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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Thanks.
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Hi Everyone, this is Paulo Jordao. Welcome to another great WorldWide Photowalk.
If you noticed, I’ve just posted my Photo Walk Location today - 3 days before the walk.
I’ve organized 4 Photowalks on my own and helped Scott on his 2008 and 2009 Worldwide Photo Walk.
I have to agree that a good location is very important to a successful Photowalk, but the most important thing in a Photo Walk is the GROUP and its leader.
This Photowalk will start at 9:30am at South Beach Park (A1A - Seabreeze Blvd. - couple blocks south of Las Olas Blvd) and end around 11:00am.
We will walk on the east side of the street (Side walk and Beach) walking north on A1A.
After few blocks we will cross A1A, walking back on the west side of the street until we find a nice place to sit down and have some drinks and or food.
It is very hot outside, so… don’t bring heavy gear - One camera and a good lens are more than enough
Please… Only sign up if you are sure you’re coming.
Let’s have some fun!!!
Sign Up Here: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/fort-lauderdale-fl-united-states-2/
Upload your best images here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1434839@N25/
Here is the video for our last week Trash the Dress Workshop and Photoshoot. I hope you like it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtaWn9hzWUM
Hi, my name is Paulo Jordao - http://www.paulojordao.com, and I am a international Photographer (Weddings and Fine Art Portraits) living in South Florida.
Last Sunday I had an amazing experience with one of my Workshops “Trash the Dress - Light and Location”, for Photographers from Miami - Fort lauderdale - Palm Beaches.
I had checked the location twice before I started marketing this Workshop. It is was a beautiful small park just south of Fort Lauderdale International Airport.
For this Workshop, I Had 19 Photographers, 12 models and 4 Makeup Artists - I also want to enjoy this post to thank all them for their amazing professionalism and beautiful job.
We had 3″ of rain that afternoon and most of people would think that we would not have the courage to go ahead with our schedule, but I am glad we did.
Here are few images of that day, let me know what you think.
If you are a photographer looking to distance yourself from the competition and boring everyday images, you need to keep your mind and eyes opened for opportunities to make some amazing and unique images.
Here is a photography workshop coming up to Fort Lauderdale - Miami area on April 18th; “TRASH the DRESS - Light and Location”
Here are some images from my previous sessions…
I Hope to see you there…
Paulo Jordao
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.
Yesterday night PPGF hosted their first 2010 Print Competition. It was a great event and I was glad to get a lot of good advice from the Judges.
I entered four of my prints on this competition, and I am verry hapy with the results:
- 1st Place in “Pictorial Portrait”
- 1st Place in “Portrait”
- 2nd Place in “Social function”
This week I had the honor shooting a family portrait session at Jaime Camara Jr. and Maria Alice’s ranch (an amazing place with features more impressive than most houses that I know). Jaime and Maria Alice are one the most respected couples of the State of Goias and Brazil.
I started the family portrait session at 5:00 pm, and shot until their son lost interest helping me. LOL! But, I had more than 90 minutes with Marcelo, Fernanda and their son, Francisco, and we had so many great shots that it was hard to select only few images to post here.
After the session, I stayed there to shoot Larissa’s birthday party (Jaime and Maria Alice’s daughter). Larissa, Juliano (her husband) and Felipe (her son) are a great example of a beautiful Brazilian family.
It was a very selective party for her family and closest friends, and everybody were very casual and friendly.
I want to enjoy this post to thank Larissa for having me at her wonderful birthday, and also congratulate her on her pregnancy.
Since I couldn’t bring all my gear from USA to Brazil, I did my best to work with as much available light as possible.
Here are few samples of that day…
Yesterday I had the honor of being the photographer for Zachary’s first birthday.
Here are some reason for that:
But when I said that it was an honor to be the photographer for Zachary’s first birthday, is because a little more than one year ago, I had the pleasure to photograph one the most beautiful Pregnancy Session that any photographer could wish for, Zachary’s Mom - Ana (Check here her Pregnancy Session)
Back to the birthday party…; it was a party for family and closest friends and even Elmo was there to help entertaining the kids.
Ana asked me to have some Professional Portrait done at the party with her family and guests, so I brought two of my studio lights + a 12′ x 25′ backdrop to have everybody looking their best.
