Todd and Katie

So here it is. I finally got around to giving this awesome couple a proper post. I love these images. Man, I want to shoot in Nebraska all the time. Next time I'll find a corn field to shoot in. No such luck this time. Apparently no corn grows in the winter... who knew?

Justin Lyon

When we arrived in Mammoth we saw a HUGE snow drift in front of our cabin. The second Justin saw the massive pile of snow he said, " I want to jump off the roof into that". The last day he said it again but just figured he'd just jump backwards off the banister. Check out the video I shot of his jump.



Good thing he didn't find a way up to the roof.

Omaha

I'm still working on the images from the wedding but I wanted to put up a picture of Makenzie. This wasn't the first time she'd seen snow but it was the first time she'd seen it fall. She was so excited.

I just can't believe how lucky we were with weather. It was beautiful yesterday, 65 degrees and perfect and today it snowed. Thank God the wedding was yesterday.


This is Matt. He's the one that took my picture the other day and he's complained for a while that he's never made the blog... well here you go Matt. Everyone say, "Hi Matt!"

Omaha Wedding

Here's one of my favorite images from today. I'll put a few more up tomorrow!

Somewhere in middle America.

I just got into Omaha. I'm shooting a wedding here this weekend which should be really cool. Today was a long one. I woke up this morning, packed up the car and headed back home only to re-pack, get in the car and go to the airport. We then had a layover in Denver which lasted a bit longer than it should have because our flight was delayed. But we made it.

I'm excited to go scope out some locations tomorrow. I figure since I shoot at the beach all the time in California I need to find a corn field to shoot in here. How sweet would that be? The only bummer is its FREEZING here. Not the Orange County, "its-so-cold-I'm-gonna-wear-Uggs-with-my-shorts-instead-of-sandals" freezing. Its actually freezing, like 32 degrees, freezing. The good news is its supposed to get up to a balmy 50 degrees on Saturday.

Check back Sunday for some images from the wedding.

I realized that the only one not pictured from our trip in my last post was Sean Flannigan. So I dug up a picture of him taken by the one and only Nate Kaiser from The Image Is Found.

Mammoth Man Trip

A few weeks ago Fred Egan and Nick Onken and I were eating apple pie at a cafe in Beverly Hills and we decided we needed to get out of town and head up to the mountains for some Man time and snowboarding. So we called up some of our friends, rented a dope cabin and put together the trip. Roll call...

Nick Onken
Fred Egan
Justin Lyon
Kyle Barnes
Sean Flannigan
Nate Kaiser
Matt Sloan
Kenny Brady
and Me

I'm sure I'll be snagging images from everyone else's blogs in the coming week but here are a few to get us started. We all just gave every one the images we took of each other so these images were taken by me, Nate, Justin or Fred.
Someone commented and asked for a picture of the wall of snow next to our driveway... its huge.


Me and Justin

Matt, me and Justin

Justin, Nick, me, Fred, Kenny

A sweet pic of Nate through my goggles.

Me.

Me again.

A couple of Justin.


Kyle killing it.

Almost there.

We're about 90 miles from Mammoth and it already looks like this and we just heard that they've got 6 feet of fresh snow in the past week. I can't wait to get on the mountain.

Edited to add: Wow! The last leg of the trip was insane. The mountains are covered in snow. Its a pretty amazing sight. So freaking amazing. They really did get 6 feet of snow, and it shows... the snow is seriously 15 feet high on either side of the driveway.

We spent the afternoon, killing it on the mountain. The snow was incredible but man, was it work. My legs were on FIRE at the end of every run. Tomorrow should be a little easier. We'll probably take a group picture at some time during the trip. I'll introduce the guys then. Its kind of funny how many MacBook Pros are laying around the cabin.

Workshop Update

We released the seats for the April 20-23 workshop this afternoon and have had a bunch of signups already. If you're interested in the workshop send us an email at info (at) thelabworkshop.com and we'll send you an email with the link to register.

Another exciting thing is that we have several awesome companies coming on board to sponsor the workshop. This means not only are you getting a sweet workshop but there will also be some rad give-aways from these amazing companies and some exclusive discounts on products that make our lives easier and our businesses more successful and profitable. I can't give specifics just yet but you'll be hearing about these very soon!

I promise a "real" blog with pictures tomorrow.

theLAB

For the next few day this will stay on top. Future posts will go beneath it.




Fred Egan: Portraits
Amy Coffey: Kids
Michael Norwood: Weddings

We're three photographers who love what we do and want to share it with others. Come hang out with us and learn how we work, how we shoot, how we interact with clients. Come be stretched technically and inspired creatively. Change the way you think and look at your photography and leave with the knowledge you need to continue growing and some killer images to add to your portfolio.

