It's been a long time...

Once again, Simulacra Photography has become a bit of a forgotten step-child as time and energy are spent building my commercial photography business in New York and more recently, Charlotte, NC.   Along those lines, my commercial photography website is in the process of being redesigned by a friend and colleague in Charlotte.  

Should anyone need any design work completed, contact Mark with Magic Graphics...   He will give you a fair price and complete some fantastic work for you.

In addition to redesigning my site, Mark also turned me on to a new website, ThumbTack.   I have created a profile for Simulacra on there and hope that it helps generate more Wedding Photography and portrait photography business.   Additionally, it offers a forum for clients to review my work...   So, if you have some nice things to say, please do...   And on Google too ;).

As time keeps on ticking we will attempt to update more often...  Until then, remember Simulacra for your wedding photography and portrait photography needs.

Cheers!

Sammy and Cece, Allentown, PA

Bad photographer bloggers, BAD!

So, it's been a LONG while since we have posted on our blog.   We sincerely wish we had a good excuse, but alas, we don't.

In the year+ since our last post we have been busily photographing families across this great country of ours, but mostly in Charlotte, NC.  For the most part, our clients have been ecstatic with their results and have helped spread the word about Simulacra Photography and principal photographer, Scott S. Clinton.  To help boost awareness about Simulacra we did participate in two AmazonLocal/LivingSocial deals and experienced modest success.  Unfortunately, we found that our product does not translate well to most bargain shoppers.

On the wedding front... 2012 was not our best year, we fell short of our goal to shoot 5-7 weddings.  Our 2013 goal of shooting 10-15 weddings (what we consider to be a full load) seems rather unlikely, but we hope to change that.  With the flurry of engagements this past holiday season, couples are frantically searching for photographers to satisfy their wedding photography needs.  Last weekend a few members of the Simulacra team decided to do some gorilla marketing researching via the NC Bridal Showcase and determined that we need to jump in and get serious about weddings.

While visiting the Bridal Expo, we saw some competitors who's work was VERY impressive.  We saw some competitors who had spectacular booth displays...   Some of the big names (in the Charlotte, NC area) did not disappoint, but others did.  Lastly, we saw some competitors who need to spend more time shooting and less time at events such as these, having NO BUSINESS taking people's money at this stage.  Public service message:  Choose your wedding professionals carefully people!

It's easy to play armchair quarterback (to use a term from our favorite sport of football)...   So, it might be time to put our money where our mouth is and sign up for the August installment of Charlotte's Bridal Showcase.  This will be an expensive undertaking, especially considering our modest booking goals, but we feel that our skill set holds its own against the competition we saw last weekend.

Not to be one to advertise the competition, we do feel like some of the professionals we saw deserve to be acknowledged:

www.LoveShutter.com
www.AuthenticExposure.com (we had a very nice conversation with Adam)
www.DPersonettPhotography.com

Additionally, it should be no surprise that Charlotte's queen of wedding photography, Critsey Rowe, had a booth that was both intimidating and spectacular.

As a reminder for the visitors of this blog, our principal and photographer, Scott S. Clinton, is a commercial photographer first and foremost.  Should you or anyone you know need photography for your business, don't hesitate to contact him directly through his website:  www.ScottClinton.com or www.Facebook.com/ScottClintonPhotography