Snowed in - some nature shots

This past weekend we had our historic record December snow - 21". We stayed in packaging Christmas presents, working on gifts, getting the house ready for Santa's visit, and taking some time to photograph a few snow bird images.

 

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The New Studio - Beginnings

I just signed a lease for a studio with another photographer.  It's 1500 sq ft in the Cork Factory, the place Kristie & I toured a few weeks ago. I added a photo from the tour of our future office space and classy urban decay smaller studio - the old residents were still there getting ready to move out. Photos of the larger empty studio space coming soon. The main studio is on the other side of the wall and is twice the size of the office side and will be more formal and traditional. The studio is on the 5th floor of the Cork Factory in the Station North Arts District of Baltimore City and the. Now we have to move most studio equipment from our home studios, We can't wait to get the studios set up and to start shooting. YES

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Festival of India - May 2009

Kristie and I attend the Krishna Festival of India (part of the Festival of Chariots) every year at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. A few of the pictures in the slide show are Kristie's. Hare Krishna. Slide show http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/chariots2009

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Model Mayhem - Fells Point

Last week I attended a Model Mayhem meet & greet event at Fells Point in Baltimore city. Met a lot of neat people and it was fun. Got a lot of nice pictures. Some gritty and some beautiful - reflects the Fells Point area. Now, I'm getting ready to go to another Model Mayhem event At Sly Horse Studio in Rockville, Md. Here are pictures from last Sunday's event. http://georgeskepton.com/mmfp2009

Watchmen - Family Photos - Easter Weekend

Saw the movie "Watchmen" this weekend. Good movie, but rather long (2 hours 45 min). Good story - nice cinematography and lighting. Very violent - but stylized enough to take away the realness of the violence.

Worked on some family portraits for a friend who is leaving for Iraq in a few months.

Had a great Easter dinner with my family at my son's house and played with my grandaughter and took a vacation from photography.

Updating the studio

Completely updating the studio - which used to be a living room - then a master dining room - now it's my studio and part showroom. Still need a lot of work though for the showroom layout.

Also recently purchased the SensorKlear Loupe and SensorKlear pen and Giotto Rocket-air blower - they work great and got rid of a few sensor spots that were really bugging me. It's a lot cheaper than sending the camera off to be cleaned - you just need the guts to rub the cleaning pen on your sensor and a fairly steady hand.

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Facebook Time

I've been spending a lot more time on facebook setting up part of my viral marketing plans. Will get back to the blog later. Here's my facebook address. If your already a member, check it out. If not a member, register and then check me out. You'll enjoy it.

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2009 Maryland PPA Convention

Spent 4 days of intensive seminars at the Sheraton Hotel in Columbia for the 2009 Maryland PPA Convention. A lot of great seminars and new friendships. The seminar instructors included: Mark Levesque on Lightroom, Jeff and Carolle Dachowski on building the business, Don Chick on basic lighting , Jim Lersch on commercial and portrait photography, and Jack Reznicki on commercial photography and copyrights. Fantastic presentations, fun and informative.

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