I can’t believe I had not blogged about this.  I’ve been so busy I had totally forgotten about it.

Back in May, I had an amazing week attending the Texas School - the best little photography school in Texas!  I spent a week learning from Carl Caylor who I thought was AMAZING.  If you are a photographer and want to learn some great stuff when it comes to natural light, composition, posing, and all that stuff - RUSH to see him!

While the weather didn’t fully cooperate - it was overcast the entire time so the light was not very directional, nor harsh - it was a great experience and I took away quite a bit.

Of course, this is a photography blog, so here are some of the images I got during the class.  Oh, all the subjects are volunteers from the community - not professional models!  This gives us the ability to work with “normal people”!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My BIG thanks to Carl for sharing his knowledge.  My thanks also to Walter and Jill - the “Wranglers” for the class - and all my classmates.  I learned a lot from all of you!

See you all around sometime.

Here’s another wedding that I had the pleasure of helping my good friend Humza Yasin at a while back.  You may recall some of Malisha and Bhavesh’s engagement photos I had shared last year when Humza came down to Houston to shoot them.  It was a blast - and my first chance to work with him.  As luck would have it, the wedding I had scheduled on their wedding date cancelled so I was able to share on their amazing day.  And AMAZING it was.

The wedding was in San Antonio and it was beautifully decorated by the fine folk at Mandap Creations.  Anyway, here are some of my images.  For the rest, visit Humza’s site where he’s got the “really good stuff” - LOL.

So…enough talking.  Here are the images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, on to the reception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a great time working with Malisha, Bhavesh, and their family and friends.  They were an amazing couple who had a wonderful wedding day.  I wish them the very best.

Oh, it was great to see them you guys at Karishma and Samir’s wedding this past week!

I had an opportunity to photograph guitar great Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra at the Houston House of Blues for Live Nation.

I’ve been a fan of Ottmar Liebert for quite a while so when the opportunity came up, I was thrilled.  If you haven’t heard his music, go out there and find some (YouTube has some videos) and become a fan also!

This was also my first visit to House of Blues and let me tell you, it is a very nice venue.  The acoustics were great and the band sounded absolutely perfect.  The staff was very friendly (special thanks to Robert for chatting before the show!) and from what I hear, the food is pretty darn good.

So, here are some images from the show.  Let’s start with a panoramic view of the stage - six images stiched together.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

That’s it.  It was a fantastic show and thanks to Live Nation once again for the opportunity to shoot one of their shows.