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Oct 17, 2013 20:26 |  #1

Seems like over the last 6 months I've been getting more and more requests for couples/family shoots and small events, so I'm slowly putting together a very simple website in an effort to perhaps slightly increase the trickle of clients finding me. I want to place an image of my business card on my "Contact" page. I suppose this is a rather odd question, but I'm looking for unique/creative set-ups rather than simply tossing a pile of my cards on the table for the photo. Any ideas??

IMAGE: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Lrdr1LDa828/UmCMUJwnrsI/AAAAAAAAAzg/r_cKfAPWUoo/s400/wix-card-front.jpg
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Oct 18, 2013 22:45 |  #2

weird - drop it carefully onto liquid so it floats.
less weird - close up of a pin board with hand written notes pinned to it, including a to-do list with "arrange family photos" on the list and your card pinned next to it.
professional - a close up of a hand offering the card.


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Oct 20, 2013 12:27 |  #3

Thanks Dan, all interesting ideas


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Oct 20, 2013 19:19 |  #4

Went with the water idea...works perfectly for my site which has an all black background. Thanks again.

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Oct 21, 2013 10:44 as a reply to  @ MMp's post |  #5

Pic looks great, glad I could help.


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Oct 22, 2013 11:46 |  #6

I shoot a lot of business card images for clients... here's an example of what I do, with the card owner behind the card:
http://*******/EYRBhM

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edit: weird, they have the google url shortener blocked. you can replace the missing part with goo[dot]gl.


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Nov 04, 2013 16:43 |  #7

I used photoshop to create an image and smart object I could place my business card in. I use a similar template when I design a business card or stationary and want to present it to them.

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Nov 04, 2013 16:45 |  #8

seaLere wrote in post #16424331 (external link)
I used photoshop to create an image and smart object I could place my business card in. I use a similar template when I design a business card or stationary and want to present it to them.

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Nov 04, 2013 18:22 |  #9

I like it, seaLere, nicely done...

Now I need to find the way to do mine as nicely, but differently... (Putting creative cap on and hoping for the best...)


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Nov 06, 2013 18:57 |  #10

Thank you guys. Here is a tutorial on how it can be done yourself if you aren't as familiar with photoshop.

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