[b] School launched today
Just wanted to dedicate this entry to talk about the [b] school that just launched today as of Oct 1. It’s a whole new way to connect with photographers in this industry. I am on it and stoked about many ways we can network with each other. Just think of facebook/forum/blog/video/twitter for photographers. Rather than me raving about it, go check it out here:

Open Source Photo – Photo Stud
Woo hoo, I am now officially a photo stud… well according to Open Source Photo. It’s nothing big deal but DJ set up a link in Open Source Photo forum where now my blog entries will get fed via RSS automatically into the forum under the section: “Photo Studs.” Thanks DJ!

Sponsors & Friends
Big thanks to GoBee for their sponsorship! They have this really cool hip memory card/business card holster for photographers to wear on their shoot. In fact, I like it so much I wear it even when I’m not out shooting. Send me an email on facebook and I’ll send you a coupon to save $10 off!

I am a huge fan of Dane’s book: Fast Track Photographer. Send me an email via facebook and I’ll send you a coupon code to save 10% off his book & audio book. It’s really the best book written for people that want to take photography seriously. I highly recommend it!

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My friend/photographer Gene Higa invited me to shoot not just one wedding, but three with him this past weekend. I’m just starting to recover from it to be able to blog about it. I will post more images later on but just wanted to give you the range of weddings I was able to cover. In the span of three days, I went from:

Trentadue vineyard in Sonoma County….

To SF urban area in the Legion of Honor…

To the oceanside at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay…

I didn’t think we could do it but we worked well together and captured some great images. I learned alot from Gene this weekend and got to spend some quality time with him, Ann and Bogie. Thanks for the great opportunity again. Gene promised to shoot a wedding w/ me now so I gotta think of one a wedding to do. Anyone want Gene Higa as a second shooter for their wedding?

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Just when I thought you couldn’t top off the workshop that I attended on Monday, Tuesday rolled around and it was even better. I had an opportunity to photograph a couple from San Francisco. They used to live in Chicago but recently moved out to this area. Ken is a good friend of mine from college and I just met Crystelle that day. I knew she was gorgeous from the photos I’ve seen of her but she was prettier in real life! We spent the late afternoon strolling through the heart of San Francisco and shot some awesome photos. My friend/talented photographer Gustavo was there with me to help capture some different angles and help me out with various things. Anton Lorimer from Lorimerworks was there to help me capture some footage for my upcoming promo video which I am really stoked about.

I will post more images from this event later on but I wanted leave you with few teasers to wet your appetite. I am gearing up for a super wedding weekend with San Francisco’s top destination wedding photographer Mr. Gene Higa. Earlier on, I contacted him to see if I can second shoot one wedding for him and he replied “What about three?” So I’m really excited about this opportunity!

In the meantime, here are the teaser images. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

Just playing around with some textures by Jesh De Rox. I love his style and I try to incorporate a few in my portfolio when I feel like the image/mood is captured right.

Gustavo captured some cool behind-the-scene images for me. Here’s me in action:

Here’s another one with Anton getting some cool video angles.

CANON 5D Mark II

Canon just released a new camera to replace the current 5d. I know it’s got lot of bells and whistles but did you know that this comes with HD video recording capability? If you think this is not that big of a deal, think again. It is going to blow away the competition and revolutionize the way we do our business. Check out this video made by Vincent Laforet. It was recorded with the new 5d in HD. If you can imagine the possibility of this, it will BLOW your mind. It’s a must see!

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After a busy weekend, I took a late flight out to San Francisco to attend Gene & Jose’s one day workshop. I was really looking forward to meeting some new photographers from the bay area and to hang out with Gene, Ann, Jose & their entourage. My good friend Gustavo is hosting me again this week and everything was going smoothly until… well, let me explain with some photos:

There was about 30 photogs in attendance. Gene and Jose tagged teamed back and forth sharing their views. I really appreciate that their approach to photography and business is so different. It emphasizes how we can be unique at what we do and still be recognized as being successful in the industry. I am the type that likes to apply little bits and pieces from each photographers.

Jose is a photographer by heart. He loves to shoot and for him business comes second. I love looking at Jose’s images. It never tires me to even look at the same ones over and over again.

Some of the attendees wanted to try shooting in film. Here’s Jose giving Brianna tips on how to load a film properly. Isn’t it amazing how film has now become almost a lost form of art?!

