Warning- These are my awards only. In no way do these votes reflect the way anyone on the BluDomain team feels except me! Stay tuned all week.
Award-
Nobody else should even bother entering the competition for this Year's Hot Shot Title. This person is a famous photographer, a business man "Show It Web", an organizer "OpenSourcePhoto.net", a thinker, believer, motivator, mentor and most important he is heavenly. You just want to eat him up.
And the award goes to... David Jay www.davidjay.com
Award- Blu is awarding one of these girls $500.00 and naming her New Year's 2007 Blu Girl. 156 lovely ladies entered these were my favorite.
Meet Amanda. Nicci. Annie and Alexi
Send me your vote to [email protected] at midnight tomorrow night I will have the winner. These girls put a lot of effort into these photos so choose wisely.
And the winner is...
Award- the person who has smarts, charm, humor and a soul that's not synthetic. (this guy is the real deal. His magnetic personality and his desire to give back make him HOT) www.thirstrelief.org And the award goes to... Benjamin James www.benjaminjamesphotography.com
Award- the person with the most kissable lips. I'm single people. Just one peck. I think we should have a kissing booth for charity... okay.. okay. And the winner is... Amish www.radissonphoto.com He is one boy I would bring home to my daddy. Classy, refined and smoldering.
People You Should Know
Congrats to Blu's own Mike Curry from www.thephotographer.me.uk.
His brother Phil and his group Mama Shamone were just asked to record to record a version of "Boys" for their Bowie tribute CD as a present for David Bowie's 60th birthday. Woo-hoo. If you would like a copy of this must-have CD check out www.repetitionbowie.com
Check out www.mamashamone.com and if you need any custom music Phil is the man. He wrote the music for Mike's site.
Modern 7 launches on Tuesday. BluDomain forgot that Monday is a holiday. Tuesday is now the $500.00 one-day sale for the new interface by Blu's Creative Director Harald Hasselbach and renowned children's photographer Brianna Graham. If you have 5 friends you can do a group buy at $400.00 each. The interface is quite lovely and artsy.
.Need a contest. BluDomain will give away 2 interfaces on Tuesday. Take a photo of yourself holding a piece of paper with your favorite photographer written on it. Simple as that. Send them to [email protected]
All About Brianna Graham
Another workshop you must attend in 2007
The name of my workshop-
Currently, I do not have names for the workshops.
When- The January workshop is near full, and happens at the end of this month (January 29&30) and the second one is in April - Held downtown in an Urban Environment (23rd and 24th), the third will be in October, and will be available lighting as well, held outdoors downtown again. All will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the focus is on children's photography. Please contact [email protected] for complete information. There is room for 18 total in October, and with two recent cancellations, there is now room for two in April as well.
One thing everyone seems to love about my workshop is-
N/A - These are the first, and were initiated by a large amount of email requests by fellow photographers.
When you leave my goal is to-
Give you real information that you will be able to use immediately when you get home. Whether it be studio lighting, or natural light in an outdoor setting, I hope to give attendees insight into how I see things. A large amount of the classes will be on Photoshop post-processing techniques as well.
My strength in the industry is-
An honest approach to children's photography, and solid post-processing skills...an ability to read my subjects, and ultimately anticipate moments as they happen.
What I will serve for lunch-
Every workshop is catered, and we have cocktail/discussion hour as well...gotta have cocktails!
What you won't find at my workshop-
Lack-luster information, and falsified answers. If you like my style, you will leave knowing how I see things, and achieve the results that I do.
3 things you should bring with you-
A camera, an open mind, and lots of questions
A few things we do during your time at the workshop-
I have times that I will be teaching, and I also plan on working with people on a one on one basis during the course of both days.
How I came up with the name-
I came up with the themes for the workshops after getting many requests asking if I hosted them, or planned on doing such. I got an equal amount of interest in regards to my studio lighting, post-processing, and my "Urban Sessions"...from there, I decided to separate them into two sections, and include post-processing techniques in both workshops.
Me being called "famous"
Hell, I don't know...I never expected the response. Being published recently in Rangefinder Magazine was a shock (a welcome one), but still a shock. Getting emails from photographers from all over the country is very humbling as well. I am not one who likes to talk about myself, so it's hard for me to have recognition like this. I always try to remain humble, and always remember what is most important...my family. I don't want to look back one day and remember my daughter growing up before my eyes because I was too wrapped up in work. It's too easy to cross that line, and I won't do it.
The equipment I have with me this day-
I always shoot with my Canon 1DS MK II, and favorite lenses are: Canon 50/1.2L, Canon 85/1.2L, Canon 24-70 2.8L, Canon 70-200/2.8 IS...honestly, I am a lens junkie. I have too many , but I always mix them up, and never use the same thing consistently.
If not my workshop check out-
Pushing the envelope. Buy something that you don't know anything about and just start using it. I have always been a huge advocate of self-teaching. I read books all the time. I watch movies that are inspiring to me, I admire so many, but always try to do my own thing. Truthfully, I don't know who is offering workshops. I know that there are many out there. I would say visit WPPI or IUSA. There are many amazing speakers there!
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