I am still editing the images and in one or two days all the images will be posted on this link - CLICK HERE (PAGE ALREADY ONLINE) -, but since I promised everybody that I would post a Blog with the link, so they could look all the images, I wanted at least show one of the images that I shot there:
Once again, I want to thank everybody form Zachary’s birthday party for for the great time.
Sincerely,
Paulo Jordao (http://www.paulopics.com)
Hi everybody, This is Paulo Jordao I just got this article published. I hope you enjoy it.
Professional Photographer - Are You Kidding Me?
Would you agree with the statement that no matter what profession you look as an example, some professionals are better than others and that for some reason, they produce better results, better quality, better services and etc?
That is how most of people decide to hire their accountants, doctors, lawyers and etc - Somehow, in their mind, such professional’s expertise or the services that he or she provides justify the investment that their clients will make.
If you only needed a doctor to prescribe some headache medicine, you wouldn’t spend your time and money going to an expensive specialist. You would probably go to the closest doctor’s office in your neighbor or the cheapest doctor in town to prescribe that for you. But if you need a more complex diagnostic or a specialist to treat a serious illness, for sure you would drive or invest whatever was necessary to have the best doctors and tests that you could afford. Wouldn’t you?
That is a real fact that you might have to deal on a daily basis for whatever services you might need - You would go as far as necessary or invest as much money as you could possible afford depending on the importance or the urgency of your specific situation or necessity.
That is also true with Photography…
If you need few cute pictures of a family vacation or your kids little birthday party that you only bought some sodas and a cake - no special decorations, clowns, balloons and etc - you could probably have anybody with a descent digital camera shooting them for you (yourself, a cousin, a stranger passing by, etc).
But, if you need someone to capture the images of some unique and special moment of your life - a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Sweet Sixteen, Pregnancy, New Born, Special Family Portrait and etc - You might consider hiring the best Photographer that you can afford.
With the digital era (where you can find some good semi-professional digital camera for under $800) and so many people without a job, it is very common to find so many “amateurs photographers” trying to offer you a good deal.
Here are some tips to help you finding a Real Professional Photographer:
1) Website- The photographer has to have a nice website with samples of the event that you need him or her for (few different weddings, birthdays, portraits, etc).
2) Equipment- I am not kidding,… you would be surprised to know how many “photographers” only have their camera and a flash. Nothing else!
3) Studio- It doesn’t mean that all Professional Photographers have to have a Commercial Studio, but no matter if the Photographer has a Home-Studio or a Commercial Studio, you need to set up an appointment to check the photographers work (prints, albums, collections, etc).
4) Appearance- Does he or she look and act professionally? As I said before, “As soon as you decide that you need a photographer for your personal project or special event, you should hire the best Photographer that you can afford”.
“Don’t trust your lifetime memories to an amateur!”
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Come to visit this Top Wedding Photographer’s Webpage to check some Wedding Photography Samples and some Package Prices. Or visit my BLOG at http://www.paulopics.com/blog to learn more about Photography. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Paulo_Jordao |
Pre-IFA 2009: As anticipated Canon has today announced the EOS 7D digital SLR. It boasts a new 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor, Dual DIGIC 4 processors, ISO range expandable to 12800, continuous shooting at 8 fps and full HD video recording. It also incorporates a new viewfinder with 1.0x magnification and 100% coverage and a 3 inch LCD with 920k dot resolution.
