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Headin’ to Nashville!

November 14, 2008 – 11:34 am

I don’t remember commenting about this, but I get to head off to Nashville this weekend to shoot a wedding with a friend of mine, Evan Baines.  Evan is an amazing photographer whose work is simply top notch!  He asked me to come out and help him with this important wedding he has and I couldn’t be more delighted to go.  I’ve always wanted to travel to Tennessee and I’m looking forward to it.  I’ll be sure to spoil you all with some awesome wedding pics on my way back :)

You can view some of Evan’s great works at www.evanbaines.com

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Presetopia.com

October 31, 2008 – 6:49 pm

Presetopia
Well, I guess it’s official.  My past week has been extremely busy wrangling a nice website together, prepping documents and information for my first release of Lightroom Presets.  Presets are like actions for Photoshop, just better.  For all you photographers, take a gander at the new site and see what it’s all about.  They have been a hit so far and its been 2 days.  We’ll be adding more products in the next coming months, like actions that mimic my current presets (even though Lightroom is far better for processing) for all you die-hard Photoshop users.

Here’s the site, check it out: www.presetopia.com

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It’s that time of year . . .

October 30, 2008 – 2:39 am

. . . when the kids get all crazy about dressing up and hitting the neighborhoods for their insatiable appetite for sweets that will rot their teeth out.   At least that’s what my parents warned me would happen if I ate too much sweets.  Thankfully, I still have some of my teeth :D

I had a quick impromptu mini photo shoot with a beautiful model the other day, just so happens it kind of ties in to this whole Halloween costume stuff.  Thought I’d share a couple of quick pics.  Pretty cool stuff if you ask me :D

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Why the 4 week pause? It was worth it . . .

October 16, 2008 – 9:00 pm

OK, since I haven’t blogged in about 4 weeks, many have asked me if I have contracted some infectious disease, fallen off the earth or just lost hope.  LUCKILY, none of the latter.  I’ve been preparing for and working on a project that was conceived around that same time . . . and it was such an adventure!  One of my absolute favorite couples I have worked with (and have become really great friends along the way) are Amber & Carraig.  I shot their engagement pictures back in May in the U.S. Virgin Islands on St. Croix.  WOW!  If you didn’t see their pics, do a quick search for them it’s worth it.

Anyway, Carraig’s birthday is today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) and Amber wanted to surprise him with something unique, very special and from the heart.  Supposively Carraig is the world’s best at surprises, so she had to do something cool.  Luckily I came to the rescue with a super cool idea for a photo shoot of just Amber, and one of Carraig’s favorite things, snakes.  Yes, Amber and a large 6ft Columbian Boa.  So, unbeknownsted to Carraig, we made plans for her to fly out from Texas, arrive a day before his birthday, do an awesome photo shoot with the snake, get it printed and framed in time for a grande surprise the following day.  Whew, I had a blast and it was absolutely one of the funnest shoots I’ve ever been on.  I’m glad it’s over now because it consumed a lot of my anxiety, I couldn’t wait for it to come :)  Thanks again Amber!!!

So, in case you jumped straight to here, this is what happens when you have awesome clients that let you take complete creative control to create something electrifying:

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New Product Shots!

September 8, 2008 – 4:23 pm

I received back some sample products, and also the wedding album for Heather & Jay and just had to post some photos.  Heather & Jay received a 60 page Asukabook Deluxe album and it was HOT!  Asukabook has never let me down on their album quality, consistency and all around value.  They are a bit less-expensive than some of my other albums I offer but equally as popular and excellent.  It had one of those special moments as a photographer . . . and as a business owner (kind of a sneak peak in to what really keeps me going!) . . . I was able to deliver the album to Heather & Jay, and also preview it with them for the first time.  It’s the funnest thing in the world to see their reactions and emotions as they look at their album for the first time.  If I was thinking straight that day, I would have brought the camera to remember it . . . but it was fun anyways!!!

 

Now for some other product shots of my new Senior Portfolios.  Holy COW.  It’s hard to describe how cool these things are, since I’m a very visual person and don’t express myself easily with words . . . but here goes.  These are 6×8″ in size and are hand-made in Italy . . . yes, that’s right, Italy.  They are produced by GraphiStudio, one of the best Album producers in the world right now.  Each page is printed on a fine-art linen, bound with their patented binding method, where each page lays flat (as you can see below, and in contrast above how the Asukabook albums DO NOT lay flat like the GraphiStudio albums).  Each comes with a hard-cover black fabric cover, but the custom-designed dust jacket is included as well.  Oh ya, these are all custom designed by yours truly!  You won’t find these designs with ANYONE else.  This is a 20 page album sample that is just sooooooo cool.  No wonder they have been popular lately!  Give me a call if you’d like to see a custom preview of these bad-boys!

Here are some actual design layouts (not just photos of the book):

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Google Chrome!

September 2, 2008 – 5:34 pm

OK OK, this is totally not related to anything photography, or anything in my life really.  But, since I have a friend works at Google, and the fact that I have been a long supporter of Google, cloud computing and open-source software, I wanted to write about my new experience with Google Chrome.  Well, not much to write as of now because I have been using it for a whole 10 minutes or so.  But, after checking out this cool link, http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/#, and learning about the new Google Browser, I was quite amazed at the new approach.  Mozilla FireFox has always been my preffered browser, and the new FF3 release a couple of months ago was a welcomed upgrade.Since I spend a lot of my time on the computer, and also on the internet (making sure I’m up to date on the latest software, keeping my technique and style on the up-and-up, other stuff) a good web browser is a must.  

FF3 has been great.  But, visit the link above to learn more about the new wave of web browsers.  They said it’s much much faster than FF3, of which my immediate thought was “how do you get much faster than FF3, because it’s FAST.  Especially on my computer”.  Well, I wasn’t dissappointed because Chrome is VERY VERY fast.  It’s like I just got a new computer that is 5x faster than the current one, because web browsing now is VERY fast. 

Anyway . . . this is my little “I just found the coolest thing this week” kind of info tidbit and thought I’d share it around.  Go ahead, try it.  I dare you . . . double dog dare you! (ok maybe not the double dog, thats a big dare)

Download Google Chrome:  http://www.google.com/chrome

NOTE:  In no way am I sponsored by Google, nor do I get any kind of search engine benefit by typing this.  This is purely because I was excited about it :) 

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