I'm back in the Bay Area! Yesterday was a GORGEOUS, fog-free day. As you know, I am quite behind on my blog, but for your viewing pleasure here is ONE favorite from the day..more to come soon!
Labels: wedding2007
I just LOVE this magazine, and I'm so excited that one of my weddings is being feaured in the new Fall issue. THANK YOU to Carolyn Chen of The Special Day who submitted this stunning wedding, and of course, congratulations to Jen & Mike who's wedding is featured!
Labels: news, wedding2006
My very innovative friend, Ron Dawson, launched a very cool new site called F-Stop Beyond.
The concept is this:
"F-Stop Beyond, a show that journeys into the heart of the visual artist. It’s our hope that this will be a program unlike any other. One that will reveal the underlying textures and personalities of your favorite photographers, videographers, and filmmakers. Beyond the techniques and talent, this show is about people. The people behind the lens. The souls underneath the exterior. Beyond brands and beyond the hype."
Love it! Ron interviewed me earlier this month at PartnerCon, and I'm on the show this week!! Even though he got the sound on his video camera, the interviews are sound only. You can click on the bar below to hear it or just go to F-Stop Beyond. 
Labels: networking, news
Every month I lead the Los Angeles Pictage User Group in Beverly Hills. If you are a photographer and would like to join, just let me know! We usually have a speaker, but this time we all talked about what we'd learned at PartnerCon earlier this month.
THANK YOU to Joanne Distaso of Joanne Distaso Photography for being our Studio Spotlight for September!
I like this photograph of Robert Evans holding court in the kitchen.
Instead of a big group photo, I just went around a shot a few faces... 
Labels: networking
lara & ike
september 25, 2007
Lara & Ike were married in a short ceremony at Kahal Joseph Congregation in Los Angeles on Tuesday. This ceremony was just part ONE of a three part, three city wedding! Watch the blog - much more to come!!
Labels: wedding2007
emily & howard
september 15, 2007
Emily & Howard were married at the very lovely Calamigos Ranch on September 15th. I absolutely adored Emily's pink gown! The wedding was really different because instead dancing, the couple had a few wedding games to entertain their guests. In one, a blindfolded Howard had to choose the pair of feet that belonged to his bride (he guessed correctly!) and in another, Emily & Howard along with both sets of their parents had to answer questions about themselves much like "The Newlywed Game." It was really fun!
Here are some details that helped make the day so perfect...
wedding consultant: Stephanie Lairson
gorgeous flowers by Creative Floral Designs
videography by Ashley Video Productions
hair & make-up by Mariah Nicole
I set the slideshow from Emily & Howard's wedding to their first dance song. To view it, please click here or on the image below.
Labels: wedding2007
My Saturday bride works at Mattel, so dolls were made of her and her groom.... I'm going to blog more from the past three weddings in the next two days, so come back again soon. For now, here is one shot from Saturday's wedding...HOW CUTE IS THIS?? 
Labels: wedding2007
Right now, I am at the Best Western Hotel in San Francisco... I flew up here this afternoon to speak for the Professional Photographers of the Greater Bay Area workshop that is held once a month. There were about 80 photographers who came to hear me speak - it was quite a rush!! I was also asked to judge a print competition which was exciting and intimidating at the same time. I loved critiquing the images, but it was hard knowing the photographers who made the images were in the room somewhere listening to my comments. I tried to be constructive! THANK YOU to both my mother and my sister who drove out from the East Bay to hear me speak. I love you!!
And speaking of contests, I came back to my room only to get an email saying that the The Wedding PhotoJournalist Association photography contest results were back. I know there are hundreds of entrys, so I was thrilled to discover that one of my images placed 11th in the "cake cutting" category! How fun! Congratulations to the couple in the photo, Jen and DJ, who's wedding I photographed this past May.
Labels: news
Okay! I'm sadly behind in my blogging, but this will be worth the wait! Here is the slideshow from Nikoo & Hossein's wedding at Le Rose Chateau - this is the wedding that's going to be featured on "Platinum Weddings" on the WE channel soon! I'll let you know when it airs as soon as I find out!
Labels: wedding2007
Whew! What a crazy weekend! I just got back from my wedding on Catalina Island at the Catalina Country Club.... the entire event was unbelievable, but one highlight was on the helicopter flight home when we saw not only two schools (groups? gaggles? parties??) of dolphins leaping around but a WHALE blowing water through its blowhole!!
a HUGE thank you to my sister, Joy, for spending 10 days here in LA to help me with three weddings, my seminar at PartnerCon, and the launch of Jules Cafe!! Thank you, Joy, your help was invaluable. I love you!
Sadly, I had to take Joy straight to LAX and then head right home for a meeting. I just downloaded the wedding and pulled ONE favorite to share. MANY more to come, but right now I'm taking a nap!!
