New Blog

Hey everyone! I launched my new blog here let me know what you think!

Reality check

This is so true:

A little (soon to be big) secret!

Hey guess what everyone? I have a little secret that I can't not share with you any longer. I am developing an entirely new, totally awesome, very sexy, super delicious, sink your teeth into, OMG that is so cool, why didn't you do this sooner Jeff ... BLOG! Blogger is great but it has it's limitations. BTW, that probably has more to do with me than Blogger. Wait 'til you see the new one.

When is that gonna be Jeff? Well, as soon as possible I promise. I'm hoping by March 16th. It's so much more robust and I'm trying to develop new material as fast as I can for it. It will be a wealth of resources for brides, some meaty links and other goody's for other photographers and simply put, a whole showcase for all things photography related. To be honest, it will be a lot more "fun" than my main portfolio website, but hey, I've gotta show the goods too, right?

So stay tuned, I promise it will be worth the wait. It will have a new address, but I'll put the new link address everywhere, including here. Thanks so much for you patience.

Jeff

Cheeeeese sandwich

I thought I was having a pretty good day, but when my sandwich smiled
back at me I knew it was an extra special day!!

Sent with my iPhone

I saw LOVE!

I just got back last night from the WPPI convention (the largest photography expo in the known universe) in Las Vegas. Wow, was it cold there this year. It even rained all day Monday - the one day Karen and I walked from Planet Hollywood to the MGM Grand where the expo was. It's funny how all the hotels look "close" until you start walking the distance. Shoulda cabbed it!! Karen didn't like me too much after that walk.

Speaking of Planet Hollywood, ummm don't think we're going to stay there again. We stayed in the Forest Gump room and this place really was like a box of chocolates. It was okay but talk about chintzy! Wow, was I surprised. One bath towel (make that a very thin, small, scratchy, $2.99 Walmart towel) per person, no complementary 1 cup of coffee in the room (I have to have my morning blend), only about 13" of hanging closet space, 2 very small drawers, and our wall-mounted TV was positioned 90 degrees from the bed. And we stayed in an upgraded room with about 100 more square feet of space. Karen spent 10 min. ordering a bathrobe to be sent up our first night, only to have the maid take it away the very next morning of our 4 day stay. Oh, and the really yucky part was there were food dishes from other rooms on the hallway floor for 2 days. Apparently that's not the maids job. Sorry, just had to share that part too.

We went and saw LOVE, the Cirque Du Soleil tribute to the Beatles. Totally amazing and I highly recommend it. Wow, what a show.

The photography expo was good but never-ending as usual. Even MySpace had a booth selling ... well, I don't know what they were selling because MySpace is free, go figure. I made it out of there only spending about $150 on a ShootSac to carry my lenses and things while shooting weddings.

Back up those images

I met with a couple last week regarding their wedding photography (BTW, I just found out they booked me so THANK YOU Erin & Erik - I can't wait!) and we got on the subject of preserving old family photos. I was urging them (and Erin's parents who joined us in the meeting) to scan any and all of their family heirloom photos regardless of its current condition just so they'd always have something to show their kids and grandchildren.

I strongly suggest this to everyone. Not only scanning them into your home computer but also keeping another copy somewhere outside the home - just in case. Let's face it, people run back into burning houses for these keepsake memories.

It's really easy to do and these days there are several places to instantly upload those photos to servers outside your home so you'll always have a back up copy. There are numerous internet storage sites that are free but I really like smugmug. It's not free but I like their simplicity and options.



I can upload large versions for both personal and professional use and there's no limit to how many images I can upload. Some free sites limit how many images you can upload or let you upload a few for free and then charge you so make sure you understand the fine print. BTW, I'm not involved with or paid by smugmug in any way, shape or form I just like them. My only point is to urge you to get those photos stored somewhere/anywhere digitally and safely and have back up copies.

Also, Erin's mom suggested scanning the back of those old photos too as often the date, place and other important info is written there as well - great point!!