Canon EOS 7D Specifications
| Price (Body Only) | • US: $1699 |
|---|---|
| Price (With 28-135mm kit lens) | • US: $1,899 |
| Body material | Magnesium alloy |
| Sensor * | • 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor • RGB Color Filter Array • Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit) • 19 million total pixels • 18 million effective pixels • 3:2 aspect ratio |
| Image processor * | Dual DIGIC 4 |
| A/D conversion | 14 bit |
| Image Sizes ( Still) * | RAW • 5184 x 3456 • 3888 x 2592 • 2592 x 1728 JPEG • 5184 x 3456 • 3456 x 2304 • 2592 x 1728 |
| Image Sizes (Movie) | 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) 640 x 480 (59.94, 50 fps) |
| File formats (Still) | • JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine / Normal • RAW • M-RAW • S-RAW • RAW + JPEG • M-RAW + JPEG • S-RAW + JPEG |
| File formats (Movie) | MOV (Video: H.264, Sound: Linear PCM) |
| Lenses | • Canon EF / EF-S lens mount • 1.6x field of view crop |
| Dust reduction | • EOS integrated cleaning system with fluorine coating • Self-cleaning sensor unit (filter in front of sensor vibrates at high frequency at start-up and shutdown - can be disabled) • Dust Delete Data - Data from a test shot is used to ‘map’ dust spots and can be later removed using Canon DPP Software |
| Auto focus* | • TTL-CT-SIR CMOS sensor • 19 cross-type AF points (f/2.8 at centre) • Center point additionally sensitive with lenses of F2.8 or faster • AF working range: -0.5 - 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100) |
| Focus modes | • One shot AF • AI Servo AF • AI Focus AF • Manual focus |
| AF point selection | • Auto : 19 point • Manual : Single point/ Spot/ AF point Expansion/ Zone |
| AF Lock | Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON button is pressed |
| Predictive AF | • Up to 8 m |
| AF assist | • Stroboscopic flash |
| AF microadjust | • +/- 20 steps • Adjust all lenses by same amount/individually adjust up to 20 lenses |
| Metering* | • TTL full aperture metering with 63 zone Dual Layer SPC • Metering range: EV 1 - 20 EV |
| Metering modes* | • Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) • Partial (9.4% at center) • Spot metering (approx. 2.3% at center) • Center-weighted average |
| AE lock | • Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering • Manual: AE lock button |
| Exposure compensation* | • +/-3.0 EV • 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments |
| Exposure bracketing | • +/- 2.0 EV • 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments |
| Sensitivity * | • Auto ISO (100-3200) • ISO 100-6400 in 0.3 or 1.0 EV increments • H (12800) expansion |
| Shutter | • Focal-plane shutter • 30 - 1/8000 sec • 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments • Flash X-Sync: 1/250 sec • Bulb |
| Aperture values | • 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments • Actual aperture range depends on lens used |
| White balance | • Auto • Daylight • Shade • Cloudy • Tungsten • White Fluorescent light • Flash • Custom • Kelvin (2500 - 10000 K in 100 K steps) |
| WB bracketing | • +/-3 levels • 3 images • Blue / Amber or Magenta / Green bias |
| WB shift | • Blue (-9) To Amber (+9) • Magenta (-9) to Green (+9) |
| Picture style | • Standard • Portrait • Landscape • Neutral • Faithful • Monochrome • User def. 1 • User def. 2 • User def. 3 |
| Custom image parameters | • Sharpness: 0 to 7 • Contrast: -4 to +4 • Saturation: -4 to +4 • Color tone: -4 to +4 • B&W filter: N, Ye, Or, R, Gvan • B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G |
| Image processing | • Highlight tone priority • Auto lighting optimizer (4 settings) • Long exposure noise reduction • High ISO noise reduction (4 settings) • Auto correction of lens peripheral illumination (vignetting) |
| Color space | • sRGB • Adobe RGB |
| Viewfinder * | • Eye-level pentaprism • 100% frame coverage • Approx. 1.0x maginification • Eyepoint: 22 mm • Fixed (Transmissive LCD screen) • Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter |
| Mirror | • Quick-return half mirror (transmission:reflection ratio 40:60) • Mirror lock-up (once or multiple exposures) |
| Viewfinder info * | • AF points • Focus confirmation light • Shutter speed • Aperture value • ISO speed (always displayed) • AE lock • Exposure level/compensation • Spot metering circle • Exposure warning • AEB. • Flash ready • High-speed sync • FE lock • Flash exposure compensation • Red-eye reduction light • White balance correction • CF card information • Monochrome shooting • Maximum burst (2 digit display) • Highlight tone priority (D+) • Grid • Dual Axis Electronic level |
