State of the Union – From the Photographer’s Perspective

Very cool video over on John Harrington’s blog where he interviews the different photographers that shot the State of the Union.

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Green Wedding Sites

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Image of the Day

Susan Stripling made this beautiful image in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Get over and check out some of her excellent portraiture work!

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Workshops

Master Your Craft Workshop
with Bob Davis and Mike Colon

Join Bob Davis and Mike Colon, as they join together for the first time, in this unique workshop.Experience their passion for photography as they share top tips that have shaped their success and can [...]

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Image of the Day

This image come from the Royal Palms Hotel in AZ, which I recently had lunch and a look around the grounds. Em really likes this place and has spent time there with her Grandma when in town. Jefferson Todd grabbed this image of the bride walking away to see her new husband for [...]

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Image of the Day

Beautiful emotion in this image…get in close to tell the story!  This image was made by Collins Metu of Texas…get over and check out his site.

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Seitz 160 MP Camera

Seitz has created a monster. This 160-megapixel 6 x 17 inch camera might be slightly, well who are we kidding, MUCH bigger than your average point and shoot, but at 160 MP, it could create prints the size of Mars. The camera itself looks like it takes an effort to lift. You have to figure [...]

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Image of the Day

The color in this image is terrific…Nicole Wickens grabbed this shot when the bride was headed to the ceremony in Bandol, France.

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Raising Your Prices

Every business wants to make more money and raising your prices is one way to do that. I have spoken with many photographers over the years and while there is not a single way that this should happen…there are a couple of good practices.
*Setting a goal for how many weddings you want to shoot [...]

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Image of the Day

This is the last day in AZ, so today’s image is from a AZ photographer operation…Sloan Photographers. I really like both of these images, so decided to just post two. Great to see you this week Matt

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Pheonix Tonight Update

Great to see everyone at Melissa’s last night.  Matt Sloan and Rachel Priddy came out to say hello and network.  There was some fun people there and Zach definitely has me pumped to be taking the workshop tomorrow, should be a terrific day of learning.
Here is an image of the group last night listening to [...]

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Image of the Day

Emotions are a big part of the wedding day, Shelly Valentine grabbed this shot of a groom expressing some

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Pheonix Tonight

Tonight we will be at Melissa Jill’s studio for a mixer and kickoff of the One Light Workshop here.  If you are in the area you should stop by

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Image of the Day

 Terrific capture by Michael Hooks of Hooked on Photography.

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Roots Workshop

Photojournalism is a buzz word in the industry… everyone thinks they are a photojournalist just because they take pictures in a story-telling style. The truth is, the roots of photojournalism are in news photography. Roots Workshop is designed to mimic a newspaper experience. The participants will be taught by industry professionals how to cover [...]

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Cutest Puppy Award

OK…so just created this “Award” when I stopped by Brooke and Eric’s blog — {be} creative. Being a big dog lover, this has to be one of the cutest puppies I have seen. I am sure shaggy Maggie will bring them tons of laughter and joy. They note that they watch The [...]

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Image of the Day

Beautiful ceremony image shot by Brandy J and Sticky at a New Year’s wedding!  Love how the sister’s straightening the veil appear as apparitions…keeping the bride looking good.  Our friends Chris and Katie Torres shot this wedding  with them and it looks like they had a great time!

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Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur

I found this over on MediaStorm and wanted to pass it on…if you are around you should certainly check it out!
Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur Presentation on January 30

Over the years, Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur have worked together on books, exhibitions and photography assignments which have taken them around the world. Their work together [...]

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New Skis!

Anyone that knows me well…knows that I am a snow skis freak! I spent a winter in Telluride, doing an internship for their marketing department that I designed. That’s were the bug hit…skiing 100 straight days while doing on mountain “market research”! Later I found my photo bug, while living in Tahoe [...]

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Creating Referral Networks

“Brides come and go, but the industry will always be there.”
I have said this numerous times over the past years, probably too many to count.  The idea is if you are marketing to go after brides, then you are continually marketing to get the attention of the next crop of newly engaged ladies.  The concept [...]

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