I have so much blogging to catch up on! Here is a favorite from last weekend of Kelli and Darwin, and I’ll have some more to share very very soon from Steve and April, Shannon and Jered, and Joey and Allison’s weddings!…
Hang tight! 
Kyle and Jenay are an absolutely wonderful couple and I couldn’t be happier for them! I feel so blessed to have them as clients and now friends, they are just a pleasure to be around and can light up a room with their presence. They just have this contagious joy about them, and especially know how to have fun! I shot Jenay’s sister’s wedding a couple years ago and when she chose me to shoot her wedding I was just ecstatic to connect with her family again and play a part in their amazing day at Rancho Las Lomas… every detail was exquisite, an all around dream! I’ve decided to spread this wedding over a couple of posts because I’m having too much fun going through their images
Jenay chose Larrissa Rehder of Inviting Occasion Inc. for her floral design, and her work is out of this world incredible! I was just blown away by her, and not only does she do an amazing job but she’s just lovely from the inside out and I really enjoyed working with her. Here are some favorites for now:
Jenay’s new nephew Owen was pulled down the aisle in this adorable wagon by the ring bearer, followed by his proud big sister Faith as the flower girl! It was SO precious, can’t wait to share those pictures
Yeah, can we say DREAMY?…
More details to come!
And here is another favorite of the two of them…
Today Kyle and Jenay had their big day at Rancho Las Lomas and it was INCREDIBLE!! I can’t wait to share more about it, which will happen in a later post because I’m beat. But for now here is a little sneak at what is to come…
Have a great Fathers Day weekend!
This week I attended my good friend Dane Sanders‘ Fast Track Roadshow Workshop in San Diego… hosted by the very gracious Garrett of Garrett Photography. We had a WONDERFUL time and I can’t recommend the workshop enough to any other photographers out there… I’ve gone to my fair share of workshops in the last couple years (R&D is a very worthy investment in any business) and I just wish so much that this was available when I was first starting out. However, if this is something you might consider jumping into, no matter where you are at in your business Dane will engage you and push you in ways you’ll thank him for later. I’m just so proud of this Fast Track movement and I feel so excited to be a part of it… Fast Track is inspiring photographers to really dig in deep to who they are and work out of that… and the workshop gives a ridiculous amount of tools to help get the job done. My favorite part? The community. Freaking amazing.
Part of our time together included some shooting which was so much fun… and I loved it when Dane gave me a challenge: Using a location chosen for me, with only 2.5 minutes and ONE frame, set up our models in a shot with emphasis on composition. BRING IT! Here is what came out…
What an incredible couple of days. I feel like a thief for walking away with all of this:
- Fast Track Roadshow Workshop Exhaustive Notes ($25 value)
- 1 year subscription to ShowItSites ($468 value)
- 1 year subscription to SmugMug Pro ($150 value)
- $50 off ShowItWeb Slideshow Software ($50 value)
- Kevin Kubota’s Digital Photography Bootcamp Book ($35 value)
- 6 months subscription to PhotographyMentor.com ($125 value)
- Fast Track Photographer Audiobook ($25 value)
- 2 copies of Dane’s Fast Track Photographer Book to share ($50 value)
- 2 pDNA Assessments to track your progress over time ($40 value)
- 3 copies of the Fast Track eBook to share with others ($27 value)
- 1 year subscription to the Fast Track Forums ($240 value)
- 1 year subscription to the Fast Track Coaching – a weekly LIVE group coaching call with Dane, to keep your learning going well beyond the workshop ($108 value)
- 200 DotBucks from ShootDotEdit – basically the equivalent of a free portrait or engagement session edited for little or no cost ($55 value)
- 2 months FREE of ShootQ Studio Management software with a third month bonus when you book your first event ($120 value)
- 1 year subscription to Pictage Lite ($199 value)
- $100 discount on your first KISS Wedding Book ($100 value)
- $50 off a Drobo from Data Robotics ($50 value)
- BONUS “DIAL-IN” DAY OF TRAINING – we are providing a pre-workshop “Dial-In” Day with techs from companies like ShootQ to get your entire workflow set-up right before we even get started… imagine arriving with nothing and leaving with everything you need ($450 value)
Holy Dang. The next workshop is in Chicago! Take a look HERE for the dates and to signup.