| LCD monitor | • 3.0 ” TFT LCD • 920,000 pixels • 100% coverage • 160 ° viewing angle • Coating : Anti-reflection and Solid Structure |
| LCD Live view | • Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor • 100% frame coverage • 30 fps frame rate • Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor • Best view or exposure simulation • Silent mode • Grid optional (x2) • Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point) • Three AF modes - Live mode/Quick mode/Face Detection • Histogram • Remote live view using EOS Utility 2.0 (via USB or WiFi/Ethernet using WFT) |
| Record review | • Off • On (histogram via INFO button) • Display mode same as last used Play mode |
| Playback modes | 1. Single image with exposure, file number, storage slot 2. As 1 but also image count and quality 3. Detailed exposure information, thumbnail and luminance histogram 4. Less detailed exposure info., thumbnail, luminance and RGB histograms |
| Playback features | • Optional blinking highlight alert • Optional AF point display • Magnified view (up to 1.5x - 10x) • 2×2 or 3×3 thumbnail index • Delete / Protect |
| Flash* | • Auto pop-up E-TTL II auto flash • FOV coverage up to15 mm (27 mm equiv.) • Guide number approx 12 m (ISO 100) • Cycle time approx. 3 sec • Flash compensation +/-3.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments • X-Sync: 1/250 sec |
| External flash | • E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series Speedlites • Wireless multi-flash support • PC Sync |
| Shooting modes * | • Auto • Creative auto • Program AE (P) • Shutter priority AE (Tv) • Aperture priority AE (Av) • Manual (M) Stills and Movie • Custom settings 1 • Custom settings 2 • Custom settings 3 |
| Drive modes | • Single • High-speed continuous • Low-speed continuous • Self-timer: 2sec + remote, 10sec + remote |
| Burst buffer * | Approx. 8 fps (speed maintained for up to 126 JPEGs (with UDMA card), 15 images (RAW)) |
| Orientation sensor | Yes |
| Auto rotation | • On (recorded and LCD display) • On (recorded only) • Off |
| Custom functions * | 27 Custom Fubctions with 70 settings |
| Menu languages | • English • German • French • Dutch • Danish • Portuguese • Finnish • Italian • Norwegian • Swedish • Spanish • Greek • Russian • Polish • Czech • Hungarian • Romanian • Ukrainian • Turkish • Arabic • Thai • Simplified Chinese • Traditional Chinese • Korean • Japanese |
| Firmware | User upgradable |
| Portrait grip | • Optional BG-E7 Battery Grip • Optional WFT-E5 Wireless File Transfer Grip |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed • Video output (PAL/ NTSC) • HDMI connector • N3 type wired remote control • PC Sync flash terminal • External microphone (Stereo mini jack) • Communication terminal on base for WFT-E5 |
| Storage | • Compact Flash Type I or II • Supports UDMA and Microdrive cards • External storage via optional WFT-E5 |
| Power | • Lithium-Ion LC-E6 rechargeable battery (supplied & charger) • CR1616 Lithium battery (date/time backup) • Optional AC adapter |
| Wireless connectivity (optional WFT-E5) |
• Mounts on base of camera and also acts as vertical grip • Has its own BP-511A battery • Wireless 802.11b / 802.11g • Wireless security: WEP, TKIP/AES, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK • Wireless methods: Infrastructure or Ad Hoc • Wired ethernet (100 Base-TX) • Transfer: FTP, PTP (remote control by computer), HTTP (view / remote fire) • USB host capable: External hard drives, flash drives • USB comms: GPS devices (records coordinates and altitude in image header) |
| Dimensions | 148 x 111 x 74 mm (5.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 in) |
| Weight * | • No battery: 820 g (1.8 lb) |
This week I was shooting Paula and Terance’s Engagement Photography Session.
They are getting married in November, and we thought that now would be a great time to have their Engagement Session done.
They are a fun couple and were very excited with not only the Photo Shoot, but with the Video Love Story that I am creating to them.
First, we stopped at the Train Tracks -Fort Lauderdale Riverfront - than, we came to fort Lauderdale beach (a little south of Las Olas blvd.)
As usual, here in Florida, it was a very hot and humid day. The weather was not perfect, but I got some great shots of them. And the most important… We had a great time together!!!
If you want to check other Engagement-Photography posts - Here are some more samples of Engagement Photography (CLICK HERE)
Paulo Jordao http://www.paulopics.com has been taking Wedding pictures for almost 10 years, and has noticed huge the changes of equipment and styles from when he started.
