This weekend I was in Las Vegas helping a couple of friends out for Fitness America’s 2008 exhibition. There a myriad number of categories for contestants to compete in ranging from figure, bikini, model, fitness and etc. The entire convention was hosted at Golden Nugget.

Here are some behind the scene photographs. The following is Tony - a totally awesome choreographer for Bring It On 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and many other movies/celebrities - giving the girls a quick rundown for their routine. He had so much energy it made me want to dance as well!

Sign it like an autograph… I love that move!

In less than 1.5 hours, Tony got everyone to perform a full routine flawlessly.  Totally impressive!

I think this was Model America where the female models wore costumes.  Pretty neat huh?

I particularly like this image because it gives an ominous feeling.  The approaching male contestant was emerging from the shadows and smoke…

…coming closer…

The HULK!  The following guy was also the category winner - quite a prestige!  This whole event was hosted on International ESPN and sponsored by various fitness media companies.

While they discipline their bodies, we discipline our minds.  The following is Phi working tirelessly behind the computer making sure records and scores were all accurate.

Here is Louis Zwick parting some words of wisdom over our champagne breakfast.  He is the owner of Fitness America : )

This is Tang enjoying ice cream (one of his favorite desserts)

This is me sleeping after a long weekend of programming for Tofurious.com

Anyway, fun times! Thanks Lou for welcoming me to your awesome event!

Cheers,

Lawrence - Contact Me!

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Doug and I are ecstatic to announce that we are going to WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) for February 2009! I was never able to make it the previous years because of conflicting schedules. However, this year I blacked out the entire week on my calendar to make sure that nothing is going to land on those dates - even weddings.

WPPI is a world convention for wedding and portrait photographers. It is hosted in Las Vegas every year. This year WPPI is having their expo at MGM Grand.

My team - Furious Photographers - is not only going to attend, we are also hosting a booth promoting Tofurious.com. If you have not seen www.tofurious.com, go there after reading this post

Anyway, we were so fortunate to be able to have our WPPI booth right next to Jessica Claire’s Shoot Sac booth - can I get a heck yes?! Jessica - I doubt you read my blog, but HI! Anyway, please visit our booth because we will be giving lots of stuff away and doing live demos with our state of the art products never seen used by wedding photographers (coming soon on www.tofurious.com).

WPPI (MGM Grand Ballroom)

I cannot explain our excitement and anxiety! I have never been to WPPI before and have no idea what to expect. Additionally, this booth costs many shiny pennies so *gasps*

See you at WPPI! Want to be a sponsor? Email me!

Lawrence - Contact Me!
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I just want to make a blog post about the use of fine art textures and grunge textures provided by Tofurious and how it is used to further enhance your wedding photographs! Tofurious offers a large variety of fine art textures, as well as, grunge textures to help fit in every picture and theme. I have used both types of textures on the following images to show how by using these textures can make a big difference. =)

Grunge texture

Fine art texture

Grunge texture

For more information and tutorials about how to use these textures, check out http://www.tofurious.com/wedding-photography-textures.php

Best,

Doug - Contact Me!
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Time sure flies. It was not long when we photographed Jacey & Mitch’s engagement session in Malibu. Jacey and Mitch hosted their wedding in Palm Springs at Rancho Los Palmas Resort. Lawrence and I started out day at Jacey’s Palm Springs house.

Jacey has really cute dogs and cats that ran about that day =)

The beautiful wedding dress =)

Mitch tried his best to not let out any tears during the wedding ceremony

The wedding was held on the golf course of Rancho Los Palmas Resort =)

I had some photography competition that night

The boys

…and the gals!

To achieve this wedding photograph, Lawrence held a remote strobe in the back to caste the shadows and I held one in the front to light their faces. Looks cool huh?!

We had a little fun with the wedding couple at the bar in Rancho Los Palmas Resort =)

My favorite wedding photograph of the night!

The R Bar at Rancho Los Palmas Resort gave the feel of a 007 movie so we had to do a wedding photograph that resembles the legendary James Bond =)

The wedding couple’s first dance!

Congratulations Jacey and Mitch!

Best,

Doug- Contact Me!
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I had the opportunity to photograph with Amber on one of her Day After wedding photography sessions. We started at the graffiti alley in the Art District in Downtown Los Angeles and continued to the Los Angeles (LA) Union Station. For this Day After wedding photography session, all the textures I used were provided by Tofurious.

After the graffiti alley, we all made a trip to the Los Angeles Union Station. The picture below is where the Union Station hosts all their wedding banquets.

Los Angeles Union Station
800 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 683-6875

We utilized the sun rays that entered the large colorful windows at the Los Angeles Union Station to get this cool shot! What is great about using Tofurious textures is that even though the follow two pictures were taken at the same place, each texture gave a different mood to the photograph.

The setting sun gave the entire inside of the Union Station a warm glow. We just had to end our Day After wedding photograph in the middle of the Union Station where the sun rays were entering!

Thank you Amber for letting me photograph this Day After wedding photography session with you! Also, thank you Tofurious for providing the super cool textures for me to use in every picture!

Over and out,

Doug - Contact Me!
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