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Learn To Rock A Photobooth With Jay Reilly
My good buddy Jay Reilly is doing a one-day seminar focusing on doing a photobooth-style portrait setup at weddings and events on November 14, 2008. Jay has a bitchin little studio literally a couple blocks from the pier in Oceanside, CA (which picks up NW swells pretty well – good place to surf in the [...]
Where The Hell Have You Been?
So it’s beginning to get a bit pathetic just how infrequently I post on my own blog anymore… chalk it up to being really, really busy with the things I’m about to tell you about. Prepare yourself for the abridged version of all the cool stuff that’s been going on in my life for the [...]
Totally Rad Action Mix Tutorial – Action Basics
So, up next in our little series is a lesson in action basics – what you need to know to use them, and what to do when they don’t work the way you expect. Little longer than the last one, but there’s some useful troubleshooting information in there. If you’re having problems with your actions, [...]
Totally Rad Actions Tutorial – Installing Your Actions
So, it’s been a while, but I finally got around to making more tutorials for the Totally Rad Action Mix. First up is the ever-so-exciting description of how to install your actions. This is the first in a long series of tutorial videos I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. I have about [...]
Mystic, Connecticut
Well, after taking a redeye flight to North Carolina, then connecting there and heading to Providence, RI, and driving an hour south through rain and snow, I’m finally here (okay, it wasn’t that bad, but to be fair, it has NEVER snowed anywhere I’ve ever lived). Anyway… it’s New England! Never been to Connecticut, and [...]
TRA Recipe Cards #8 – ME!
That’s right, yours truly, and my recipe for Totally Rad Actions sweetness…
TRA Recipe Cards #7 – Becker
Alright – next up in our exciting and action packed series of recipe cards for the Totally Rad Action Mix is the inimitable Becker. 10 Points to whoever knows his first name (and no, Jess you can’t play this one ;) )  (Neither can you, Chenin!)
TRA Recipe Cards #6 – Alt-F
Next up in the series – the very talented John and Dalisa Cooper of Alt-F Photography (ten points to the first person to tell me what that stands for – ten more if you can tell me why). John and Dalisa are our partners in crime for the Anti-Workshop.
TRA Recipe Cards #5 – Jessica Claire
Miss Claire needs no introduction, and she’s the fifth installment in our Totally Rad Actions Recipe Cards series. Maybe now she’ll let me win a little at the next poker game…
TRA Recipe Cards #4 – Victor Sizemore
Next up for our Totally Rad Actions Recipe cards is my good buddy Victor Sizemore. Vic does some awesome work, and was super-generous with his time, helping to work the booth at Imaging USA for all three days – best friend a guy could ask for… He’ll be appearing at ImageX later this year, along [...]
TRA Recipe Cards #3 – Joseph Victor Stefanchik
JVS is a super-talented, highly sought-after photographer in the Dallas area. He’s also a really nice guy. I remember when I was just getting started in weddings, his photography was simultaneously a source of inspiration and frustration. Really has a style all his own, and we’re pleased to say that he digs our actions, and [...]
TRA Recipes #2 – Susan Stripling
#2 in our series of recipes for the Totally Rad Action Mix is the lovely and talented Susan Stripling.
TRA Recipe Cards #1 – Chenin
Hey gang – I’ve had a lot of requests for the recipe cards we had at our Imaging USA booth, so Chenin and I are going to be posting them here, one by one. First up is my lovely wife. The recipe cards have a photo on one side by a kickass photographer, and a [...]
Mixing Past And Future
So I had an opportunity recently to spend several hours on a shoot with Kim and Sal, whose wedding we recently shot. Went out to the Salton Sea because they had seen things here that they liked. I like that place. Anyway, here’s what happens when you turn me loose for a few hours in [...]
The Anti-Workshop: Sin City
We’re at it again! Get your seats while they’re hot! You’ll already be in Vegas for WPPI anyway, so why not take a break from walking around the trade show like cattle and listening to the same old speakers rehash the same old 1990s routine. Come to the workshop that’s guaranteed to kick your ass. [...]
Visitors
So, this next shoot started as a (admittedly much campier) vision in my head a few months ago. I’ll spare you the novel about all I learned through the experience, and all the anecdotes about what it took to pull it together… instead I’ll just say this – having a good team makes all the [...]
September 24th… Where Were You?
I was in the studio, shooting Betsy from Brand Talent, with makeup and hair by Jillian Gunlicks, and wardobe styling by Pegah Sasani (my first time working with her, and she was great!). Just wanted some simple stuff for my portfolio on seamless. Wanted to also see if I could create rich, glowing light while [...]
Little Taste of What’s To Come
So I’ve just spent the last three solid days shooting… wedding Sunday, studio shoot in Laguna Beach on Monday, and then a shoot out in the desert on Tuesday… trying to take today and just chill, but I couldn’t resist playing with the images a little. I have a lot of post-production to do, but [...]
The Return of dougboutwell.com
That’s right… after a several year hiatus, the dougboutwell.com domain once again rises like the Phoenix from the ashes… except that you can hardly consider the current state of our wedding business to be ashes. That’s right, Chenin is kicking ass and taking names with the Boutwell Studio brand, and in about a month, I’ll [...]
Finally! New Work!
Had a shoot yesterday, which I have been working for weeks to put together. Ended up being a little different from what I had planned, but I still like it. Took forever to build a wall of TVs in my garage – 16 in all. Jillian Gunlicks did the makeup and hair, and Andrea Vargo [...]
Beauty Shoot with Reanna Martinez
So today I shot some beauty stuff at home with Reanna Martinez (from the shoot in the woods last week). I also almost made it through Puzzle Bobble on one credit, but got lazy and screwed it up around level 22 or so. Oh, and the surf’s gonna be a bit better for the next [...]