Gustavo Fernandez Photographer

Tonight i attended a Lightroom class that was sponsored and put on by our local PPA group NCPP. The class was led by photographer Tamee Renae whom i met last year at Bambi and Jerry’s Workshop since she works for Bambi. Lightroom is a program made by Adobe that helps photographers manage their files. Tamee did a wonderful job getting us all acquainted with Lightroom and giving us an idea of what a good workflow might look like. Thank you Tamee for helping us out and getting me started with what i think is now the market leading software in file management.

Last night I went to a photography show with my friend and fellow Bay Area wedding photographer Sylvain Gentile. We attended Michelle Walker’s Travel Photography show. Jose Villa introduced me to Michelle last year at the PDN on the Road seminar. She is a very talented Bay Area wedding photographer that has been published in many of the major magazines. Definitely someone i look up to. She took photographs from her travels to Cuba, India, Africa, and Peru and had some amazing large (40 by 60) canvases made by Simply Canvas. The show will be on display at Luka’s Taproom & Lounge til March 29th. You can see the images on her new website under Galleries then Travel. We enjoyed some great food, some Oscar watching on the projector, and lastly some great company. Congrats Michelle on the success of your first show.

The talented artist-Michelle Walker.

My favorite, the little girl looking up at Grandma in Cuba.

Gotta love point and shoot camera flash!

Tonight i attended the photography seminar “Captivated by the Light” by Ed Pierce. Ed has been in the business for over 30 years and is an excellent teacher. I have followed him via his Photovision DVD’s that come out every two months. A testament to how well respected he is the DVD’s are now offered free (you only pay the shipping and handling for the year-$35) due to the generosity of his sponsors like Canon and WHCC. A lot of what was discussed involved in studio lighting and shooting which is not necessarily where i am right now in my business but it was wonderful to see and hear (via video) from some of the top studios in the nation. The last video he presented was of Sandy Puc discussing how NILMDTS got started. NILMDTS is a wonderful organization of photograsphers nationwide that provides free photography services for bereavement photography. This reminded me to make sure i get my website up next week so i can put in my application to them to become a local photographer.

Ed Pierce in action…

My friend Nicole DeMeo who owns Kamikazee Pop hooked me up with the Star Wars Mimobot R2-D2 USB Drive by Mimoco, they just stopped making them and it is part of a limited edition series. They also have Darth Vader, and the Stormtrooper which are all sold out. Chewbacca is in low stock status. They just added another 4 to the Star Wars series: Princess Leia, Hans Solo, Boba Fet, and Luke Skywalker. Pre-orders are being taken now. Check them out. They come in various sizes and i got the 1GB. They make great gifts and they come in a ton of other designs other than Star Wars. Give Nicole a call before these run out too at (415) 597-5767. Thanks Nicole for the hook up.

#331 of 2,900

1GB

The rest of the almost sold out family.

This rain just does not want to stop, we are getting hammered with it in the Bay Area.

A glimpse of hope.