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Friday, March 25, 2011

A fun shoot...

I got a call day before yesterday from client I have had for years on the Industrial side of the fence. I have produced images for him for years, generally of manufactureing goods used in the production of oil and gas. He had a client in Texas that wanted to buy a milling machine for use in his company. Two issues appeared that needed to be solved.

1. The client was in Texas and was very busy and couldn't get to Tulsa to see the machine.
2. The machine had to be moved, no later than today if possible.

I got the call Wednesday afternoon asking if I could deliver a video to the client via the net so he could see the machine operate and HEAR it run. By hearing the sound of the machine the client could judge it's status. I took the job.

We arrived at the shop housing the machine and I set up for the shoot after asking questions about the machine and it's capabilities. With that covered we started. Finishing around 11:00 my client and I went to the studio for the editing. The editing process took about 2-3 hours and we prepared it for the net which takes time as you must compress the files. We went to lunch while the computer worked. Returning I downloaded it through another process and the video was viewed in Texas BEFORE the machine was moved.

I added no soundtrack or narration as it was unnecessary and would take time. The only sound that was needed was the sound of the Machine. My client has 4 or 5 more machines he needs to have done....I love my job.

To watch the video click the Union HBM on the right of the page.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The exterior...from 5th....

This is the exterior of the building looking into the camera room of the studio...

Studio Update !!





I have had a tremendous amount of interest in the "look" of the studio interior. I have assumed that this means all of it from the reception room, to the studio, and my office. Well ....Here it is. It was a lot of fun putting it all together.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

NEW SPACE !!!!

I viewed new space yesterday that I will have access to for my clients. It consists of 8000 square feet of studio space with any kind of lighting I need. I will be producing still images as well as video segments of some projects that I have had on the books waiting for this location. This additional studio space will enhance my existing studio and give me AND my clients many more options than I had before.

I AM EXCITED !!!  Images to follow soon.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

SPRING !!!!

Being eternally optimistic SPRING IS AROUND THE CORNER !!!! The sun is shining, business is coming in and I'm ramping up for a special that we will run at the end of the month. Creating reasons for business to cross through our threshold is the most fun challenge of the business climate for me. I love my job as I have repeatedly stated, but it can only work if I can get clients through the door.

Specials such as the "Mini Session" are good and lead to future business with Senior portraits, Family portraits, and even some commercial work for companies. I work with church's, preschools, ball teams, you name it and I can come up with a "special". When in Carthage I photographed the Proms and Homecomings for years for Carthage and other surrounding schools. It was more work than you could imagine simply because I threw myself into the project. All of the backgrounds were wide enough, 16 feet, tall enough, 12 feet, and had a long enough "floor", generally 30 feet, to photograph couples and groups of friends up to 20 in number and not have to make them look liked they were stacked upon each other. Because each dance had a "special " theme I was constantly reinventing the wheel to give them something that was unique to the occasion. It would take a total of three days to construct the backgrounds and a day to place them and do the finish work on location. It was great fun.

The Jr. Sr. Proms were the most stylish and the backgrounds were of a more subtle and subdued color arrangement. The most important subjects of the photograph, the couple or couples, had to shine. And they always did. I'll go through my files and get some backgrounds scanned and let you see what I'm talking about. As an added note, on the dance night I would never get to rest....the lines were always there. What fun.

As a P.S. to the story, to make the evening more enjoyable for my clients, many of whom I had produced their Senior Portraits for, and to get a little bit more control of the background construction, I decided to photograph my clients at my studio instead of the school. We took reservations, increased our bottom line, and made the evening fabulous for our clients.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Nicaragua Water

I thought I'd share the Rotary video with you all that I produced about 5 years ago. Actually....I just found out how to download it. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

Downtown Tulsa Nicaraguan Water Project

Nine, Ten, Eleven...

Numbers are so neat ! I have booked a Wedding for September 9th, 2011...9/10/11. How cool is that !
What's really fabulous about the booking is that I have watched this lady grow up through the years. I first photographed her when she was a small child of about 6. She has three siblings and through the years of Family and Senior Portraits, we have traveled memory lane from crossroad to crossroad and now, to her Wedding.

The first session was VERY memorable for several reasons. We started outside as a family. grouped in a pastoral setting with an old split log fence, casually dressed. As we progressed the kids were having a great time and we were producing some terrific images. As previously decided, we returned to the studio to do some indoor portraits. I'm going to have to get the negative scanned to show you the image, but the last shot is Priceless ! All four kids are dressed to the nines, looking like they fell out of the  Vogue "Children's Issue", and I took the last shot.

A lot can happen in milliseconds......At light speed, as I pressed the shutter release, as the mirror and shutter rose up and started to close.....the thought waves of four small children, brothers and sisters, bounced between them. Lindsey to Rachel......"It's not fun anymore", Rachel to Michael, "We're not happy, Michael to Alex, "Lets raise HELL".......One, Two, Three, shutter and mirror do their thing and capture the immortal portrait.....called .........."WAAAAAAAAAA !!!  ALL FOUR KIDS START SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS !!!!! The session came to a close.

Their parents bought several images from that session, The Family group by the fence became a 30 x 40 "Pure Platinum" canvas print, and the Studio image, 2 - 11 x 14, "Diamonds, Rubies, and All That Jazz" Portraits,  one before and one after................ I have a great profession....