Featured Trial Session | Amy

UNA BELLA SERA | a world of glamour

I can't believe another year has gone by and is time for the most exciting chic event of the year. I am honored to be asked once more to be a participating vendor of this most exclusive event. This is NOT a bridal show; it is a design showcase of the highest caliber!

To register to attend visit the Una Bella Sera official website

To view photos from last year event, visit my Una Bella Sera blog post.

I'll see you there!!!

FLIP VIDEO #1 | Couture Boudoir: Carisse

Ok... Here my first attempt to shooting and editing a video of our behind the scenes shenanigans.
Carisse is our client getting married in April in Hawaii and wanted to have a couture boudoir session with us before her wedding day. She lives in Los Angeles and flew in and out on the same day! We had a great day!



COUTURE LIFESTYLE SHOOTS a collaboration between photographer Jennifer Skog and Makeup Artist Maria Chang.
High fashion production style photo shoot with location, outfit, hair, & makeup changes.

Credits

Carisse: The hot babe!
Jennifer Skog: Photographer
Maria Chang: Hair & Makeup

Shot on a flip video camera and edited in Windows Movie Maker by Maria Chang

FLIP MOVIES | Coming Soon!

I recently purchased the new Flip video camera and I'm already in love with it!

I wanted something simple to use to archive my work and travel adventures to share in my blog... you heard right... now I want to video blog!

I just shot my first footage and I'm in the process of editing the video, in the so easy to use windows movie maker, I will publish it as soon as I finish the editing.

Now, don't expect Spielberg, the video thing is new to me... my only goal is not to give the viewers motion sickness with my amateur rendition of my life.

To learn more about the flip watch this video published by amazon.

Thanks for taking me out of AUTO MODE Augie!!!

I recently attended Augie Chang’s introduction to digital photography workshop and I’m going to share my experience in this review:

First, a little background, I am by no means a photographer or claim to be one; I don’t call myself one mainly because I do not know how to use or understand the mechanics of a camera. I have a Nikon D40 and I’ve been using it on AUTO mode all this time. I am fortunate to have a studio with great natural light and I do have a good eye for photography, it was just the “technical” that is missing. When I saw Augie’s blog post on his upcoming workshop, I jumped at the opportunity to be part of it.

My first impression of the workshop was on how professional Augie is; he gave us binders with all written information and great tips and advice. The class was full with 12 attendees but didn’t feel crowded at all; it was just the right size class.

We started the class and Augie explained every topic with great detail and if there were any lingering questions, he gladly answered. We all had different cameras, some real nice professional ones; others (like me) had the commercial consumer SLR. Augie made sure that we discovered and understood all the mechanics of our particular camera; he even partnered us with two people with the same or similar cameras so we can help and practice on each other. I discovered so many features on my camera that I had so many (as Oprah would put it) A-ha moments!

The second part of the day was my favorite… The photo shoot.
I was so excited to put into practice all the great things I learned. Augie gave us several assignments or shots to take which was a good variety of exercises. At the end of the shoot we headed back to Augie’s studio to critic the photos we took.
All and all, I had a great experience and I feel that I am now a great amateur photographer!

I highly recommend it, his next class will be on June 21st, it fills up quickly so sign up early.

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