Saturday, June 30, 2007

Custom PhotoShop presets

I have recently started selling my RAW custom presets, and I love it when photographers who have purchased them email me samples of their work after applying the presets.

I offer over 40 of them now, so shoot me an email if you are interested. jules@julesbianchi.com

Check out these beautiful shots from photographers Mary Crow of Nashville, Tennesse and Margaret Smyth of Northern Ireland. I just love both of their work, and its fun to see how the "jb effects" make their images look so vintage and cool. (Not that they weren't amazing to begin with, of course!)

Mary's shots:





Margaret showed me one image converted in four different ways - so cool!

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

LA Pictage User Group

I lead the the Los Angeles PUG once a month. Tonight there was a HUGE turn out because Ursula Mentjes, a business coach with Potential Quest, was our speaker. She shared very insightful information as well as leading us through a visualization exercise, and I can see why her services are invaluable!

Patrice Gaspard-Nelson of La Bella Vita was our Studio Spotlight this month. (I would link to her website, but it is still under construction.) Patrice showed us some gorgeous work and passed around the beautiful promo kit she gives to her clients. I love your logo, Patrice!

If you are a Pictage photographer and live in the LA area, you are welcome to join us.

Big turn out tonight...Thank you, Ann, for hosting!



Ursula Mentjes.



Patrice Gaspard-Nelson.



Nate of B&G Photography and me!!

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

What the heck is that?

One of my blog viewers wrote to me and asked why I hadn't had a contest in a while... there is no real excuse for it, so here you go!

What the heck is that?

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Usage Rights

Thank you for visiting my blog! While I’m quite flattered that you appreciate my photos, please keep in mind that they cannot be used or reproduced without my permission.

Thank you for understanding.

Jules Bianchi

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Family photo SAFARI!

Many of you know that my twin sister, Joy, is an essential part of the Jules Bianchi Photography team. She is my second shooter for all Bay Area weddings (and a few lucky Los Angeles ones when we can time it out right!) as well as (award winning) album designer, image editor, publicity manager, etc.

Even though we live far apart, we communicate by cell phone and IM every single day. In fact, we were just IMing tonight when she started sending me images from the safari she just took with her family! She doesn't really have time to go to Africa, but there is an amazing place called Safari West in the lovely wine country of Santa Rosa that will bring Africa to you!

Here are some of Joy's great shots:

On the way to an adventure! (I love that Millie has headphones and Penelope is watching a DVD. When I was a kid, we had to count cars...)



Millie & Brett



Encountering a tall friend...







Penelope, budding photographer!



More wildlife...



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Saturday, June 23, 2007

creating a vintage look for your images.

Jennifer Skog (rhymes with Vogue) is a fantastic photographer in the Bay Area. She purchased my RAW PhotoShop presets recently, and today she sent some examples after using them on a few of her amazing images. I love how they give her shots that cool, vintage look! Shoot me an email (jules@julesbianchi.com) if you want more info.





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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Portraits on Melrose

Although their wedding will be in San Diego this November, Robyn & Jeff live super close to me here in LA. We decided to do the engagement shoot in and around their home which is a block from Melrose Avenue. I love shoots like this because I know that years from now, after they've moved, these photos will be that much more significant to them. Today was really fun and now I'm even more excited to shoot their wedding!

I absolutely fell in LOVE with this amazing wall.



COLOR seems to be the theme this month...





Cute Robyn...



Jeff had a GREAT laugh...



Also included in today's shoot: Shelby, the pup and Senator, the cat.









I love this moment...



Hello pretty rock!!

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Monday, June 18, 2007

Mimi & Hy, Studio City

I shot Ali's wedding back in 2003, and today I photographed the decadent store she and her sister, Leah, opened on Saturday. Click here to see the Mimi & Hy, General Store for the Fabulous splash page! Also, check out the very cool piece that Daily Candy wrote about them today.

There is SO much good stuff to be had there - candles, clothing, bags, books, jewelry...My personal favorite was the funky candy bar that featured gummy deliciousness of all kinds, the fabulous Dylan's chocolates, and many other kinds of treats.



Co-owners, Ali & Leah.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

The Getty Villa in Malibu

I was so excited today to finally get to check out The Getty Villa in Malibu with Grace and Scott. SOOO pretty! Check out all the color!
















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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

fun with photographers

Tonight I got to hang out with a bunch of my friends - also all wedding photographers. We ate delicious snacks and talked about all kinds of things going on in our industry. Its really fun to get out of the house and hear how other professionals are handling things such as RAW outsourcing, payroll, copyright issues, etc. We even had a mini Lightroom demonstration by Nate.

Thank you to Jen & Nate Berggren of B&G Photography for hosting! Also in attendance, Cat & Adi, Kim Fox, Christine Haws, Laura Kleger, Giselle Macfarlane, Carrie Phillips, April Rocha, Laurie Bailey, Leanna Creel, Veronica Puleo, Tiffany Stern, and Dina Douglass. it was such a nice group and a really fun, informative night.

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Monday, June 11, 2007

My funny pets

I adore my pets. Anywhere I go in my house, within a few minutes they are both there. They like to keep me company when I'm working in the office, and they've both recently adopted new places to hang.

Abigail likes it near the computer.



And Olive has decided she likes to sleep under the extra work station.

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Baby Grace.

Today I drove over to the unbelievably cute town of Glendora to shoot Grace and her family. And HOW excited was I to meet Harley, the family dog?? He and baby Grace were huge fans of each other...

(For photographers - The vintage look on most of these shots was done with my custom PhotoShop presets. Shoot me an email if you want to learn more!)



















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Surprise 50th Birthday Party!

Last night I shot a surprise 50th birthday party at the very cool Vert in Hollywood. The event went without a hitch thanks to excellent coordination from The Party Shopper's Yvonne Wolf.

There are tons of shots I love, but I think these few collages give you the idea...

Details, details!



The surprise and Henry's gorgeous family.



The cake.



Well wishes!

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Saturday, June 09, 2007

Vert

Tonight I shot a surprise 50th birthday party at Vert in Hollywood. I will blog more tomorrow, but for now I'm posting one of my favorite shots. Henry's wife is telling him how much she loves him, and his friends are all watching behind her.

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Friday, June 08, 2007

Family portraits

Today I spent a little time with the Meyer Family at their lovely home in Laguna. Here are a few favs:



















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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Baby portraits!

I shot Jennifer & Matthew's gorgeous wedding back in October of 2005. Today I spent a few hours with their new baby, Caroline. She is an absolute DOLL and will be celebrating her first birthday next month. Happy Birthday, Caroline!





















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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Go A's!!

I'm finally back in LA after 10 days in the Bay Area. I have had a wedding every weekend for roughly eight weeks, so it was fun to finally have one with only meetings - no actual shooting. Chris and I hung out in San Francisco and ended up at a ball game in Oakland on Saturday night with Joy's family.

GO A's!!

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