This past Sunday I participated in the Lakeside Bridal Fair hosted at the Hilton Hotel in Rockwall by having my own booth. This was my first time to have a booth at a bridal fair, I was so excited to take part in something that made me feel like a “real” business. It is easy to start your own business and to tell people about your business, but since I shoot on location and don’t have my own studio this was the first time I had to create something that represented my business. Okay let me be completely honest and rephrase that last part, I had to rely on the assistance of others to help me create a space that represented my business. It is so important for photographers to create a brand for themselves and continue that brand in every aspect of their business or else clients and people looking at your business will never remember who you are. Photographs and styles are constantly changing so you need something that can be consistent and stick in the minds of people. I felt this booth was a huge success with the small budget I had for the booth and I couldn’t have done it without my wonderful wife Jessica (providing awesome table decorations), my aunt Lena (using her awesome sewing skills for my table runners), my friend Jayme (providing my awesome sign), Freddy (for creating simple and great floral arrangements), and last but not least my wonderful and amazingly awesome friend and wedding planner Stephanie Torres of Stephanie Michele Events. Stephanie really helped pull everything together and really help me create something that represented who I was and what my business represented. Everything was kept simple and clean while focusing around my business colors of white, yellow, and grey. Any photographers or people in the wedding industry who want to hear my full experience and advice for considering bridal fairs please click the link below the pictures. Thanks everyone who helped me out and sent their love and support.

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Blog has been a little silent these past couple of weeks, but rest assured I am still around! I have been recovering from a little sickness bug that hit last week and I am now starting to feel better. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet one of my favorite photographers, not only did I get to meet him but I also got to join in one of his first workshops! I can’t tell you how excited I was about this workshop, I still don’t think I have the exact words to describe how I felt. Because of his creativity and unique ‘look’, he inspired me to pursue photography and be just as passionate,  and to top it all off he is an incredible christian guy. His passion goes way beyond just photography, and is centered around God, which has always attracted me more and more to his work. I knew just having the chance to be around him would inspire me and push me to be a better artist. Here is a picture of of Jeremy Cowart and I after the workshop. (If you want to read a full recap of the workshop click the link after the image below)

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As I am preparing to go out of town to Nashville for another workshop, I just wanted to share some of my behind the scenes photos from the Chrys Q Workshop. I wish I had more to say, but I said it all in my last post. Enjoy!

I thought this first one was funny to share as a behind the scenes shot just because you can see another photographers pocketwizard in the bottom right corner of my shot. We were all REALLY close to each other and whoever that may be is right at my feet.

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I had the pleasure last week to take part in the very first ChrysQ Winter Workshop Extravaganza! Okay, well I actually I added the last word in, but only to try and give you an idea of its awesomeness. BenQ and ChrysQ are great wedding photographers in Dallas area and to top it off ChrysQ has her own side business creating amazing album slipcovers. All you photographers out there, if you sell albums to your clients this is a great way to take those albums to the next level and really “wow” your clients. These slipcovers are very unique and can really give your clients something one of a kind that they will be happy to share with their friends and family.

Ben and Chrys opened up their doors this year and invited photographers along to watch them shoot their winter slipcover catalog. We all had the opportunity to watch Ben set up a winter scene, pose, and ask any questions we wanted about lighting. It was so great to have this opportunity to see how things are done and ask why and how things are done. I first met Ben and Chrys about 3 months ago and one of the first things that made a huge impression on me was how kind, open, and honest they were with me about everything. It was no different for this workshop, Ben was an open book with anything concerning photography. I know there are some workshops and photographers who may teach something but leave big details out or are just not willing to really share EVERYTHING, but Ben made it clear that it was his goal and desire to share all the knowledge he had on the subject of lighting. If you are a photographer looking to grow your knowledge on the topic of lighting a highly suggest keeping up with Ben and his blog to get details on the future workshops. He will also be releasing a DVD out to the public from this last winter workshop that will detail lighting and basic post processing.

Here are some of the images I was able to capture during the workshop. I suggest going over to the ChrysQ site to see the full deluxe collection of slipcovers that were just released. I will share some behind the scenes shots later this week along with another tutorial on how I edited these images. **Note to photographers** Just in case the thought pops into your head, “why did this guy crop out feet and hands on some shots?”, I would like to think I normally would not do this, but in this case I shared this tiny space with 20 other photographers and you would literally be seeing them in the shot had I not cropped out some limbs.

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Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoying their weekend! I just wanted to take a moment and share some information with you. We had Thursday Therapy, which is our monthly wedding professional gathering hosted by Kelly Simants of Sweet Pea Events, a couple of week ago and I volunteered to take pictures of everyone mingling. It was a couple of weeks ago and I never got around to sharing the photos with everyone, but Kelly shared some images I sent her on her blog. So I wanted to give everyone the chance to go see them for yourself by visiting her awesome blog. If you are a wedding professional in the Dallas area I highly recommend you come out and visit. Why? Because it is great to network with your colleagues and not feel like you have to treat others as enemies. By taking this approach I have made great friendships and have been given opportunities I would not have otherwise been offered. Go visit Kelly’s blog by clicking the image below and let her know you want to join in on the fun.