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

Aric’s Preferred Wedding Vendor List

March 18th, 2012

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 [...]

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I Have Found My Houston Bookkeeper.

August 12th, 2011

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 [...]

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Weekly Escape – A New Image Every Week!

July 4th, 2007

Well, there are no fancy images in this post, only a shameless promotion. I have started an image of the week club! Sign up today and receive a new image each week! Think of it as a thirty second Weekly Escape from the grind of the world. Sign up for The Weekly Escape here! Or, [...]

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The Calm Before The Storm

January 5th, 2007

Evidently one of the benefits of investing in a quad booth at The Bridal Extravaganza is the invitation to set up your booth one day before the rest of the vendors. Normally, today I would be rushing to set everything up, but the job is already done! I am so happy about this. Lindsey, my [...]

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The Bridal Extravaganza and A Story.

January 3rd, 2007

Well, this weekend is one of the craziest weekends of the year for me. The Bridal Extravaganza will be going on this Saturday and Sunday at The George R. Brown Convention Center. It is estimated that 7000 people will attend.

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Help Wanted – Photographer Needed

January 2nd, 2007

My goal is to build a great photographic team. A team with very little turnover. A dependable team. A respected team. I am in need of a full time photographer, T-F 9-5, and weddings on weekends. One associate photographer is needed and will be provided with a desk, an Apple workstation, phone, Solaris email address, [...]

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Filling The Void.

December 4th, 2006

Last week, I was given the opportunity to photograph my first Bar Mitzvah. I loved it! When I got to the shoot, I was nervous. This was my first time photographing a Bar Mitzvah!

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Shameless Promotion

November 24th, 2006

/Begin Shameless Promotion Warning… this is a shameless attempt at self promotion. Stop reading if you are not interested in helping out this blog. If you would like to support this blog, then I would like to ask if you would read a short story and click a link. The link is not an advertisement [...]

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The Party. You Got Questions. I got answers.

November 16th, 2006

Let me start off by saying…. I don’t know. Toni came home from the NWHMOM meeting with a good amount of questions people have about the party this Saturday, and here are my thoughts….

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7/21/07

November 7th, 2006

I should be retouching right now, but this message is important.

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It’s A Language All It’s Own.

November 2nd, 2006

What is a wedding? After years and years of professional photography, I have come to the conclusion that it is a language. Every planned detail is a statement. Each statement prepared and presented.

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New Line of Holiday Cards Now Available!

October 30th, 2006

Holiday Cards Now Available! It’s Monday, and as promised I am launching a complete line of holiday card designs! Pricing is as follows: 1-20 are 2.99 each 21-50 are 1.99 each 51-100 are 1.75 each 101-up are 1.50 each

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