The images above are familiar to me, taken from Asri’s makeup application, by her talented makeup artist, who happened to be her sister, Sami, for her Indian wedding, and in fact one somewhat like the top one is in my portfolio link above in the wedding slideshow. These photos are unique as they are the first two to be in my blogsite with a specific actions on them from The Totally Rad action set.
It was suggested to me this week on a photography forum that I belong to, the Digital Wedding Photographers (DWF), that I check out this particular action set, and the above photos, both quite different from the original were made just from the ones in the sample demo (the first to bring out certain colors and highlight certain parts of the photo, the second to have a sharp Infrared film like look), then with a few small finishing touches of my own in Photoshop, are my first results.
This was also the first week I’ve tried using the More/Cut tag in my blog so that it both makes the length of the blog shorter and allows clients and visitors to see all the topics from five days at one time, and scroll quickly to ones they are most interested in. Yet another great suggestion from a fellow photographer. It’s great being in communities where others are so willing to offer advice from experiences.
I couldn’t resist trying one more portfolio photo with the action set, so here is one of my favorite engagement photos ever with some actions to really bring out the texture of the fountain in front of Sonny and Lindsay.
A photographer friend outside of the DWF group commented that my watermark looked nice and clean. I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to get a more complex logo designed to go where the current NSSL rectangle is, after all it was taken literally from the former framing design I used even before I started the blog this January, yet as for now, I’ll be keeping it as is. That being said, if anyone knows any great logo designers please let me know, I may be looking to get it redesigned later this year.
The Silicon Valley NACE group had their February meeting, entitled “Pairing Wine and Port with Chocolate” at The Golf Club at Boulder Ridge in San Jose. I’d been looking forward to this meeting for a long time, both having had other plans during the January meeting, and liking the topic subjects. The view of the Club and their surrounding areas show why this is a popular place to reserve for weddings and events. 
The inside was breathtaking as well. On Friday I’ll check in again with some photos of the amazing decorations and chocolate at the meeting.
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