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SoCal PhotogShootout at Old Ranch Country Club

We had the opportunity to participate in the last SoCal PhotogShootout at the Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach, a beautiful location.  Mirta and I were asked to lead the “Weddings” segment.  This was our first time at this kind of event.  It was great!  I think all the photographers who participated had a…

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Last Samy’s Camera Workshop

Last Saturday we had a wedding photography workshop at Samy’s Camera in Orange County.  We had another great group of photographers and we all had a great time!  As always, we did some shooting at our challenging outdoor location next to the store.  Here’s the gang: Our friend Jennifer Owens gave us a hand with…

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Images from the “Recharge at Rancho” workshop…

Our Memorial Day workshop at Rancho Las Lomas was a great success!  We had a full house of 24 eager photographers, two very talented make up artists from Design Visage (including Caren Lazarus herself), a beautiful table by French Buckets and gorgeous bouquets and boutonnieres by Square Root Design.  Mark Lehman from Ashley Video Productions…

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Thank you, FOTOWORKS PRO!!

We’re proud to call FOTOWORKS PRO our  lab!  Sam, the owner, knows the business of wedding photography very well.  His clients are among the best photographers in our industry, and he always makes our work look great!  Sam’s integrity and commitment to service are the reason he has a strong and loyal client base.  That’s…

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Our last Samy’s workshop was a blast!

What a great crowd! No one wanted to go home… At least we didn’t. We had a group of 24 photographers eager to learn, improve their art and their profits. After the business part of the program (contracts, pricing, networking, marketing, etc), guest speaker Kelly Aguilar, the Chic Geek, talked to us about marketing with…

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WPPI 2010

What an amazing few days we spent in Las Vegas!  We had tons of fun, learned lots, networked like crazy, and did some damage to our credit cards.  Hopefully what we bought will pay off…as soon as we learn the new software.  Here are some snippets of our week in Las Vegas… After Yervant’s presentation,…

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Behind the Image… Don’t be Afraid of the Dark

We all have a comfort zone where we like to shoot.  For me, it’s open shade with directional light and a slightly darker background with highlights that can be thrown out of focus.  Sometimes, however, out of necessity or because we want to do something different, we find ourselves on the Dark Side… This is…

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Behind the Image… Our First Workshop of 2010

It rained all morning and afternoon on Monday but all the rain in the world couldn’t dampen our spirits as we held our first workshop of 2010.  We not only had a blast, we got to meet wonderful people in the process.  Everyone came with a positive, upbeat attitude and we shared what has worked…

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