Wedding Photography is one the hardest areas of photography, if not the hardest of all. If you are already a photographer, understand about composition, light, Photoshop, and you own enough equipment to start adventuring into shooting Weddings, here are some tips to how you could start your own Wedding Photography Business.
1- The Right Equipment
First, let’s check a list of equipment that you need for the job;
- Digital SLR Camera
- Zoom Lens
- Memory Card
- Shoe Mount Flash
- Battery for the Camera
- Battery for the Flash
- Tripod
- Computer
- Photoshop
All these equipment are very basic and you should consider having a backup for each one of them. It is very common, in digital photography, when something goes wrong with the equipment. You could also invest in some little more advanced equipment like; Top of the line cameras, lenses, strobes, Radio Slave Transmitters, Radio Slave Receivers and etc.
2- The Right Start
You probably want to go out and start shooting weddings and make a lot of money as soon as possible. Most of the beginners want to do that, but first you will need to learn the basics of this specific business.
Wedding Photography could be a good way to make some money, but as everything else, you should be a Wedding Photographer because you love to help people to preserve the memory of the most important day of their lives, and not just because you want their money.
As I mentioned before in one of my other articles, Wedding Photography is not just to have your camera and start shooting the wedding. Wedding Photography is an art and you should learn this art from someone that can teach and inspire you to be a better photographer.
Here are some places to start;
- Wedding Photography Conventions
- Wedding Photography Seminars
- Wedding Photography Workshops
- Wedding Photography Coaches
- Photography Associations
One of the best places to start with your Wedding Photography Business is offering yourself to help some experienced Wedding Photographer as his/her assistant. This would give you the experience that you need, and you wouldn’t have the responsibility or the stress of shooting the wedding by yourself. This is so important that I would recommend you to go out and find a Photographer that you like his/her style and offer yourself to be his/her assistant, even if there is no money involved.
After a while helping few different photographers, you would be shooting few weddings as the photographer’s “Second Shooter”. When you get confidence and experience enough you would be ready to start your own Wedding Photography Business, and who knows, somebody else would be asking you to be your assistant.
| Do you want to learn more? Come to visit this Top Wedding Photographer’s Webpage to check some Wedding Photography Samples and some Package Prices.
Or visit my BLOG at http://www.paulopics.com/blog to learn more about Photography. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Paulo_Jordao |
Most of people know me as a Wedding and Event Photographer, but I also like to work with commercial, models and pets.
Not to long ago, I started getting some unusual requests to go to people events as a PERSONAL PAPARAZZI. You got it right… They pay me to go to their event and make they look like some big Hollywood Star. Not just that, but they want to have fun while a professional photographer follow them on their special event.
Tonight I was invited to go to UNCOMMON GALLERY (commercial blvd.) for a Book Signing Event (Book- The Empty Cup Runneth Over). Cindy Papale (Author and Breast Cancer Survivor) is a Facebook Friend of mine, so I thought that would be fun go there a “la Paparazzi Style”.
I didn’t bring any Paparazzi Backdrop or Red Carpet (as I usually do to some of my events), but it was fun to help her with some promotional shots.
Here are some pictures from her event:
I would like to post a special thanks to:
- Cindy Papale (author)
- Michael Colanero (gallery owner)
- Emily Cook (miss university of Miami)
South Florida Photowalk on Facebook
South Florida Photowalk is a group on Facebook for Photographers and anyone interested in using social media to promote Photography in general, Models, Stylists and Everything else related to Photography. It is also a space to share Photography Experiences, future Workshops and future Photowalks.
No matter if you are an amateur or an advanced photographer, this group was created to connect us trough our unique way to tell a story trough our lenses.
Feel free to link to any blogs, websites or pictures that you think that is interesting, and also to connect with other photographers, models, stylists and enthusiasts.
As my Facebook Friend, I would like to invite you to be part of our South Florida Photowalk Group. Even if you are not a photographer or you don’t live here in South Florida, it would be an honor to have you in our group. Thanks!!!
Whe in Facebook Page, search for: SOUTH FLORIDA PHOTOWALK and check if you have a coming event in your area.
Paulo Jordao (http://www.paulopics.com/)
