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Impromptu Portrait Setup at MDA Christmas Party

My wife is the patient liaison for the MDA so she often volunteers me to work different events as the photographer. At a recent Christmas party my wife had told me that she wanted me to come and “just take some event photos”. While this sounded like a good idea at the time, when I …

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Parkour/Free Running Photo Shoot

Man am I behind in getting some of my own work posted but I wanted to share this recent photo shoot that I did with some local Parkour guys. The event was put together in conjunction with http://24-7mag.com and the OC Photo Club. I also put together some video from the event that you can …

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Veteran’s Benefit 2011

One of my favorite charity events I do each year is the annual Veteran’s Benefit Banquet at Cal State University Fullerton. Last year they wanted the shots on a basic gray background but this year I decided to try to spruce it up a little. Using the same gray background I wanted to try to …

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SMUGMUG Riverside Meeting

I was quite thrilled to be asked to be an instructor at today’s SMUGMUG Lighting & Posing Event. This was the second opportunity I have had recently to shoot at Shutter Stories Studio. We had a great set of models and photographers that all came together to haver a great time shooting and learning. I …

Been on the road lately

Hopefully things are going to start to return some some degree of normality around here soon. In the past three weeks I have spent more time on the road than I have at home. Don’t feel too sorry for me, as I have been having a great time traveling around teaching people how to improve …

Going to be a busy month!

As much as I love shooting, I probably love teaching even more. The excitement that comes to a student’s face and the expression they get when they have nailed an image with creative lighting. I have been very fortunate to be able to have the opportunity lately to be hitting up venues across the country …

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The Misadventures of Captain Kerry

I knew in advance it was going to be a rough week, after all it was a pretty rough schedule right from the beginning, but I really had no idea just had bad it would get. Sunday and Monday were fairly uneventful in Houston Texas. WPPI was next on Tuesday/Wednesday in Las Vegas (that will …

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Leaving Las Vegas

Unfortunately for me another WPPI is in the history books and I have to get back on a plane for two more stops this week. I always enjoy seeing all my old friends there and making new friends. Didn’t get to a lot of the platforms but really enjoyed http://www.jasongroupp.com talk about lighting and picked up …

Off to WPPI and Northern Lights Conferences

What a week this is going to be. I have some business out is Houston Texas on Sunday and Monday, then it’s off to WPPI in Las Vegas where I will be doing some one-on-one mentoring in the Nation’s Photo Lab booth on Tuesday. Wednesday is a travel day for some business in Reston Virginia …

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Inland Empire Photo Shoot

This past weekend I was a guest of the Inland Empire Photo Club where I was asked to demo my Blackbelt Lighting Products and show people how to use off-camera flash. The crowd was awesome and the models were terrific. Here are some of my favorite images from the event. [portfolio_slideshow]