July 25, 2009: MSRH Track Day.

This was completely experimental for us. We recently picked up some new video gear and decided to try it out at my buddy's track day event. The day was a scorcher as are most sunny afternoons in the midst of summer. My friend Costas called me up and asked me if I wanted to come check it out since it has always been something on my to do list. I took this opportunity to take out the recently acquired video gear out for a spin in the real world. I was fairly pleased with the footage, which made editing and putting together the little video quite easy.

Personally, I had a great time. The heat was a little too much for Josephine, but she was understanding about it. Special thanks to Josephine for her patience, and to Costas from www.digitalremix.netfor all the footage on his bike as well as Allen's bike.

Just turn up the volume and hit play!









JHP.







July 22, 2009: Mimi's Bridal Portraits.

It was a typical hot and humid mid summer day in our fair city. The sun was beating down and cooking everything in its path. It was the middle of the day in the middle of summer. We had to take refuge indoors and it had to be during this time slot due to everyone's schedule. So we paid a visit to the wonderful people at The Gallery ( www.thegallery-houston.com ). This is a wonderful Mediterranean-Style Special Events Venue. The owner there was so kind to offer us shelter from the sweltering heat of the Houston weather. They quite literally saved the photoshoot!

Mimi was an absolute NATURAL at posing and simply at being a model. It was as if she knew exactly what to do and what kind of shot I was going for! She was so incredibly easy to photograph and made the entire experience pleasant. Special thanks to Josephine, Joseph and Mike for all their hard work and help. Even though we were hiding in the midst of modern day air conditioning, we still broke a lot of sweat!

Here are the shots from the session and a short little music video we made for her! Just turn up the volume and hit play!
















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July 20, 2009: Mimi + Victor's Engagement Shoot.

I've known Mimi and Victor since undergrad and they're such a fun and awesome couple. I just feel like they click so well with Josephine and me. When we get together, we just have none stop laughs! Victor and I go off in our little world hanging and chilling, while the girls talk about us behind our backs and just laugh! This engagement shoot was one of our longest shoots that spanned quite a few locations and we all had a blast shooting it! Special thanks to Josephine for coming out and helping take photos and Michael for his video and support. Also thanks to Mimi and Victor for giving us this opportunity to film and shoot the engagement session!

Here are the shots from the session and a short little music video we made for them. Just turn up the volume and hit play!






























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July 18, 2009: John's Interview.

This was definitely a request that I'm not used to doing. So we finally stepped into the world of "Cinematic Videography". I'm chatting to my good friend Costas of www.digitalremix.net and he suddenly asks me if I could do some video for a buddy of his. Well, since we're fairly new at it, we decided to make it a full blown production! It's supposed to just be of his buddy John (www.s2kmugen.com) in front of a camera talking about his car. It's a video application for the Discovery Channel on different types of Racers around America. This is what we came up with. Just hit play and turn up the volume.


Special thanks to everyone who helped out including Josephine for her angles and assistance, Mike and Costas for their lighting help and to Mike again for donating his 5Dmkii for this shoot. And SPECIAL thanks to John for starring in the video!





JHP.







July 3, 2009: Amanda's Portraits.

Josephine gets a phone call from a good friend of hers. It's Amanda and she would like to get some headshots done for an audition. We figured since we were going to get all the gear out and have some fun, we might as well do a little more than just a simple headshot. We went out to the far east end of downtown Houston by a remote parking lot. You could get a decent view of the sunset just beyond some of the highway which is responsible for that orange background glow. We were tight on time as you can see the sun fading away as the photos progress. After it got too dark, we ventured back to base to get some indoor snaps. Now onto the shots!




















JHP.