And here is the begining the holiday portrait season...

Gearing up for next week. 3 graduation sessions, 3 family portrait sessions and action shots for the BMX National races! Wish me luck!

Finally back home after helping my cousin move into a new home. Time for some QT with Sue.

Off to the beach to take some family portraits. Dad is 6'7" and everyone else is 5'11". Just might have to put dad's feet in a hole. Ha ha!

Off to Salinas to take some Pre-K graduation pictures. Wishing I could be down at the river soaking up some rays!

After a long day editing pictures. It's time for some karoke with my 3 & 7 year old nieces. Super fun!

Zooming In:

We are sorry that we missed creating a new Flip’s Photo Focus for you last month.

We hope that you had a very nice Mother’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day!
And Congratulations to all of you 2009 Graduates!

Jesse’s mom was away on Mother’s day. Celebrating the birth of our new niece Allison Jeanne. Born on May 1st.

Even though May is such an extremely busy month for us, we had to sneak away for one night to the Avila Beach Blues Festival. We were lucky to enjoy such a beautiful and sunny day in Avila. If you love to listen to the Blues and ever get the chance to see Shemekia Copeland and Susan Tedeschi, I say go. You will have a great time.

Capturing the Spring Fun:

At the Cement Boat:

Spring is a great time to go to the beach for your Portrait Sitting. The sun is staying up just a little bit longer and sets at a key place on the ocean for sunset sittings. We can capture both a fun beach scene and a romantic sunset scene that will capture the hearts of you and your family.

Upcoming Events:

~ Friday and Saturday June 19th and 20th Father’s Day Fundraiser ~

Schedule a children’s sitting for this event and the sitting will be donated to the Fallen Officer’s Foundation.
Sessions last approximately 30 minutes. This fundraising event is only for two days!
Help us make a difference in another family's life.
Donations will be made to the Fallen Officer Foundation for this event.

~ Summer Portrait Safaris ~

Keep your eyes open for this summer’s Portrait Safaris. Where we can be found at a few of our areas many beautiful locations!

~ Book your portrait sessions now online ~

Blues Photo Question- "Jellybeans in a Jar"

Approximately about how many children has Jesse Photographed in the last 10 Years?

Send us your guesses at:
info@flipsphotos.com

The winner will recieve a free family portrait sitting.

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April Newsletter

Zooming In:

Award Winner for the Metro Santa Cruz Best of 08’

Thank you everyone for your support!
We were just given the Silver Award for "Best Photography Studio" in Santa Cruz County!
Again thank you and keep the reviews coming in so we can get the GOLD next year!

We would love to hear from you!
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In the Spotlight:

SVHS Fashion Fantastic:
Scotts Valley High School students put on the Dressed to the 09’s a Fashion Show and dress sale to benefit the SVHS arts and academic programs. The Fashion Show student models presented the different styles available for sale after the show. The models did a great job walking down the red carpet catwalk. The event coordinators put together a well-organized event with a real fashion show feel. And the dresses, I loved them all. It was great to be the official photographer. Next year I strongly suggest skipping the mall and joining us at the SVHS Fashion Show & Auction for your prom dresses & tuxes.

Jason Mersman, CPA:
What a great person and wonderful family! Jason Mersman of Peak Accounting Services, Inc. came to us to purchase a gift certificate for family portraits as a gift to his wife for Valentines Day. Despite this season being one of the more busy times of the year for an accountant Jason and his family came in and we all had a great time.

Thank you Mersman family and best of luck through the rest of the tax season.
Visit Peak Services online here: http://peakservices.net/

Upcoming Events:

~ 2010 High School Senior Model Search ~
Click here for details.

~ Saturday, May 2nd ~
Profile Portrait Fundraiser. Our doors will be open from 10 AM to 6 PM for everyone who’d like to help us support our local Scotts Valley Schools while creating a great Online Profile Portrait! Click Here for details.

