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We host monthly workshops for photographers, models, actors and makeup artist. We do this in unique location with a different concept in hopes that everyone involved can add their photos to their portfolio and build it up.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Gearing up for Glamour Haute Hollywood Nite Club workshop


We will start off this blog with a photo of Model Jessica Kemski taken last Sunday in Galveston’s Sunrise Beaches. A hand full of photographers and models woke up at 4am to run and beat the sunrise on the beach. We hope to get to do this again soon. Anyone wanting to join us or model at sunrise with us, please contact me at thephotobinder@aol.com and let us know. We also have the SOS workshop coming July 17/18 to flood the beaches the weekend with 100s of swimsuit models and photographers.

We are gearing up this weekend for the Glamour –Haute Hollywood Nite Club workshop. We are expecting about 45 people and it should be a great time. We have over 20 models, 4 Makeup artists and 17 Photographers at this time. We have a few more spots for photographers and it will close on Friday. The model lineup is spectacular and you can see them all on onetalentsource.net Forum under HHN workshop.


Above is model Rebecca Rutherford from New Orleans. The photo was taken at the MMM3 workshop in Fredericksburg. She is coming back this summer for our SOS.

Follow us to Austin May 16 for a Sexy western pin-up Sunrise at a Ghost Town location for our Wild-wild West workshop. We are going to also attend the Austin Photo Expo this year, FREE to photographers to attend the many seminars. Our sunrise shoot will end in time to attend Sundays Photo Expo in Austin. The location is catering breakfast for us also. Lots of fun that weekend.

Photo above is Model Anna Fernandez at the WOW4 workshop. The sunrise lighting turned out great and it was a sweet location in Brenham, TX.

June 13 is our Urban Fashion Workshop to cater to inside and outside around downtown Houston. Many have asked what is Urban Fashions and the latest City High Fashion is Urban and not to be confused with Rural. lol

Above is model Holland Nicole that attended our Senior 2011 Campaign workshop last weekend in Needville. An amazing location we love to go back to. The seniors had a blast with all the location and props around. They got to shoot inside and outside with 12 different photographers.

Stress is something that we all live with and deal with everyday. Come take the stress off your planning and details by shooting at one of our workshops. We do it all except press the button on your camera. Lol For a workshop concept photo shoot listing see www.thephotobinder.com.

We are about to post a few new workshops soon and are waiting a few dates and location approvals. Check back here on our Weekly Wednesday Blogs.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Gearing up for our Senior 2011 Campaign



We were invited to the Houston Smug Mug meet-up this week to help with their portfolio building session. Last count was 65 photographers and over 10 models showed with 2 makeup artists. Special thanks to MUAs Alicia Perez-Guavara for coming and networking. We truly believe you need to have those MUAs phone numbers already added in your cell phone. Thou models usually are very pretty, the MUAs can make a big difference in your photos by using one at each of your sessions. Above is model Jessica Kemski and Makeup by Alicia Perez-Guevara.

This weekend is our Senior High School 2011 Campaign workshop.  Registration is closing Friday morning.  This is to help photographers create portfolio photos. This will help them with marketing photos of Seniors to help with their Senior Clientele.


Last week was our WOW4 White Outdoor Wedding workshop in Brenham. It’s a Trash the Dress with wedding dresses and we got a few models to get in the pond. Here is model Adele Spears introduced to us by Photographer Richard McCullough.

HHN on May 2 – Registration is still open. This is Sunday shoot at a local nite club in Houston. The bar is very unique and the models are first class. The bar is opening up to those want to thirst their whistle. Click here to see location photos and models attending. They even light the stage on fire around the models. This is a Glamour shoot with Hollywood type lighting. Come early and learn some style lighting. Everyone is welcome to bring lighting or come and work along side of lighting pre-set up.


May 16 is our Sexy Sunrise Wild-Wild West Pinup workshop in Austin at a Ghost Town.  Click here to register as a photographers. The location will have the kitchen open also to serve all that come out. We are excited about this sunrise shoot. Not only are we going to Austin to shoot with new talent, we will be attending the FREE Austin Photo Expo being held there all weekend with FREE seminars. Should be a great weekend.


Onetalentsource.com is having their photo contest this week, make sure you go and vote for your favorite. The winner gets put on the header of OTS front page.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Gearing up for WOW4



First model on the spot of the HCR was Model Eleya Maureen for the amazing Sunset. Everyone helped her load her things to her plush silo rooms and then the cameras came out for three days of shooting. My feet hurt just remembering the event. lol

This weekend we are gearing up for the WOW4 in Brenham, TX. We plan on doing White Wedding dresses outside in an amazing area. We have 14 photographers and 14 models lined up to show Saturday morning. Looking forward to it.

Friday night at the HCR, we set up rotating shoots all over the Ranch and one is at a doorway with lights everywhere. This set up was designed by Photographer Mark Matthews and model is Rebecca Bertot in her western glamour. We had several setups in the top of the barn, in the barn stalls, in the big house and on the back porch. We never did get to do that pillow fight but will next time.



My son's first reply was, the background looks fake. Well it's not. This was the sunrise at the Ranch HCR weekend. Model is Britney Rendon in the bluebonnets next to the pool at the Ranch. We can't wait to repeat this weekend workshop soon. Soon after the sunrise the models and photographers took off down to the creek to meet the GOAT. photos can be seen on the HCR and MMM3 workshop on http://www.onetalentsource.com/.



