Okay everybody, this is only open to students of my wedding classes. We are shooting at a church in Baldwin Park on Wednesday night, 11/4/09 from 7-10pm. We will be meeting there, and I will take roll. Please bring your cameras and flashes!
The address is:
4303 Maupin Ave.
Baldwin Park
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The link takes you to directions from Tri-Community. See you there!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Dia de los Muertos
Hey everyone,As we talked about last night, next Monday's "Lighting on Location" class will be a special one.I spoke to the nice people at Live Oak Memorial Park about having us attend their Dia de los Muertos celebration, and they have graciously allowed us to come and photograph their event with 2 conditions.
#1. That we don't shoot the grave sites out of respect, and only shoot the festivities.
#2. That we share our images with them.
Done, and done. Please keep these conditions in mind when we attend the event, and I will be constantly remindin
g you of those conditions. I may set up a Tri-Community flickr group just for this event, so we can provide a place for the organizers to go look at our images. I am really looking forward to this event, I think it will be special. The location is at:Live Oak Memorial Park
200 E Duarte Rd
Monrovia, Ca. 91016
Here is a lin
k to the map: Map hereIt is 1 block east of Myrtle on Duarte rd.
The event will be from 7-10, and it is free to enter. We will meet inside the front gate at 7pm. I will be taking roll there.
Here is the Wikipedia entry for Dia de los Muertos for some more info.
Bring your cameras and flash. I would suggest lenses in the 24-105 range, with f/2.8 being a big plus. There won't be any available light at all, this is all outdoors.
Here is a link to my flickr set from last weekends event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
I hope to see you all there!
Frank
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Griffith Park Walk
Hey everyone!
First off, I want to thank everyone who came out to the Griffith Park Walk today, it was an amazing day. We had enough for everyone to look at. There were motorcycles, plenty of characters, and then I took everyone to one of my favorite "secret" spots, the Old Zoo, a hidden gem in Los Angeles. I arranged to have a couple of models there, and a special thanks goes out to Amanda and Sondra, for being such great sports. The weather couldn't have been any nicer, and we got to use the "open shade" technique that Faded and Blurred just did a tutorial on. You can see that here.
Now that I have gotten all the niceties out of the way, I want to say a few things. First and foremost is that Faded and Blurred is in no way associated with Tri-Community. Yes, many of you know Jeffery and I from there, and many of you participate, but Faded and Blurred will hopefully draw from a much larger base from that and in many ways, all ready is. As such, I am not a teacher at these events, I am a participant and organizer. What that means is that we set these up in a way that these are events that Jeffery, Nikki, Paul, and I would probably be attending anyway. We think they have a cool location or offering that may be fun to take pictures of. Whether anyone shows up to them or not, we will continue to be at these places. Our hope is that we can provide a cool locale that you may not know existed, and that you may get your creative juices going and you will see the potential of such places. These are "Photo walks" for photographers, not a 3 hour class or seminar. They are free, and we do our best to provide enough information to get you there. We provide a link to the walk page, a map, and if there is an associated web page, we provide that too. All that info is right here.
We also tell you what time to be there. And we stay much later than that posted time to allow for stragglers. We understand how LA traffic is, we live here, I get it. But eventually, we will need to gather up the troops and move on. I can't be blamed for your bad time, or lack of knowing what the plan is, or your perception that we are disorganized if you weren't there when we specified. If I told you the movie started at 5, and you showed up at 5:30, should I be expected to rewind the movie, or pause it to get you up to speed? Again, this is an opportunity for you to get out and shoot. If you don't like the proposed subject matter, then please skip that walk, and maybe the next one will be more to your liking.
Again, this is an event for Faded and Blurred, a photowalk. It is not a mandatory event, it is put on by people who love photography, for people who love photography. And again, I am probably the most approachable, easy to get hold of person you will ever meet.
And as such, here is all my info, again. Ask around how long it takes me to respond to emails or voice mails. How many other teachers have you had that were this transparent?
Gmail: frankwisephotography@gmail.com
Website: http://frankwisephotography.com
Twitter: @frankwisephoto
Facebook: FrankWise
Phone # 818-458-9761
Perhaps I am too available? Perhaps I care too much? It seems that 60 people had a wonderful time, many of them for their 1st walk. And I will obsess over the one person that didn't. Perhaps I wouldn't be that way if I weren't available to you 24/7? Perhaps I shouldn't be, but that is who I am.
