Posts Tagged ‘Destination Wedding Photography’

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

I love working on my company’s website. Today I cleaned up our home page, and have completely reconstructed the home page slide show. Please let me know what you think of the new slide show in the comment form below. Have a good one. Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer

No matter how many times I go to The Japanese Gardens, I always seem to find a new portrait there. The grounds are kept so nicely and the colors are constantly changing. The trick is to crop in on certain areas to create the illusion of isolation, while still placing the subject as part of [...]

Another wedding album design completed, approved and on it’s way to my book binder in California! With any luck the Zerda Wedding Album will be back in my hands in 6 weeks. In case you missed it, here is a link to Barbara’s bridal portraits. Aric C. Hoek – The Master of Shadows Solaris Studios [...]

Reviews Needed! The good, the bad, and the ugly. When I visit a website and I see a testimonials page, I find that I am unwilling to believe what I am reading. How do you know that the company didn’t write the testimonials themselves? Reviews can be looked at in the same way, but it [...]

I hate it when I’m shopping online looking form information about a product, and I’m unable to find that information. My standard response to a site that does not provide me with the information I’m seeking is to just find another site that will! So, I have decided to Zig, while my competition Zags. Standard [...]

When I have time to watch TV, one of my favorite shows to watch is a British automotive show called Top Gear. I have to record it because I never have the time to watch it when it’s actually on. Top Gear is smart and fast, and it’s all about cars. Cool cars. Guy stuff. [...]

On 7/18/06 Isaac and Marjan signed with me to photograph their wedding for 9/16/06. If you are a long time reader of this blog you may remember their wedding images. One year later, almost to the day, Isaac and Marjan find themselves back in my studio. Thank you both for your continued business, and congratulations! [...]

My good friends David Jones and Mitch Daniels and I have been off and on now for lunch at the Museum of Fine Arts. It’s something that we have been doing on Fridays for I guess the past three years now. We like to call it Fine Art Fridays. There have been times when others [...]

Tonight is the September meeting of The Professional Photographers Guild of Houston (PPGH). Each month brings a new print competition to all of the members that want to participate. It is this competition that determines who is awarded photographer of the year at the December Christmas Gala. I have never been awarded Photographer of The [...]

Lori and Jeff’s wedding was in mid June of this year. Their wedding coordinators, Schwartz & Woodward, were recently featured on Platinum Weddings. The ceremony was at Sugar Land First United Methodist, and their reception was held at Sugar Creek Country Club. Aric C. Hoek – The Master of Shadows Solaris Studios 713-524-3303 Use the [...]

Mariam and Waddah were a fabulous couple to serve! Everyone was so stress free and the party was fabulous! I really love the couples that hire me and then just set me loose without any restrictions. I was free to create! As an additional bonus Waddah’s mother and sister were able to fly in from [...]

The Gonzales / Dockal Wedding It was a hot and humid one in Houston… but it didn’t stop my couple from having a fantastic time! Here are a few of my favorite images so far. Church: Holy Rosary 3600 Milm Houston, Tx Reception: The Houston Club Aric C. Hoek – The Master of Shadows Solaris [...]

I was only 17 when I failed typing during my sophomore year at Bellaire High School. That was 21 years ago. However everything changed for me when I was introduced to photography shortly after. It was the first thing that I was really good at and I latched on tight. I knew that when I [...]

This is a message I received from someone filling out my contact page yesterday. I absolutely love inquiries like this as opposed to something mindless and genic. From: xxxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com Subject: New client inquiry. Date: August 23, 2007 2:26:06 PM CDT To: studio@solarisstudios.com First, Last name: Cheryl XXXXXX e-mail address: xxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com phone number: 281-xxx-xxxx event date: [...]

We are on a production kick here at the studio and we are turning out album designs like crazy. Truthfully we are running about a month behind right now and we are looking to get caught up next week. So. Get ready for a few days of posts containing our newest album designs! Today I [...]

Katy and Joshua have been fabulous clients, and they are so easy for me to work with. Love em! Their engagement session was taken behind The Wortham Center downtown and some surrounding areas. I hope you enjoy them as much as they do. Shadows galore in this session due to the time of day, which [...]

Courtney and Jason were the lucky winners! I can’t begin to tell you how many frantic inquiries I received over the past few months from couples wanting to reserve my services for their wedding on 7/7/7. I’d like to think that it had something to do with the quality of my work, but I know [...]

For some time now I have been toying with the idea of starting a senior portrait division. For those of you out there that don’t know, high school seniors have their portrait taken to remember a time of transition in their lives. There are really two things that are appealing to me about senior portraits. [...]