feature friday + a giveaway!

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I'm really excited about today's post! Jenny from Horace & Mae is here for an interview and a giveaway!

Let's get started! 


LML: Who are Horace and Mae?

Jenny: We are a husband and wife (Horace is his first name and Mae is my middle name) who love to take pictures and get a kick out of cameras.

Why did you decide to start selling on Etsy?

I've been encouraged for quite some time to sell my photos, but felt like the kitschy tourist shop and postcard sales just weren't for me. So I decided to go to Etsy, which feels a lot more respectable. Maybe if I get desperate I'll move to postcards! 
 

Sea Glass and Seashells

Is photography your full time job?

Photography is not my full time job right now, but I would love for it to be someday!  I'm hoping to study it more (maybe even get a degree in it!) so that I could provide studio and portrait sessions. Those pay a lot more than the little projects I'm working on now! 

Which do you like better: film or digital photos? Why?

I whole-heatedly prefer film. My parents started me off on photography with a really nice digital, but it just never got the refined quality that I noticed on so many peoples' photos. I assumed that this difference was due to my lack of editing skills/any knowledge of photoshop at all but have come to realize that film was the difference. I have one film camera in particular that takes the most amazing photos and there is no digital camera that can come close to the look and feel of this camera's photos. The warmth of the colors, the grain, the negatives, the sturdy click of the shutter release...its all a part of it.

Which of the photos you have for sale is your favorite?

My favorite is probably In the Sun  I took this from another sailboat during the summer that Horace and I started dating and it just reminds of the warm days we spent on the water. I really like the spray in the bottom right and would love to make a cropped version of just the spray by itself!

In the Sun

Do you have any plans for the future of your Etsy shop?

Right now we're just trying to get it up and running, but in the future we hope to add framed pictures as well as customizable gift photos, with little sayings or quotes or something below the picture. We didn't name our shop "Horace & Mae Photography" because we want to leave ourselves the option to sell more than just photography related items.

Jenny "Mae" is even more adorable in person than she is in writing! Every once in a while she posts on her cute little blog  and tumblr.

PS. Wanna know the best part? She's my little sister! 

** Married Lane Readers get 20% off in her shop! 

Enter  LML091 before checkout!**

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And now a Giveaway!

Jenny is giving away any 8 x 10 print from her shop!  

To Enter:  Visit Horace & Mae. Then leave a comment on this post that tells us which photo you would pick! A winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on Friday!

For an extra entry, become a follower of my blog by clicking the "follow" button to the left.  To make things easier for me to keep track, please  comment once for your first entry, then comment again letting me know that you're now a follower.  If you already follow, let me know in a second comment.

Good Luck!

Open to USA residents only. Giveaway ends Thursday, October 6 at 11:59pm. Thanks for entering!