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This Portrait was created at The Courtyard on St. James Place. If you are interested in having your special event at The Courtyard on St. James Place contact: Lori Evans 713-621-0555 Would you like to contact Aric about photographing your wedding? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

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Wedding Photography created by 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

Indian Wedding Photography created by 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

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

As your wedding photographer, I will see all of the vendors you have chosen for your wedding. Or at least, I will see the products they have created to help make your event more personable and unique. For instance, I will see your wedding cake, but I may not see the individual who made the [...]

Wedding Photography created by 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

Solaris Studios will know be offering save the date announcements. Transform a special photograph into the perfect announcement for your wedding day! Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

I can’t begin to count how many weddings I have photographed.  I can tell you though that many of those couple go onto start families of their own, and a few contact me when they would like a family portrait created.  Many of these sessions are schedules around Thanksgiving and the holidays, so needless to [...]

(Leave a comment below.  Which family portrait is your favorite?) Recently we photographed The Green Family at one of my favorite locations, which really worked out well as the family had requested to have a bridge in the finished portrait.  Once the session was completed, we digitally enhanced the final selections to ensure we would [...]

Hello Members and Friends of the Professional Photographers Guild of Houston (PPGH), My name is Aric Hoek, and I am the 2012 PPGH President.  This particular blog entry is a continuation of the February newsletter and worth reading if you enter print competition every month as I do. Each month since the PPGH converted to [...]

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. [...]

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!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]