What do clients look for when choosing a Wedding Photographer

What do clients look for when choosing a Wedding Photographer                                 Written by Karen Geaghan, Karen Geaghan PHOTOGRAPHY          Choosing any vendor for your wedding day, whether it be the bride, groom or parents of either doing the research, can be a very time consuming [...]

Resume Tips For The Unemployed

If you are unemployed and looking for work, you may feel that you have nothing to offer and are not on a par with employed people.  This is not the case; all you need to do is to get back on the job ladder and to do that you need to redefine your resume. Look at the gapIf you have a gap in your employment history the key factor is the length of that gap.  If the gap is one year or less it can be better to say nothing as there are many factors which could attribute to this, [...]

Make Your Article Useful

The most important thing to note when writing an Optimised article for a Search Engine (SEO), is that it must be of use to whoever is reading it.  It doesn't matter if it is your own website or for a freelance writing contract, it must provide information or advice that is useful and appropriate to their life or work and it needs to be interesting and understandable. Writing a technically good SEO article which doesn't make sense can cause a website to lose traffic, customers and [...]

Five Tips To Streamlining Your Resume

  When job searching the temptation is to just dig out your old resume and add on any new jobs, work experiences or qualifications; however if you don't update your resume it can become cluttered with irrelevant and outdated details.  To get your resume noticed you need to streamline and update your information. : Step 1: Be sure of your career aim Many job seekers are not sure what their chosen career path is and their resume can then contain too much information because [...]

Photography to document your Life

The art of wedding photojournalism is probably the most sought after form of wedding photography and a photojournalist  does little to make things happen, usually taking the roll of observing and shooting. So what makes these beautiful and memorable images happen? You do!Connecting with the people you love…Connecting with the people you love on your wedding day  will always bring opportunity to create a memory. You can start by thinking of ways to connect before the big [...]

Remember to have fun!!

  Don’t forget to have fun! Trust us, we know how stressful planning any occasion can be and a wedding is the “mother” of them all. But as you take the steps that get you closer to the altar (with or without a planner), take some time often to remember how you ended up there. In the midst of the chaos, take a night off every week and go on a date; turn off your phones and ignore everyone else (including the planner and your mothers); go to the movies and for a few [...]

Dress the part.......

Too often is the case that brides feel the pressure to look a certain way in their dress for their wedding. While it’s certainly anyone’s prerogative to look how they want, the added stress doesn’t help a bride’s planning and increases her level of anxiety. But who’s to say a bride is the only half of a couple that stresses over their weight. Increasingly grooms have been stressing over their weight in order to fit in their suit or tuxedo. Our advice here [...]

Report foreign investments by June 30

If you have foreign bank, savings, or investment accounts that exceeded $10,000 in 2011, you are required to file “Treasury Department Form 90-22.1″ by June 30, 2012. This is not a form that you file with your income tax return. Rather, it is a separate form filed with the Treasury Department in Detroit. The report must be received by the Treasury Department, not postmarked, by the June 30 due date. Penalties for failing to meet this filing requirement are severe and can [...]

Dress the part.......

  Too often is the case that brides feel the pressure to look a certain way in their dress for their wedding. While it’s certainly anyone’s prerogative to look how they want, the added stress doesn’t help a bride’s planning and increases her level of anxiety. But who’s to say a bride is the only half of a couple that stresses over their weight. Increasingly grooms have been stressing over their weight in order to fit in their suit or tuxedo. Our advice [...]

Best Deals on Shopping - El Cid Bookkeeping, Inc. 818.841.0255

Best Deals on ShoppingWhy pay retail? Pay less. Here are five strategies to never have to pay full price again.Wait it out. “More and more merchants are trying to create a sense of urgency to get you to buy now,” says Duquesne marketing professor Audrey Guskey. Think Groupon-esque daily bargains and flash sales, or one-day sales that tend to happen, well, every week. More often than not, you’re not really getting a bargain, says Guskey. Force yourself to [...]

Counting On An Inheritance?

