Houston Photographer
Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP, Author
the Master of Shadows ®
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Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

Margaritas at #Chili’s in #Houston

May 17th, 2009

My beautiful wife, Toni, is the general manager of Chili’s on the corner 0f 290 and 1960 in northwest Houston. Currently,  a all of the general managers in the Houston area are having an internal contest.
A margarita contest!
Come join me for margaritas tonight at 5:30 at the Chili’s on the corner of 290 and 1960 [...]

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April 28th, 2009

Straight from the middle-of-the-night keystrokes of Aric himself, Aric’s newsletters are full of thoughts and real world examples about photography and the business of photography from the point of view of Aric.
No matter what the subject matter, there’s always a photographic tip or a new resource for you to discover. Aric’s newsletters are [...]

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Lensbaby

March 31st, 2009
Lensbaby

Lensbaby

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Fine Art Taco Photography

December 21st, 2008

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 I’ve got [...]

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Help Wanted! I need to hire 10 – 14 photographers!

December 7th, 2008

So, I have a crazy idea, and I have sold my client on the idea.                  
Her reception is at The Hotel Za Za in Houston, and we are going to create a once in a lifetime shot. 
First Item: Two police motorcycle escort 
Second Item: 1937 Rolys Royce
Third Item: Red Carpet going from the car to the front [...]

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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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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 Gladwell would say [...]

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The Mona Lisa.. In One Second!

August 29th, 2008

OK. Just a bit of mindless surfing. It looks as if these guy put together over 1000 paint ball guns, all filled with different color paint balls, and fired them all at the same time onto a piece of artists canvas, and painted the mona lisa in less than a second.
This is about [...]

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