Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Soolip Paperie & Press features Jules Bianchi!!

The ultra-hip Soolip Paperie & Press has just featured Jules Bianchi Photography on their website! I shot their product line of gorgeous letterpress invitations in January and their upscale bridal faire "A Soolip Wedding" this past March.

click here to see Jules Bianchi Photography highlighted for the work I did at A Soolip Wedding...

or click here to see the product shots I took for the unique line of custom letterpress wedding invitations Soolip makes! Its so fun to see those shots featured on Soolip's site because we worked really hard to get creative with them!

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Monday, May 29, 2006

Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel

meichih & david.

Today's wedding was unbelievably stunning, and flawlessly put together by Julie Kinser Burke of Kinser Event Company and the AMAZING flowers were by the ultra hip Square Root.

So hard to choose favorites!!

I loved how her shoes were blue on the inside!



gorgeous meichih



handsome david



the details were amazing





first look





a beautiful ceremony overlooking the ocean



husband & wife





the party people



the girls



the guys



the wind and the kiss



they had the coolest photo booth there provided by Photo Works Interactive. Such a big hit!!



i loved the purple cake



and I love how David had Meichih's name inscribed inside of his wedding band. so romantic!!



Lastly I wanted to give a big THANK YOU to Tim & Kim who referred Meichih & David to me. This shot is from their wedding last year at the Bel Air Hotel...



...and here they are at Meichih & David's wedding with their new baby!!

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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Can Olive replace Magic?

Old Navy is looking for a new mascot to replace Magic, and with 98,054 other dogs in the running, those judges should be thanking me! I just made their job real easy.

Olive has joined the competition.

Old Navy would be making a pretty smart marketing move to hire Miss O as their next mascot. Look at that face! How can you not love that wrinkly jowl? Doesn't she just make you want to run out and buy performance fleece??

Seriously, whenever we bring Olive to the local cafe, at least 5 people will stop just to pet or talk to her every time. And its like that no matter where we go. People just adore Olive! She is so much more popular than I am, but I'm not jealous!! I love you, Olive!

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Monday, May 22, 2006

Shooting the Kids features Jules Bianchi Photography!

I shot Amy and Chris' wedding way back in 2001. They now run a very cool Digital Photography Blog that focuses on photography and children. I like to check it out every now and then and was pleasantly surprised to find myself featured there recently! I thought it was so cool of them to plug me that I decided to plug them as well!

Check out their site by clicking the link below, or check out the post that features Jules Bianchi Photography by clicking on the photograph!

Shooting the Kids

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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Orange

Today I drove down to Orange to shoot Christy and Matt at their alma mater, Chapman University.

I'm a big fan of shooting my images RAW, but today I decided to use the various parameters in my camera, shoot jpegs and select different parameters depending on the shot. I designed three custom setting as well, and it was really fun! Now, I have a lot less post-production work to do!!

Also, I tried something new on the shoot itself. Rather than just taking portraits, I set up "scenes" and gave Christy and Matt a little direction. They were amazing! It made the whole shoot so much more fun, and I cannot wait to shoot their wedding at the Richard Nixon Library in October. We are making a guest book from these images... I'm so glad because there were SO many good ones, they deserve to be in a book!!

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Friday, May 19, 2006

Reebok & the Rookie Premiere

Today my good friend, Tiffany Shine, and I were hired by Reebok to shoot four new Rookies (Laurence Marony of the New England Patriots, Sinorice Moss of the New York Giants, Brandon Williams of the San Francisco 49ers and Kamerion Wimberly of the Cleveland Browns) as they conducted a two-hour athletic clinic with the kids of Sumac Elementary School in Agoura Hills. The kids had an amazing time playing games with the guys and getting autographs (even on their hands and shirts!) and winning cool prizes like autographed jerseys. And while I cannot actually post any images of the athletes themselves, (and we got some great stuff!) I can give you a little flavor of the event.

