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Welcome Hey there, thanks for stopping by! Welcome to my little corner of the internet, my place to share my voice and photography. In case you don't know me, I am Sara (that's me to the left, the one without a big white furry coat). I am a photographer based in the San Francisco Bay area, California. I LOVE my work, and you will see a bit of that sneaking in here. I also use this as a place to share other parts of my life. You will find adventures, food and little tidbits about my life with my darling husband and our two fat cats.  Please feel free to have a look around and even leave me a note. I would love to hear from you! 
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10.08.09

Just a quick post today, I am heading over Tilden Park in Berkeley to photograph Jenn and Shane's Wedding and I have to get my act together so I can capture their day perfectly. I thought I would give you a peak at the referral cards again and show you baby announcement that I recently designed for Megan and Ryan's baby girl, Hayley.

I asked a few posts back what you thought about my referral cards and how many I should be giving out.  I settled on 5 cards per client.  If they do their job and I get new clients from them, I will keep sending them out.  If you would like more or you haven't gotten any and would like some please let me know. A few specs on this product...

I get them printed by Moo.  I love this company for two reasons.  First, I can order a different image for every card I want and I can order as few as 50 cards at a time. So I order a batch of 50 with 10 different images, perfect for referral cards! Secondly, I have the option of going green! All of my referral cards are printed on on 100% recycled fiber, totally chlorine free and 100% bio-degradable.  Even the packaging that the cards come in is recycled!! Perfect!

These are the cards that I made for Hayley.  They turned out pretty cute, if I don't say so myself! 

Finally, what do you think of my new blog header?  I wanted a bit of a change, something new and fun.  The image was taken by a good friend of mine, Jess while we were in South Africa at De Hoop Nature reserve last year.  There is a bit of a back story to this image, several years ago Jess and I (and 7 other students from South Africa) went on an amazing adventure together all around South Africa (this is when I met my husband actually).  While we were road-tripping Jess and I began our book, Cartwheels around the world. Well, it isn't a book yet, just something we joke about. Since then, we always try to get an image of me doing a cartwheel in interesting places.  This is one of those images. 


OK, I suppose I should get my gear together... it's wedding time!



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Comments
Yvette:

I like the new look, but will miss my superstar status on your blog page. ;~)

(12.01.09)
Sara Atkins:

Aww, Sorry Yvette! But, you were up there for quite a while, and you will always maintain superstar status in my eyes :)

(12.01.09)
Shelly:

I liked your headline but I have to say that the idea of Cartwheels around the world as a book could make an amazing project. Imagine if people, from around the world, posted doing cartwheels in a flickr acount (or other photo sharing site of your choosing). I love the idea... in any form.

Also I think the ribbon choice on the referral cards is perfect. Let's you see through to the image but still gives it a specail feeling. Thanks for the Moo info. It's nice to read about where the product was printed.

(12.01.09)
Sara Atkins:

Shelly, thanks for the comment. Perhaps you will have to join the cartwheel movement!

(12.01.09)
Emily Whiston:

Sara, if you do a few extra of animal-featured referral cards, I can put them out at the shelter. I think I see Remy's bat ears poking out of the pile... handsome beastie.

The new header pic is amazing!

(12.01.09)