We introduced wedding dresses on the MMM3 Workshop this past weekend and it worked amazing at sunset. Below is a photo of Rebecca Bertot in her element. She held the flowers for me to shoot then threw them to climb to shoot with more photographers. She was amazing. This was the shoot that wore us all out. It turned warm on us as the morning was a little chilly.



Austin is having a convention to photographers May 15/16 so we decided to go and host a western WWW West workshop at an awesome Ghost Town we got lined up to shoot at. Posting of this workshop will go up tomorrow as soon as I clone myself. lol

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Gearing up our Photography for HCR and MMM3



Here is amazing and beautiful Child Model MiKayla Childs
above from our Big Doll n Little Girl Workshop.
Now lets go back to 2006 and here is Super Model Jessica Sauer'
Photo is from our Winter Fashion Workshop. The props are real and yes they are inside our old studio. She is now walking the runway in New York City. Way to go Jessica.

We are almost pack for this weekend and heading to Fredericksburg Friday morning. All models and photographers are car pooling and packing as we speak. We have a wish list of photos to work on but we just know that there is just not enough time and energy to model shoot, repeat 10 times. lol


We did a photo session with new Model Lily Rodriquez. She was a joy to work with. Makeup artist Alicia Guevara came to the studio to do her makeup. Her hair above is up in wires and braids. Animal cover is complement of Photographer Chris Ford.
We have about eight workshops listed and open so after the workshop this weekend, come April 17th is our next workshop; Bluebonnets in Brenham with a Trash the Dress in Wedding dresses. Come shoot with us by registering as a photographer on www.onetalentsource.com/workshops/wow4.cfm

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Gearing up for Marketing Photographers


Models listed above are just a few models attending the Mountain Model Madness workshop on April 10 in Fredericksburg. We are gearing up big in heaving to market photographers to attend the MMM3 event. We have over 20 models already signed up to attend. We plan to do some High Fashion, Wedding Dresses and Swim Wear on Enchanted Rock and at sun set. To register, go to http://www.thephotobinder.com/ and click on MMM3 photos.



Our Blue Bonnets Workshop was such a hit that are doing it again with just Wedding dresses. We will be posting models this week for this workshop. Photo below of the workshop is from the exact location we are going back to. Model used in banner is Jessica Honsinger.


Today we finished up the Kids Story Books and they are in the mail to all the little ones that ordered their special Book from the Kids workshop. Photos from this shoot was done in the inspiration of photographer Kim Anderson. His style is know for great Greeting Cards. Photo below is Model Autumn P and Model Joshua R.


We started marketing for Seniors for our Senior 2011 Campaign and after talking to a few of photographers friends, they have requested that we turn it into a workshop. Ok, so here it is, April 24 we are taking Seniors and doing a indoor Studio and outside location shoot for photographers to build their portfolio with Senior to attract real Seniors to work with for your 2011 year.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Gearing up on Mountain Model Madness



MAGICAL is the word I would use for the Blue Bonnet workshop photo shoot that we had this past weekend. We had 22 models, 28 Photographers and lots of visitors help create Magic. We are still in awe at the photos, our photos are loaded on thephotobinder.com and the thread that all the photos are being posted on is in the Forum of OneTalentSource.com. Above is a photo of Model Jessica at this weekend Blue Bonnet Workshop. She climb the tree for us to capture this amazing all time favorite photo. Below are brothers and Sister having a blast in the Blue Bonnets.


Below is a photo of Model Steven and Jessica at the Blue Bonnet workshop of a old time gas station and old time truck brought in by one of the models. This is one of my favorites of this shoot.



Below is photo from the Bluebonnet workshop, Model Morgan by the Tree Swing. We will be repeating this workshop in three weeks. It was an amazing workshop we want to do a Trash the Dress the weekend of April 20. We will only be bring in Older Models for a Sunrise photo shoot at this location.



Photo below is Model Jessica; we did a photo session for her at an awesome location. Under the Bridge. lol She did awesome and with lighting help from Photographer Richard McCullough, we created some amazing photos. She did an amazing job. This one of my favorites.



We have registration opened for MMM3 - Mountain Model Madness 3 in Fredericksburg at Enchanted Rock State Park on April 10. We will have male and female models and a few Wedding dresses. Location is one hour outside of Austin and one hour outside of San Antonio.

We have one cancelation at the Ranch Get-a-way Weekend on April 9, 10 and 11 in Fredericksburg. It's available to first come - contact me at Thephotobinder@aol.com if interested.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Gearing up for Senior 2011 Campaign



I did get to work with a few little girls that had plenty of steam after modeling for three hours at the doll workshop. I did a few colauges of them. One is Keirsten and the other is Dixie's mini me; Jessi. lol They know how to work a camera, all I did was click the shutter. Great Job Girls.






We are taking Doing a Senior Model Search to come and work with us on our 2011 Senior Campaign.


Those interested in working with us, email us at ThePhotoBinder@aol.com for details and dates.






This past weekend I worked on some headshots for a local pageant women, she did some great looks. Here is one of Shelia in her Crown. She is in the Mrs Catagory of the America's pageant.
















I finished a Client Logo Banner for an Automobile Dealership. Here is the one they liked the best. I thought I'd share the banner.







































Models are now listed on http://www.onetalentsource.com/ Forum under HHN for the Glamour workshop shoot we are doing at a Houston Downtown Bar May 2. Photographers coming will be limited due to inside space.