March Hostess gift

These gifts are on top of the other free and half gifts you'll earn as a hostess! Get you're workshop date now by letting me know that you want to share Heritage makers with your friends and family in March. and look bellow for something extra just for them!

Photography tips from the Heritage Makers team

People Make the Picture
from Chris Lee, Heritage Makers CEO
Whenever I take a photo of a great landscape, a beach, a mountain, a red-rock arch, a spring meadow of flowers, an autumn tree-lined street, or any famous landmark, I remind myself that most of those images are already available somewhere in a postcard or online. But what I won’t be able to do is re-create the moment I was there, and the memories of the people who were there with me. So I always remind myself that “people make the picture.”

Even if you’re visiting a landmark by yourself, use the self-timer and race out into the frame. You’ll be happier in ten years when you look back at that image and remember what you looked like when you were there. Seeing that smile on your face will bring back your memories much more than seeing yet another empty photo of the Eiffel Tower.


Using Your Digital Camera
from Don Lenhof, Director of Marketing
Photographers should know how to make simple adjustments on their digital camera (learn from your camera’s manual), such as:
• How to change the film speed to shoot better pictures under lower light.
• How to shoot with “aperture priority” so that their moving images won’t be so blurred.
• How to use the “picture mode settings” to get better results, i.e. “landscape,” “nighttime,” etc.
• How to set the camera for “no flash” if they want to get shots in museums or other places flash photography is not allowed.


Take Three Instead of One
from Stephen Felt, Senior Developer
• Every time you pull out your camera for a shot, take three pictures instead of one. This way you’re increasing your chances that one of the photos will turn out just the way you want.
• Try one without the flash. Photographs taken without flash usually feel more authentic. It’s free with digital, so go ahead! Shoot!

Type of Shots
from Ryan Harper, Web Developer
• Move things away from the middle of the frame; use the rule of thirds (check out http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds).
• Use flash while you’re outside in the middle of the day.
• Get down on eye level with your subject. Too many kid photos are looking down.
• Get in close.
• Watch your lighting; keep faces out of shadow.

Adult Literacy week 2010

I just found out that its Adult Literacy week this week. I hope that with libraries and the internet, and all of the thousands of resources we have today that we don't leave others behind. If you know someone who struggles with reading, think about writing a book all about them and how wonderful you think they are. That would be a book that they would pick up over and over. Sharing my love with your family this Valentines season!

I'm having a Scanning Party! I've reserved a high speed scanner for 2 weeks in February and I want to help you get your pictures scanned too! So what we are going to do is let you bring 25 pictures and $5 and we will get those pictures digital! (Please bring a flash drive or $1 for a CD) I'll supply the snacks! RSVP and Directions at Shari @ sharingheritage. com

Why Scan? Are your photos secure? Easily accessible? Can you share all of your photos and memories with your family? Or are your photos “stored” in an old shoe box in the back of the closet?

My scanning service makes it possible to put all your printed pictures onto the computer and straight into Studio so you can build beautiful projects you can share with your family for years to come with out having to hassle with scanning it yourself.

SCANNING PROVIDES:
* Peace of mind knowing your photos are safe from fire and water.
* An easy way to share your photos with all of your family.
* A way to get your photos onto the computer ready for projects.

With traditional flatbed scanning, you could spend as many as 6 hours to scan 100 photos. The same amount of pictures can be scanned with HM in only 20 minutes! That’s a huge time difference. The more you scan, the more time you save. In fact, if you scanned 1,000 pictures, you would save more than 62 hours! Save time and money, since I offer one of the lowest prices in the industry.

So come! Let me show you haw easy this can be If you want to do more we'll pick a date to get them all done! See you there!

NPC News Article

NPC's erobinson wrote about the “Digital Scrapbooking” and “Storybook Your Heritage” classes. Click on this link to read the full article.

NPC Classes

I've had some concerns from people who want to start preserving their stories and pictures, but they were worried about:
* Not having access to high speed internet
* Remembering to work on the project regularly
* Needing extra help as thy get started
* Needing help all the time because they are unfamiliar with a computer

I wanted to help with each of those in a fun group environment and so I decieded that I would teach "Digital Scrapbooking" and "Storybook your Heritage" at the local Community College, NPC. I have been teaching these classes at NPC for a year now and have enjoyed seeing each persons projects and all of their consistent progress. I am so excited this year as most of my classes will have 6 or more students. We meet in a computer lab once a month in the evenings. Since there are many little towns in the area, I've decided to teach at several campuses as a convenience to my students. The Spring 2010 semester start for me this week with Show Low and Holbrook with Winslow and Snowflake in the next 2 weeks. To sign up for the $20 non-credit class please call NPC. If you have any questions please contact me at
shari@ sharingheritage.com

Happy February 2010!

It's February! And we have 3 new products I am so excited about: First, we have 2 new sizes of gallery-wrapped canvas 20x8 and 8x8 These are perfect for groupings, and we have a great introductory price for them for the month of February. Second, the "oh so popular" swatch book has a cousin, the square swatch book! The very best part? You can earn either swatch book FREE for hosing a workshop for me AND your friends who attend will get a FREE 12x12 scrapbook page credit just for attending! Remember February ONLY, I only have a few more open dates left! (If we don't live close, think Virtual Workshop, and share Heritage Makers with family and friends all over the US and Canada)