Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Packaging & Photo Presentation

WE LOVE THE BEACH. Living in sunny Southern California, we were always just minutes away from the busyness of Orange County to the calming oasis of the local shores. When deciding on how we envisioned our Photography Packaging, we wanted to convey purity, serenity, and simplicity. The process of finding just the right products for the vision we had in mind was no easy task. Everything you see below are from completely different vendors. We were very particular with the products we chose because we wanted it to be a direct reflection of our love for the ocean. After weeks of searching, trial and error – and then success, the final outcome is what you see below! Simple, clean, and just perfect. This is a sample of the type of package our clients receive when receiving their photos from an “On Location Session.” (Our Wedding Packaging will be unveiled in early Summer!)


PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGING

(click on photos to see their larger version)


Each presentation bag is personally stamped by us! We designed our new logo and had it imprinted onto a stamp. We wanted our bags to have a modern but vintage feel to them, and we felt the best way to achieve that was not to send our bags to the printing press, but to personally hand-stamp each bag by hand. This is the final result.


Aquamarine. We chose the shade of blue that reminded us of our amazing trip to Fiji. The waters were an amazing assortment of blue that we wanted reflected in our 8x10 Envelopes as well as our Tissue Paper for our white bags. This color also inspired the design layout of our site, closertolovephotography.com


Our CD cases are made of Raffia palms, which are leaves originating from the tropical regions of Madagascar, Africa. Each of our cases are handmade and when opened, expose two pockets. The left-hand side pocket houses the client’s CD and the right-side pocket contains a personal thank you letter from us.


Our beautiful CD cases are wrapped in Sage Green natural Raffia strands from the magnificent raffia palms of Madagascar. The leaves of the palm fronds are opened, revealing the natural raffia fiber.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Beauty of Simplicity


“Having nothing yet possessing everything.”

2 Corinthians 6:10

Thankfulness humbles me. I realize that everything I have could not have been given to me without the Lord’s hand moving towards the direction of grace. As mere humans we tend to neglect, forget, or ignore the true meaning of what giving thanks entitles. Giving thanks is not something done once a year on a particular November day, nor an utterance of words done out of mere impulse. Giving thanks is setting aside time and realizing that all that you have is given to you by God’s hand which daily reaches down to pour His grace upon your life. Simplicity is beautiful. Although searched by many it is found by so little. Simplicity is a treasure found only when one allows the Creator to enter the burdensome heart. When Simplicity is discovered true thankfulness unveils. For it is only then that one realizes that although they have nothing, or hold very little, it is in that moment that they have Everything. Having Everything brings one to true thanksgiving.

Acknowledge what you hold while it is here. While you can touch it. When you can see it. Don’t wait to know what you have only when it is gone. When you no longer have its grasp. A life absent from a heart of thanksgiving leaves one paralyzed to the Lord’s abundant blessings that lie ahead. Take advantage of every opportunity you encounter and every smile you can give away. Live today in passion for the Glorious Unseen.

Search for Simplicity and when you have found it, hold it near. Know God sees the simple things done out of a pure heart and cherishes them for eternity.

Live today being thankful for everything you have. The seen, the unseen and everything in between.

- Natalia Cosa

“It's the beauty of simplicity

That brings me down to my knees

I'll Praise You for eternity

And Lord I love You

because You, You first loved me

It's the beauty of simplicity

that fills me with eternity

I tasted Your divinity

and Lord I love You

Because You, You first loved me.”

- Telecast


Damaris & Eli [wedding date: may 29. 2010]

Giving thanks for two lives soon to be joined and never separated.