~ Friday and Saturday, May 8th and 9th ~
Mother’s Day Fundraising Event

We will be hosting a Mother’s Day Portrait Event for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. All children’s portrait session fees will be donated directly to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Dress up your little one in Mom's favorite dress and shoes for this Mothers Day Fundraising Portrait Event. Boys and girls are welcome to attend... and you don't have to dress the boys up in mom's clothes!
Give her gifts that she will adore while helping brighten another mom's future. Sessions last approximately 30 minutes. This fundraising event is only for two days!
Help us make a difference in another family's life.
Click here for details.

~ Friday and Saturday June 19th and 20th ~
Father’s Day Fundraiser
Donations will be made to the Fallen Officer Foundation for this event.
Keep an eye out for more information on this event!

Blues Photo Tip:

Composition tips for better photography:

How to compose your photograph for maximum impact!
Images are much more interesting if taken from a different perspective.

Take these photos for instance, where the child has been placed dead center of the shot. Now compare it to this one where the child is positioned to the left of the frame, balancing the composition of the photograph, this helps create interest.
When it comes to photography, don't be afraid to go outside your normal frame of mind and learn to experiment a little.

Capturing the Spring Fun:

The Hermann Family:

Spring is here!

We are starting to get back outdoors for those family portrait sittings after this long winter. Here is a family reunion that we photographed at the Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel. This place is beautiful! However, it lacks one important thing that other photographers may find useful, electric outlets. Not us though, we have an amazing battery powered system that will help us create the best lighting for your family portraits.

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Now Booking Sessions Online!

Just added to our services...
You can now book your studio appointments online!

Previous Client Recommendations

Here are some recent client reviews that were posted on our "LinkedIn" profile.

March 1, 2009
Doan Tran (client)
Doan hired Flip's Photos in 2004 and hired us more than once.
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity

“Jesse is committed and passionate at his career in photography. His excellent skills in digital software and camera usage delivers images that continually "wows" me and his clients. I HIGHLY recommend Jesse (and his wife Susan) for quality portraits and capturing those special occasions.”

February 24, 2009
Chris Yonge (client)
Chris hired you as a Photographer in 2008 {1}
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value

“I'm delighted to recommend Jesse as a portrait photographer; he has done excellent work for me, and manages to combine informality with complete professionalism. I look forward to working with him again.”

February 24, 2009
Kristy Sebok (client)
Kristy hired you as a Photographer in 2004 and hired you more than once
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative

“Jesse has been the only photographer that has been able to get my very shy daughter to smile and look relaxed. I met him a few times over the years and have seen him in action - professional yet easy. Additionally, his style of photography is unique and yet dramatic. I would definitely hire him again!”

Read more reviews of us on:
Yelp.com & Linkedin.com

Our *NEW* Video Slideshow!

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Flip's Photos March Focus

Zooming In:

Susan’s Trip to Oregon:

2 Special men in my life celebrated their birthdays this last month. My father celebrated his 60th and my nephew turned 1! My family gathered together on the coast of beautiful Oregon for the festivities. The weather was amazingly pleasant compared to the raging storm in our neck of the woods at that time. Since my nephew’s mom (my sister) is a big lover of the ocean and considering the lack of one in the Midwest, we decided that taking his 1-year-old pictures at the beach would be very memorable and fun.
It was hard for me to leave Jesse along with the continuous demands of our business, but getting together for these important events was something I could not pass up and will always remember.

The Fallen Officer’s Foundation Ball:
Jesse was honored to be the official photographer at the 3rd annual Fallen Officer’s Foundation Ball on February 14th. It was a red tie event where police officer’s, city officials and their special squeezes came to help raise funds for an important foundation. Jesse had a lot of fun and was bale to capture not only romantic portraits for them but even had a couple take it to the next level be acting like Bonnie and Clyde.



In the Spotlight:

Restaurant O

Last summer for our Grand Opening we had Restaurant O, located just over the hill in Los Gatos, help us by creating an amazing spread for our guests. Our guests still rant to us about the food. We recently were able to return the favor when Restaurant O asked for our help to create professional business portraits they could use for updating their website. For any event check out Restaurant O at:
www.restaurant-o.com






Upcoming Events:

~ 2010 Senior Model Search ~
Visit us on Facebook for event details. http://artist.to/seniors/

~ March 8th- Daylight Savings ~
Don’t forget to move your clock an hour ahead.

