Christmas Portraits - Holidays Photography - Family Portrait
I love to photograph Christmas Portraits and Holidays Photography.
It is the time of the year where people like to dress up a little better and have the family portrait done for their Holidays Cards.
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Here are few Christmas Portraits I shot this year…
Today I had the pleasure of Leading our 2011 Worldwide Photo Walk - Fort Lauderdale.
We had 55 Photographers and an amazing day with a beautiful weather.
If you’d like to look the pictures we took, CLICK HERE
Here is a picture I took of our group, just before we started our Photo Walk.
I would like to invite all PHOTOGRAPHERS (professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts, with big or small cameras) to this unique experience that is Photowalk in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Our route will start in front of the Museum of Discovery and Science (SW 2nd St. – Downtown Fort Lauderdale) on SUNDAY – October 2, 2011 at 9:30 am. This is a historical area with many different opportunities to capture some amazing images.
Just in case you don’t know what photowalk is…
Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting. (See Wikipedia: Photowalking). It’s really just a way to get out, take some photos of things you find interesting along the way and then share them with others that share your passion. No critiques, just mutual inspiration and maybe at the end, a little coffee, beer, snack, lunch… you name it.
I am already counting with the presence of few professional photographers from Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beaches. So… If you are an amateur, you might learn few good tricks. And if you are a Professional… there will probably be photographers of differing skill levels and you might be able to learn something, teach something, or just make some new friends.
In conjunction with the walk, I have set up a Fort Lauderdale Photowalk Flickr Group to upload images and discuss the walk.
So if you are interested, let me know… and lets have some fun together. The more, the merrier.
Bowling Tournaments of The Americas - July 30 to August 6, 2011
This was an amazing event with great teams.
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Here are some images from this event.
Holiday Portraits - How to take great pictures.
Let me start explaining that for me, photography is the art of capturing a special moment (digital or film). Anybody can take a picture but not every person taking pictures is a Photographer, and there is a difference between a picture from an average person with a average camera and a picture taken from a good professional photographer with a good camera, lens, lighting, props, etc.
Here are few sugestions to make a nice Holiday Portrait;
- Who is your subject?
First decide if you are shooting only one person or the whole family. This will help you to descide about your composition and how to set your camera (if you’re using a DSLR camera)
- What do you have as your background and what props will you use?
Sometimes you just need a good idea to make a great picture, other times you will need backdrop, pine tree, sled, fake snow, etc.
- What kind of light?
Here is what makes the difference between an average picture and a professional one. You need to decide if you’re using window light and reflectors, strobes, or continuous lighting. This year I’ve been trying to use only my new set of 4 continuous lighting (3,000 watts).
Here are some samples of my Holiday Portrait
School Portraits - Holiday Portraits - Tips and Suggestions
This week I was shooting some Holiday Portraits for one school here in my city. I love to shoot kids Portraits in my home-studio, but it can be very challenging when you have to do it in a school.
Here are some tips and sugestions to help you with your next school portrait session:
Time: Remember schedule your day with some extra time, you’re not shooting only one or two portraits. I might have dozens, if not hundreds of students on that school.
Bring your background and Studio Lights - I don’t like the idea of having to pack my strobes, soft boxes, backgrounds and etc. It takes time pack it from your studio, set up at the school, pack at the school and set up back in your studio. But if you are concerned with the quality of your work, that is what you should do.
Assistants: You should bring at least one or two assistants to help you with setting up your equipment, organizing the students and going over each student package and order.
What lights to Bring:Last year I brought three strobes from my home-studio 1- main light, 2- Fill, 3- hair light (notice that I chose not use a background light - I wanted something a little different from past years). The images came out amazing, but I remember how challenging it was to keep the students focused in looking to my camera instead of pay attention on my strobes every time they’ve fired.
This year I brought four kits of my continuous fluorescent lighting and it made a huge difference. I could use an aperture of 4.0 to blur more my background.
Here are some samples of this year Holiday School Portraits
What do you think?
It is that time of the year when every one wants to feel like a kid again and dress up like a super hero or monster and etc.
I like this time of the year because I have great opportunity to do some Halloween Portraits at schools, private parties and etc.
Halloween Photo Shoot is a fun subject to shoot. A lot of creativity and color - I got some amazing pictures.
This year, I bought a special 10′ x 10′ backdrop and some extra props to make my images look a little more impressive.
