ASID CA Peninsula 2010/2011 Board Installation Ceremony

ASID CA Peninsula Board Installation Ceremony

Last night we held the Installation Ceremony for the 2010/2011 Board members of ASID CA Peninsula at Chimere in San Carlos, CA.

It was very fun seeing everyone and the new board has big plans for the upcoming year. I know because I’m on the board as the Industry Partner Affairs Chair and privy to all the inside information.

My industry partners should look forward to increased opportunities to meet the designer members and interact with them and the other industry partners.

You can see more of the photographs from last nights event in my portfolio gallery by following this link.

ASID CA Peninsula Board Installetion Meeting Tonight

Tonight’s the night. The new board members will be installed tonight at Chimere.

ASID CA Peninsula Board Meeting

Last night we held the final pre-coronation board meeting.

I have my marching orders for the year and looking forward to working with the other board members. My goal is to provide the greatest access to the members for my IP’s while providing value to the members.

To do this I will be working to create new opportunities for the members to meet, interact with and learn about our industry partners.

From left: James Stout, Carol spence Carr, Rise Krag, Pauline Hsu

iPhones are cool

I got my iPhone Monday. Very cool device, very powerful tool as well. I look forward to mastering it.

Something told me, now that I taking on the mantle of Industry Partner Affairs Chair for ASID CA Peninsula that I was going to need high level computing power over the next few months

Project Daedalus The Day The Universe Changed

Today is the big day. Today is the roll-out of Project Daedalus, the next evolutionary step in how interior designers present their work on-line. Using conventional interior design photography in video format with musical accompaniment, title slides and voice overs I create a vehicle to display my clients talents, theories and accomplishments.

The goal is to increase my clients ROI from social networking, improve search engine rankings and help get their phone ringing while making it easy to do.

Here you can see two videos I created for my clients: Joseph Hittinger Designs and Viscusi Elson Interior Design.

A few of the many benefits of my Daedalus Videos are:

• Videos are an elegant and powerful sales tool allowing you to personally make your best “pitch” to the client regardless of time of day or their location.
• Cost effective and fast – there is no need for a web designer, and no additional charges for web design or site hosting, upon completion the video is uploaded to youtube and immediately ready for you to use in blogs, forums, social networking and e-mail.
• “Gee Whiz” factor – clients and prospects are motivated to share the video with family, friends and social networks because it makes such a great impression.

Please call 866-499-8083 or send me an e-mail to learn how I can help you… “Helping you is why I am here”

Pre Roll-Out Announcement of Project Daedalus

What lies beyond?

Today I am announcing Project Daedalus, named after the master artificer of Greek legend who is attributed with many great works and inventions (such as lifelike imagery and sculpture, building the Labyrinth at Knossos, and who is most famous for crafting wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape their captivity in said labyrinth).

For two months I have been working on Project Daedalus to help my clients increase their ROI from social networking, improve their search engine rankings and help get their phone ringing, while making it easy to do.

The official roll-out is coming soon; keep your eyes and ears open.

My Photograph In the SF Chronicle

Northbrook Design

Northbrook Designs

Northbrook Designs

A shot I did of Katherine North’s Entry Hall while working with Nesting Newbies was published in the SF Chronicle.

I’m really happy to see it and the publicity is cool. All three of them are High Dynamic Range Images as well.

So much to do, so little time to do it all

Great News! This image of the Golden Gate Bridge was featured in a story by US News and World Report on  “10 Pricey Cities That Pay Off”

Golden Gate Bridge fetured in US News and World Report

So much going on…

I’m finishing a big job for Loretta Spence and Shirley Lo, more shoots for Lilley Yee – she really is a wonderful kitchen designer.

I’ve also some shots for Patrice Greene using my a’ la carte price structure. That really seems to be working out well for everyone and I intend to maintain that “product offering.”

This month I’ve upgraded my camera and am now working to integrate even more “product/service” offerings. I’ll have more to say about this in a couple or few weeks when I do my official roll out.

Being the ASID Industry Partner Director is going to be both challenging and interesting. I’m really hoping to make a difference for all the designers and IP’s in the chapter, and hoping that results in a positive result for my business as well because, as a photographer both the IP’s and the designers are my current or prospective clients.

Attended Maximizing Industry Partner Membership in ASID Webinar

I just attended a webinar presented by Ni Cherry, Industry Partner Associate Director titled “Maximizing Industry Partner Membership in ASID”

There was a lot of valuable information presented and quite a few questions by the attending IP’s. I will be acquiring this research and offering it to our IP’s. I also will be looking onto obtaining a copy of this presentation and presenting it to a future meeting of the ASID CA Peninsula IP’s.

ASID CA Peninsula Board Meeting and Dunn Edwards CEU

Rise Krag of RKI Interior Design, ASID CA Peninsula Membership Director for 2010/2011

Last night I attended a joint board meeting with both the incoming and outgoing board of ASID CA Peninsula. We met at the Dunn Edwards store in San Jose it was a bright open space and a really enjoyable place to hold the meeting.

There was also a CEU being presented that evening: Designing for Healthy and Productive Interiors: Light and Sound for Optimal Human Performance CEU AND Decorative Lighting, Accessories and Art Spotlight.

You can see all the photographs from last nights meeting and the CEU by following this link to my portfolio gallery.