Archive for December, 2008

On the plane to Paris. Have to de-ice the wings before we can depart.

Yesterday was my third and final day with my clients. Today I return to Houston while my clients continue in their honeymoon to Paris. Here are some images I captured with my iPhone yesterday on our way to and after our shoot.

Well, it’s 7:45 am and I’ve just finished my breakfast.  I am to meet with my clients inthe loby at 8:15 so we can catch a train to todays destination.  I will be taking my iPhone, so I can blog from the train ride. Here is an additional image that we created yesterday in The [...]

It’s almost 2am here in Munich. I set my alarm to go off at 1am so I could video chat with my wife and kids at 6pm in Houston. I have to get up in 5 hours, but before I collapse, I wanted to share another image from our adventure. Very little photoshop has been [...]

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Posting this while at The Hofbeauhaus.

Keep in mind that this is pre-photoshop.  Just a bit of color balancing.  This is one of about 600 images I created this morning.  Things are going very well! I will post some more images from this amazing trip in a few hours. First, I need to get some sleep.

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Getting ready for my first shoot!  Breakfast just arrived at my door.  It’s 1am in Houston, and 8am here. We have two locations we will be shooting today, and I will probably shoot close to 2000 images. Wish me luck!  It is going to be so amazing!

After 17 hours of travel I finally made it to my hotel room! It is so cold here! Went all around the city looking for some dinner, or could have been breakfast, as my brain has no idea what time it is. Found an outdoor shopping mall. Did I mention it was cold? Found a [...]

OMG! Every public lot is full to capacity. I had to park at the airport terminal. As I am checking in, the atendant tells me that due to high volume, I am only allowed to tale one carry on! I have my camera bag and my laptop! I immediately start taking my computer supplies and [...]

For the next few days I will be bloging from my iPhone, much more frequently than normal, and in freezing temps, from Paris and Munich. Pictures from my iPhone will be included when possible.

Taken in 1990 while walking to class in Florence Italy.

Every weekend I am shooting a wedding.  And every weekend I am confronted with a piece of wedding cake, each made by a different baker.  So trust me when I say, I am a connoisseur of wedding cake! At some point in time, a cake maker somewhere said, “Hey, I can sell twice as many cakes [...]

Jus got back from a wedding late last night.  Only a few hours after I went to bed, I was terrified as the house alarm went off!!!   After searching the house I headed back to bed.  Unable to sleep, I’ve found myself in my favorite reading chair surfing away. It’s 8 am now, and [...]

It’s going to be close! If things go as planned, 2008 will become our most profitable year to date! Thanks to all of our customers! Happy holidays. P.S. If you are having a good season as well, then please visit the following link and consider a donation to a family in need. http://www.solarisstudios.com/workshop

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The largest bridal show in the continental US is The Bridal Extravaganza, and it’s right here in Houston.  We don’t just have one booth at the show, we have three!  With over 6000 brides in attendance, it’s a must for our business! Every year I run a special.  And every year I think and ponder [...]