I've moved!!

Our new combined blog is now up and running. Kerri and I are combining both our blogs, so go visit our new site and subscribe there! This is my last post on this site, as we will use the new site to tell you about our life and what is happening.

The exciting part is you now can visit one blog and see whats happening with both of us!!

Also check out our updated website @ www.lydellphoto.com. Be sure to check there often as we will be adding new pictures, galleries and slideshows on a regular basis.!!

Thank you for being such a good and loyal friend and visitor to my blog and I look forward to seeing you on the new one!!

IT'S HERE!!!

We have a new website up now - check it out @ www.lydellphoto.com  It's around 1:30 in the morning. Kerri and I just put the finishing touches on it. Check it out and let us know if you see anything we need to fix up - you are all our beta testers!!

ALSO - BIGGER NEWS:

Kerri and I will are combining our Blogs into a joint blog - that is also having the finishing touches put on it. Once that is up, you wont have to visit both places to see what is up with us - we'll both be on one!! There isnt anything on there yet, but we plan on having something there soon.

Mike Colon - FINAL POST!!

OK, so today is back to the real world. No more sunny Southern California. No more waking up in a hotel, eating out and taking pictures all day. But it's exciting in the sense that there is so much I learned on this trip. I wish I had a wedding to shoot this weekend so i could start practicing!!

I put two final slideshows together.

One is of all the photographers who were there.  Click here

The other is the three photoshoots combined: Click here 

More pics coming up soon!

EDIT:
Exciting news!! (at least for me!!) I got an email tonight from one of the models who was in the Fashion Shoot. She had someone else send her a link to my slide shows, and she wants some of my pics for her portfolio!

EDIT2
More news!! each of us who were in the seminar sent our best shots to the dress designer for her consideration in her new ad. I sent off my picks, and I'm sure the other 20 photographers did the same....Well, I got an email tonight asking about a couple of my images. There are a couple edits that she wanted to know if i could do to them. I sent her back the full images, and am waiting to hear from her.
If she uses one of my images, it will have print credit next to the picture for our studio, and will be in several well-known wedding magazines/internet sites.
More news as it comes out!! It's just excitiing to be in the hunt!! It's such an honor to just be considered...

 Mike Colon, Day 4

The last day was packed again with information. After listening to Mike, as well as all the other photographers there, I feel like a cable was attached to my head this week, and there was just a massive download....now I need to process it all.

But the experience was GREAT.

Today Mike talked about shooting in available light. After that Jasmine came again, but this time she brought her husband. (Thats right guys, she's married...)

So we got to head out again with our cameras and try to put into use what we learned. It was fun watching them since they really were married, rather than just two models. Plus, they both are so comfortable with the camera.

Click here to see my slide show.

 Mike Colon, Day 2 (&3)

All I can say is I am EXHAUSTED!!

Well, technically, I should have posted Day 2 yesterday, but I couldnt get Xanga to let me post from my hotel connection. It seems to be working tonight, so here is what we did yesterday.

TUESDAY

Day two was more great info from Mike. In the afternoon, we headed out to the beach with two models he had arranged for to do a shoot on location. Mike is big on using natural light as much as possible, so he wanted us to get time to practice what he talked about.

Here are some pics of all of us taking pictures: The last two pictures are of his assistant, and his son, who has visited us each day in class. I put a slide show together of the pics I took of the models.

Click here to see that show.