As many of you know, I am the co-leader of the LA SMUG meetup group with my good friend Chris Schmitt. As we strive to make the group as great as we can, Chris took it up a notch. He decided to bring along three SMUG members to with him to shoot his engagement sessions...
Sometimes you are expecting one thing, and you get another. And sometimes, that isn’t all that bad, especially when it comes to the Bui brothers. I was under the impression that this was going to be a session on fusion (the “fusion” of stills and video in a slideshow). I just figured it is the...
Taking the Fear out of Flash…Off camera flash that is. That is how I felt after Scott Roberts empowering presentation on his take on off-camera flash. And I do not think I was alone in feeling that way. I think the entire room had a similar feeling at the end of the presentation. Now don’t...
It was time for the Roethlingshoefer maternity shoot. A what maternity shoot? I know, it is a big word, but just happens to be our close friends last name. They decided last minute to have some maternity photos taken. Basically, they said, “what are you doing today, we need to get some maternity photos taken”. ...
I landed an interesting gig during the Olympics. I was hired to take pictures of the various types of advertising and marketing that was going on for the Olympics. My main task at hand was to see what the major Olympic sponsors were doing as far as advertising and marketing was concerned: McDonalds, Samsung, Panasonic,...
