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Inspired by YOU

I am going to run a printed ad in a local magazine Oregon Reklama. Here is the proposed design for the February. I am going to change the image and slogan every month but I am not going to tell you what that is going to be. Pick the magazine every month to check it out. Let me know how do you like this one:

Jessica + Jake = Wedding

I have special feelings about this wedding. First of all, Jessica and Jake are our parishioners from St. Irene Byzantine Catholic Church in Portland and I am really glad, that I was able to be a part of their wedding day, document it and get amazing shots. Second, they decided to have their ceremony performed according to traditional catholic  orthodox wedding. This is the same ceremony what we have in Ukraine and what I am my wife had when we were getting married. And there was a reason for that. Jessica’s father has Ukrainian roots and tries to keep Ukrainian traditions and even say a few words in Ukrainian.I have to say that the ceremony itself is very old, long and has many parts. The wedding starts on the back of the church where priest (father) does some reading blesses the rings and put them on bride and groom’s fingers. They don’t exchange the rings, the father puts them on. Then they walk down to the altar for the rest of the ceremony.One of the parts is when father, covers bride and groom’s hands and basically declares them husband and wife.Then they are are getting crowned as king and queen and father walks them three times around the altar.The special part is when father blesses the bride and does some readings for her.After the wedding ceremony is over there is a traditional Divine Liturgy with communion at the end. The whole ceremony took almost two hours.Congratulations to Jessica and Jake!PS. All wedding images are available at http://clients.theoleksandr.com. Access code to the gallery is the groom’s last name. Early Bird discount is active for one month.

The rings:

 

The dress:

 

Some dress details:

 

Gorgeous bride:

 

 The groom:

 

 

The happy couple:

 Some typical Ukrainian  patterns, red and black:

 

Beginning of the ceremony. Father puts the rings on:

 Then everybody moves to the altar

 

 

 

 I like how they look at each other:

 

 

Tied together for ever:

The very important part of the ceremony - the crowning:

 

And walking around the altar:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ukrainian wedding bread - Caraway:

 

The first dance:

 

Father and daughter dancing:

 

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! 

Happy Holidays!

Marry Christmas and Happy New Year!

FREE 16×24 CANVAS PRINT! $370 Value. Limited Time Offer.

Everyone suppose to have sale or cool deals this time of the year, so do I. For new clients, I offer a free 16×24 gallery wrap canvas print for each couple who signs the wedding contract before Christmas, December 25th, 2007.

New product: Photo Calendar

This Holiday season I would like to introduce another new product - it is photo calendar featuring 12 of your wedding, engagement or portrait session photos. Your event date will be added to calendar for people to remember.  If you are looking for a nice Christmas gift, try to surprise people with this awesome product! I am sure your grandma will love it! Or you can order this calendar for yourself or your wife and use it in your home or at your office. I know, my wife uses similar calendar to mark all important days and appointments. The calendar is 13″x10.4″ spiral bound with full page photos for very low introductory price. Order it now from our ONLINE STORE. All you have to do is to pick 13 of your favorite photos. You can do everything online. To get it before December 25th order it before December 10th.

 

 

 

 

 

New product: Photo Wedding Invitations

I am going to offer a new product for the next wedding season - photo wedding invitations. They are 5×5″ trifold press printed cards with envelopes. Images from your engagement photo session could be used to design the invitation. I think it would be a great product for those couples who is looking for something new, elegant and modern. Here is a few images of the current design. Let me know what do you think about them. Thank you. 

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Free blog contest

My friends from flosites.com are offering a contest to win a free blog from them. If you are a photographer looking to change your current blog into really cool custom designed one, you have a chance now. Visit flosite’s blog for more details at: http://www.flosites.com/blog.

 

Holiday Sale! Save up to 30% on printed products!

I am starting a huge sale of all printed products and holiday greeting cards. You can use coupon code 25OFF at checkout to get 25% off on regular and standout mounted prints. I have been working lately on introducing some new print sizes and products. Now you can order square prints, standout mounts and canvases. Canvases is a new product which is going on sale too. You can save up to 30% on these products.

So, go to your online gallery at http://clients.theoleksandr.com and start ordering today, to get them before Chrismas.

Standout mount. Standout is a thick lightweight board finished with a black plastic edge. Hanging holes on backside. Standout is available in two depths, 3/4” and and 1-1/2”, and nothing extra needs to be done to prepare for display.  

New! Gallery Wrap Canvas prints. Your image is printed larger then the final size, and the print is then wrapped around a thick wooden stretcher bar. Staples are on the back of the bar. Framing paper covers up the back of the bars, and metal hangers and bumpers are applied to the corners. The Gallery Wrap is ready to hang with no additional work needed. It is a great product which is getting very popular and allows you to turn your image into real art work.

With those finished mounted prints you don’t have to worry about where to find frame to fit your custom image size. You can order prints which are sized to fit entire image without any cropping. It is hard to find frames for them, since they are usually presized for images with different proportions. Standouts and canvases add totaly new look and feeling to your images. I had customers who ordered large standouts and they were super happy with them.

If you prefer you image to be framed, we offer some high quality frames. You can read more about them here.

Holiday Cards can be ordered from out online store.

All major credit cards are welcome!

Have a nice day!