http://everysingleshot.com/blog Wedding tips, ideas, finds, and other stuff you need to know to prepare for the big day! We're here to SAVE your time, not waste it. Subscribe now and get new posts delivered to your RSS reader or emailed to you. EverySingleShotBloghttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/w4EWtuXhSXE/pro_wedding_photography_blogs <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/photogblogs_collage.jpg" alt="Wedding Photography Blogs" /></p> <p>One of the reasons it's so hard to decide on a wedding photography style is because there are so many different styles. Lots of brides and grooms may not even know what's out there. </p> <p>Will you go with Traditional wedding photography? Photojournalistic? Vintage? Enchanting color vintage fusion? </p> <p>And as if deciding on a style wasn't hard enough, you also need to decide on an actual photographer - you know, someone who will <em>actually take the pictures.</em> And so you're faced with yet another choice. "Do I use him? What about her? Oh, I heard he's good. What about...." </p> <p>And so it goes. Nailing down your wedding photography - and photographer - can be a daunting task.</p> <p>So we decided to step in and <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/wedding-photography-blogs">do something to help</a>. Since we're all about making it easy for you to <a href="http://everysingleshot.com">collect your guests' photos</a>, we thought we'd try our hand at collecting something else - photographers. </p> <p>Yep, that's right, Every Single Shot has obtained legal ownership of all wedding photographers in the United States. We've collected them at a small ranch in an undisclosed location in the midwest. Now when you're searching for photographers, all you need to do is put in a request at our website and we'll promptly ship you a few photogs of your choosing. Don't worry, we poke holes in the containers. :)</p> <p>But seriously, <strong>we are collecting photographers - well, their blogs to be exact.</strong> </p> <p>Go ahead, have a look at the results: <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/wedding-photography-blogs">Wedding Photography Blogs</a></p> <p><a href="http://everysingleshot.com/wedding-photography-blogs"><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_photography_blogs_screen.jpg" alt="Wedding Photography Blogs" /></a></p> <p>Right now we're collecting almost 40 different professional wedding photographers' blogs into one place. We've had about 140 blog posts over the last week alone. That's a lot of photography for brides to browse! </p> <p>Suggest a photographer you love (it can even be you, we don't mind!) by going to <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/wedding-photography-blogs">Wedding Photography Blogs</a> and clicking on "suggest". Share the site with your friends using the links for Facebook or Twitter. Subscribe to the RSS feed. If you think of a feature you'd love to see, leave a comment here and let me know about it. </p> <p>We think that from now on it's going to be a little easier and a lot more fun for brides and grooms to choose their photographer and style. </p> <p>Enjoy!</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/w4EWtuXhSXE" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-08-18T14:32:11Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/pro_wedding_photography_blogs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/oJRW1azDzIE/comments-on-photos-and-videos <p>Thanks go out to Jonathan L. (hey, nice first name!) for requesting this feature. </p> <p>Now you and your guests can comment directly on photos and videos uploaded to your photo album. As the account owner, you'll get an email anytime someone comments on a photo or video. In addition, anyone who's already on that photo/video will be emailed when new comments appear on it. </p> <p>Here's what comments look like:</p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/comment_page_small.png" alt="Viewing comments" /></p> <p>And here's the cool email you and your guests will get to let you know about new activity: </p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/comment_email_small.png" alt="New comments email" /></p> <p>As always, if you have an idea that will help you and your guests share your pictures better, please <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/contact">let me know</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/oJRW1azDzIE" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-07-17T18:33:20Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/comments-on-photos-and-videos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/4BPgkdevNkg/get-your-guests-wedding-videos <p>I've got some news to announce! </p> <p><strong>Every Single Shot now lets your guests share their videos of your big day as well as their photos!</strong> </p> <p>So now, guests can upload their photos <strong>and</strong> videos. The original, full quality videos are preserved for you to download when you like, while a smaller version of the video is watchable right from the browser, just like YouTube, but way cooler. :) </p> <p>Enjoy! And if you have any suggestions about video support, or have some great videos to share, let me know. </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/4BPgkdevNkg" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-07-08T08:46:26Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/get-your-guests-wedding-videos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/MsgK1JYsGx4/picture-worth-1000-words <p><a href="/about#julie">Julie</a> just made this really cool <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a> word cloud (say that 5 times fast) by using the Every Single Shot <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/blog">blog</a> as the source of the words. Yep, a picture definitely <strong>is</strong> worth 1,000 words!</p> <p><img src="http://d28lat6v5qwptt.cloudfront.net/ess_wordle3_small.png" alt="Every Single Shot Wordle" /></p> <p>It's super easy to <a href="http://www.wordle.net/create">create your own word cloud</a>. Have fun!