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May 11, 2009

AHHHHHHH, the moment has finally arrived for me to be able to share the first of my big news!!!

I will no longer be updating JMCS or my Kyle Hepp Photography blog — they’ve officially joined forces to rule the world at my new Kyle Hepp website! For those of you reading via any kind of RSS feed, you should be automatically transferred over already, but come on out and poke your head around so you can see the big unveiling!

I’ve been working for months now on this with the extremely talented website designer and wiz-kid Jonathan Fren. It took us a little longer than planned, but he has worked tirelessly with me, making a million changes that I asked him to and not getting mad at me, and basically making sure that this website is the perfect online representation of my little world.

I told him how much I love the community at JMCS so he did his best to make sure that the kylehepp.com watering hole will be even better. There’s a Random Featured Commenter, which will link back to a comment one of you has made. A new one should show up every time you refresh the page. Plus, we’re going to do a Photo of the Day where I’ll feature an image from a current or past client’s photo session or wedding (that feature isn’t quite ready yet, but will be by the end of this week). There’s also a Raves section where people who have done sessions and had me photograph their weddings can have their say on what it was like working with me! Plus, Papito even gets her own special section on the site (click on the little image of the dog in the top right). That way those of you who don’t love animals (I understand, I used to be one of you) don’t have to see her mug all the time, but I can still post to my heart’s content in Papito’s Corner and those of you who do like dogs can enjoy the photos.

Stories about Chile, will now be mixed in with photography posts at the new combined blog so that will make for more updates and it will hopefully be more interesting for you all to read too! Expect for a barrage of posts in the next couple of days as I have been storing up sessions to show you because I wanted to wait to post on the new site! I also have a more in depth About page now, if you are interested.

You’ll see that my portfolio now only contains Amor, which is the wedding and couples gallery, and Travel, self explanatory. I continue to do boudoir photography, but since few people let me post those photos online, I decided not to make a whole separate section for it. And as for family portraits, I’ll still do them by request and will post them to the blog section of my new site but they won’t stay in my permanent portfolio. I like doing these kinds of sessions too but I’m moving away from family work as I get busier and busier with weddings. I really want to focus wholeheartedly on making myself the best general LOVE photographer possible, rather than just be a jack of all trades and a master of no specific photography genre.

So that’s a quick explanation of all the features, but look around and see for yourself! I am so proud of this website! Let me know what you think!

*Updated: If you’re getting a pop up ad, I’m so sorry! That should be taken care of within the next 24 hours!

*And another update: I didn’t realize this before but in the comments now, you can have conversations. There’s a feature where you can reply directly to a comment and start a whole thread there. This will make online arguing so much easier. :  You can log in if you want to, or you can still comment anonymously.

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45 Comments

  1. Al fin…!!!!

    Me alegro mucho amor de que ya esta listo tu sitio..y la verdad es que estoy super emocionado (principalmente por papito's corner xD)

    Ojala que esto sirva para darte mas confianza en el increible trabajo que has hecho hasta ahora…

    Love u

    Comment by S — May 11, 2009 @ 1:58 pm

  2. I'm so excited for you! And S's comment is adorable…I am AMAZED he wrote that in public. Like where other people can see it.

    Cannot wait to see the great things this site helps you to accomplish and document.

    Comment by Emily — May 11, 2009 @ 2:32 pm

  3. I LOVE IT!!!!!! Congratulations! :)

    Comment by Amanda — May 11, 2009 @ 3:21 pm

  4. Gracias por todo el apoyo mi amor, I love you too :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 4:01 pm

  5. Thanks Emily! I was kind of amazed too!!! Believe it or not, I did NOT have to twist his arm to get him to do that. :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 4:01 pm

  6. Thank you so much Amanda!!!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 4:02 pm

  7. WOW! I LOVE it. :)

    Comment by Abby — May 11, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

  8. Congrats Kyle! Love the new site!!!

    Comment by Aimee — May 11, 2009 @ 6:51 pm

  9. Ahhh, congrats on your new website! It's going to take me a while to get used to it. I'm a creature of habit by now but I think I'll like the integration. I love Papito's corner too. Good idea to give her her own mansion.

    Comment by Ritamae39 — May 11, 2009 @ 7:56 pm

  10. How do we get our profile pics to show up here? All the same square faces are scary.

    Comment by Ritamae39 — May 11, 2009 @ 7:58 pm

  11. Thank you, Abby!!! I'm glad you like it :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 8:57 pm

  12. Thank you Miss Aimee, glad now you know what all the mystery was about :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 8:57 pm

  13. I think if you create a profile with DISQUS instead of commenting as anonymous, then you should have the option of uploading a photo…I think. If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll ask Jonathan.

