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How to Grow Your Email List with Christina Stallard Photography

Growing an Email List

Filed in : Business, Quick Tips

It took a few years for it to really click with me–I needed an email list.  I had spent a lot of energy on growing my social media following, not for popularity, but for the opportunity to share with others. The problem is, we don’t always have a whole lot of control over our social […]

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Basic Invite and Christina Stallard Photography

Basic Invite | The Best of Both Worlds!

Filed in : Business

If you know me, you know I’m totally a DIY girl, but I also REALLY need a lot of guidance with things I don’t know a lot about (I’ve had my fair share of pintrosities– yep). I like getting good deals, yeah, but I think the best part about getting involved in projects is having […]

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Spring Mini Sessions & Giveaway Winners!

Filed in : Business, Portraits

Thank you so much to all of you dear hearts who entered our Instagram to win a free session of your choice! We used a random name picker and the winner is @Mrsholland6714 !!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! (You can shoot me a message through the contact form to set up your session!)     If you didn’t […]

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Kentucky Wedding Photographer | Sunset Wedding Pictures

Quick Tip #1: Kidnap the Bride and Groom!

Filed in : Business, Quick Tips, Wedding

You guys, wedding days go by SO QUICKLY. It’s like you blink and suddenly everyone is waving sparklers and sending the sweet couple on their way. One thing I love to do to make the most of our time with a couple on their big day AND to give them a little one-on-one time together […]

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Mountain Engagement Pictures | Kentucky Wedding Photographer

How to Give Your Bride Perfect Wedding Photos

Filed in : Business, Engagement, Wedding

Do you remember those awkward days of high school being partnered up with other classmates you didn’t know having to do something insane like figure out genetic abnormalities or analyze a poem together? I was SHY in high school, so I dreaded situations like these. I spent more time panicking inside than I did learning. […]

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Juliet Garden Roses Wedding Bouquets

Hey There, Giveaway Winners!

Filed in : Business, Engagement, Portraits, Wedding

Oh, I’m so glad your lovely self made it over this way! Welcome to our new website and a new year of changing things up for the better! If I’ve learned anything, it’s that you can never go wrong by serving and giving of yourself to others. When I was little I begged my mom […]

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The Best Family Heirlooms

Filed in : Business, Portraits, Wedding

    Some nights I open up my bottom nightstand drawer and pull out old albums and creased scrapbooks. They’re some of the few things I have left of my mom’s. Snapshots from disposable cameras document my childhood: summers in a plastic pool wearing a polka dot swimsuit, Christmas morning in my pajamas surrounded by […]

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Small Business Owners: Should You Require a Deposit?

Filed in : Business

Should a small business owner require a deposit to secure their services?   Let me set the stage for you: You’re a hairstylist and you’ve recently booked a client for a cut, color, and style appointment this Saturday. The whole service is going to take about three hours, and you’re expecting to make roughly $180. […]

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How to Have a Perfect Wedding Day

Filed in : Business, Wedding

I’m pretty sure if you’re working on planning your wedding, you don’t need another lengthy article about the proper rehearsal dinner etiquette and one size fits all to-do lists. The magazine shelves have enough of those, and you aren’t a cookie cutter bride, so you don’t need cookie cutter advice.   I try to share […]

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Wedding Planning Freebie Just for YOU!

Filed in : Business, Wedding

      Who knows that planning a wedding can be a little (or a LOT) overwhelming? Yep– we are all raising our hands. If you’re like me, you pay attention to the little details and the special moments, and you want everything to look and feel nice– the perfect backdrop for the perfect day. […]

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