[*Disclaimer: No, I don't get commission for saying any of this, I just really believe in Dane and Fast Track and I know that anyone who gets to benefit from this will be better off because of it. It's been huge for me and I want the same for other photographers in our industry. "A rising tide lifts all boats!"]
On another note, this morning I went surfing with the fabulous Amy Hinden and we almost collided with some dolphins! It was one of those moments where I was freaked out and completely in awe at the same moment. Imagine a wave about to crash on you but you can’t dive under it because there are 2 dolphins surfing just inches in front of you… oh man. Absolutely incredible. It reminded me of how I feel in my business… it’s a new wave this year and I’m excited for what’s to come.
Have a great day!
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Today’s Fast Track Coaching Event at Askdane.com is hosted by my good friend Jen Disney and guess who she wants to interview? Me! We’re going to miss Dane while he is hosting a Fast Track Workshop in Houston, but I’m looking forward to talking with Jen and hopefully helping anyone else who is trying to move forward in their photography business. Jen and I always have the most amazing conversations as we’ve worked together to hash out the concepts of being a Fast Track Photographer… of figuring out who we are, how that applies to our business, where we see ourselves going, and everything in between. We would love for you to join in today at 4pm… here is the info from Dane…
(That is a screenshot so you’ll want to check out askdane.com for the actual links
Hope to see you there!
Karey and Jen
On Saturday I had the privilege of shooting Kim and Eric’s wedding at La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes Estates and it was an absolutely incredible day! Kim and I go way back… we were really close friends in high school and I always felt at home with her and her family. She is an amazing friend and this girl knows how to have fun! When we reconnected last year it felt like we just picked up right where we left off almost 10 years ago, and friends like that are just such a gift.
Last year when Kim was working abroad in London her boyfriend Eric took a trip to visit her with a ring in his pocket… she said yes (yay!) and when she asked me to shoot her wedding I couldn’t have been more thrilled! The wedding was breathtakingly beautiful, every detail perfectly thought out and oh my gosh the food… the New York Food Co. just blew me away. It couldn’t have been a more special day and I felt simply blessed to play a part. Here are some of my favorites from the day…
The team at Design Visage did a wonderful job with hair and makeup…
Kim looked absolutely stunning!!! I’ll have another post up tomorrow with the rest of the day, I think that’s a good number of images for one post and more will be up later!…
Rachael is one of my dear friends that I used to go to school with at Cal Poly SLO, and we met in finance class! If someone would have told me at that time that I would be a wedding photographer shooting Rachael’s wedding someday I would have been ridiculously confused and probably laughed in their face. In a nice way. Rachael and I didn’t meet until our last quarter at Cal Poly but we happened to have two classes together: Entrepreneurial Finance and Case Studies in Finance… oh the joys of those classes, ha! We had some mutual friends and hit it off right from the start. At graduation she took a job with Deloitte in Orange County while I took a seemingly insignificant photography internship at Hume Lake Christian Camps… and then when I moved back to Irvine we just picked up right where we left off. Her friendship is SUCH a gift, and Rachael is one of the most caring, giving, warm-hearted friends I’ve ever known. And then this guy Noah came into the picture and getting to watch their relationship grow has been such a blessing. They got engaged on Valentine’s Day in San Diego so we did their engagement pictures in Balboa Park and Coronado Island where he proposed! He’s been so fun to get to know and they just compliment each other PERFECTLY. They are getting married at the Rancho Bernardo Winery in October and I can’t wait!
by Karey Michelle
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