August 06th 2010
A few months ago I was honored with the opportunity to chat with showit users on their weekly webinar. During the conversation I talked about +sites & how facebook can be a huge piece of marketing for your business! These guys were super nice to record the webinar and now you can watch it on demand! If you are a showit user, there are a ton of other great videos on there that you should check out!!
Click here to watch the recorded webinar
June 21st 2010
Yesterday, I had the honor of shooting Kara & Chris’ Wedding at the Estancia Hotel & Spa in La Jolla, CA. They are a beautiful couple and I can’t wait to share more images from their incredible wedding!
June 09th 2010
I’m super amped about this weeks “Ask away Wednesday”! Things are going to be a little different this week where instead of me recording a video and placing it on my blog, I’ll be on a LIVE webinar chatting with the team from SHOWIT all about social media & showit +sites and how you can create not only flash versions but now mobile ones too! Instead of the regular 10 minute video with 1 question… this week will be a 1 hour talk with a live Q&A! If you have already built a client site or you want to see the power of them, check out the live chat! You can register for FREE by clicking here
Wednesday June 9th, 2010 1pm-2pm (PST)
Click here to register for FREE
June 08th 2010
Last weekend I took the long drive to the Joshua Tree, CA desert with one of my awesome couples, Kay & Stephen! I’ll share more later but these two are so awesome! They love to backpack together on the weekends and Joshua Tree is one of their favorite places on earth. Checkout this teaser from the shoot!
May 12th 2010
I was honored to receive this video from Todd & Elysa after their May 1st Wedding. I love the power of video on the 5d Mark II and how easy it is to have video capabilities with me while I’m shooting images!! It was so much fun shooting their wedding and if you haven’t seen the images yet, click here!
April 21st 2010
I have been traveling A LOT! I mean it.. I was in Jacksonville 2 weeks ago then Scarlett & I drove to Miami to shoot a destination wedding, back to Jacksonville then we went back up to Georgia to shoot another wedding. One day of rest hen back to San Diego on a late night flight. Whew!!
So I took yesterday off so that I could just clear my mind before I start a week of work. Today I woke up early and my dog “princess” who is a Shiz-tzu/Maltese mix who I actually believe was born on Endor with the ewoks and she was sleeping. (This is the first time I have ever blogged about her) Little did I know that I had already woken up earlier this morning and fed her a bowl of food once. I went back to bed, woke up again at 11am and gave her another bowl. Usually she is running around the house in big circles but sadly, I think I accidently put her into a doggy food coma!!! She is sleeping still and she occasionally wakes up but “uh-oh, I fed the dog too much.” I bet she enjoyed all that amazing dog food that actually sort of smells good.
You know that feeling you get the day after you travel? It’s a mix of woah I’m tired but hey I am also sort of in my own time zone. If you don’t thats fine because that is how I feel right now. But anyways… I blame this mix up on that jet lag feeling!
Some of the best times that I get the questions I have regarding business, workflow, lighting & social media are when I am sitting down with a mentor 1-on-1 and getting everything I want to know answered. This Monday at WPPI from 11AM-12PM in the SHOWIT Suites at the MGM, myself & Scarlett Lillian will be on hand to answer any questions you have about using SHOWIT in your business & anything that relates to starting up as a photographer.
This event is already filling up quick and seating is VERY limited to a small group of photographers. If you want to join the discussion please send an email to wppi@showitfast.com.
Mention that you want to join the discussion with Stephen Knuth & Scarlett Lillian!
Hope to see you there!!!
March 04th 2010
I am so thrilled about this years WPPI in Las Vegas. There are so many big things going on and it will be nonstop action for an entire week!! For those of you who want to learn from me and hangout, I thought it would be easiest to put together a schedule of all the places that I will be at during certain times. Other than these scheduled times you can find me on the tradeshow floor or when I’m walking around Las Vegas! When you see me, PLEASE introduce yourself and give me a big high five!!
SUNDAY
* 3:00PM - Arrive in Las Vegas
* 7:00PM - Private Party for Pictage Leaders
* 9:00PM - GO|BEE Invite Only Party
* 10:30PM - Airhorns & Lasers Party (Buy tickets here)
MONDAY
* 10:00AM – David Jay & Dane Sanders on AskDane.com at the New Media Lounge
* 11AM to 12PM - SHOWIT Conversation with Stephen Knuth & Scarlett Lillian ::Limited Seating :: Email wppi@showitfast.com to get access!
