Archive for 2011

January 10, 2011 – PPGH General Meeting with John Landauer Print Competition 6-7 | Dinner 7-7:30 | Program 7:30-10 Members:  Meeting Only $25  |  Dinner and Meeting  $35Non Members:  Meeting Only $30  |  Dinner and Meeting $40Crowne Plaza Houston North Greenspoint 425 Norht Sam Houston Parkway East Houston, Texas 77060 Become a PPGH Member now. [...]

This wedding album created by Houston Wedding Photographer Aric C. Hoek of Solaris Studios.

I’ve never been one for organization – that is until a Houston Professional Organizer, Susan Kluckman of It’s A Neat Addiction changed the way that I look at my office and my life company’s workflow. Susan Kluckman believes that everything should be neatly organized to affect your entire lifestyle. Recently, I hired It’s a Neat [...]

An amazing two day convention this December. Each speaker will speak for three hours! Purchase Your Tickets Here!

This portrait created by Houston Executive Portrait Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP. Would you like to see another executive portrait by Aric? Contact Aric.    

Executive group portrait created by Houston based Executive Portrait Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP This executive portrait of the Allied Wealth Management team will be appearing in the 2011 December issue of Forbes Magazine. This photo shoot was organized by Jennifer Schafer of Brandit Bandits. Would you like to see another executive portrait by [...]

    Engagement Portrait created by Houston Wedding Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP of Solaris Studios. Would you like to contact Aric about photographing your wedding? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

Engagement Portrait created by Houston Wedding Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP of Solaris Studios. Would you like to contact Aric about photographing your wedding? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

This artwork created by Houston Indian Wedding Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP. Interested in having Aric photograph your wedding? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

It’s going to be an incredibly busy day today.  I’m in the office at 6 am and will be nose to the grind stone until 11.  I will then be on my way to the PPGH monthly board meeting, and then helping host the PPGH monthly meeting.  I should be arriving back in the office [...]

I am getting ready to start day three of a three day Indian Wedding. Tomorrow I will be taking a small break, but more than likely returning emails when I have time as I know there are messages waiting for my attention. Next week, my web designer will be making some fun changes to the [...]

Thank you both Stephanie and Michael for reserving my services on January 21, of 2012.  I am going to do a fantastic job for you both and give you the absolute best service I can!  I will be providing you with very elegant tools to tell one of the most important stories of your life. [...]

Today I will be taking a 6.5 hour business class from Sandler Training starting at 9am and ending at 3:30pm.  My guess is I will be ready to call it a day after the class is over. Email will be the best way to get ahold of me today, as I will have my iPad [...]

This job opening was given to me by the owners of The Courtyard on St. James Place in Houston, Texas. The Courtyard on St. James Place has an opening for an Event Manager. We prefer candidates with a college degree, flexible schedule, and experience in Sales and Marketing. The Event Manager is responsible for: Coordinating [...]

I just received a news flash from CNN that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple.  Now is a good time.  His health is fleeting, and he has made Apple one of the largest companies on the planet. I had to make a blog entry to remember the date. Thank you Steve. Aric C. [...]

Wednesday mornings I attend a 7:30am networking meeting with other business owners in my area.  The group is a chapter of BNI, and we are looking for a few new members to fill some empty spaces. All day today I will be following up with email and phone messages I need to return.  I got [...]

I am retouching images for a wedding album today, and I am  behind on this work, so I will be letting phone calls go to voice mail for the next few hours.  I will also be working on replying to three client’s album revision notes today. I will be hand delivering my late work to [...]

Houston Executive Portrait Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Solaris Studios Would you like to see another executive portrait by Aric? Contact Solaris to have your team photographed. Today I photographed the team at Sandler Training, which is part of Stratagies For Success, Inc.  My job today was to create a team portrait in their [...]

THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 2011 WATCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY IN NEW YORK CITY   FAMILY PORTRAITS BY ARIC Click To Inquire About A Family Portrait With Aric. Portrait photographers are not only artists, but timekeepers and story tellers, capturing the personalities of family members for posterity. Aric reserves one weekend every month for two family portrait [...]

Watch this video of Aric photographing his clients. Hear what they have to say about Aric’s service and passion for his craft. When you are done, scroll down to view the finished artworks. Photography By Houston Based Destination Wedding Photographer Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP CONTACT ARIC Video production by Houston Videographer Mitch Daniels of [...]

After years of searching, and floating from one company to the next, I believe that I have finally found my Houston Bookkeeper for the years to come. Padgett Business Services. The owner of this particular location of Padgett is Bryan Brassell. He is highly professional, but very easy to get along with. One of the [...]

This is a charity event for the Berry Family started by the team at Copperfield Chilis managed by my wife, and I wanted to help spread the word.  Please share this with any of the social networking tools you find in this post to help it go viral.  Please leave a comment below.  Send people [...]

      Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

This blog entry is really for the photographers out there that read this blog. I recently upgraded my main retouching station on my network to Mac’s new operating system Lion. Immediately I ran into a problem when trying to import images into Adobe Lightroom 3. For whatever reason I was unable to see my Drobo [...]

Would you like to see another executive portrait by Aric? John Lemos, of the Lemos Law Firm, located in Cypress, Texas, loves the challenge of truly making a difference for his clients in their greatest times of need and giving them hope for their future.  When I asked Mr. Lemos where he wanted his portrait created, he [...]