Pie Gone Awry: The Ugly Dress Contest

Photo Pie--Ugly Dress Contest

When you’re trying to come up with some new, fun, edgy costume designs… well, you just can’t win them all.  Some times there are some very failed attempts… like this atrocious dress (below).  It was supposed to look… well, different. There was a little miscommunication on color and some aspects of style that were better in our imaginations than after production.  You can’t bat 1000 … [Read more...]

Trash it, tear it, burn it, bomb it.

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Photo Pie costumes are not your average costumes.  When our manufacturers aren't making our products, they are making formal wear and wedding dresses.  It's no wonder then, that they know how to make a beautiful White Dove Gown.  This white satin gown, has an embellished bodice with a lace up back.  The box pleated skirt opens into a lovely simple, but elegant, chapel-length train.  It's … [Read more...]

Just in time for Halloween

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Are you still looking for your perfect Halloween costume?  You may not have heard, but we are having a HUGE, pre-Halloween sale and liquidating all our costume inventory!  It doesn't get much better than 50% off, before Halloween.  Costumes already display the sale price--50% off and will apply at checkout. But, to make it even better, we're taking 40% off all Ensembles (includes the costume … [Read more...]

Costume Liquidation – 50% OFF

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We're liquidating our costumes, and once the inventory is gone these products will be taken off, most not to return.  It doesn't get much better than 50% off, and to make it even better, we're taking 40% off ensembles which comes close to making the costumes practically free!  If you buy InspiraCloth it can be even more than free costumes, on many ensembles costing less than the backdrop itself! … [Read more...]

More Senior Glamour

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This is our third post on senior photography (you can link to the other two here: Sweet Pieces for Senior Sessions;  More Senior Suggestions), and we’ve also added some tips in Masculine-izing Photography and Feminine Beauty which have application to your senior photography as well. It is our goal to continue to give more updates and suggestions for your senior portraits.  Yes, Photo Pie … [Read more...]

Chinese Photography — Part Two

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Chinese Photography--Part Two has been moved to this page: http://www.photopie.com/chinese-photography/ … [Read more...]

Chinese Photography — Part One

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Chinese Photography--Part One has been moved to this page:  http://www.photopie.com/chinese-photography/ … [Read more...]

Photographers Showcase Photo Pie

French Ballroom backdrop by Dore Studios

Dore Studio, Joe Griffin Photography,  Tim Watson Photography, The Photographic Art Studio, Price Photography, and MF Foto are putting Photo Pie backdrops to work.  Check out their images below and on their websites.   For more images showcasing Photo Pie backdrops, see this previous post featuring Studio M. … [Read more...]

Spring Gallery

Flower Field Ensemble

If you’re the type of photographer that is very aware of the four seasons, then know that Photo Pie has the backdrop tools to help you.  In the coming months, we’ll show you ensembles that you can use to match any season.  Here are a few shots that we’ll call our Spring Gallery: Victorian Mod Man on Magenta Meadow backdrop … [Read more...]

New Regal Ensemble: Romanesque Courtyard

Romanesque Hall Ensemble

You may have seen the tutorial video posted about a month ago (On Location: Setting Up a Photo Pie Shoot).  Now we're releasing a new ensemble associated with it.  If you like what you see, then get the Ensemble and watch the video to show you how to bring it all together. Click any of the below pictures to see the related products on our storesite. Countess Isabel … [Read more...]

Photo Pie in Professional Photographer

Photo Pie Asian Flare Duo

Be sure to check out Professional Photographer magazine this month. They wrote a feature about us on page 68: "Photo Pie makes thematic backdrops, costumes, tutorials on using them effectively, and more. Use them to create a whole new reality in your studio. With their forced perspective, Photo Pie's realistic backdrops seamlessly merge subject and environment. The Asian Doors Ensemble includes a … [Read more...]

On Location: Setting up a Photo Pie Shoot

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This video (below) takes you on location in the studio to show you how to set up a Photo Pie shot.  It will take you through the 3 main things you need to follow to utilize Photo Pie photography backdrops to their full capacity. What type of image are we working with and how should I appropriately set up my backdrop? What type of lighting scheme is going on in my background? What is the … [Read more...]

More Senior Suggestions

Vintage Occident Suit on European Bridge backdrop

Welcome back to our second post now about how Photo Pie backdrops can bring distinction to what you offer in senior portraiture.  Vintage styles are popular these days, and there are tons of girls out there that would love to be glamorized 20’s style. But to rehash the question we looked at last time “What about my guys?  Will the stuff I buy from Photo Pie be versatile enough for … [Read more...]

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