Graphic Design Projects – Fieldstone Estates

On November 5, 2018 by admin With 0 Comments - Graphic Design

We love referrals. If you own your own business, you get it. There’s a thrill and a sense of appreciation that comes with each one. Like repeat and lifelong clients, referrals are a big part of our business and it’s as true with graphic design as it is with photography.

We were recently contacted by Amy Blair of Blair Properties and Jeff Canter of JK Canter Builder after one of their investors – familiar with Pixels’ work – pointed them in our direction. They needed a flier and tri-fold brochure for an open house event and we were happy to oblige with a fresh design.

Front side of sales flyer

Back side of flyer

Both promotional pieces showcase a recently completed Patio Home in The Fieldstone Estates community, showing the features of the home using images and copy, as well as the amenities of the entire community. Like many businesses (small, medium, large and mega), having an idea and translating that into some piece of creative promotional output is generally something that needs to be handled outside. Important skill sets come in all forms and there’s no harm in saying “we’ve started and now we need help.” That’s what these folks did and we’re so happy that they were pleased with the results.

Outside of tri-fold brochure

We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.

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Daniel Caudill Business head shots & business cards

On October 31, 2018 by admin With 0 Comments - Commercial

Attention people in search of a real estate agent in the Wilkesboro, NC area ….. or a head shot in WNC.
Have you fine readers met, Daniel Caudill? THE Daniel Caudill from our blog about his engagement, wedding and post-wedding Faithfest time with new bride Sarah Noon Caudill? Well, he recently earned his real estate license and completed the REALTOR® certificate. Naturally, he needed headshots and business cards. He has signed on with Kennedy Land and Homes out of Elkin, NC and we were happy to oblige when he reached out for both.

Round 1 proof of business card #1

Round 1 proof of business card #2

Round 1 proof of business card #3

Round 1 proof of business card #4

Final version of the business card front

This guy is the real deal and we look forward to watching his business flourish.
Daniel: Go get ’em. We love watching you enter all the big chapters of your life, dude.

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Alfresco Bridal Portraits – Late Summer in NC

On October 29, 2018 by admin With 0 Comments - Bridals

This girl was born to be photographed outside. We were there to capture what Courtney thought was to be a family photo session when Cody popped the question back in the Spring of this year. She shined in the orchard setting. Surrounded by blossoms and family, it was a gorgeous day for an engagement session. Her bridal session rivaled it though.

It was important for Courtney to include details and aspects of her family’s property and life in her portraits, so we began her session at her family’s cattle farm in Wilkesboro. She chose a beautiful location near the creek with small waterfalls where she and her siblings spent most summers swimming and playing. It was a perfect spot and a perfect day. Lots of dappled light, her reflection and the sound of the water falls……… if only we’d recorded it to add here. There was natural beauty in every direction.

With the help of her mom and sister she waded through the water and slipped into her wedding gown on a rock in the middle of the creek. YUP. Waded, donned her gown alfresco and looked amazing. It can be done, folks. In some of the photos, Courtney included a quilt hand-made by husband-to-be Cody’s grandmother.

As a nod to her father and his work on the family farm, she also posed next to a hay bale. She’s a vision of elegance in a bucolic setting and we loved the juxtaposition.

We then ventured to the Brushy Mountains and to Cody’s family’s orchard. It’s apple harvest time in the mountains and she wanted to include a piece of her groom’s family heritage in portraits as well. While Cody was not allowed to see his beautiful bride during portraits, his mom and dad were on hand to help find the most beautiful spots in the orchard among the ripening apples.

Once again, Courtney just appears to be a fairy in the most beautiful spots. An outdoor girl marries an outdoor boy. I love that for generations to come their family will look at these photos and know exactly where they took place and share in the memory of those places as well.

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Sarah and Daniel Faithfest

On October 24, 2018 by admin With 0 Comments - Weddings

Daniel and Sarah’s wedding was lovely, but once it was over and we shot all the images we could, we four (Daniel, Sarah, Ryan and I) all skeedaddled to attend Faithfest. These two are huge Christian music lovers who travel to attend countless live performances each year. When it came to planning their wedding, the date and the entire day was planned around Faithfest, a Christian music concert in Wilkesboro.

The early morning Ceremony time of 10:00 am was selected in order to have all of the formalities of the wedding completed allowing them to get to the music venue along with guests and friends in time to hear their favorite bands. Included in the wedding program was an invitation for their guests to celebrate alongside them at the music festival.

Daniel Caudill and Sarah Noon Wilkesboro NC Faithfest 2018 photos by Pixels On Paper Photography

Early on they asked if our wedding day photography could include going with them to Faithfest and photographing them while there. While this was certainly not the norm for us to be asked, it was a no brainer to say YES. We are official photographers at Merlefest every year and Faithfest was held at the very same venue. We love music, we know our way around every stage, nook and cranny, so we were in to play the roles of their very own paparazzi.

Daniel especially loves photography and knew that he wanted photos of the moments they would share at Faithfest, but he didn’t want the distraction of taking them himself or of having a non-professional lurking. Ryan and I are pretty stealthy. We know when to be poised and at the ready, how to move quickly and how to stay out of the way of a great moment. We document and this was so much fun to do.

Fun fact: the coordinator of the festival found out about their plans and arranged for them to be brought on stage and an announcement was made to the audience of 20,000 people that this couple had JUST gotten married. It was pretty fab.

They were greeted, congratulated and shared photo opps backstage by some of their favorite performers including headliners Casting Crowns and Mandisa. The lead singer of Casting Crowns even recalled being asked to perform at their wedding during a prior conversation with Daniel. Both Daniel and Sarah later shared that these moments and photos are some of their favorites and most exciting memories of the day.

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Sarah & Daniel’s Wedding

On October 22, 2018 by admin With 0 Comments - Weddings

This couple – Sarah & Daniel – is another one we absolutely adore. They are filled with energy, love, faith and light and their bond is apparent to everyone around them. We photographed their engagement session (where Sarah was lured out onto a ledge despite her fears – check it out) and the couple relaxed together on the trails of the NC mountains.

Their wedding – at Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church in Elkin NC – was a combination of their specific choices and understated elegance.

Even though the bride and groom don’t traditionally see each other before their vows, these two were together – blindfolded – and they prayed for the ceremony and for the health of their love, life and marriage.

Sarah chose a tea length gown, in the style of Audrey Hepburn in the movie Funny Face, because she loved the simplicity and the ability to stay cool during their late summer wedding. Her bouquet of succulents was exceptionally beautiful as well. Daniel and groomsmen wore blue and the guys skipped ties and boutonnieres to keep it low key.

The details at this wedding were striking, personal and fun. The groomsmen and bridesmaids stayed seated during the ceremony. The pews were flanked with quotes from Corinthians 13 beautifully scripted on wooden boards, there were succulents, cupcakes, dinosaurs and the guests signed Jenga playing pieces instead of a guest book and merry-making, laughter and joy was just palpable.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.Love never fails.

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Graphic Design Projects – Fieldstone Estates

Daniel Caudill Business head shots & business cards

Alfresco Bridal Portraits – Late Summer in NC

Sarah and Daniel Faithfest

Sarah & Daniel’s Wedding