Archive for October, 2006

I went to this small par 3 course this morning after dropping the kids off at day care. I got paired up with a guy named Garry. He is a bit of a beginner like myself. At any rate, I got the question. “What do you do?” Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

Holiday Cards Now Available! It’s Monday, and as promised I am launching a complete line of holiday card designs! Pricing is as follows: 1-20 are 2.99 each 21-50 are 1.99 each 51-100 are 1.75 each 101-up are 1.50 each

OK. It was last Friday and I was doing my thing in the studio photographing a family. I was in a zone. Moving from my camera to my clients to arrange the composition of the image I noticed some people standing in my studio. I didn’t pay them any mind because I had worked so [...]

What Is That? Is that light at the end of the tunnel? Not a problem, I’ll just snuff that right out. A quick review. Over the past two weeks Beth and I have successfully photographed our first 16 families! WOW! Not to mentinon two weddings. And according to my schedule, we have another 8 families [...]

I had an idea last night. I love those A Ha moments. The special that I am running for The North West Houston Mothers of Multiples involves printing a wall portrait for each of the families. Because the special was free for the families, I need to find ways to save money while producing all [...]

I know the world of wedding photography. I live it. But family portraiture, now that’s a different story. I have worked for many many portrait studios in my life, and I was very selective in the studios I worked for. But until now, I have not attempted to run a family portrait business on my [...]

Every so often I take an image and I just know that it is going to be good. I took this last Saturday, and all weekend I have been chomping at the bit to get to work on it. Without a doubt I will be adding this to my website. Normally, when a bride is [...]

I took these in the studio a few days ago now. I have since learned that she is a pilot and he is in law enforcement. Way cool. Aric C. Hoek The Master of Shadows Houston Wedding Photographer Want to receive notification of updates to my blog? Look to the right of this post and [...]

My daughter Katie is pissed off! She is pissed because her brother just took his first four steps yesterday and she is jealous! She has been pushing every toy that she can get her hands on in what I can only assume is an accelerated effort to learn how to walk. At lest that is [...]

Well, it’s Saturday and I only have about 4 hours left to write before I have to start getting ready for tonight’s wedding. In those four hours I will be playing with the twins, cleaning the kitchen, and cleaning my desk, and attempting to write as a form of procrastination to the cleaning. I am [...]

Over time, people have gravitated to specific images that I have taken. Positive comments have been lavishly given to some of my images more than others. So, I have decided to try something a bit different in the sale of my photography. As of today, I am offering a line of posters for sale! These [...]