Okay, done, I'm over it.
Coming up this week in class:
Monday night we will have a band coming in to shoot.
Wednesday night we will talk about other fun shoots you can do with your wedding clients, the "E-session", the "Day After", and "Trash the Dress"
Thursday night, we will be discussing ways to get your product to your client. Prints, galleries, etc.
See you all this week.
Frank
Nuff said about that, and if anyone has anything to say, good or bad, please let me know, I am open to discussing
First off, I want to thank everyone who came out to the Griffith Park Walk today, it was an amazing day. We had enough for everyone to look at. There were motorcycles, plenty of characters, and then I took everyone to one of my favorite "secret" spots, the Old Zoo, a hidden gem in Los Angeles. I arranged to have a couple of models there, and a special thanks goes out to Amanda and Sondra, for being such great sports. The weather couldn't have been any nicer, and we got to use the "open shade" technique that Faded and Blurred just did a tutorial on. You can see that here.
Now that I have gotten all the niceties out of the way, I want to say a few things. First and foremost is that Faded and Blurred is in no way associated with Tri-Community. Yes, many of you know Jeffery and I from there, and many of you participate, but Faded and Blurred will hopefully draw from a much larger base from that and in many ways, all ready is. As such, I am not a teacher at these events, I am a participant and organizer. What that means is that we set these up in a way that these are events that Jeffery, Nikki, Paul, and I would probably be attending anyway. We think they have a cool location or offering that may be fun to take pictures of. Whether anyone shows up to them or not, we will continue to be at these places. Our hope is that we can provide a cool locale that you may not know existed, and that you may get your creative juices going and you will see the potential of such places. These are "Photo walks" for photographers, not a 3 hour class or seminar. They are free, and we do our best to provide enough information to get you there. We provide a link to the walk page, a map, and if there is an associated web page, we provide that too. All that info is right here.
We also tell you what time to be there. And we stay much later than that posted time to allow for stragglers. We understand how LA traffic is, we live here, I get it. But eventually, we will need to gather up the troops and move on. I can't be blamed for your bad time, or lack of knowing what the plan is, or your perception that we are disorganized if you weren't there when we specified. If I told you the movie started at 5, and you showed up at 5:30, should I be expected to rewind the movie, or pause it to get you up to speed? Again, this is an opportunity for you to get out and shoot. If you don't like the proposed subject matter, then please skip that walk, and maybe the next one will be more to your liking.
Again, this is an event for Faded and Blurred, a photowalk. It is not a mandatory event, it is put on by people who love photography, for people who love photography. And again, I am probably the most approachable, easy to get hold of person you will ever meet.
And as such, here is all my info, again. Ask around how long it takes me to respond to emails or voice mails. How many other teachers have you had that were this transparent?
Gmail: frankwisephotography@gmail.com
Website: http://frankwisephotography.com
Twitter: @frankwisephoto
Facebook: FrankWise
Phone # 818-458-9761
Perhaps I am too available? Perhaps I care too much? It seems that 60 people had a wonderful time, many of them for their 1st walk. And I will obsess over the one person that didn't. Perhaps I wouldn't be that way if I weren't available to you 24/7? Perhaps I shouldn't be, but that is who I am.
Okay, done, I'm over it.
Coming up this week in class:
Monday night we will have a band coming in to shoot.
Wednesday night we will talk about other fun shoots you can do with your wedding clients, the "E-session", the "Day After", and "Trash the Dress"
Thursday night, we will be discussing ways to get your product to your client. Prints, galleries, etc.
See you all this week.
Frank
Nuff said about that, and if anyone has anything to say, good or bad, please let me know, I am open to discussing
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Pasadena ARTwalk
Hey everyone! I am in the process of finishing up images from our most recent walk in Pasadena for ARTwalk. We had a smaller than usual crowd, but it turned out to be an amazing day. There were several photographers showing work, along with painters and sculptors. After the walk, we went to one of my favorite restaurants, the Yard House. Not necessarily for the food, more so for the 150 beers on tap ;-)
After some much needed lunch, we had a meeting with all interested parties about our plans for the 12/12/09 Help-Portrait project. For more info on what we are doing, you can click here. We had about 25 people for that meeting, and several more have expressed an interest, so we are seriously considering expanding our efforts for the day, and for that, I thank you.After the meeting, many of us continued our walk. We went to City Hall, where we stumbled into a wedding, and several wedding photogs doing portraits. We also met this lovely lady, Natasha Martinez, w
ho just happens to be Miss Panamerican. I assumed she was there being photographed, but there was no photographer around. I had Carol go ask her if she minded if the 10 of us still there shot her, and she was gracious enough to give us 10 minutes of her time. This amazing light was created by the sun reflecting off a column and bouncing back onto her.We finished up the evening catching sunset on the Colorado Bridge, and caught some beautiful light. All in all, a wonderful day. If you would like to see images that the group shot, you can click here. If you shot with us on Saturday, please post your images there, we look forward to seeing them.
