and Founder
Elysian Photography
