http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid A Flipside to Traditional Photography Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:01:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is our second edition to our new segment called 'finders keepers'! See our 1st post...HERE!  So we've been slacking a bit in the blog world and we do apologize but this one makes up for our time away.  Eric & I were first introduced to the lovely overwhelming ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2010/03/02/finders-keepers-etsy/ We've teamed up with the amazing-ly brillant Alison King, founder of Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network!!! They are the internet's only comprehensive clearing house of information and preservation advocacy for Modernism across Arizona. Their network features articles, photographs, a forum, a yearly home tour which is fabulous...we haven't missed a year ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2010/02/15/purple-nickel-studio-is-on-mod-phx/ We LOVE LOVE LOVE 'IntoTheDarkroom'!!! Seriously! We use their slideshow program + proofing system and couldn't be HAPPIER with the outcome. We can customize it all to fit our style + brand. For those photographers out there that have not checked out ITDR you must click ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2010/02/10/come-on-join-in/ Yep that's what I told Eric I'm gonna call it! 'FINDERS KEEPERS'... a new segment brought to you by the letter 'F'. Ok maybe just brought to you by the Fletchers...that's us silly. I came up with the idea a few weeks ago. As we were ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2010/02/02/finders-keepers-a-new-segment/ When Eric and I first met Read & Amber of 'greenray' tees we were BLOWN AWAY by their enthusiasm. They're a husband + wife creative duo...just like us! So they know exactly how fabulous it is to work together as a partnership. And of course we wouldn't ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2010/01/19/greenray-tees-flipside-sneak-peek/ This has to be one of our top favorite family me2 portrait sessions of 2009!!!  Really...it is...(click HERE to check out their sneak peek).  Eric & I were able to capture AH-mazing architecture, crazy sick details and super hilarious moments.  The Puddy family totally brought it!  We couldn't have asked ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2010/01/07/puddy-me2-tucson-photographer/ I believe it was on Eric's Birthday that I took these a few weeks ago before he arrived home that evening. As I sat at my computer I glanced out the window of our production office and saw that the leaves across the street from our home were FINALLY ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2009/12/29/fall-leaves-iphone-camera/ I had to get this up while editing...Introducing the Puddy Family!!! Well really only Lexie. She's the cutest of the bunch. Can't believe we got her to make eye contact with us let alone the camera. LOVE IT! She's kind of a diva though when ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2009/12/22/puddy-sneak-peek-me2-tucson-photographer/ We found some unopened polaroid film circa 2006 in one of our wedding storage containers in September! So we decided to do a mini shoot with what was left. There was no plan. We just did whatever came to mind. It became one of our favorite afternoons ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2009/12/19/fletchers-just-for-fun/ This is the Rasmussen's second time around with Purple Nickel Studio and we couldn't be more HAPPY. I can remember the first day that Michelle and I were introduced by our good friend Dave Harvey (another fabulous photog who is CrAzY good with architectural shots). The two ... http://www.purplenickel.com/offthegrid/2009/12/18/rasmussen-me2-tucson-photographer/