November 30th, 2009 | Portraits and Fashion | No Comments »
Mikayla Ja “Alice in Wonderland – Boost Cup” at Macquarie.
Model: Alexandra Pruze
Wardrobe: Mand Heng and Bojana Zjacic from Mikayla Ja
Make Up: Joanne Candelaria
November 30th, 2009 | Portraits and Fashion | No Comments »
Mikayla Ja “Alice in Wonderland – Boost Cup” at Macquarie.
Model: Alexandra Pruze
Wardrobe: Mand Heng and Bojana Zjacic from Mikayla Ja
Make Up: Joanne Candelaria
November 17th, 2009 | Blog | 2 Comments »
Just spent the last few days going through several online shopping cart options readily available trying to find one that would suit my needs in selling prints and products as a photographer. There is a large number of free open source options available and most worked perfectly if I wanted to sell regular items like most stores. Instincts WP e-Commerce had an easy to understand interface and seamless integration with Word Press (the backend of my site). The main issues with it were to do with bugs in the variations of a product (in my case print sizes and prices) and also this not being an option with its integration with the Next Gen Gallery plugin.
Finally with a bit more searches on Google I found a shopping cart by Pictures Pro called Photo Cart. Compared to the open source carts it is a little pricey at $329US but is one of the very few carts available specifically designed for photographers and furthermore it’s the closest you’ll ever get to an all in one total solution. I had a good play with their online demos for over a day before making the purchase as I wanted to be sure it did everything I needed it to and so far have no regrets on the purchase. I’m still in the process of styling and customising it to work with my site and needs but I’m very impressed at how well developed it is and would recommend it to any photographer also wanting to sell prints online.
I’m hoping to get everything all setup and with the site accepting orders and payments by the end of the week. Initial card payments will be through the Paypal system until the weekly sales are high and consistent enough to justify the cost of getting a payment gateway directly on the site.
November 7th, 2009 | Blog | No Comments »
Did a shoot at Macquarie for fashion label Mikayla Ja featuring one of their stunning dresses and an oversized foam Boost cup sourced from the company.
The team consisted of Mandy Heng and Bojana Zjacic from Mikayla Ja, makeup artist Joanne Candelaria and model Alexandra Pruze and myself.
The shoot is part of a series relating to an “Alice in Wonderland” theme and we first shot Alex with the boost cup and then a few without.
