http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:25:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beginning in August, Montgomery Photography officially becomes a duet. My daughter Michelle has been shooting weddings with me for the past 5 or 6 years. We are now making it official, Team Montgomery....but we won't be using hokey language like that. You just get the most exciting, ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/07/montgomery-photography-goes-dual/ Lots of beach wedding bookings. Here is a great couple we did last MONDAY... any day is a good day for a wedding. Laguna Beach, Crescent Bay Park and the beach. Enjoy: http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/07/beach-wedding-time/ Michelle and I had a great time photographing Jason and Jenny for their engagement session. Found new locations and played with old locations. Hope you like it. http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/06/jenny-and-jason-great-engagement-session/ Had a great group of folks today for our second MeetUp (Montgomery Photography Workshops @ Meetup.com).  Seven photographers who got to interact with each other and explore the principles of flash photography that I shared with them.  Thanks to Keith and Carly for sharing their son Joel with our cameras.  ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/06/outdoor-lighting-and-posing-part-2/ Thanks to Rick Ferro of Orlando Florida for sharing his time and talent with members (and non-members) of PPOC in a one day workshop on indoor and outdoor wedding photography.  We were at Turville Photography in Santa Ana for this event.  Thanks to our host Steve Lopushinsky for providing the ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/06/non-traditional-bride-and-groom-shoot/ If you haven't had a professional headshot done lately (or at all) now is the time. Visual impressions are a huge part of todays social media and marketing. If your image was shot hand held with a pocket camera, you are not sending out a good message.... it speaks of ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/06/business-or-personal-portraits/ Just an update on my professional development. I entered four images in the PPOC quarterly image competition last month and all four prints received merit status. I was ecstatic. Next quarter I will be entering another four mostly in the wedding and portrait category. Wish me ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/06/mutterings/ http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/05/new-slideshows-check-them-out-very-hip-and-contemporary/ Join me for my workshop on outdoor lighting and posing geared toward beginning and intermediate photographers.  We will spend time in my studio talking about how the camera works with on camera flash and remote flash.  We will also talk about posing and how to make everyone look great.  We will work ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/04/my-first-workshop-outdoor-lighting-and-posing/ My winter sojourn into Yosemite turned out to be a little quick trip.  24 hours, in and out.  Death Valley was a little better.  I assisted another photographer in a landscape class and had two whole days to explore the beauty of the desert.  Here are three examples of black ... http://www.markmontgomeryphotography.com/2010/03/landscape-photography-yosemite-and-death-valley/