</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/MsgK1JYsGx4" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-07-04T14:38:23Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/picture-worth-1000-words http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/S-e--krYUUs/new-features-and-cake <p>This is just a quick update to let you know about a few new features just added to <a href="http://everysingleshot.com">Every Single Shot</a> and to show off some cake pictures. :)</p> <h2>New features</h2> <p>First up, the new features. You asked for 'em, you got 'em. If there's something you'd like to see added to Every Single Shot, make sure to <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/contact">tell us about it</a>. </p> <h3>View photos by guest</h3> <p>This is awesome if you just want to see all the photos a specific guest uploaded. Click on the guest's name and you'll get a nice list of every photo that guest has shared with you. Here we can see all the photos that Jon Chase has shared:</p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/view_photos_by_guest_small.jpg" alt="View photos by guest" /></p> <h3>Activity stream</h3> <p>Whether you just got married a week ago or a year ago, you're probably pretty busy. That means you don't have a lot of time to sift through looking for the most recently uploaded photos in your albums. The activity stream view does all the hard work for you, letting you see the most recent uploads to your albums, saving you valuable time. You can see the new activity stream on the left:</p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/activity_stream_small.jpg" alt="Activity stream" /></p> <h3>Download albums as ZIP files</h3> <p>Want to download all the photos in an entire album? Just click the "download album" link inside any album and you'll be able to download 100's of photos in no time (<strong>only available for paid accounts</strong>).</p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/zip_downloads.png" alt="Download albums as ZIP files" /></p> <h3>"You've got photos!" emails</h3> <p>Anytime someone shares new wedding photos with you, we'll email you to tell you. Thumbnails and the guest's name are included in the email for maximum scanability (is that a word?).</p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/new_photos_email_small.jpg" alt="You've got new photos!" /></p> <h3>Guests can download too</h3> <p>Now your guests can download the full quality, original photos that others have shared (<strong>only available for paid accounts</strong>). </p> <h2>...and cake</h2> <p>My wife, Julie, and sister-in-law, Cindy, thought they'd celebrate the big launch on June 1st and Every Single Shot's first customer. What better way to celebrate than with <strong>awesome</strong> chocolate cake? Here is yours truly, about to get his NOM NOM NOM on.</p> <p><img src="http://static.everysingleshot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/opera.jpg" alt="NOM NOM NOM!" /></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/S-e--krYUUs" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-06-08T05:28:03Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/new-features-and-cake http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/CXpngEJW63o/version-1-0-released <p>I've got some exciting news to announce: the Every Single Shot beta is over, and <strong>Every Single Shot is now officially ready to start helping you capture all those awesome photos your wedding guests are going to take.</strong></p> <p>So <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/tour">go have a look around</a> and then <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/plans">sign up</a> for an account. :)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/CXpngEJW63o" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-06-01T10:37:52Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/version-1-0-released http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~3/2PrNEhMfkUo/your_wedding_their_photos <p>Hey, Every Single Shot has a blog now! How modern! :)</p> <p>This is just a quick post to say hello. I'm Jon Chase, founder of Every Single Shot. Nice to meet ya. And yes, I'm using proper capitalization in the blog! </p> <h3>good news</h3> <p><strong>Are you getting married?</strong> Or did you just get married? <strong>I bet there were a lot of people taking photos at your wedding.</strong> Wouldn't you love to have a copy of all those photos for yourself? How do you plan on taking care of that? Worry not, because the Every Single Shot beta is here!</p> <p>The Every Single Shot beta is now available! What's that mean? It means you can <strong><a href="http://everysingleshot.com/signup">sign up for free</a></strong> and start collecting all your wedding guests' photos the easy way. You get a <strong>free wedding website</strong> (<a href="http://everysingleshot.com/jonandjulie">like this one</a>), Every Single Shot emails your guests <strong>reminders to upload their photos</strong>, and you <strong>sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor!</strong></p> <p>Like I said, <strong>beta accounts are free</strong> (for now, so hurry up!), so if you're interested in getting those awesome photos that Aunt Mildred took at your wedding, <a href="http://everysingleshot.com/signup">go sign up now</a> and give ESS a try.</p> <h3>do yourself a favor</h3> <p>If you're getting married, you're busy. Duh. Oh, and you also probably need lots of info on weddings, wedding days, wedding guests, photography, caterers, dresses, tuxes, etiquette....the list goes on (and on). <br /> <strong>We're going to post lots of links to helpful articles</strong>, checklists, and other resources on our Twitter account (<strong><a href="http://twitter.com/everysingleshot">@everysingleshot</a></strong>). So do yourself a favor by <a href="http://twitter.com/everysingleshot">following us on Twitter</a> and <strong>save yourself some time</strong>. :) </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverySingleShotBlog/~4/2PrNEhMfkUo" height="1" width="1"/> 2010-05-04T10:02:05Z http://everysingleshot.com/blog/your_wedding_their_photos