 El Cid Bookkeeping, Inc. www.elcidbookkeeping.com 818.841-0255Counting On An Inheritance? Count Again.The bad news: Many baby boomers are likely to get less money from Mom and Dad than they thought. The worse news: They may have to help their parents financially instead.

QuickBooks is the Best Program to US

Masters in QuickBooks! El Cid only works on companies file with QuickBooks accounts. We can work on QuickBooks 2005 – 2012, Online Edition and Enterprise. Bookkeeping/Accounting; Production Accounting, Manufacturing & Raw Materials Build Assembly for Inventory, Retail Accounting, Wholesale Accounting, Service Accounting, Legal Accounting, Inventory Accounting, Real Estate and Property Management, Construction Accounting, Non-Profit Accounting, Insurance Accounting. To date, [...]

Cbaker Photography

I am a freelance photographer from South Bend, In. I have been taking pictures for about 10 years. I love what I do and would not trade it for the world. I do all photography from wedding to family to anniversary. I absolutely love doing wedding photography.  One of my favorite things about the wedding is how the bride and groom forget everything else around them and focus on each other. I love capturing those moments between the happy couple that most people would not think to get. [...]

Cbaker Photography

I am a freelance photographer from South Bend, In. I have been taking pictures for about 10 years. I love what I do and would not trade it for the world. I do all photography from wedding to family to anniversary. I absolutely love doing wedding photography.  One of my favorite things about the wedding is how the bride and groom forget everything else around them and focus on each other. I love capturing those moments between the happy couple that most people would not think to get. [...]

NEED A PAINTER?

   BUSINESS   I have never written an article but Im going to do my best.  Let me start by introdusing my self... Hello, my name is Jose Duran, I have been a painter for over 20 years and I still love what I do. Business have been up and down for the past 5 years due to the economy, but that hasn't stop me... I take my job very serious. Other than family there's nothing more important to me than making my costumers happy! I like to feel confident that when I have [...]

NEED A PAINTER?

   BUSINESS   I have never written an article but Im going to do my best.  Let me start by introdusing my self... Hello, my name is Jose Duran, I have been a painter for over 20 years and I still love what I do. Business have been up and down for the past 5 years due to the economy, but that hasn't stop me... I take my job very serious. Other than family there's nothing more important to me than making my costumers happy! I like to feel confident that when I have [...]

I Can See for Miles and Miles and Miles!

Expecting to take a tax deduction for mileage? Be sure to get your records in order and keep a mileage log in case the IRS questions your deduction. If they select your return for audit, the IRSwill expect you to have a mileage log as a record of all mileage youare taking as a tax deduction. Individuals who itemize areeligible to take a mileage deduction for charity, medical, moving andbusiness related mileage at the standard mileage rate which is adjustedby the IRS annually or [...]

Retirees Need A Part-Time Job? Be a Savvy Senior

Savvy Seniors stay informed. Here is bit of help to make it easier for those considering a part-time job. Kiplinger has some great ideas for retirees that need to supplement their income with their article, 6 Great Part-Time Jobs for Retirees. Tounderstand how your Social Security benefits might be affected byadding part-time income, check out the Social Security website for therules on how working affects your benefits. There are different rules for anyone receiving Social [...]

Waving Red Flags to the IRS?

"Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag.That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you havesome money left in your bank account after paying taxes. That's a redflag." - Jay Leno Jay Leno's definition of red flags differsfrom most tax professionals. The professionals at Kiplinger have a videothat explains three red flags from their complete list. Find the complete list on their website.Red Flags for IRS Auditors Video Redflag items [...]

Why is Photoshop a No-No for Logo Design?

This is a very common question.  I'll keep it short and sweet, and please feel free to post any questions you have.   Quick Answer... Because Photoshop is a raster-based program... NOT Vector! Long Answer... When you need a logo you must first make sure that your designer can build it in a vector-based program.  Photoshop is NOT vector. What is Vector Design?... Vector design is based off a mathmatical formulation.  This allows you to build the logo as small as [...]