October 2009 Issue
In this issue:
Warehouse Sale Continues
VB Gets Accolades from Three
Southwestern PP Convention Speakers
Basil & Margaret Pecknyo to Receive Award at SPI Show in January
When a Door Shuts, Find a Window
Some Advice on Capturing Your Own Backgrounds
New Featured Photographers Section of the VB Web site Goes Live!
Virtual Backgrounds has expanded the Featured Photographer's section of our Web site to display the excellent work of thirty-four photographers. Each of these Featured Photographers use Virtual Backgrounds for much of their business.
See how many different photographers with varying styles use Virtual Backgrounds to enhance their creativity and their bottom line profits!
Take a look! We know that you are going to like what you see!
See how many different photographers with varying styles use Virtual Backgrounds to enhance their creativity and their bottom line profits!
Take a look! We know that you are going to like what you see!
Virtual Backgrounds Open House in Detroit
Peter Budabin’s Portrait Scene Studio in Sterling Heights Michigan is hosting an open house for Virtual Backgrounds. Friday, October 30, 2009, Montana photographer, Trevon Baker, will be present to conduct consulting from 12 p.m. 5 p.m. and present a seminar from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. which will include live demonstrations of Virtual Backgrounds with a model.
For further information and to register, contact Virtual Backgrounds. The Open House is free to anyone interested! Even if you already have a Virtual Backgrounds system, stop by for a visit! If you don’t have a system, come see what all the excitement is about.
Sneak a peek into Trevon Baker's studio:
For further information and to register, contact Virtual Backgrounds. The Open House is free to anyone interested! Even if you already have a Virtual Backgrounds system, stop by for a visit! If you don’t have a system, come see what all the excitement is about.
Sneak a peek into Trevon Baker's studio:
Only One More Virtual Backgrounds Workshop This Year
If you are ready to learn how Virtual Backgrounds can be a shot in the arm for your business, call now to attend the November VB workshop. It’s three days packed with information that you will not get anywhere else. You’ll learn all about the Virtual Backgrounds process and how to turn it into a money making machine. It can quickly pay for itself and go one from there.
Our final workshop of the year is November 16-18, 2009. The Virtual Backgrounds Learn and Earn Education center is located in San Marcos, Texas, half way between Austin and San Antonio. The workshop is facilitated by Jim Wilson, CrPhotog. and Montana photographer, Trevon Baker. Jim handles the first day concentrating on the technical side while Trevon leads the second and third days with emphasis on application and hands-on experience.
Special $45 per night hotel arrangements are available at the Comfort Inn. There are also special VB rates at the new elegant Embassy Suites hotel located right next to one of the country’s largest outlet malls.
Contact VB for further information and to reserve your seat.
Learn more about our workshops:
Don't take our word for it, listen to what these photographers have to say:
Our final workshop of the year is November 16-18, 2009. The Virtual Backgrounds Learn and Earn Education center is located in San Marcos, Texas, half way between Austin and San Antonio. The workshop is facilitated by Jim Wilson, CrPhotog. and Montana photographer, Trevon Baker. Jim handles the first day concentrating on the technical side while Trevon leads the second and third days with emphasis on application and hands-on experience.
Special $45 per night hotel arrangements are available at the Comfort Inn. There are also special VB rates at the new elegant Embassy Suites hotel located right next to one of the country’s largest outlet malls.
Contact VB for further information and to reserve your seat.
Learn more about our workshops:
Don't take our word for it, listen to what these photographers have to say:
Lora Yeater to Speak at Triangle Institute
West Virginia photographer Lora Yeater, a very active Scene Machine user, and a Virtual Backgrounds Featured Photographer, will presenting at the Triangle Institute in Pittsburgh. Lora’s work has been catching the attention of many photographers across the country for its unique fresh look and for her overall success. Her business is thriving in contrast to many portrait operations that are being hurt by the Perfect Storm and the economic situation. Obviously there is much to be learned.
Click here for the complete Triangle Institute schedule of events.
We Love to Receive
Endorsements Like This
Subject: A Great Profit Maker
I am now a retired photographer and wanted to express my admiration for the Virtual Backgrounds Projector.
Mostly, it was used in taking senior portraits. The Virtual Backgrounds system was the single most effective tool I had for building a successful senior business. It was in large part responsible for my success.
With the projector, I was able to utilize the very effective backgrounds purchased from your company and was able to make backgrounds of familiar landmarks, school buildings, outdoor settings, etc. This gave me more to offer seniors than any other photographer in the area.
I purchased the projector in the late 80's, and it was the best, most useful equipment purchase I made in my 21 years of business. It was not only great for seniors, but also for children and families. I highly recommend it to any photographer who is interested in expanding his or her business.
