Wow.

You all are incredible.  The results of the Mike Colón workshop came in last night; unfortunately Jesie didn’t win, though she did come up 5th in her poll!  That’s remarkable considering how many people there were.  Jes received 129 votes, and the winner received 728!! Come on! How do you get 78 votes?! A+ for effort, my friends.  Thank you so much for helping to spread the word.  We’ll get there next time…

Speaking of a Mike Colón workshop… I had the opportunity to shoot with him while at the Pictage Partner Conference in New Orleans last month. It wasn’t quite the workshop Jesie would have attended; this one was only a couple of hours with 24 other photogs plus Mike.  We had four models to take around the French Quarter, all adorned with the latest and greatest dresses, including Vera Wang.  Each of us got a few minutes to be the lead photographer while others had to stay back and shoot around the leader while he or she directed the model.  Meanwhile, Mike observed and critiqued.  You could have heard a pin drop when he asked who wanted to go first… that is, until yours truly spoke up! The first 17 shots are a result of my directing the model.

What a rush it was to have Mike’s full attention on me!  He even took the time to look through my LCD screen.  He didn’t have any constructive criticism, but said my exposures were awesome (everything below shot in 100% manual) and I did an excellent job of getting a huge variety.  Many times at weddings, you’re so pressed for time that you have to think fast and place the bride in one location, but move around her to get different looks.

Enjoy these next two posts! They are eye candy for sure!

I’d pay big money for one of my brides to rock this hair.

Ugh!  I love her posture on this one!

I can’t believe I get to do stuff like this for a living!

Love how that blue came out in the background and makes that mane P O P!

I adore all these by the green wall.  I threw on my 14-24mm 2.8 and got the coolest looks!

These were taken with the wide angle as well.  When we were changing leaders I took the opportunity to get RIGHT in her face and capture those killer lashes!

Part II is awesome!! Two more models..