Our first feedback…yay!
March 12, 2008
“I just wanted to take a moment and say THANK YOU for the Asuka book actions. They worked wonderfully and with such ease!
I know I will sell more Asuka’s now, as my time to design has been DRASTICALLY cut. You’re a genius!
Thanks so much!
Stefanie” of Stephanie Weber Photography
Is that not the coolest thing ever??? Our whole purpose with the album action sets are to make things easier for you…simpli-fly!!
BTW, ‘Simpli-fly’ trademark in the works 
Our Deepest Fear
March 12, 2008
Our Deepest Fear
by Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson’s poem, Our Deepest Fear, has been inspiring people for decades with its deeply resonating message about our fear of greatness, of standing out from the pack.If you’ve ever felt that paralysing fear of stepping forward and presenting yourself to public scrutity, you may find your first impulse is to label it a fear of failure.
But in Our Deepest Fear, Marianne Williamson addresses the other side of that feeling, the fear of being better than your peers, perhaps even daring to be the best.It’s a powerful message!
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.- Marianne Williamson
Prema Buck- Spotlight Photographer #1
March 6, 2008
{ T H E Q U E S T I O N S } My Name is Prema Buck and I live in : Temecula, California.
My Website: www.thepbstyle.com
The Blog: getthepbstyle.typepad.com
1. How long have you been n business? 3.5 years & shooting senior sessions? 1.5 years
2. My style is edgy, candid, and tells a story.
3. My drug of choice: Canon or Nikon? Nikon
4. My most embarrassing photographer moment: Oh, yeah..there’s a few, but the funniest is while on a senior session last spring (I think) as I lifted my camera up to photograph my client her face went white….I’m now alarmed and she said, “there is a bee on you!” Well that’s a horrible thing for me because I am totally afraid of them, even though, I have never been stung. So, I freaked out in the streets of Old Town Temecula. Everyone is is laughing at me as I am swinging my arms in the air with my camera around my next and taking off down the street without my client! (((sigh)) awful I know. I felt so bad about that, but she understood as she was afraid too!
5. Oddest thing you take on a shoot or have in your camera bag: hand sanitizer? doesn’t everyone?
6. One thing you cannot live without? My sweet kisses from my little girl!
7. What or who inspires you? Oh boy, let’s see. First of all prayer, passion and the desire to inspire, help others and grown in this biz! As far as my art, I’m inspired also my what I see in my daily life…I’m inspired by design, marketing and music videos!
FIVE things you have to take with you on a senior session:
- “Fabulosity” in all I do (ha,ha) / personality
- Cool pair of shoes
- A clean car
- Breathe freshener
- Hip songs on my ipod w/ a small docking station
8. Most visited website or blog: Jessica Claire! I love her stuff and I want her to do my family session.
9. Who do you want to be when you grow up? Me…only wiser and even more talented!
10. Things I still feel I need to learn: Photoshop and management of my time.
Like right now I need to finish my interview but I’m off to grab a Starbucks really quick! I’ll be right back:-)
11. My guilty pleasures: Starbucks almost everyday ((sigh))
12. How do you stay focused and or organized? Ha! Yeah right! Did you read above peeps?
13. Tell us about your reality show addiction: America Next Top Model and Kimora Lee Simmons…OMGosh she is something else!
14. What’s in your ipod? I like so many different types of music and artist! I do play a lot of Alicia Keyes right now and I LOVE Lupe Fiasco “Superstar” and Finger Eleven.
15. Your favorite beauty products? Burts Bees believe it or not!
16. Favorite designer? Oh boy, let’s see….I like Juicy Couture and L.A.M.B
17. Your secret desire for 2008: “[B]eing efficient is the key element to being successful” ………By [b]ecker My goal this year is to create a workflow that truly “flows”.
The Name…
March 5, 2008
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 2.2
As Marci and I talked about names, many crossed our minds. We had many good laughs with what we could call ourselves. Instant messaging back and forth, we came up, ‘weknowwhatshot.com,’ ‘heresourstuff.com,’ and a personal favorite, ‘anothervendorsellingyousomething.com.’ All of these said jokingly of course. We honestly did have some serious discussions about what to call our new adventure.
We knew we wanted the word ‘couture.’ We loved the thought of ‘the warehouse.’ One name that came to mind early on was Zero to 60. Another being 12thstep.com. We thought of many, but none were IT.
So we talked some more. More laughs, more serious talks and then finally, it hit us.
We had played on our initials several times before…ME (Marci & Erika). That was a bit too corny though, so we knew we didn’t want to go with that. Then, during one of our discussions, totally off topic of the new venture, we started to discuss our names.
Marci’s middle name is Ellen. My middle name is Leigh. Playing off the idea of using initials, we started brainstorming. We took the El of Marci’s name and the Le of my name…hence Elle. Knowing we wanted the word Couture in there, we became Elle Couture.
On the search for a domain name, and my insistence we have a dot come name (LOL), we started out with The Elle Couture. Again, not being completely satisfied with that, wanting something a bit more ‘high end,’ we decided to go French (or Spanish, whatever your language pleasure is) and came up with Le Elle Couture. Me being anal, switched the Le to L’, giving us L’Elle Couture.
And that’s the story behind our name. It’s fashionable…it’s fun… it’s perfectly us!
fishies
February 20, 2008
Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too
“Swim” said the mama fishie, “Swim if you can”
And they swam and they swam all over the dam
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam all over the dam
Don’t laugh!!! I was just testing out the blog. Testing to see if I could actually post!
Marci
Introducing L’Elle Couture
February 19, 2008
We are so excited to finally launch L’Elle Couture. It has been in the making for quite some time.
L’Elle Couture was created by two of the hottest senior photographers around, Erika Mounts & Marci Ralph. We’ve joined forces to provide to you some of the most sought after designs and business material around.
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