Sincerely,
Garvin Cox
Louisiana
I am now a retired photographer and wanted to express my admiration for the Virtual Backgrounds Projector.
Mostly, it was used in taking senior portraits. The Virtual Backgrounds system was the single most effective tool I had for building a successful senior business. It was in large part responsible for my success.
With the projector, I was able to utilize the very effective backgrounds purchased from your company and was able to make backgrounds of familiar landmarks, school buildings, outdoor settings, etc. This gave me more to offer seniors than any other photographer in the area.
I purchased the projector in the late 80's, and it was the best, most useful equipment purchase I made in my 21 years of business. It was not only great for seniors, but also for children and families. I highly recommend it to any photographer who is interested in expanding his or her business.
Sincerely,
Garvin Cox
Louisiana
Send Us Your Thoughts!
If you have any experiences with Virtual Backgrounds that you would like to share with the readers of The Backgrounder, please write to us at info@virtualbackgrounds.net.
Perhaps you have had an especially successful experience, or perhaps you solved an issue that would be helpful to others. Let us know and we'll share it with the readers of The Backgrounder!
Perhaps you have had an especially successful experience, or perhaps you solved an issue that would be helpful to others. Let us know and we'll share it with the readers of The Backgrounder!
Warehouse Sale Continues
Huge Savings on
Projectors and Screens!
10% to 75% off
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There has never been a better time to get started in Virtual Backgrounds than right now! Our giant warehouse clearance sale of demo and previously owned equipment is still going on! All used equipment has been factory refurbished. The equipment comes with a warranty, training including a $495 credit toward the VB workshop, customer support, and financing with the Virtual Backgrounds 50/50 plan. Regular leasing may also be available with very little down. In addition, anyone who purchases this equipment has six months to trade it in for full credit toward any new system. This provides plenty of time to prove the profit making ability of Virtual Backgrounds.
Discounts range from 10% to 75% and more, depending on the product and condition. All systems are guaranteed. We even still have two original Scene Machines, brought up to exceed original standards, selling for only $500 each.
Virtual Backgrounds is a tool that enables the professional photographer to be more creative and produce more variety with very minimal extra effort. The Scene Machine is often called the Money Machine because of its power to stimulate business and sales. Check it out today!
Discounts range from 10% to 75% and more, depending on the product and condition. All systems are guaranteed. We even still have two original Scene Machines, brought up to exceed original standards, selling for only $500 each.
Virtual Backgrounds is a tool that enables the professional photographer to be more creative and produce more variety with very minimal extra effort. The Scene Machine is often called the Money Machine because of its power to stimulate business and sales. Check it out today!
Attendees at the recent Texas Photographers convention in Arlington, Texas could hardly get away from hearing about Virtual Backgrounds. They heard three very different speakers give accolades to Virtual Backgrounds.
First, Rick and Deborah Ferro showed many examples of their use of Virtual Backgrounds. Virtual Backgrounds has become a highly important tool in their creative portrait photography designed to entice today’s client away from doing their own photographs.
Basil and Margaret Pecknyo to
Long time Scene Machine owner and beloved friend to the photographic industry, Basil Pecknyo and his wife Margaret are scheduled to receive a special award at the January Senior Photographers International show in Florida. It will be a Lifetime Membership and a plaque representing their being charter members of SPI and not having missed a show in 19 years! Basil and Margaret always get a seat right in the front row.
Basil is now 82 years old, but he is still hungry for new ideas. Margaret does needlework and donates the proceeds to help young photographers and high school seniors get scholarships. Basil has for many years made the Scene Machine a central part of his studio operation in Flint, Michigan. He was a Featured Photographer in the book, BACKGROUND POWER!, and was later featured in an article in The Backgrounder. We all look forward to seeing Basil and Margaret at SPI.
Click here to learn more about Basil Pecknyo.
First, Rick and Deborah Ferro showed many examples of their use of Virtual Backgrounds. Virtual Backgrounds has become a highly important tool in their creative portrait photography designed to entice today’s client away from doing their own photographs.
Basil and Margaret Pecknyo to
Receive Award at SPI Show in January
Long time Scene Machine owner and beloved friend to the photographic industry, Basil Pecknyo and his wife Margaret are scheduled to receive a special award at the January Senior Photographers International show in Florida. It will be a Lifetime Membership and a plaque representing their being charter members of SPI and not having missed a show in 19 years! Basil and Margaret always get a seat right in the front row.Basil is now 82 years old, but he is still hungry for new ideas. Margaret does needlework and donates the proceeds to help young photographers and high school seniors get scholarships. Basil has for many years made the Scene Machine a central part of his studio operation in Flint, Michigan. He was a Featured Photographer in the book, BACKGROUND POWER!, and was later featured in an article in The Backgrounder. We all look forward to seeing Basil and Margaret at SPI.
