Sushi, our first girl, recently passed away. She was 10 years old and one of the sweetest Golden’s imaginable. She passed away at our home with the entire family by her side. The crazy thing was we didn’t even know she was sick. The autopsy revealed that she had a fast growing cancer through out her entire insides. We believe she wasn’t in pain and it’s obvious that she was most content being with us to the very end. She is survived by her brother, Wasabi, who is missing her. She will missed by us too!

Recently we received an email from a fellow photographer commenting on our pricing. We thought our clients would appreciate what we go through to give them the best photo’s and the best pricing. Here it is:

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We absolutely care about quality! This is why when you order your prints from us, we use only professional grade Kodak paper. But we know too, that our clients sometimes preference value over anything else. This is why in our Ultimate and Near-Ultimate Photography Packages we give you the digital negatives to reproduce your own photo’s at Costco, Kodak, Shutterfly or any other print service. So not only do you get quality photography, but you can have value too! Should we also rub it in that business is booming? Nah…we’ll just be humble and thank God for our blessings!

It’s a once year opportunity.  Drive up (or down, depending on where you live) and see the gobs of flowers at the Flower Fields.  Aftwards, head over to the outlet mall, have dinner and then shop til you drop!!  Maybe you’ll even decide to hire a photographer to take photo’s with the flowers as a background.  If you’re comming from out of town, Lego Land is right around the corner, make a full vacation out of it.

The “Hotel Del” is one of the most recognized landmarks in San Diego which is ironic because it’s located in Coronado.  You may have seen it in the Movie “Some like it Hot” with Tony Curtis.  It’s one of the most popular backdrops to have a professional portrait taken and our Candid Clicks Clients are no different.   This was a fun session for a photographer because both young ladies are absolutely beautiful and were so photogenic!  They each go to school out of state and wanted to meet back up in San Diego and have some beach pictures taken.  Here’s a sneak peak…

Chances are, if you are reading this blog entry you are wanting to know how to get your free 5×7 photograph that was taken on Mother’s Day at Rancho Vista Church.  Since we use an out-of-state professional printer, all free 5×7’s must be ordered by 27 May, 2008 so the order can be submitted and recieved before the end of the month.

To view the photos click here:  http://candid-clicks.com/vip/pri.php?gid=58&gal=huzzhqfa 

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All the photo’s have been cropped for 5×7, edited for color, white balance, and minor touch ups for skin smoothing. If you decide you want the free 5×7 please follow these instructions:

1.  If you haven’t already, please register in the VIP Section of our site.  (please use the address you want us to mail your photo).

2.  Select the photo you would like by clicking on it.

3.  In the “prints & products” drop down menu,  select “5×7 Print - ($10.00)” and click on “Add selection to cart“.

4.  In the “Coupon or Promo Code:” text box enter:  rvc4free  (this will take care of the photo as well as the shipping costs - Only one coupon per family).

5.  Then check out either with paypal or check/money order.  (If your balance is zero it may be easier to select check/money order).

If you decide you would like to purchase additional prints or the digital negative, feel free to add them to your cart as well prior to checking out.  Also, if you’d rather your photo in black and white or sepia, please let us know and we’ll convert it for you at no cost.

Candid Clicks Photography will be on site at Rancho Vista Church in Chula Vista California on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2008 to take photo’s.  Everyone will in attendance will be eligible for a FREE 5×7 print (a $10 value).  We will post a new blog entry on what to do to view and recieve the free photo.  Additonally, we’re offering a special 15% off coupon to everyone who gets their picture taken.  Bonus!

619.320.9142 

We have a new (possibly temporary) telephone number set up by our carrier.  Thanks for your patience.

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Just what every buisness likes…technical glitches and business disputes.  The short of the matter is our voicemail service has a dispute with the carrier that was providing our number and as a result the carrier has abruptly suspended service.  Our service provider is working on moving the lines to a new carrier, but it’s taking a little bit of time.  So until then we can not be reached by phone…only through our San Diego Photographer contact page. I guess the good news is we won’t have much of a bill this month.

We recently photographed a fun and joyful couple who are the owners to San Diego’s preimere cheese shop: Venissimo.  Cheese Wiz’s Gina and Roger wanted differnet shots at different locations.   We started out in downtown San Diego near the Convention Center, then moved to the pier where the USS Midway museum is located and got some shots of the “Unconditional Surrender” statue.  After a wardrobe change ,  we moved to Harbor Island and got some great shots of them with the San Diego Skyline in the background.   We decided we had a little extra time before we needed to get to the beach for some San Diego Sunset Beach photo’s, so we went back to Downtown to the train station.   After some fun pictures roaming the downtown area, we drove to La Jolla (had another wardrobe change) and took full advantage of the beautiful beach setting.  The clouds with the sun behind them were spectacular.  What really made this a fun San Diego photoshoot is Roger and Gina are very  playful and were not afraid to be themselves and silly too.  (They are anything but Cheesy.)  Here’s just a few San Diego Photographer sneak peaks…