WHEN: April 20-23, 2008
We'll get together Sunday night to meet, eat and get to know each other. Monday morning everything begins with some classroom time covering marketing and the technical side of shooting. After lunch we'll head out for a live shoot and then to dinner. Tuesday we'll cover post-processing and the artistic side of shooting. After lunch we'll head out for another live shoot and then to dinner. Wednesday's schedule looks the same... classroom time, lunch and the workshop concludes with the last live shoot.

WHERE: Glen Rose, TX... a little town outside Dallas with a lot of charm and a million places to shoot. You'll stay at a charming lodge on the bank of the Brazos River.

COST: $1500

Tuition includes 3 days of in-depth training with Fred, Amy and Michael, lodging and all meals, 3 live shoots, one on one portfolio critique.

We'll cover the technical and artistic aspects of shooting (camera settings, composition, seeing the light, being inspired, working with clients during the shoot), workflow (from raw files to finished product), post-processing, marketing, getting published.

Space is limited so reserve your spot soon! Email info (at) thelabworkshop.com

(photos by Nick Onken, Curt Coffey and Trever Hoehne respectively.)

Patriotism and Capitolism

Isn't that what President's Day is all about? Remembering those who've served our country and furniture sales? Well, being that it's President's Day, I thought I'd put up a few pictures in the spirit of the day from a recent trip to New York.

Patriotism:

Capitolism: Pier 17 is a big mall on the bank of the East River in Manhattan.

Hope you guys have a good day off!

Malibu

I'm in Malibu thus afternoon for a shoot. Its kind of cloudy but I'm
digging it. Its hard to beat the Bu!

Snowboarding Trip

I'm hesitant to post again and cover up my BIG news from yesterday, but I want to keep my blogging streak alive. So if you didn't come here yesterday, keep reading after todays post.

This time of year, while not full of shoots, is still great. I've got tons of meetings with new clients. I get to catch up with other vendors, and I get a little break for some snowboarding! A few weeks ago Justin Lyon invited me up to Mammoth to go snowboarding. Of course! The Lyons just put up some images from the trip so I jacked them.

A sweet self potrait of Justin... who, as I mentioned before is the producer of the hit kids tv show Yo Gabba Gabba!


Me and Justin trying to contain our excitement.




Supposedly he's gonna send me some pics from last week when we went up to Big Bear with super-star photographer and semi-pro snowboarder, Mike Colon.

In a few weeks a bunch of us are gonna take over Mammoth for a few days. Can't wait!

The Indestructible iPhone

Last week I got a call from my buddy Mike Colon asking if I wanted to go snowboarding. So we went up to the mountains with a couple other friends to take advantage of the incredible snow conditions up in Big Bear.

Late in the day we were boarding through the trees and ravines and I got into some super deep powder. I fell end over end. After I got up I caught up to Mike and Justin who'd sat down to wait for me. We went back down to the bottom of the mountain to see if we could find our other friend Travis that we had lost along the way.

After a while we jumped back on the lift and Mike says, "oh no, I lost my phone". After a couple minutes he realized that he just put it in a different pocket. At that point I thought I'd check just to make sure my phone was still in its place. Nope. After we got off the the lift I searched through all my pockets only confirming my fears, my beloved iPhone was gone. Mike was optimistic. He said we'd just retrace our steps and find it. I was a not so sure. On one hand we went off the trails so it was less likely that someone else had found it and pocketed it but on the other hand we went through the trees, with tons and tons of powder... there was next to no chance that we'd find it.

We set off going through the forest, retracing our tracks. About halfway down I'd all but given up but we kept going. We stopped where I fell earlier only to see just how deep the powder really was. A little ways down we stopped where they'd initially waited for me. I stopped and knelt down knowing that I'd never see my phone again... just then a tiny black spot in the snow caught my eye. I reached deep into the snow pulling out MY iPHONE! If I'd stopped 6 inches in any direction other than where I did I wouldn't have seen it. And the even better news, it still worked! After about 45 minutes buried in the snow it kept going like a champ. After I pulled it out of the snow Mike asked me if I was praying on the way down, "all the way," I said!

Life was good again. Good friends, incredible snowboarding and I was reunited with my precious iPhone. Let's do it again guys!

San Francisco Engagement

Sunday I met Pat and Patty in the city for their engagement shoot. We started by the famous Palace of Fine Arts and ended the night at the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero. We had a great time and even figured out that Patty went to junior high with Jennifer whose engagement I shot in New York last month. Here are a few favorites from the day.