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Archive for September, 2008

Pictures of Hurricane Ike From Space

September 30th, 2008

Found a very cool link today.  Pictures of Hurricane Ike from space!

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The Bella Terrazza, The Tuscan Villa of Garden Oaks, and The Chef’s Table Closed Their Doors!!

September 29th, 2008

The Bella Terrazza, The Tuscan Villa of Garden Oaks, and The Chef’s Table were all wedding and event facilities owned by Titus Inc.  While we are not sure of all the alleged details, as we have not verified the facts , we do know that these three facilities were recently closed overnight and over 100 couple’s weddings [...]

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Hi. I’m a PC… and I Was Made on a Mac.

September 21st, 2008

For years, Apple has been wildly successful with their “I’m a Mac” campaign, but recently PC has been hitting back with their own version. However, would you believe that the PC ads were made on a Mac!!!

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Chiodo / Arnoldi Wedding

September 20th, 2008
Chiodo / Arnoldi Wedding

The Sacred Heart Houston Ceremony Location:  Co-Cathedral of The Sacred Heart Reception Location:  The Houston Club – The George Bush Room These wedding images were created by Houston Wedding Photographer Aric C. Hoek. View more of Aric’s photography. Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

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The Power is Back On!

September 17th, 2008

After 5 days, power is finally restored at my home! With any luck, the power is back on at day care, and at the studio as well.

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Pictures of Hurricane Ike.

September 12th, 2008
Pictures of Hurricane Ike.

Pictures of Hurricane Ike. The first bands of Ike are passing over our home. I have left my professional cameras at my studio to make sure they are all sage. So, believe it or not, these images were taken with my iphone! There has been very minimal post production. Contrast, saturation, and dust and scratches [...]

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Ike

September 11th, 2008

Writing this post is my last action before unplugging all of the studio computers. I am closing up and heading home. Wish us luck.

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Outdoor Lighting.

September 7th, 2008
Outdoor Lighting.

Many photographers have serious problems when photographing an individual outdoors, especially if they were standing in front of a large object, and the surface of that large object is covered in direct sunlight. For most photographers, when this happens, they expose their image for the subject which is considerably darker than the background, which causes [...]

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There Is No Perfect Wedding Album

September 4th, 2008

There is no perfect wedding album, there are only perfect wedding albums. Watch this video by Malcolm Gladwell and you will understand why Solaris offers it’s clients 14 different albums to chose from, consisting of four different styles of album design. By embracing the diversity of our customers, we can provide a better service. Malcolm [...]

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Burrell Family Portrait

September 2nd, 2008
Burrell Family Portrait

View Our Family Portrait Portfolio The Burrell Family portrait created at a park near their home.

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Days with my father.

September 1st, 2008

I stumbled across a beautiful and authentic website today. My Stepfather is a clinical psychologist has practiced for over 25 years. As a psychotherapist he often deals with dementia an Alzheimer’s. The photography for the site “Days with my father” is striking, beautiful and timeless. The subject of the site is a son’s photographic essay [...]

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