Lindsay's Pilates Sessions Are Open for Business! Thu. May 29, 2008 people
You might remember Lindsay because of her super fun awesome wedding last year which I photographed. Her husband Braedon also second shoots for me sometimes, so I've gotten to know these guys pretty well. I was totally surprised last year when Braedon mentioned one day that Lindsay's dream was to have her own pilates studio, because at the time, working out was such a foreign concept to me that I could not understand the idea that someone I knew would want to work out for a living! Now, a year later, Lindsay has her own place to take on clients in Costa Mesa and I am LOVING it!
Lindsay is one of those people that is just so sweet and patient that it makes you want to work harder. She's also in killer shape--when she demonstrates the exercises I'm supposed to do, she makes it look so easy, than I get on the table and sort of grunt and flop around. Anyway, she's awesome so if you are looking to take pilates in the OC area, you should DEFINITELY email her: lindsayct@gmail.com so she can fill you in on price and all that good stuff.
Her website is currently in development so she asked me to take some photos of her to fill it up when it launches--here's a sneak peek:
We shot a few headshots first:
Showing off her moves--this series was processed with my new favorite action called Pool Party! It's a member of the next set of Totally Rad Actions that isn't out yet, but it's coming soon and I got a little sneak peek..
I actually got to put my two cents in on the new action set since Doug Boutwell happens to live in my neighborhood. This next set was processed with one he wrote for me, called Clare-ify (I LOVE that name!)
Ya'll email Lindsay and take a class--she's great!
Hey Photographers: Come Shoot the Sh*t with me! Tue. May 27, 2008 photographers
**to clarify--you do not have to HAVE your session before july 4th, you just have to book it before then**
A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ME
This is a weird post for me to write, but here it is. I am SWAMPED with emails from you all. I absolutely love hearing from everyone, and I tried hard to do the blogstalker Q&A for awhile, but honestly, it is really hard to keep on top of and I just end up feeling bad about it when I am able to do so little.
Most of the emails I get are super sweet and polite and go something like this:
"...I know you're busy but if you wouldn't mind answering just this ONE question...", which would totally be FINE, if my mailbox where I keep mail from photographers didn't look like this:
Over 600 of you each just asking one question adds up to quite a lot of time, and more questions than I can possibly stay on top of. And this is only emails from people who sent them since January! I swear, I have good intentions with these emails, and I would love to write back to everyone, but it's so far over my head at this point that I really only have one option left:
I am now offering Shoot the Sh*t Consulting on a VERY limited basis! Here's the deal:
Between NOW and JULY 4TH I will be opening up my schedule as much as possible for people who want to come and learn from me. I will be doing this ONLY on a private and VERY small group basis (4 people at one time MAX). You can schedule a session for later in the year, but I must have you on my schedule before July 4th.
As an added incentive, if you book a session by June 6th, my mother's birthday, you can take $75 off any phone or one hour in-person session, or $300 off any half day or full day session.
I believe that connecting with people one on one or in very small groups is the absolute best way for me to give you information, and for you to get the information you need the most. While I will likely never do another large group seminar (besides Image X which I didn't have to organize or plan myself),
having a conversation with you about how I can help you further your business is really exciting to me, so I'm really stoked to finally be doing this!
For a complete list of offerings and an email address to book a session, **CLICK HERE**, PASSWORD: consult2008
Is anyone as excited as I am??? Mon. May 26, 2008 gossip
12:01am Thursday night, the Sex and the City movie opens!! I would love to go that night, I can't believe there is a pre-release midnight showing right by my house, but I promised my friend that I would wait for her till the following week. The dang movie people are making that quite difficult though...
I have a pretty cool announcement coming tomorrow night, so stay tuned!
Buy a shootsac and win free lenses this month! Sun. May 25, 2008 gossip
Those of you who stay up to date on the Shootsac blog and email list know that this month there is a killer promotion going on! If you spend more than $75 on the site during May, you get entered to win whatever lens you want (up to something crazy, like $1800). Honestly my favorite part of this promotion was making this video, which was done by the Bui Brothers, who rock.
Check out the video, and then go BUY A SHOOTSAC!! The promo only goes to May 31, so buy soon!
Wow, was I ever gone for a long time! Between my traveling and shooting in Chicago, NYC, and North Carolina the past two weeks, I needed a vacation from my not-really-a-vacation, but I am now back into the swing of things, thank goodness.
One thing that I really missed while I was gone is my workout routine. Those of you who know me realize what a wild statement this is for me, because I've made a lifestyle of managing to do everything possible to avoid working out for a very long time! I mentioned this before, but of all the workout things I do now, swimming is probably my favorite. It has three requirements that make it fun for me:
1. I can wear something fun/cute
2. I can do it with other people
3. (most importantly) I do not have to sweat
I am pleased to announce that we now have a very mighty swim team going. There is no chance in hell that we could ever actually beat any other organization in any kind of competition that is swimming-related, but we are having a great time anyway! Actually, that's not true. Swimming is a deadly serious business and we will not be interfered with, especially by the six year old that "accidentally" tried to ruin our practice by "playing" in the designated swim lanes. We showed her who was boss!
Some photos from yesterday:
We may have been fun before we got there...
But swimming is no joking matter:
Okay, fine, sometimes it is:
But most of the time, we train like we're being chased by a thousand sharks. This photo was taken practicing a zen moment before returning to our Olympic-like natural state:
Chenin is the newest member of the team. The team is VERY exclusive, which is why we only have three members:
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