Gene covered lot of ground from A to Z, including some helpful tips on how to get published in a magazine. Gene is business first and photography second. His approach compliments his personality and style and is the reason why he is so successful at what he does.

Then we took a break and walked down the street for some lunch at Koh Samui – a fun little Thai restaurant. I love asian food so this was perfect to fill my hungry hippo tummy. I had Pad See Ew and my neighbor had this. I wish I ordered that instead.

Food + Fellowship = Fun!

After lunch we dove back into more topics. I took a quick break and decided to shoot some photos for Maria Chang (The ever famous professional make-up artist). She does some amazing work and I wanted to capture some images for her in action. If you read this Maria, contact me and I’ll send you some images!

Here’s Maria prepping our models Caroline and Tyria for our afternoon photoshoot:

Then we wrapped up the seminar part of the workshop and head out for some photoshoot. Here’s Tyria, one of our models, excited for a fun shoot!

Half of the group went with Jose and the other half went with Gene. I started w/ Gene first. Before any shooting began, Gene specifically gave us details on what he looks for when shooting his brides. His tips from lighting, composition, techniques were extremely helpful.

One of Gene’s actual bride was walking by so we snapped a shot for Gene. Talk about small world!

We were having so much fun that we must’ve been causing some ruckus. A SFPD cop came by and asked what was going on. He was a friendly guy and told us to keep it down.

Gene explained what we were doing and did what he could to get rid of the cop.

Few minutes later the cop came back and told Gene how we couldn’t be here.

I thought it was funny so I stepped back and started snapping some photos. Then the cop took out his hand cuffs and began to arrest Gene. At first all of us thought it was a joke so we started laughing…

Wait…maybe he’s not kidding…something’s not right…

Then Gene got really scared when he realized he was going to be the first photographer ever to get arrested during his own workshop.

So I stepped in and try to talk to the cop about his outrageous reasoning for arresting Gene…and I end up getting cuffed too…

Then I pleaded for my life and pretended to act like I didn’t know Gene at all.

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Okay, before anyone freaks out, that whole story was fabricated by me. Sorry if I scared anyone. The real story is that the cop is actually really interested in photography. He did come by first to see what was going on then few mins later, he came back to talk to Gene about taking one of his workshops. It was my idea to do a photoshoot with the cop pretending to arrest Gene, then handcuffing me too after. Needless to say, I got lot more out of this workshop then I expected.

By the way, in the midst of all the joking around, I did manage to grab this shot of Tyria that I liked. Funny thing is I wasn’t even looking through my viewfinder when I shot this and it turned out to be my favorite. So I did some photoshop massaging on it.

Then we switched the groups and went with Jose.

I didn’t take too many photos of Caroline as I was busy listening to what Jose had to say about his approach to shooting his brides. Here’s couple shots I did manage to get of her.

I must of done a good job because she gave me a kiss on the cheek after the shoot. (Thanks Gustavo for snapping this photo of me)

I took couple of shots for Jose. Hopefully he likes them and uses it for his new profile.

All in all it was a jam-packed fun day. I had a blast with this wild bunch. Thanks to Cameron Ingalls for catching me off guard while twittering on my iPhone.

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This past week I had a privilege of attending the ONE workshop hosted by Jeff & Julia Woods. This was a workshop specifically geared for married couples that were in the photography business together. It wasn’t your average “how-to” photography workshop. Instead this focused more on the importance of marriage and relationship and how that relates to business. It was such an amazing experience. Although I was the only single guy there, I was still able to observe and learn from all the wonderful couples that were there. Jeff & Juila graciously invited me to join them to help document this one-of-a-kind workshop. I got to spend some time w/ good old friends as well as meeting and making new friends. It was such a success and every couple that was there can testify to how emotional it was for those that were there.

I will post a few images here but you can view the rest of them on my facebook album

So in this last group photo, I was sweating buckets because I realized Bob Davis & Zack Arias were in the group photo probably laughing at my lighting set-up.

Bob & Dawn Photoshoot
During the workshop, we had some free time so Bob & Dawn decided to do a quick mini-shoot. Jeff & Julia has an amazing studio. They had a Vespa scooter in the studio so we used it as a prop for their shoot. Here’s just a few of them showing Bob & Dawn in love!

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