~ March 20th & 21st ~
Children’s Value Days- Children’s Portrait Sessions are half off.
Call us at 831-722-6043 to take advantage and set-up a time to come see us.

~ April 4th- Easter Portrait Day ~
Avoid the line at the mall, as well as the uncertainty of the outcome of those portraits. Take those Spring portraits in a quiet and fun environment here at Flip’s Photos Portrait Studio. Contact us at 831-722-6043. Walk-ins welcome.


Blues Photo Tip:

Have fun!

People are always doing funny things, often where you least expect them. Being ready to capture them means you won't have your friends looking skeptically at you when you describe the scene. A picture can tell the story for you. You may set up your own funny situation and take a picture of it. It can provide a lot of laughs when you do so, and even more laughter afterwards when everyone looks at the pictures.




New to Flip’s Photos:

Introducing the Wisteria Collection…

The Wisteria is one of many new products we have added to our studio.

Drop by & see some of the new things here at our studio!

We are located at:
38 Mt. Hermon Rd.
Scotts Valley, CA 95066

(5 min. from Santa Cruz & 30 min. from San Jose)


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School portraits

We are now ready for the spring school portrait sessions! 3900 student portraits ready to be taken this season! Wish us luck!

Hiking in the woods

Susan and I just went for a hike in the redwoods.
We saw some very colorful mushrooms and bananna slugs!

Flips Photos new blog postings

Blogs are now hopefully working on my home page too!

February Newsletter

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Zooming In:

Our trip to Arizona

We were 2 of nearly 15,000 photographers who gathered from all over the world in Phoenix, Arizona this last month for the Imaging USA Photography Convention. We had conferences in Phoenix’s brand new convention center where some of the rooms where more big than some of our smaller schools combined! What was funny about this trip was a good friend of ours was also at the Convention Center the same time we were with nearly 14,000 other meteorologists at a Meteorologist Convention. Downtown Phoenix was busy!


We were graced with many I’d say celebrity photographers including Anne Geddes. She held a meet and greet and book signing. Anne is a very creative and soft-spoken woman. We were also fortunate to meet some other wonderfully talented photographers of whom we quickly became friends with. Lindsay and Erin who own Cherry Creek Photo in North Dakota and Trista who owns Look Who Just Blouin in?.
We attended an awards ceremony for all the Portrait Studios representing the Family Portrait Fundraiser. Over $60,000 was raised for Operation Smile. This donation will help over 200 children with facial deformities around the world.


Although our trip was mostly a lot of class time we did fit in a little time for sight seeing. I was able to wander the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens one afternoon, and we also were able to take some landscape portraits during a beautiful Arizona sunset at Papago Park east of Phoenix.
There was also an Expo open to us where hundreds and hundreds of Photography related companies came to display their products. It was a photography candy store!
Overall it was an amazing trip it not only stirred-up our creative juices but brought back many new ideas from some of our Nation’s top Portrait Studios. We do look forward to sharing these with you.

Happy Valentines Day!



In the Spotlight:




Here is a sneak peek into a special event for us; Our new studio floors! Special thanks to Lou at Warehouse Direct Interiors Inc. in Santa Cruz for his great work and helping us make this happen.

Last week Lexi had a great time dancing and being herself while we took her 7th birthday portraits.





Blues Photo Tip:


Get in close!

Really close! Try ‘macro” photography. To make use of this digital photography tip have a look on your camera for a ‘macro’ mode. Switch it on, and then get really close to your subject- most point and shoot cameras will focus from about 10cm in macro mode.





Upcoming Events:


Valentines Day!

February 14th
Gift Certificates available for couples, kids, and family portraits.


Children’s Value Days!

The first quarter of the year usually brings weather that is not as pleasant as spring, summer, and fall. So, we’d like to offer you some incentive to bundle up the kids and visit our studio for a fun portrait experience. Our studio props and setups are really cute and designed for children under the age of 12. We’ve set aside two days each of the First Quarter months as Children’s Value Days with session fees at 50% off. Call the studio today for more details.

(831) 722-6043

Dates are:

February 20th and 21st
March 13th and 14th






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