SOLARIS

Satisfaction Surveys

SolarisStudios — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:54:41 +0000

A few days after each wedding, a customer satisfaction survey is sent via email to the client. This survey was just returned. Q. Do you feel the team as Solaris Studios responded in a timely manner to any questions you may have presented? A. Yes Q. Did your photographer show up on time for your wedding? A. Yes Q. [...]

It’s Monday.

SolarisStudios — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:50 +0000

It’s Monday, and Monday’s are reserved for the following tasks. First, I have to secure the images that were taken during the previous weekend’s wedding. This means downloading compact flash cards to the server, and initiating a drive to drive backup. Next, all of the raw images need to be backed up to DVD [...]

Close!

SolarisStudios — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:38:25 +0000

One of my goals is to help other photographers, and one way I plan on doing this is by creating an additional 10 spots on the first page of Google through a website called Ten Houston Wedding Photographers.com Well, if only for a moment, the site was actually located on the first page [...]

Timing is Everything

SolarisStudios — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:35:41 +0000

I arrived at the church on time. As a wedding photographer, on time for me is 20 minutes early. Nobody was there. Another 20 minutes pass, and still no one. 45 minutes before the wedding is to start and a groomsmen arrives, so I finally get confirmation I am in the [...]

Getting ready for my client’s wedding.

SolarisStudios — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:14:02 +0000

I am contractually obligated to show up at a specific time, and a specific place, each weekend. And, I must be prepared to perform to the best of my abilities. Which means there is some prep work before heading out to photograph a wedding. Primarily, I am getting my equipment ready. [...]

Houston Photographic Society

SolarisStudios — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:09:06 +0000

I’ll be speaking for two hours on Tuesday of next week from 7-9pm to The Houston Photographic Society on how to transition from an amateur photographer to a professional photographer. It will be only a faction of what I will communicate in my all day workshop in April, but I promise everyone [...]

New Workshop Date Announced

SolarisStudios — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:55:51 +0000

I have selected a date for my next in studio workshop. On April 2nd I will be holding an all day workshop here at the studio going over the business of wedding photography. If you are thinking of becoming a wedding photographer, you’ll want to stop what you are doing and sign up [...]

Villarreal Bridal 2

SolarisStudios — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:39:54 +0000

Villarreal Bridal

SolarisStudios — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:38:19 +0000

Gentle Flower

SolarisStudios — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:57:27 +0000