Here is the first session I did last week, at some local School Fall Festival.
I hope you like and leave some comments…
I love photography, and even more shooting at beautiful weddings.
But if you are looking for a photographer to help you with the memories of the most beautiful day of your life, here is one thing you should consider…
Have your Engagement Photography or Engagement Photo Session before you hire your wedding photographer.
Can you imagine you on your wedding day, trying getting ready when this strange photographer comes in and start taking pictures of everything and asking you to do this, or to look at that and etc?
The Engagement Session is the perfect moment so you and your photographer can know each other a little better. And not only that, you will know a little more about the photographer’s personality and style.
If you’re getting married here in South Florida and need some help with your engagement pictures, here is a slide show I shot early this year…
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As I mentioned before, I love the energy that boudoir photography generates.
Here is a video of my last week Sensual Boudoir Photo Shoot…
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As a professional photographer, I have to confess, Boudoir Photography is one of the most fun photo shoot I could ever ask for.More and more clients have been asking me to have their boudoir photo shoot session. Some of them want to do it to surprise their husbands, some want to surprise their boyfriends or fiancé, and for my surprise a lot of them like to do the shoot with few friends.
We call it “Boudoir and Pinup Party”, where 4 or 5 girls would spend few hours having their makeup done by a professional makeup artist and having some amazing and sensual pictures taken by a professional photographer - Sure it wouldn’t be a “Party” without some wine, snacks and some really great music to help setting up the mood.
The Boudoir and Pinup Party, it is so cool and fun that the girls don’t feel the pressure of showing their body.
Here are some more images…
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Every year more and more women ask me to do their Boudoir Photography or Lingerie Photography. I love to shoot some boudoir style, but the session gets even better when the models have amazing bodies.
Here is just a tease from yesterday’s session:
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One of the best feedback that a Photographer can have of his art work is when he or she enters his or her work in a Print Competition.
Last Week, PPGF (a South Florida guild for professional photographers) hosted their Second 2010 Print Competition. This time we had our print competition together with the Palm Beaches Guild.
It was a great night with so many great images.
I was planing to enter four of my prints on this competition, but few weeks ago the external hard drive where I save my files crashed. I was lucky enough for having saved 2 of my images in another drive 2 months ago, so I could show them to another photographer friend of my.
Before I show you the images, I want to take this time to thank this photographer, friend of mine, Julie Hughes. Two months ago she came from her Professional Guild in Palm Beach to help our guild members in how to improve our chances in print competitions. Thanks!!!
Here are the results …
This print won 1st Prize for Portrait,
and this one won 1st Prize for Pictorial Portrait, 1st Prize Over All, and also Best in Show…
I know I have a long way to go until I can run my pictures in a national level, but I am getting there.
Few years ago I joined a GROUP of Videographers here in Broward (SFPVA - South Florida Professional Video Artist Association). We have our meetings every third Wednesday of the month at 1700 NW 66 Ave Suite 100 Plantation, FL 33313.I have to say, once again, that that I am impressed with our president (Danny). He always works extra hard to make sure that every month we have more and more Professional Videographers (VIDEO ARTIST) coming to our meetings.
This week we had a group of more than 40 people that came to watch Ray Roman’s Presentation… He did an amazing job with his presentation and answering all the questions. Ray is one of the many talented Video Artists living here in South Florida, and it was a pleasure to have him there with us.
I also promised everybody that I would post some of the images that I shot of our meeting.
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It’s not a secret how much I love to photograph weddings and how happy the bride and groom look at their special day. But, what does happen to that couple after few years of marriage?
This week, I had the pleasure to be the photographer of Arif and Parveen 20th Anniversary. It was amazing to see how happy they were at he party…, I felt like I was shooting their wedding.
They celebrated their 20th anniversary at Bombay Grill (Indian Restaurant - 4465 North University Dr. Lauderhill, FL 33351) with their family and friends.
The owner of Bombay Grill, Paul Rungta, is an amazing person. He did a great job in arranging the new banquet hall to host the Anniversary Party for Arif and Parveen. Mr. Rungta made sure the food was excellent.
The DJ, Zafar Mithavayani, made the whole event very entertaining. He played Indian music and everyone had a great time dancing.
If you want to check all the images from their Anniversary, CLICK HERE.
Congratulations Arif and Parveen!
