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What to Wear | Spring Inspired

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Believe it or not, spring is right around the corner which means the addition of lots of color to our wardrobes—perfect for a spring session under the budding trees!

Cobalt blue is hot right now and looks like it will continue to gain popularity in the coming months. Work it in with a pair of bright skinnies (another hot trend!) paired with a fresh green top for a great color block effect.

Create cohesion by choosing pieces for the rest of the family that play off your look’s color story without being too literal. This creates a group that looks effortlessly in step instead of like you’re trying too hard to match perfectly.

You can download it without the logo here. You can also view the URL’s to the individual clothing items.
Freebie: What to Wear | Mid-Winter

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You asked for them and finally What to Wears are back!

This is one of my all-time favorite color combos! Even though the colors are cool, there’s something so warm and comfy about them. It makes me think of knit blankets, warm scarves and a hot cup of cocoa by the fire.

What I love about these outfits is that no matter who is paired up in the photo, the looks will complement each other without looking too matchy-matchy. It looks like a group that should be together.

Another great thing about these outfits is that they each have something that’s visually interesting (whether it be a pattern or a texture) without being overpowering. There’s nothing bland about the looks, but they still let the family shine.

Here’s a casual Mid-Winter look for you. You can download it without the logo here. You can also view the URL’s to the individual clothing items here.
Freebie: What to Wear Mother & Daughter Sessions

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With Mother’s Day just around the corner, what would be more appropriate than inspiration for clothing for mother/daughter sessions? Please free free to use the version without our logo on your website.
What to Wear // Spring

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Oh my goodness the What to Wears are back!

A lot of people e-mail me and ask me how I make the What to Wears. Here’s a tip if you are making them yourself: I really think about what each outfit will look like not only photographed together but photographed in pairs or a smaller grouping of some sort. For example, will the outfit still work if mom is photographed with her children or if dad is photographed with one of the children.

Here’s a casual Spring look for you. You can download it without the logo here.
How to Create Your Own Splash Page & Freebie PSD Splash Page

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You can create your own splash page with Photoshop and an HTML editor. I’ll walk you through here and include a freebie PSD for you to edit:

1. Start with a new Photoshop file by going to File > New. I’ve created mine at 1000×800. Press OK.

2. Start creating a layout of what you want your splash page to look like. Add photographs and text. You can download the splash page I created here. If you use the one I created, replace your photographs over each “Photo” layer and then go to Layer > Create Clipping Mask to add your photographs.

3. Next, use your Slice tool and create slices over each separate section that you want to become clickable. I have 4 sections: one for weddings, one for babies, one for blog, and one for client login.

4. Now, go to File > Save for Web. Make sure that you are saving as a JPEG and the quality is at least 80. Click “Save.”

5. On the dialog on the bottom, make sure you change the setting to “HTML and Images.”

6. I created a folder called “splash” and changed the name to “index.html.” Hit “Save.”

7. Photoshop should have created “index.html” and an images folder. Open the index.html file in an HTML editor. I am using Dreamweaver. CoffeeCup has a free HTML editor for Windows 7 and Vista.

8. In your HTML editor, select each photo slice and create a link to each. For example for the weddings slice, you will have a link that will point to your wedding gallery. For your babies slice, you will have a link that points to your baby gallery. Your blog will have a link to your blog. Do this for each slice and hit save.

9. You have now created your own splash page. This is where it gets tricky and it’s pretty much impossible for me to give you instructions without seeing how your website is set up. Basically, you will need to upload the “index.html” and “images” folder onto your web server. *** BE CAREFUL*** not to REPLACE OR DELETE the old “index” file! You should rename the old index file to “index_old” or something similar so that you can revert back to it if you need to. Please ask your web admin for help if you don’t know what you’re looking at.

10. Please e-mail me if you need help!