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Hello everyone. I’m out in LA California avoiding the freezing cold weather in Chicago. I’ve been hanging out with the Teter family and just enjoying the west coast culture and lifestyle. Just wanted to quickly to a recap of my trip so far.
Here’s a photo of the Teter family. Thanks for the great hospitality!
Got to check out the Lakers game – the luxury suite style. 
If you look carefully, you can see Jack Nicholson
Yesterday I attended a one day seminar hosted by Becker. This was such a great experience as I learned a great deal about wedding photography from one of the nation’s best. He opened his house as well as his knowledge for photography. We got to spend the entire day going over pricing, marketing, shooting, photoshop tricks, work flow – the whole nine yards. I’m excited and pumped to implement some things I learned in to my business and also to share with you guys.
If you guys are serious about wedding photography, you should attend this seminar. Click here for more info. Here are some photos from the day
Here’s Becker going over samples of his work at his decked out studio (first two photos courtesy of Becker):
Then he treated us to lunch at Claim Jumper (huge portions!)
We also got to shoot a great looking couple (former client of Becker) out on Laguna Beach. They had their baby with them so we got to shoot some couple poses as well as some family photos. It was a gorgeous day outside and the beach was beautiful as the sunset behind us. Here are some of my shots. Go check out Becker’s shots on his blog.
Becker also promised us that he would use our photos if we took a good shot of him. So here’s a couple of him in action:
Then I quickly took couple shots of this awesome beach. 
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So I was able to weave through the LA traffic to find my way to Robert Evan’s Studio. There was an annual pizza party hosted there by Leather Craftsman (an album company) so I dropped by to meet and hopefully networkwith some other photographers. Fortunately i ran into some familar faces. Here’s a photo I took with Becker. He was a friendly guy going around talking and taking pictures with everyone. I managed to grab him for a second for a quick shot. The girl on the left – her name is Ellice Schwartz – another great photographer:
Here’s couple of shots from Robert’s studio:
And after shaking many unfamilar hands, I finally ran into the guys that owned the studio. L to R – Aaron, Me, and Robert Evans. 
I had to ask them the question b/c the Inquirer minds wanted to know. And yes, it is true – They DID shoot Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston and Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes’ wedding. I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to talk to them about it but he was really nice and cool and told me all the details. He was really humble about it also.
Any ways, tonight I get to check out John Teter’s college ministry before I had back home tomomorrow. Stay warm everyone!
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