Ode to Lori Nordstrom

One last Drew portrait-- this is my "Ode to Lori Nordstrom", one of my instructors at Texas School of Professional Photography a couple of weeks ago. Lori's niche is the beautiful, timeless hand-colored black and white children's portrait.

If you're a fellow photographer and ever have the chance to hear Lori speak or take a class with her, do it! She's a great mentor and a wonderful all-around person.

She's also got this cool little company called Pepper, if you need a little spice for your camera!

The June Ad... and a little about what I'm up to these days.

Woo hoo! Here's my latest ad that will be in the June issue of Modern Luxury's Houston Brides magazine.  I haven't blogged the rest of her bridals yet, but rest assured, you won't be disappointed!

Now that we're mentioning it, there are quite a few brides whose portraits I can't wait to blog, but I have to wait for them to get married so I don't ruin the "reveal" on the wedding day.

It's been quite a whirlwind few weeks or me... just lots going on and lots of sessions since the weather is not-so-chilly.  I did have a bit of excitement when it rained a couple of weeks ago-- we had some pretty severe flooding in my neck of the woods, and one of my weddings had to be moved at the last minute due to venue flooding and power loss-- YIKES!  The adorable couple rolled with the punches and they were able to quickly move to a new locale (the ceremony was pushed back an hour).  It certainly wasn't the wedding they had planned, but I bet it will be talked about for years to come!  I'll talk more about that one when I have the images processed and can share.

This whole week, I am out of the office at a spectacular seminar put on by the Texas Professional Photographer's Association.  In a small-ratio class, I am learning from three industry leaders-- Lori Nordstrom, Gene Higa, and Catherine Hall (be sure to check out Catherine's editorial work- it's pretty amazing)...  It's only day one, but so far I am just pleased as punch to be hanging out with these people!  They're kind of my version of rockstars, ya know?  I can't wait to dive in tomorrow morning and see what's next.  If even just a tiny bit of their awesomeness rubs off on me, I'll be ecsatic!

Digital SLR Bootcamp... err, Flip Flop Camp!

Interested in learning about the capabilities of your Digital SLR camera? I am thinking about having a little field trip/seminar for dSLR beginners, probably sometime during the month of March.

This will not be a "techniques of photography" type class, where you learn how to compose an award-winning photograph-- this will be a time for you to really get to know the capabilities of that piece of machinery you've just plunked down a large chunk-o-change for. Hands-on, questions-asked, etc. Like boot camp, only I won't bark any orders at you.

It will hopefully leave you NOT wanting to throw the dSLR out the window and go back to your little point-and-shoot... because after all, you bought that dSLR hoping for some much better shooting and the ability to have more control over your camera.

I've got to delve a little deeper into meeting places/cost and try to guage interest... so please leave a "comment" to this blog entry or fill out the contact form on my website if you are interested.

Also, let me know which of these dates might work best for you, and what type of camera you have.

March 16
March 29
March 30

Thanks!