August 22nd, 2009 | Category: Events, Everyday Life, Photo of the Day

PHOTO OF THE DAY – August 22nd

OPEN HOUSE at DANCE STUDIO NO. 1 in LOS ANGELES

I love to photograph dancers! There is a magic inside of them that speaks to my heart. Call it grace, call it balance, call it focus, call it what you may . . . to me it is a special characteristic that I can’t quite […]

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August 20th, 2009 | Category: Events, Everyday Life, Photo of the Day

PHOTO OF THE DAY – August 20th

SAYING GOOD-BYE

Sometimes we have to say good-bye to friends. Not that we want to, not that we want them to move away, but to hold them back from moving on in their own life would be a travesty, a selfish thing to do on our part.

So we get together and celebrate the good […]

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August 8th, 2009 | Category: Children, Events, Everyday Life, Photo of the Day, Workshops

PHOTO OF THE DAY – August 8th

V I V A l a F I E S T A !

Put your headsets on and fasten your seat belts – Ready ?? Push play! Now that you have watched the video, let me tell you the rest of the story . . .

First, however, I need to tell you about the […]

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July 18th, 2009 | Category: Events, Photo of the Day

Scott Kelby’s 2nd Annual WorldWide Photo Walk

Today is the 2nd Annual Photo Walk . . . I am really excited about shooting at the Farmer’s Market!

The last time I went (and that was a first) was with the Holga and Coffee Workshop sponsored by Specialty Color Services, but I was limited in my shooting due to the number of exposures […]

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July 15th, 2009 | Category: Events

NAPP’S PHOTOWALK 2009

Ever heard of Photoshop? Ever heard of Photoshop World? Ever heard of NAPP?

I know most of you reading this on any regular basis, has heard of Photoshop – it is simply the best post-production tool ever created (okay, so that’s my opinion – but oh, the things you can do in Photoshop!)!

Funny how […]

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July 4th, 2009 | Category: Events, Everyday Life, Photo of the Day, Tutorials

PHOTO OF THE DAY – July 4th

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

. . . . . to everyone who reads this !

What other images could I post here except fireworks! First allow me to post a composite of a fireworks display I shot in 2007 on Kauai. It was a small private fireworks display that I was fortunate enough to be […]

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June 19th, 2009 | Category: Cameras and Lenses, Events, Workshops

HOLGAS & COFFEE WORKSHOP

What would you think if I told you you could develop film in coffee?

Either you would tell me I’m crazy or you would do what I did – search the internet for it’s validity – and then sign up for the workshop to get your hands dirty! Specialty Color Services of Santa Barbara was […]

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June 12th, 2009 | Category: Events, Workshops

FIRE IN YOUR EYES – Part 2

The first part of the evenings events were primarily in wait for darkness to fall – you can’t get good intense fire light with the sun still above the horizon.

Christy Carr of Calumet, and hostess of this event had lined up a wonderful array of performers: several models in Renaissance costumes, jugglers […]

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June 10th, 2009 | Category: Events

FIRE IN YOUR EYES – Part 1

This is a space for visual effects only. Here are some of the images from the event. What an exciting night AND what a learning experience! The images in this gallery were created with flash units both on and off camera and long exposure times. [Show as slideshow] This is a space for visual effects […]

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June 2nd, 2009 | Category: Events

FIRE IN YOUR EYES EVENT

Today I registered for a workshop with Calumet Photographic, Inc. (the Santa Barbara location). The event, titled Fire In Your Eyes, seems to be a very interesting workshop. It promises fire jugglers, fire performers, dancers and costumed characters/models.

What really drew me to this workshop, is photographing in low light, using long exposures and filming […]

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