Digital Wakeup Call

On Thursday 5/20 I joined a couple hundred local amateur and professional photographers at the Irvine Hyatt for an evening of lecture from one of the nations biggest wedding photographers; David Ziser.

If you ever get the chance to attend a Ziser lecture, I highly recommend it. He covered everything from the Inverse Square Law of lighting to the finer points of selling your services and did it all in a way that holds your attention!

David and his wife gave out loads of door prizes and I was the lucky winner of three months of Animoto service. I have already put together a couple of videos and am happy to say that I love the service!!! Look for many videos to come and I can see where it will be a huge part of my business moving forward.

Thanks to David for the event!

Great session today....

Had a great time today working with our new friends. Here are a couple sneak peaks from today's session.

Upcoming shoots

We are going to be very busy over the next couple weeks. On the horizon are a couple engagements shoots and four senior sessions!

Keep a look out for some sneak peaks and updates!

Continuing education...

As a busy photographer, husband, dad, coach, and friend one of the things I find hardest to do is keep up on my education as a photographer. While most of what I know is self taught through experimentation and experience, I do turn to the web, books and workshops to keep myself up to date on current trends.

I take my education seriously and only rely on those learning experiences that are either recommended or are offered through a trustworthy site.

Having said all of that, nothing frustrates me more than when I spend my hard earned money on a service to be highly disappointed. This happened recently with a photography learning website that had all sorts of promise but failed miserably to deliver. I can understand that maybe the content does not live up to my elevated expectations, but poor customer service is unacceptable. I have sent email after email (they do not provide a phone number, so email is the only form of communication) with NO responses.

Here is a little suggestion and something I am going to incorporate moving forward. Prior to signing up for any learning site, I will send an email to their support to give it a pre-customer test. If I am treated well as a non-customer, then reason dictates I should be happy with the level of support as a customer.

WAY TOOOOO COOL