Click here to learn more about Basil Pecknyo.
Click here to learn more about SPI.
Chris Wunder showed more than 40 workshop participants some very big windows that lead to substantial profits even in these difficult times. This was a key underlying theme to Chris’ workshops on how to get into school and directory photography. These specialties have been long controlled by a couple of national companies, but Chris showed how independent local photographers actually have many advantages over the national companies.
Photographers working in these areas can make far more money than ever before. The money in school and directory photography has been a big secret. There is no reason for a photographer to be failing. These opportunities are wide open.
Chris also talked about how the Scene Machine Virtual Backgrounds system can be a very important tool to help secure contracts and increase sales. This is one more way local photographers can clearly distinguish themselves from others including the national companies. Chris Wunder will be conducting additional workshops and boot camps on these topics next year. If you are having trouble finding the money in these difficult times, Chris can show you where it is and how to get it.
Some Advice on Capturing Your Own Backgrounds
A special feature of using Virtual Backgrounds is that you can capture your very own backgrounds. Then the backgrounds you use are yours alone. No one else in the world has exactly the same background. You are using your own imagination! There is a special feeling that you get when the background you insert is one of your own.
Yes, Virtual Backgrounds does offer more than 1,000 backgrounds that are carefully composed and are an excellent value. Most Virtual Backgrounds users buy several hundred of them. You should still create some of your own backgrounds. Anywhere you go, inside or out, you can find backgrounds.
The most important key to capturing successful backgrounds is to look at your environment in terms of where you would photograph a real subject. What would make a really good background? You don’t just capture anything that you see. In your mind’s eye, you have to see how it can be used. You also have to consider the basic elements that are part of good backgrounds.
Always remember, when taking backgrounds and when using them, you are taking photographs of subjects with a background and not photographs of a background with a subject. The background should be complementary.
Backgrounds can either be taken on normal slide film and used immediately after developing or they can be taken with a digital camera. Most photographers take their digital backgrounds and enhance them with PhotoStop before they send them to a lab that converts the digital files into slides. This makes Virtual Backgrounds even better than the real thing.
Don't crop your background too tight. It is always better to either zoom out or step further away form a desired background and capture more of the background. Remember, it is always possible to zoom a background closer in the projector.
Start carrying your camera everywhere you travel so you can capture a wide variety of backgrounds for your library. It will take you a little while to get the hang of it but once you do, you will be far more creative in the camera room.
Photographers working in these areas can make far more money than ever before. The money in school and directory photography has been a big secret. There is no reason for a photographer to be failing. These opportunities are wide open.
Chris also talked about how the Scene Machine Virtual Backgrounds system can be a very important tool to help secure contracts and increase sales. This is one more way local photographers can clearly distinguish themselves from others including the national companies. Chris Wunder will be conducting additional workshops and boot camps on these topics next year. If you are having trouble finding the money in these difficult times, Chris can show you where it is and how to get it.
Some Advice on Capturing Your Own Backgrounds
A special feature of using Virtual Backgrounds is that you can capture your very own backgrounds. Then the backgrounds you use are yours alone. No one else in the world has exactly the same background. You are using your own imagination! There is a special feeling that you get when the background you insert is one of your own.Yes, Virtual Backgrounds does offer more than 1,000 backgrounds that are carefully composed and are an excellent value. Most Virtual Backgrounds users buy several hundred of them. You should still create some of your own backgrounds. Anywhere you go, inside or out, you can find backgrounds.
The most important key to capturing successful backgrounds is to look at your environment in terms of where you would photograph a real subject. What would make a really good background? You don’t just capture anything that you see. In your mind’s eye, you have to see how it can be used. You also have to consider the basic elements that are part of good backgrounds.
Always remember, when taking backgrounds and when using them, you are taking photographs of subjects with a background and not photographs of a background with a subject. The background should be complementary.
Backgrounds can either be taken on normal slide film and used immediately after developing or they can be taken with a digital camera. Most photographers take their digital backgrounds and enhance them with PhotoStop before they send them to a lab that converts the digital files into slides. This makes Virtual Backgrounds even better than the real thing.
Don't crop your background too tight. It is always better to either zoom out or step further away form a desired background and capture more of the background. Remember, it is always possible to zoom a background closer in the projector.
Start carrying your camera everywhere you travel so you can capture a wide variety of backgrounds for your library. It will take you a little while to get the hang of it but once you do, you will be far more creative in the camera room.
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