Last night my youngest son rented a local hall and promoted a concert with five bands. I decided to hang out and take some black and white pictures. It was an awesome experience. I now have have total respect for those famous Rock'n'Roll photographers. Low light and difficult focusing conditions are very challenging. Here are a couple of my shots:
I don't know about you, but I love the Olympic Games (both summer and winter). There are always great personal stories about the athletes and world records being broken, but this year's games seemed different - more special. Performances by Michael Phelps winning 8 gold medals and Usain Bolt of Jamaica smashing the 100m and 200m world records were awesome. Of course there were many other special moments and performances - like the USA Men's Volleyball team and Roger Federer's victory to name a few.
It got me thinking how mankind using both technology (new training methods etc...) and human spirit is able to continuously "raise the bar" and set new milestones of excellence. I think it is what drives most of us to continuously be the best at what we do. Personally, I am always using a strong desire to improve and the latest technology to "raise my bar". Although there are no Gold Medals awarded in photography, it is always my desire to excel and strive to be the best I can be.
On Saturday we photographed the wedding of Camille and Jean Claude. The ceremony was held at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Los Angeles and the reception was held at Samba's in Redondo Beach, California.
I had the pleasure of being joined by local wedding photographer Brienne Michelle. We both had a blast hanging out with Camille and Jean Claude. We ended up walking the Redondo Beach Pier Boardwalk in order to get to a local park for photographs. Along the way we encountered many interesting stops for images (not to mention all the boardwalk patrons clapping and saluting the new couple).
Here are a couple of images:
I was getting tired of the colors on my website so I spent the night updating www.innesphotography.com with tons of new images and display colors. I have also updated this blog to reflect the new color scheme.
Next up is a new website titled www.williaminnes.com. I expect to have it live within the next couple of weeks. I want it to compliment my current website by showing additional examples of my work.
Last, I am making a committment to blog at least once a week about something non-photography related.
Hope you like the changes around here...
Last Saturday we traveled to downtown Los Angeles for Patti and Chris' wedding at the Jonathon Club. They just don't make buildings like this anymore. The hall were the ceremony took place had 20 foot plus high ceilings and gorgeous red and gold walls. Later in the evening we visited the rooftop with Patti and Chris to capture a City of Angels skyline image.
Here are a couple of images from the Jonathon Club.
I just returned from Portland OR, where I attended the OneLight Workshop. I spent a day (a very long day - 15 hours) with Zack Arias - master lighting wizard and a group of very talented photographers. The time flew by, because Zack is an awesome teacher and is willing to share everything he knows. Here are a couple of images from the day. I can't wait to start using some of these new lighting techniques.
The number eight has long been considered fortuitous in China, where people pay extra to have it in phone numbers and license plates. August 8th, 2008 turned out to be extremely lucky for me - hanging out with Becky and John all day. They got up very early in the morning and flew to Los Angeles from Dallas Texas. We hooked up in Manhattan Beach at 9:30 AM and took engagement pictures. Later in the day it was off to El Matador Beach in Malibu to get married. It was a beautiful ceremony on a beautiful beach. The couple then headed to the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills to enjoy the company of close friends and a couple of cocktails by the pool.
It was a very magical day. Here are a couple of pictures:
