My Last E Session of the Year

I was so honored when my nephew and his fiancee ask us to capture their wedding in 2010.
So we had to do an E Session and here it is.

Christmas Is Coming

Wow it is hard to believe another year is about to close and what a year it has been.
We started a bit slow but we are closing the year with new clients and a fully booked month. 2010 already has some very large bookings for the start of the year and with the Olympics in our back yard things will get very busy.

2009 saw us get back into quite a number of commercial assignments as well as teaching again. I heard that one of my students booked his first paid assignments, how cool is that, I still remember my first paid assignment.

All of our weddings this year were fun, unique and we put our latest product into play Hybrid Video's and they were a Hit.

Portrait sessions were a blast and we created a number of our Designer Wall Portraits that are on display in our clients homes.

We received commercial assignment referrals from photographers in other provinces this year and we just sent off 4 referrals to photographers in Alberta this morning, Hey if you can share the work why not.

Sandy and I have been blessed by God this year and we made time to help out in our church and the community to assist the rising number of homeless and working poor.
With the down turn in our economy those with the least were most affected so we all need to help as much as possible.

For those of you looking at new marketing ideas I was lucky enough this year to join a networking group called BNI. Check them out in your area or anywhere in the world. They could be just what you need to take your referral business to the next level.

It is time to say goodbye for this year and we would like to thank all of you that helped make this year one of our most memorable and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the best of New Years. As Santa would say Ho Ho Ho

Bay Gala

The Bay Richmond launched their 2009 Christmas jewelery, cosmetic and fragrance Gala on Nov. 13 and we were there to cover it with still and video. As always every one had a great time and numerous deals were had by all. I must say the staff doubling as models for the fashion and Olympic apparel really got into walking the runway as you will see in the posted show.

Learn Digital Camera Basics

Is Your digital camera Confusing?

You own that 'fantastic' camera - Now What?

Going beyond point and click

Camera Basics by Larry Scherban and PhotoSolutions by Barb Ashcroft

Learn about Camera Features, Lighting and Basic composition to create better images.

Oct. 1st 2009

Lounge at Saint Albans Hall

7260 St. Albans Road

Richmond, B.C.

Capacity 25 people

Time 7 pm to 9 pm

Cost $25 per person

You Must Register Prior to Event

Camera basics by Professional Photographer Larry Scherban
Camera One Photography

604-277-0836 (# to call for Registering) or email: larry@cameraonephoto.com

Proud Member of The Professional Photographers Association of BC & Canada
Visit Us at www.cameraonephoto.com or Our Blog http://wwwcameraonephotocom.blogspot.com/

And

Barb Ashcroft, Personal Publishing Consultant

www.RecallWhen.com and blog http://storybookingtips.blogspot.com

604-271-5434

All students will receive a free print project to showcase your images

Net Working Can Be Fun

A few weeks back I joined a networking group called BNI. Right from the very first meeting I found the members to be welcoming and a pleasure to be with at our very early morning meetings. This past weekend was their big BBQ so Sandy and I decided to capture a few images and video for the memory book. BNI members if you see this please leave comment or two, thanks.

Seniors Photography

Well here we go I thought I would never say these words I just photographed a high school seniors portrait session. I was talking with one of my neighbors a few weeks back and she asked me if I would be interested in photographing her son with 2 of his best buds? Well as it turns out I watched these young men grow up and naturally I said yes. But I do not do Grad photo's I thought to my self and then my creative juices started to flow on how I could make this something other than a typical grad pic. Right away I knew there had to be the formal and not so formal plus a number of locations that would lend themselves to these young men. I had a great time photographing all three and from the reaction I received when they viewed the images all three were glad they had participated.

I Live for Event Photography

This year is shaping up to be a good one with new commercial clients requesting our services that have seen our creative talents pushed and new friendships made.
We had the great pleasure to work with an ad agency from Montreal Tandem Evenements Speciaux on a project this month. I was also pleased to have received a referral for this assignment from the great Montreal photographer Normand Huberdeau.

New Business

It has been a while since my last posting and I find myself pondering what to write about?
Well like may business I have been working on a new business plan and finding myself taking a slight detour back to my roots.
I originally started out in this business doing corporate and media photography. My web site still has a section devoted to this type of photography and I guess if you continue to show a good product those requiring an established photographer will hire you. Huh!

The part I am fascinated with is you never know how new clients will find you. I have a great mother in law that required the services of a denturist. The hard part was getting her to his office and making sure everything went well, oh ya my mother in law is 96, has a bit of a memory problem and uses a walker. During our visits Alex found out that I was a professional photographer and then he said he was looking for a good photographer to create a series of images for his business. Huh!

So guys it pays to be nice to your mother in law as you never know were it will take you.
Not only did I find great denturist and new client but a person that is worthy of his trade and is not that what we all expect when hiring a professional.

HD Video is Now Here

We just picked up our Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera which will allow us to capture stunning HD Video as well as high quality still images. With this new tool our clients will receive stunning HD DVDs. The combining of stills and video is not new, what is new is the way we will be capturing, editing and assembling our "Misceo DVDs" for you our client. Here is a sample from the Smith wedding we shot last year.