Fotografo Bodas Condado de Ventura

A causa de mi precio bajo en el paquete de boda, me preocupa que algunas personas podrían pensar que uso equipo de fotografía de baja calidad. Me gustaría dejar claro que utilizar el equipo 100% profesional. A continuación se encuentra mi “estuche para flash”. Mantengo mi juego de flash en este estuche.

En cualquier caso, debe ver la creación de ilinunacion en 5 minutos por sesion, estos son para la fotografía oficial. Me gusta utilizar 2 ajuste de flash inalámbricas. A veces utilizo una luz de fondo. Literalmente, corro de esquina a esquina para medir las luces, y aun asi me organizo para mantener a la gente sonriendo y divertida. 

4 Flashes, 3 transmisores remotos, medidor de luz , y hardware. 

** Geek Blog Warning **

Además de mi grado como en la fotografía, tengo una Licenciatura en equipo. Tanto como disfruto de la fotografía también puedo disfrutar de computación y la electrónica. Cuando tenía 12 años me hice a mí mismo un transistor de radio (por soldadura de diminutos componentes electrónicos en la placa del circuito).

La fotografía es el arte y la ciencia (y los negocios:)). Este blog muestra mi cerebro izquierdo en el trabajo.

Necesitaba hacer algunas reparaciones a mi flash. Pensé que sería bueno instalar un disparador remoto jack en mi Canon 580EX. Tengo un sistema de flash sin cables para bodas, para situaciónes normales. Con esta modificación, tendré más flexible configuración de la iluminación sin llevar unidad de flash. Está todo bien y divertido. No podía resistir el impulso de abrirlo y ver lo que puedia hacer. 

Page $380,00 por este flash hace menos de un año. Pero sin sudar. Esto es algo bien sabido entre los fotógrafos, arreglar la tecnología personal. He encontrado las instrucciónes en línea y simplemente seguir lo que dice. Todo el proyecto  fue sencillo y divertido. Pense que seria un poco más complicado.

PS. El proyecto se llevó a cabo debido a dos acontecimientos recientes: 1.) No tenía Internet por unas semanas. Así que tenia algo de tiempo libre para disfrutar de otras cosas. 2.) Tenía que ir a trabajar a una boda y tomar fotografias en Santa Bárbara hace pocos días atras. La la ubicación de la ceremonia era muy oscuro. Sentí la necesidad de añadir un flash más en mi line-up.

Antes de taladrar un agujero

Caso Cerrado

Producto Terminado:
Ahora estoy en condiciones de utilizarlo como un sistema inalámbrico cuando sea necesario

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It took me 3 weeks to overhaul 3 cameras.
They were all EOS-3's, my main film cameras.

No, I didn't work on the cameras myself.
I took them to Pro Camera at Thousand Oaks.
It was a hassle to find time to drive to Thousand Oaks after work.

I have non-stop wedding schedule, so I checked in one camera at a time.

I spent over $400.00 on this project, yikes.
It's good to know all my cameras are rejuvenated.

Side note:
I'm  in the middle of non-stop weddings season.
I have a wedding this Saturday as well.
The bride and groom for this week's wedding ordered a 20×24 signing board and an easel.
We took pictures only a few weeks ago. 
And I just received the 11×14 reprint today.
I need to mount this on a 20×24 matt board tonight.

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VenturaPhoto.com - Photographer Santa Barbara

I had to get off work early to take care of 2 jobs.

I went by a camera repair shop and picked up my second camera and dropped off my third camera.

I am over-hauling all my 3 film cameras for optimal performance.  My cameras are pretty clean, but I cannot take chances with wedding photography.  I do routine checkup every year or so.  And I do complete over-haul every few years.

After picking up my camera, I went to the city of Reseda (San Fernando Valley) to meet a possible wedding client.

We met at Starbucks.

The meeting lasted about 1 hour.  The entire meeting seemed like a stand-up comedy session.  We cracked a lot of jokes (well, I did).  

Some people come to the meeting all serious (with a notepad full of check-list).
Some people come to the meeting with the signed check in the hand (decision already made).
Today's bride and groom spent long time researching for wedding photographer and they spent enough time communicating with me via email.  They have already made a decision to hire me before coming to the meeting.  They came to the meeting to confirm that John Park exists, so they can make a deposit.  Wedding was booked on the spot.

The bride is an artist.  I am a little nervous about that.  It's not that normal folks don't know photography.  I am nervous because artsy people have specific taste (preferences).  

During the meeting I showed her different styles of photographs.  She told me what she liked and what she didn't like.  I took a note.  :) 

Wish me luck.

Wedding photography is an extremely physical job.
I often stand under the direct Sunlight for hours at a time.
I cannot wear a hat or Sun-glasses, I want to look proper for the event.
I cannot rest in the shade or get a drink of water.
I get my rest when everything is over.

I must prepare for any kind of situation and weather I will face.
One of the toughest challenge is the hot weather.
You have no escape but taking that full Sunlight for several hours. (and keep happy face, AND take good pictures)
One item you cannot forget is Sunblock lotion.

I went to K-Mart yesterday.
There, I found $2.00 off coupon for Hawaiian Tropic products.
So, I bought 4 bottles.
Next day, I went back and purchased 2 more bottles.

Click here for my copy of Liability Insurance Policy 

It’s been one year already.
I have received bills for Business Linces and Liability Insurance renewals.
They never forgot to ask. (just like I never forget to ask my clients )

Business license and liability insurance is due this month.
I should hurry up and cut them checks.

I will scan my Liability Insurance policy and post it here.
Some wedding clients ask me to show the proof of liability insurance (I always show them at the meetings).
I think it’s a good idea that I display the policy on my website so people can see right away.

It took me about 5 hours to design this business card.
It’s double sided glossy color. I printed 1000 of them.
I had my original design for about 3 years and it was getting old.

Also, I wanted the backside of the card to work for me.
It works for me now.

I have a new hobby. I make custom mat boards. At first, I wanted to hang a few of my personal pictures on the wall. I thought the most economical way of hanging pictures would be the mat boards. Quickly I discovered that custom mat boards are expensive.

I thought “I can cut those on my own”. So, I bought mat board cutter, T-Square, spray glues (x3), and a lot of different boards. I even bought a table and a shelving unit just to dedicate to mat board cutting.

I don’t usually get excited on anything. But I when I find something I like, I tend to get obsessed. I was cutting mat boards all night. I went to sleep around 6am this morning. I had a lot of fun.

I will be adding custom mat board to my wedding package.
Now I can make a fancy signing board for the wedding.

PS. Happy Thanksgiving~!

I bought a 2 step stool at Wal*mart.
I will bring this to all my wedding photography gigs from now on.
Sometimes I need a higher viewpoint, especially when I shoot a large group.
I usually manage to find chairs to step on, but I need something sturdy.

I also bought 2 hard drives for my computer.
My current 80GB is running out of space from all the wedding images I have.
I may have to buy an extra computer that will do nothing but backing up my data.

I only use professional equipment, including film.
I test all my film, and I store them in refrigerator.

Nothing in life is guaranteed, anything can happen.
Both film and digital photography have their own elements that can go wrong.
One thing I worry about is quality of film.

I buy films in boxes, each box contains 20 rolls of film.
From that box of 20 rolls, I sacrifice 1 roll.
I do a test shoot. I want to make sure if the films are good.
If the test is bad, I would discard the entire box it came from.

Today, I tested 4 rolls of film.
They all seem pretty good.

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4 rolls of film & processing $32.00
Time spent = 2.5 hours.

Film in refrigerator

Actual Test Image from Film - Negative Scanned, full frame

Cropped image from above