It was also great to watch many of our group getting very creative with their photos. Doing fun reflective self portraits, shooting through magnifying glasses, shooting each other, all sorts of things. Vincent has a new camera and lens, and he is really putting it through it's paces.
Our next walk will be in Griffith Park on 10/25, you won't want to miss this one. Details here.
Now, what should we do in class this week?
Monday night we will have models.
Wednesday night in Beginning Wedding, we will talk about the events of the day, and go from beginning to end.
Thursday night I will lecture, and assign some homework (Thanks Alberto, great idea!)
See you all soon,
Frank
Thursday, October 8, 2009
We're walkin, yes indeed...
In case you haven't heard, Faded and Blurred are pounding the pavement again this Saturday. We will be in Pasadena for the ARTwalk, and all the juicy details and maps are here.
We will have our Flickr group up and running Saturday night so you can share your images. There will be several photographers exhibiting work at the ARTwalk, so I am excited to see what they are showing, how they are displaying it, and possibly pulling some inspiration from it. We hope to see you all there, and please be there at 11. We have to get our group shot!
If you like shooting, like being around other photogs, and are enjoying the beautiful weather we are having, then come on down Saturday! It will be a great day. And after the walk, please remember to tell us about your experience. You can do that here: http://fadedandblurred.com/community/
Make sure your batteries are charged, your memory cards are formatted, and bring some water and a snack. After the walk, if you are interested in participating in our 12/12/09 Help-Portrait giving back event, we will be having a logistical meeting at a local watering hole. Ask myself, Nikki, or Jeffery for details on Saturday. Here are some of the ideas we have:
And here is the site that started it all: http://www.help-portrait.com/
See you on Saturday!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Fall is here
Thankful that fall is finally settling in. Cooler temperatures are always welcome, especially after the crazy hot September we had here. I'm not so happy about the shorter days. As a people shooter, it makes it a little easier to grab a model and go shoot when it's not 105 degrees. As a wedding photographer, your not as miserable shooting that wedding in the un-air conditioned church. Landscape shooters look forward to the fall colors. There is so much to enjoy over the next few weeks photographically.
A quick reminder that Faded and Blurred has the Pasadena ARTwalk photo walk coming up on 10/10. I do hope that you will attend, it should be a fun event, in a great city to shoot. And then, just 2 weeks later is our Griffith Park photo walk, so we are keeping busy, and taking advantage of the cooler weather too.
If you haven't backed up your images recently, why not do it now? Burn them to DVD, copy them to your external hard drive, or get yourself an automated back up program. I use Goodsync, and I highly recommend it for PC users. It will run as often as you want it too. I have mine run every 2 hours. Do you have a system that works for you? If so, share it in the comments.
Coming up in class this week:
Monday night we have models
Wednesday night: Album Design
Thursday night: The amazing wedding photography of Jerry Ghionis
See you soon,
Frank
A quick reminder that Faded and Blurred has the Pasadena ARTwalk photo walk coming up on 10/10. I do hope that you will attend, it should be a fun event, in a great city to shoot. And then, just 2 weeks later is our Griffith Park photo walk, so we are keeping busy, and taking advantage of the cooler weather too.
If you haven't backed up your images recently, why not do it now? Burn them to DVD, copy them to your external hard drive, or get yourself an automated back up program. I use Goodsync, and I highly recommend it for PC users. It will run as often as you want it too. I have mine run every 2 hours. Do you have a system that works for you? If so, share it in the comments.
Coming up in class this week:
Monday night we have models
Wednesday night: Album Design
Thursday night: The amazing wedding photography of Jerry Ghionis
See you soon,
Frank
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