Labels: wedding2007
I wont be able to blog for a while because the wedding I'm shooting today is on Catalina Island, and we will be staying there over night. I thought I would blog ONE image from yesterday's wedding at the lovely Calamigos Ranch - MANY more pics to come, but for now here is a fav that caught my eye!
Labels: wedding2007
Today was the first day of The 3rd Annual Pictage PartnerCon. I have been a featured speaker since the first one, but I think I liked today's lecture the BEST! I just had so much fun and the audience was so great...PLUS I announced the launch of my newest venture, Jules Cafe!! This is a place where photographers can purchase my custom presets, book a "Tea for Two" mentor session or workshop, view and download podcasts and more. Its still in the beginning stages, but go to the site to sign up for announcements!
Labels: news
nikoo & hossein
september 8, 2007
Saturday's wedding was an outstanding affair at Le Chateau Rose in Bel Air. It was the first wedding I've ever shot with over 9 professional cameras going at once! Platinum Weddings from the "WE" channel was there with two cameras, two sound guys, a producer and PA, Robert Evans was my second shooter and had two videographers for his "second shooter" series, Joy flew down to shoot, and Nikoo and Hossein had their wedding videographers, too!
To give you a taste of what that was like, this is a shot that Joy took of Rob's videographer shooting me shooting Platinum Weddings interviewing the groom. His own videographer is shooting him, too! It was crazy fun!!!
Huge kudos go out to Special Event Coordinator Sonia Sharma of Sonia Sharma Events for coordinating this beautiful 400 person wedding!
I promise to do a slideshow very soon, but since I'm speaking at PartnerCon tomorrow and have so much to do before that happens, this will have to do for now!
Labels: wedding2007
Today's wedding was a dropdead gorgeous event. Platinum Weddings from the WE channel was there filming as well! I am going to do my best to be a timely blogger, but the craziness continues this week because I'm speaking at PartnerCon and I have two weddings September 15th and 16th. I am just downloading the cards from today and thought I would share ONE image that caught my eye. There will be MUCH more to come soon!!
Labels: wedding2007
Many of you know that I have made my custom presets available to the public, and I have gotten a huge response from those of you who have purchased them. (Thank you!) Using the presets will actually be part of the talks I am giving at both Pictage's PartnerCon on September 12th and the Professional Photographers of the Greater Bay Area on September 20th. However, if you would like info about them, just shoot me an email: jules@julesbianchi.com. The presets can be used in PhotoShop CS2, CS3 and Lightroom.
Ed Verosky is a photographer from Austin, Texas, who uses my custom presets, and he just sent me the nicest testimonial. Thank you, Ed! Check it out:
"Jules, I've just used your custom presets on several images I shot for Mingle Jewelry this past weekend. Your presets make it quick and easy to visualize a variety of looks in Lightroom. They actually inspire creativity! In a matter of minutes, I was able to provide my client with so many options we hadn't considered before -- she loved them! I've tried other presets, but yours are my favorites by far. I highly recommend your presets as a valuable tool for professional photographers."
Here are a few images from the Mingle Jewelry shoot he mentions:
Using "jb in the pink"
Using "jb vintage red"
Labels: kudos, photography
Remarkably, I didn't have any weddings this Labor Day weekend. Rather than take the whole weekend off, I decided to go hang out with FAVORITE photography team, Robert Evans and Joshua Bobrove of Robert Evans Studios to shoot with them on their job at the Four Seasons Hotel. Admittedly, I'm a photo geek.
What I saw:
The Man, the Myth, the Legend that is Robert Evans.
Lauren looking radiant.
Ted would not stop laughing all day!
I shot over Lauren's shoulder to get Ted's reaction when he first saw her. I absolutely LOVE his expressions here!
A jubilant bridal party.
A tiny yellow ribbon kept guests from walking down the aisle. 
Lauren & Ted couldn't wait to get married...
I shot my most favorite breaking-of-the-glass image ever!
Sweet details courtesy of The Empty Vase.
The dream team, Joshua Bobrove & Robert Evans.
I thought Lauren's veil had a really vintage look to it, so I decided to use one of my vintage presets on this image. I think it works really well!
A tiny sugar bride & groom adorned the top of their cake! sooo cute!
Labels: kudos, wedding2007
grace & scott
august 26, 2007
On Sunday I shot the very lovely wedding of Grace and Scott at the Trump National Golf Club. Despite the fact that our day started with rain (that's thought to be good luck on a wedding day!) Grace and Scott were so happy and bubbly. They just wanted to be married!
To see a slideshow/gallery of photos from the day, please click the image below. If you would prefer to see the slideshow in its own window, click here!
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