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 8:59 pm

  14. Papito is special, she deserves her own site!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 11, 2009 @ 8:59 pm

  15. The page…more of a place looks great!!!
    I love the colors and love the option of looking at pics or reading or whatever!!!!
    Congrats!

    Comment by Shannon — May 11, 2009 @ 9:31 pm

  16. Nice! It's pretty. I wish I had tech/web savvy friends.

    Comment by Sara — May 12, 2009 @ 7:11 am

  17. Your new site is awesome!!!! Congrats on all the hard work that you and your web designer put in cause it's fantastic! Good Job!

    Comment by Shawna — May 12, 2009 @ 7:18 am

  18. Thank you Shannon, I'm happy that you think it's cool!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 12, 2009 @ 8:42 am

  19. Thanks Sara, a friend didn't do this, I hired Jonathan Fren. His contact info is in the post if you're interested. He's the best!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 12, 2009 @ 8:43 am

  20. Thanks Shawna, I will tell him you said so :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 12, 2009 @ 8:43 am

  21. congrats, kyle, it's fabulous! hey, ive sent you a few emails but never heard back from you! andas perdida…

    Comment by Leana — May 12, 2009 @ 9:46 am

  22. Hey Leana, so sorry, I know it's no excuse but I've been absolutely swamped, I'll try and write back soon when i have a moment to breath!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 12, 2009 @ 10:16 am

  23. how can i put my face on this thing??

    Comment by S — May 12, 2009 @ 1:06 pm

  24. Yeah, I figured out how to get my face on here. If I can do it anyone can!

    Comment by Ritamae39 — May 12, 2009 @ 5:27 pm

  25. Hey! I took that picture!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 12, 2009 @ 5:41 pm

  26. I don't know, ask your mother in law :P

    Comment by kyleracine — May 12, 2009 @ 5:42 pm

  27. Yes you did take that picture but I had to crop it really small in order for DISQUS to accept it. But that other pic was getting kind of old so I thought I'd try something new!

    Love ya,

    Rita mama

    Comment by Ritamae39 — May 12, 2009 @ 6:26 pm

  28. Congratulations on your new website, Kyle. It looks great and really seems to fit your personality.

    Comment by Katie — May 12, 2009 @ 6:55 pm

  29. Your new site RULES.
    Will check it out more during well…normal hours.
    Congrats.

    Comment by Flo — May 12, 2009 @ 7:22 pm

  30. The website is beautiful! Congratulations!

    Comment by Amy — May 12, 2009 @ 7:49 pm

  31. sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! I love good surprises, way to rockit woman! your website is awesome. I can't wait to poke around some more :)

    Comment by Emita — May 12, 2009 @ 10:30 pm

  32. really cool website / congrats!!!!!!

    Comment by Andre — May 13, 2009 @ 3:55 am

  33. Thanks Flo!!! Come poke around whenever you want :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 13, 2009 @ 7:29 am

  34. Gracias Amy!!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 13, 2009 @ 7:29 am

  35. Thanks Emita, I'm soooooooooo excited!!!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 13, 2009 @ 7:30 am

  36. Thank you Andre!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 13, 2009 @ 7:30 am

  37. Lovely dear. Just lovely.

    Comment by Clare — May 13, 2009 @ 9:49 am

  38. nice website!

    Comment by shue — May 13, 2009 @ 10:00 am

  39. Congratulations, cool site!

    Comment by Matt — May 13, 2009 @ 10:42 am

  40. Gracias Clare :)

    Comment by kyleracine — May 13, 2009 @ 2:58 pm

  41. This is cool!

    Comment by Carlos — May 13, 2009 @ 3:51 pm

  42. Isn't it though? Jonathan did an awesome job!

    Comment by kyleracine — May 13, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

  43. I'll try commenting again as it looks like the other one got lost somewhere or something…

    I think I said something as smart and witty as, 'Cool site, congrats'. :)

    Comment by Matt — May 13, 2009 @ 5:17 pm

  44. Sorry to be lagging but congratulations on the new site… It looks great and even tho the new navigation appears daunting I'm quite sure that within six month's time I'll be able to make my way through without the use of breadcrumbs or string… It must be especially nice to be able to look at your site and not immediately think how much of a blog it but rather a proper website… I hope this helps you continue collecting work from all corners of the world…

    Comment by blaark — May 14, 2009 @ 11:20 pm

  45. Ok let's try again…

    Congrats on the new site. Very cool.

    Comment by Matt Ridgway — May 15, 2009 @ 10:31 am

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