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Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there!
I’ve met a lot of great dads – and granddads – during my family portrait sessions. Nominate a dad you know for the first-ever Polka Great Dads contest. Post his first name under comments and why you think he makes a great dad. Act fast – prizes awarded this Tuesday.
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Thank you Pictage U!

San Diego, California
Many thanks to all the instructors, Pictage U team members and models. I can’t thank you enough for a wonderful experience. If you’re a photographer, I highly recommend this workshop.

This last photo is my favorite and was taken during a shooting session led by the famous Carlos Baez. I loved photographing Victoria who is gorgeous, talented and fun.

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Pictage Pin-Ups

San Diego, California
One of the funnest workshops at Pictage U was the pin-up session led by the wonderful Anne Ruthmann. Anne showed us the white seamless and lighting set-up she uses for her The Moxy Girls photos. She also brought in books showing pin-up girl art and photos from the last century.

My job was to pose the super cute and sweet Nirvana in a style reminiscent of pin-up photos – and I only had a few minutes to shoot.  What do you think?

Quick wardrobe change for one last shot…

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Pictage U: Part Two

San Diego, California
I had the opportunity to work with a couple of models in Kelly Segre’s portion of the workshop. Eleanor and Victoria are not only beautiful, but also lots of fun.

Here’s Eleanor with a studio lighting set-up on gray seamless.

It had been awhile since I last used strobes. I was shooting film if that gives you an idea. Anyway, I completely forgot about strobe recycle time as I asked Eleanor to flip her long hair back and started shooting. This was the only frame caught by the lights. Oops. At least it’s a good oops.

I love this shot because it’s an unposed moment – Eleanor smiled at something Kelly said and I clicked.

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Kelly Segre - I love all the images you captured of both Eleanor & Victoria! Great job and I absolutely love the “oops” moment. Sometimes happy accidents are my favorite!

Claudia Polizzi - I agree with Kelly…these are some of my fav. shots! Nice job Alex. Totally love your style 🙂