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Family Portrait Photography created by Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP of Solaris Studios. Would you like to contact Aric about photographing your family portrait? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer
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Family Portrait Photography created by Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP of Solaris Studios. Would you like to contact Aric about photographing your family portrait? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Aric’s Preferred Wedding Vendor List
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 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 [...]
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(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 [...]
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Houston 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
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Calibrating the PPGH Print Competition Monitor
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 [...]
2 Comments | Keep Reading»Thank You Stephanie and Michael. January 21, 2012
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. [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»August 24th, 2011
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 [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»August 23rd, 2011
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 [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Sandler Training Executive Photo Session

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 [...]
1 Comment | Keep Reading»I Have Found My Houston Bookkeeper.
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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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 [...]
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Houston Ballerina

It’s funny. My wife and I just finished watching Black Swan and not but a day or two later I was given the opportunity to photograph a Houston Ballerina. The images contain a few behind the scenes shots as well. It looks as if I photographed my clients infront of a black background. But in [...]
1 Comment | Keep Reading»King Gavin

I took this portrait of my son Gavin one year to the day before his last day of daycare. Soon, he will be in the whirlwind of kindergarten. Things will begin to change as he becomes more and more susceptible to influence from his new friends and peers. He will begin to grow and develop [...]
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Images by Houston Family Portrait Photographer Aric C. Hoek. Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer
1 Comment | Keep Reading»The Salinas / Paulson Wedding

Please leave a comment at the bottom of this page. Which images are your favorite?!?! The Salinas / Paulson Wedding. Houston Wedding Ceremony Location: Grace Presbyterian Church Houston Wedding Reception Location: The Courtyard on St. James Place Houston Florist: Daryll and Company Houston Wedding Cake: Cakes By Gina Houston Wedding DJ: Rock N Robin As [...]
1 Comment | Keep Reading»Madonna and Child 3 of 3

Madonna and Child 1 of 3. Madonna and Child 2 of 3. Madonna and Child 3 of 3. Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer
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View another Houston family portrait by Aric. Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer
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Would you like to see another family portrait by Aric? Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP Professional Photographer
2 Comments | Keep Reading»Turner Bridal Portrait

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 [...]
4 Comments | Keep Reading»The Zerda Wedding Album

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 [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Help Needed From Past Clients!
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 [...]
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»Solaris Site Updated!
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 [...]
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