What I saw:

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

My joint Pictage User Group

Once a month I lead the Los Angeles Pictage User Group with Kurt Hilmerson. It is a great way to connect with other local wedding photographers, and because our PUG takes place right AT Pictage, we have access to all the bigwigs - for instance, Jeff Jochum (VP Marketing & Sales) spoke at our PUG tonight to give us some insight on the future of our experience with Pictage. I never realized what a funny guy Jeff is! We also had the priviledge of having the brand spanking new album designer previewed for us... what an amazing program that is!

Our SPOTLIGHT STUDIO tonight was the very cool married couple, Jennifer Greer and Nate Berggren, who are B&G Photography. They brought in a ton of their albums and told us about their unique style while we checked out their gorgeous work. If you are thinking of attending my PUG and would like to be the studio spotlight, please let me know! Its a great way to let others in the community know who you are!

Jenifer & Nate of B&G Photography



A Kurt sandwich with Jules Bianchi and Sara France bread



A PUG group riveted on Jeff Jochum's every word.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Los Angeles Weddings Magazine Spa Party

I have to say, I think the parties that Los Angeles Weddings Magazine throws for its vendors are such amazing additions to an already impressive wedding marketing tool.

Tonight I (along with the other wedding advertisers) was invited to a Bliss party at the Spa of the gorgeous W Hotel in Westwood. We were treated to hand massages, manicures and brow shapings while eating delicious yummies and socializing with the other vendors. Man, Los Angeles Weddings Magazine sure knows how to treat its clients.







Here I am with one of my favorite photographers, Robert Evans, and LA Weddings Magazine's lovely Tiffany Fisher.



Afterward I headed down to the OC for a late dinner with two more of my favorite photographers, Becker and Dane Sanders. We took this shot after Dane gave us our cool Simple Photo Life hats and SPL Dickies jackets. (Okay maybe we look goofy all sporting the same outfit...it was late and we were having fun!)

Its even later now, but I tivoed American Idol and I must go watch...wait...did I just say that out loud...? (go taylor hicks!)

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Jules Bianchi on Simple Photo Minute, again!

Dane Sanders is a good friend of mine, and I just love his Cut Frame TV. This week, the Simple Photo Minute is featuring yours truly teaching how to make two simple gifts for your brides!!

Check it out by clicking on the photo!

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Saturday, May 13, 2006

Jules Bianchi in action

I have a few second shooters that I work with a lot, and while all of them do a fantastic job shooting my clients, they also seem to sneak in a few fun shots of me while I'm working.

I've had some requests to see these photos, so here you go... a few working shots from the past year or so...there are a few on-the-job self-portraits in here, too!

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Impromptu trip to Disneyland!

My mother and brother are in Southern California for the week. I knew they were going to Disneyland, but it wasn't until Jeffrey called me to say that mom wasn't going on any of the rides with him that Jason and I decided to go join them. I can work whenever, but how often do I get the chance to have a really fun day with my family?

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

El Encanto Hotel, Santa Barbara

heidi & david.

Today I shot a wedding with my good friend and talented photographer, Anna Kuperberg at the amazing El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara. I am so grateful that Anna asked me to come along because besides the fact that I think she's one of the most talented photographers I know, I always have such a good time with her.

What I saw:

Anna Kuperberg, world's tiniest photographer.



The beautiful bride, Heidi.







Gorgeous groom, David.



The flower girls carefully throwing petals down the aisle...



I just loved this moment when David and Heidi saw each other for the first time...



I always try to shoot the rings - they are just too significant to leave out!



Fun with cross-processing and the lens baby.



David patiently waits for Heidi...



Tonight's wedding was a rather intimate affair, so everyone sat at the same table!



First dance as husband & wife.

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Today I did engagement portraits for Frances and Jonathan at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. We could have shot there all day, there are just so many great spots!

They are such a lovely couple and so obviously in love, I am really excited for their wedding this July!!

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