* 2PM to 4PM – 2 hour shooting workshop with Stephen Knuth ::WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT::
I am SO excited about this! During WPPI I will be hosting my very first shooting workshop on the Las Vegas Strip! The workshop is sold out but if you are 1 of the 20 attending photogs then I cannot wait to meet you!!
* 4PM-6PM - I have this time slot open and I am open to getting together for coffee, dinner or I might just jump into whatever is going on!
* 6:30PM-8:30PM - Jasmine Star Platform
* 9PM-12AM – WPPI Pool Party
TUESDAY
* 10AM-11:45AM – Walking the trade show floor. Find me & say HELLO! Don’t be shy, I love everyone!! 
* 12PM-1PM - San Diego PhotogShootout Coffee GTG @ MGM Starbucks
If you have attended a PhotogShootout in San Diego, come by to say hello! I will be hanging out in the Starbucks area in MGM Grand for an hour and it’s just a time for us San Diego folk to gather for some hangout time. If our group gets too overwhelming for Starbucks we can totally move elsewhere.
* 2PM-5PM - Scarlett Lillian Bridal shooting workshop in Las Vegas ::WORKSHOP is SOLD OUT::
* 8:00PM-11:30PM – Pictage Party at Studio 54
WEDNESDAY
* 8AM-10AM – Photographers Unite Bible Study & Prayer. You can find more info at their facebook page
* 11AM-12PM – Invite only SHOWIT event with David Jay, Jasmine Star & Dane Sanders
* 12:30PM-1:30PM - Scarlett Lillian speaking at Pictage Booth
* 3PM-4PM - I’m speaking at the Showit User Invite-Only SHOWIT Presentation at MGM Signature. ”Showit +Sites & Facebook Marketing”
THURSDAY
* 9AM-11AM – Photographers Ignite Event
* Thursday Afternoon – Fly home to San Diego
February 18th 2010
Every person who has a mac needs MainMenu! Oh my gosh!!! So here I am on Thursday night watching the olympics and trying to edit images from my latest shoot. I kept running into the wall of macintosh slowwwwness because I wanted to make my computer run faster and have more hard-drive space. I think it’s safe to now say since I do have more space available I was almost going to yell at my computer but things didn’t escalate to that so we’re alright.
The only “mac maintenance” service that I know to do with my computer is to repair permissions and that can sometimes free up files but all computers deal with this issue where you get crud stuck in the harddrive and then it starts to run slow and we all get mad. Well, I can finally say I can do a happy dance in my office now because I found a solution…
MainMenu for mac is a free widget for your dock that will clean out all the hidden files that clog up your mac. All I had to do was click one button and it cleared up 14GB of space!! What on earth was my mac doing with that 14GB!!!? I now have 16GB free and the computer is running faster!! I know, right!? Maybe your just shaking your head and I am too much of a geek but think of it as outsourcing your computer’s spring cleaning to a free app that does it all for you! Yeah!!
It’s a free download but you can give a small donation to the developers because it is a super awesome program and anytime you see your computer lagging, start up MainMenu and watch it speed back up! Okay, I can now edit images with a faster machine!!
December 15th 2009
I love shooting family sessions because you are given a grand opportunity to hangout with an entire family and get to know them during the shoot and by the end of the session, we are usually great friends. What if your already great friends with the family who you shoot? That is exactly my relationship with The Koshland Family. Everything about these guys is incredible!! Mom & Dad serve together at church, Kyle plays in a worship band and along with his older brother Shaun, attends the youth group that I volunteer with weekly. It’s always a blast carpooling with them to the local christian concerts or going wake-boarding on their boat Saturday mornings (when the water is warm).
During the portrait session, it was so funny watching Mom keep picking on both of her boys on camera and Dad kept laughing at how much fun they were having. Thats why I love shooting families is that opportunity that I not only am given to take pictures but also laugh with them in the moment!
Thank You Koshland Family for allowing me to capture a few moments in your lives!!
