Jay Lawrence Goldman's Photography Blog

Los Angeles Baby Photography

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Baby Sienna: 8 days old

Family Portrait-Beautiful Light

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Check out my Paintings

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I started another blog site that showcases some of my artwork.

GoldmanInk.com

How to MAKE the Best Fireworks Photos

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2 Steps:
Drag Multiple shots on top of each other in Photoshop.
Switch mode to Lighten.
Free Transform each layer.

The Pothole. A short film.

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Loosing My Marbles

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Beautiful Family

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Recent Studio Kids Shots

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Once In a Lifetime Photo Shoot

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One of my favorite clients is Animal Specialty Group. ASG is a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital committed to providing the most advanced diagnostic, medical treatment, and surgery available in Los Angeles. They are a group of highly skilled veterinarians each with a specific field that they are experts in. The entire staff is amazing, and after spending a week there, I realized that these people are extremely gifted as they connect with the sick, old, and injured animals. I'll go into more detail on the cool stuff they have there in a follow up post, here are a few photos:

After spending some time there, everyone was comfortable with me and they were confident that I wasn't going to step on any animals or trip over any IV stands or needle trays.

The next week they asked me back for rare photographic experience.

Meeting Mac the Tiger

Mac had a growth removed in the field for a biopsy by Dr. Jenny Conrad. Unfortunately the results were not good.
Read Wildcat Haven's blog here: Mac's Surgery.

Michael and Cheryl drove 16 hours straight from Wildcat Haven Sanctuary in Oregon to the ASG Hospital in LA.

He was a sweet giant kitty cat. Look at him in the exact same pose as my son's friend's kitten. He just weighs 300 pounds more.

The story of the day starts here after Mac got a couple of nice shots of "Sleep Tiger Happy Juice" while still in his transport cage. Next, they took x-rays and a CT scan

While Mac is being shaved and prepped, Oncologist Dr. Mary Kay Blake checks the scans and X-rays.

Warning

It get's only a touch bloody from here on,

but if you are squimish about blood,

then you you should stop here and go back to the kitten shots.

There were dozens of close-ups shots and overalls of the surgeons removing a large area of skin from Mac's side. Here are just a few that show the skilled stitching of the doctors. The skin and the under tissue were very thick. A fiberous protective armor. They went through dozens of scalpuls. Dr. Kirk Wendelberg and Dr. Michael Huber were working for about an hour. I would say that the piece of skin was about 12 x18 inches in size. The doctors then had to stretch the skin back together, trying to make up the 12 inch gap. That took an enormous amount of strength and skill as the methodically cut the connecting tissue under the skin and had to avoid any of the arteries that fed to it. I was on a short ladder shooting down most of the time. There wasn't a lot of room to move around and I really wanted to stay out of everyone's way.
There was a short 5 second episode where the anesthesia tube had slipped to far from Mac's mouth. He made a noise that was sort like a cough-growl and started to slowly wrap his front leg around Dr. Wendelberg. The skilled staff got him back out in a jiffy. Although Mac is a huge gentle cat, waking up on the table would have caused a huge panic reaction for him. We all breathed a sigh of relief as the adrenalin levels in each of us came down from a spike.

The last comment I heard as I was leaving the OR was that Mac was going to be upset when he wakes up and realizes that they didn't match up his stripes when they stitched him up.

Donate to Wildcat Haven

Honored to be Chosen to Speak at WPPI 2012

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I am so very honored and excited to be speaking again at the WPPI convention. The list of other platform speakers is incredible as you can see below, I wish I could see every one of their presentations. Looking forward to seeing you all in Vegas this February.

Some of this Summer's Favorite Wedding Shoe Shots

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The Herb Garden at the Ojai Valley Inn.

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I loved chillaxing last week at the draped picnic tables in the Herb Garden at the Ojai Valley Inn.

Ann Froman | Sculptor

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My Mother-in-Law: Ann Froman, working on a new piece.

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Draws a Crowd at The Santa Monica Pier.

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Nascar RC Crash Looks Almost Real with Shallow Depth of Field

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Pearl Story | Inside Weddings Magazine

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Here is the other editorial from this month's Inside Weddings Magazine.

Precious Metals | Jewelry Story in Inside Weddings

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Here is one of the 2 editorials from this month's Inside Weddings Magazine.

Elegant Garden Wedding at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills

noreply@blogger.com (JLGPHOTO.COM) — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:56:00 +0000

This post is just to add a few more shots to a lovely post by my friend Mindy Weiss over on her blog. Mindy does a phenomenal job designing weddings and she is remarkably adept with her point and shoot camera. The photos on her blog are all about the details. Here are a few more from that beautiful afternoon in the garden.

Abstract Art Project at One.

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Hudson exploring his abstract art process at one his early "Holiday Card Sessions."

Colorful Lighting at this Palm Desert Rehearsal Dinner

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Sometimes You Just Have to Shoot on Black Glass

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I don't use black glass that much for my jewelry shoots. Here is an example where the black was sooo much better than the shots I tried on white. The radiance of these stones really pop on the black. This also shows that these would look amazing when wearing a black velvet dress.

"Scroll Crush Beaded Necklace" - Labradorite & Tahitian Pearls with

18k Gold Scrolls set with Diamonds

with

"Harlequin Medallion" Pendant - 18k White & Yellow Gold with

rare Platinum Rutile surrounded by Diamond pave.

Pamela Froman Fine Jewelry

Major Bling on Last Week's Shoot.

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Knocked out some sweet Jude Frances ring compositions last week. I've been doing lot of construction of shots in Photoshop to keep clarity of each piece. These were stylized before the shot-old school.

Baby Vivienne Chase-What a beauty.

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Insta Botanical Photo Studio

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This beautiful centerpiece was on a table at last Sunday's event.
The table was in front of a frosted glass window. The extreme soft back light and the white table cloth produced a really nice high key light for the flowers.

Walking in the New Orleans Garden District.

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I took a trolley to the "Garden District" in New Orleans. I ended up in a graveyard. It was awesome. Here's a few shots: