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I am available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.

Call me, any time, from 9:00a.m. until 10:00p.m., Pacific Coast Time. Just leave a message if I am not in the office. I'll get back to you within hours of your call.

Or, just send me an email and I'll respond later in the day.

Any Album in the World

Thousands of Dollars Worth of FREE Stuff

How much will all of this cost?

I urge you to compare my web site content, my absolute candor, all of my 300dpi sample pictures, my 22, 60 and 80 million pixel, medium format, Hasselblad camera gear, my 6,500 events-shot experience, my low cost, $150.00 per hour prices and what you will end up owning and receiving, after it is all done and paid for.

I'll shoot 150 to 250, properly exposed, beautifully composed, emotional, meaningful, high definition pictures PER HOUR !

You'll own and receive all of your original 25mb, 65mb and 95mb RAW files and all of the converted, sharpened and Photoshopped JPEG and TIFF files, all ready for printing at my referred lab, where you'll pay wholesale prices for true, professionally printed, Fuji, Crystal Archive photographs.

Your professional, 8x10 prints will only cost about $2.50/each. 16x20 prints will only cost about $12.00/each.

Your picture frames will cost more than your pictures!

Albums:

If you want an album, you can buy, through me, any album in the world, at the wholesale price.

I can help you design your entire album, one picture and one page at a time. I will sit with you, in the comfort of your home or office and I will work with the pictures YOU select. Every single page will be designed from scratch to your heart's content. Every style, every treatment and every possible idea you could ever wish to see will be used.

The album can be any size, any shape and can hold as many pictures as you wish. While some album manufacturers limit the number of pages in their albums, others do not. Literally, if you can lift the book, it can be made for you.

I charge $100.00 per hour, plus any materials and tax for all of my album design service time. You can set your own design budget ceiling or we can just work until it is done, with no budget ceiling at all.

Typical albums can take between 8 and 40 hours to properly design.

Typical albums wholesale prices, for the finished product... NOT including the extra design time... start at about $600.00 for professional quality books that will last a lifetime.

You can go online and find any number of companies who will take YOUR designs and produce an album for you. I would caution you to make sure that they don't end up looking like a high school yearbook.

For more than 38 years, I have been a professional, Orange County California photographer, personally providing nation wide, low cost, high definition, film-based or digital (22, 60 and, now, 80 million pixels), medium and large format, professional photography services for a wide array of commercial and consumer clients.

I continue to proudly offer;

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The best cameras produce the best results

Always have.

Always will.

I use the medium format Hasselblad H1

and Mamiya 645 cameras

I also use the Phase One, 22, 60 and (soon) the Phase One, 80 million pixel digital "camera backs".

My ultra high definition, medium format cameras record 16 colors and subtle shades of color for each individual color recorded by any of the relatively inexpensive, lower quality, 35mm-sized, digital cameras... no matter what the brand name.

The little, low resolution, 35mm, consumer-styled digital cameras simply can't record the same dynamic range of colors and their subtle shades of color possible... no matter who is taking the pictures.

My pictures simply have more color and subtle tones than any picture possible, from any little 35mm digital or film camera... in the world.

My Hasselblad and Mamiya cameras are the best and the most expensive, medium format, high definition digital camera systems... in the world.

My reliable, professional, medium format, Mamiya and Hasselblad cameras produce sharp, high definition photos, with rich, vibrant colors.

These are the same cameras used by NASA , in outer space.

I also use the medium format Noblex Panoramic camera.

With a single shot, this medium format panoramic camera produces huge, sharp, colorful, beautiful 150-degree panoramic pictures.

I don't use the little, lower quality, consumer-grade, 35mm digital cameras because, for many reasons, they produce much lower quality pictures.

Every picture ever taken with a little 35mm camera, film or digital, would have looked better if it had been taken with a medium format Hasselblad camera, regardless of who actually took the picture or what 35mm camera was used.

That is high definition.

That is why my RAW files are so large.

That is why my pictures look so good.

That is why I have been hired to do so many events.

My families actually hire me, instead of someone else, BECAUSE I use Hasselblad cameras.

I'm available for your Destination Event

My photography services are available nation wide.

I have no competition.

I will use the same professional, high definition, medium format, 22 or 60 million pixel Hasselblad H1 cameras and studio-quality, portable, umbrella-controlled lighting gear.

I will charge the same low rates no matter where I work.

$150.00 per hour to shoot, $300.00 flat fee to post-process, $100.00 for the Western Digital, 500GB, External, USB3 Hard Drive, plus Sales Tax and any pre-approved expenses.

Just get me there and back.

Depending on the location, I will buy my own room for the event. I may not need a car. Food and beverages will be my responsibility.

I always arrive a day or two ahead of schedule, at NO EXTRA COST.

That helps me to get acclimated to the location and it gives me time to shoot some very unique images of the location architecture, people, ambiance and the general signage or event atmosphere.

That helps me tell a complete visual story.

I have worked all across the country, from New York to Hawaii and Minnesota to Cancun. My prices are the same regardless of where I work.

However, my primary region is all of Northern California and Southern California, including Orange County, Los Angeles County, San Diego County, The Inland Empire, San Bernardino County and Riverside County.

I guarantee that it will cost less for me to shoot your destination event than having someone there shoot it for you, especially if they were to use my same kind of medium format, 22 or 60 million pixel Hasselblad H1 cameras.

You will own and receive everything I produce for you.

You'll get the best... for less

The lowest costs, the sharpest pictures, the best colors and the highest possible resolutions

I deliver on time and on budget,

guaranteed

Any Album in the World

Thousands of Dollars Worth of FREE Stuff

Just give me a call or send me an e-mail.

I would love to speak with you.

Then, when you have a moment, I would love to meet with you.

Relax. I will come to you.

Any time and any place. I have met with my families in their homes, in Hotel lobbies, at their reception venues and in their offices. There will be no pressure and no obligation.

I am not a salesman.

I will bring my camera gear, albums, hundreds of pictures and your planning packet. This will not be a "sales" meeting. Rather, it will simply be a chance for me to casually meet with you and your family, to discuss the photographic potentials for your event.

Finances

When you get ready to book my services, I will need a simple $100.00 deposit to hold your date. The rest will be due when your pictures are delivered.

I no longer accept credit cards.

Your decision may come down to a matter of a tight budget

I can work with almost any budget

First.

Set your event date and establish your budget.

Then, give me a call so that I can check my calendar.

I will need to know who you are, what you will want to spend, what you will want to achieve, how much time you will need, where your event will take place, what your schedule will be, how many guests you will be entertaining and what types of activities will be included.

This information will help me to guide you along the way. You may be wanting to accomplish more than your time will allow. I can help you to set your timeline.

I will be your employee.

You will be my boss. This will be your event, not mine. I will shoot anything and everything you wish.

This will be a visual partnership.

We will be working together to quickly produce hundreds or thousands of sharp, clear, vibrant, colorful pictures.

Next.

Compare my range of features, artistic ability, prices, equipment and sample pictures.

Then, talk with one or two other medium format, pro, photographers. Compare all aspects of my offer with whatever you can discern from them.

Compare equipment and all of their prices as well as compare what you will receive when they are done.

Let me know about their final offers. I would be glad to compare my own offer with anyone else in the country.

I have no competition and no secrets

If you are Active Military, I would be pleased to give you a 50% discount on all of my professional photography services.

I want to work for you and your family

All of the wonderful cats and dogs that are pictured on my site are from the Animal Assistance League of Orange County.

( www.aaloc.com )

These cats and dogs are all available for adoption.

I am a proud volunteer and Board member for the Animal Assistance League of Orange County.

AALOC is the oldest and the largest, non-profit (501 c.3, no kill animal shelter, rescue, animal education center and adoption center in all of Orange County.

While other wonderful groups take care of 3 or 4 animals, we routinely take care of about 200 little cats and dogs, both in our kennel and in our various foster homes across the Southland.

In addition to our rescue and shelter services, we provide a wide range of pet health referral services, pet education, micro chip and low-cost spay & neuter programs for families in need.

If you have room in your home or your heart, all of our little "guests" could use a warm couch, a nice meal, your kisses and a few very special moments in your arms.

My personal goal is to rebuild the current kennel and to fund them into perpetuity. If you would like to help me help them, give me a call.

( www.aaloc.com )

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For more than 38 years, I have been a professional Orange County California photographer, personally providing nation wide, low cost, high definition, medium format, film-based and now digital ( 22 million pixel, 60 million pixel and 80 million pixel ), professional photography services, for a wide array of clients.

I continue to proudly offer; Orange County California professional photographers, Orange County California wedding photographers, Orange County California debutante ball photographers, Orange County California medium format photographers, Orange County California bar mitzvah photographers, Orange County California bat mitzvah photographers, Orange County California special event photographers, Orange County California event photographers, Orange County California red carpet photographers, Orange County California large format photographers, Orange County California digital photographers, Orange County California Hasselblad photographers, Orange County California Phase One digital photographers, Orange County California debutante ball photographer, Orange County California photography

You can order any album in the world, any size, any shape, any color any number of pictures, any features you wish, from any manufacturer you wish, at wholesale costs.

Do you need help with your schedule, vendors or venues?

Any Album in the World

Thousands of Dollars Worth of FREE Stuff

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The most important moment in your life

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Nation wide, I have no competition

and no secrets

38 years in business, 6,500 events personally shot by me, $150.00 per hour to shoot, $300.00 flat fee to post-process, $100.00 for your Western Digital 1TB, USB3 external hard drive, 22 million pixels to 80 million pixels, medium format Hasselblad cameras, $2.50 each for your 8x10 professional photo lab prints, $12.00 each for your 16x20 professionally printed lab prints, any album in the world at wholesale prices and you'll own it all.

My professional services

Thank you for your time and your consideration. I appreciate this opportunity to present my work to you.

During the last 38 years, I have personally photographed more than 6,500 Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Weddings, Debutante Balls, Private Parties and Corporate Special Events.

This is what I was born to do.

Some of my events have only lasted for an hour or so while others have gone on for more than 80 hours, spread out over several months.

I have worked with Representatives from the White House, Congress and Senate, as well as with government agencies, law firms, construction companies, helicopter companies, medical centers, ad agencies, national corporations, local businesses, non-profits and with thousands of individual families.

. My goal, in every assignment, is to capture the very soul of everyone and everything that I shoot. I am fast, quiet, obsessively detail oriented and professional.

. I will shoot from 150-200 pictures PER HOUR! I will shoot anything you wish.

. You will own and you will receive everything that I will graciously create for you and your family. I will own nothing.

. The Copyrights, for your images, will be transferred to you, upon payment in full. I will retain a limited reuse authorization, allowing me to use your images to help market my services online, in related publications, in my trade show booth and in my meetings. Nothing will ever be offered to anyone, at any time or for any reason, for reuse or sale.

. I will charge you $150.00 per hour, with a 1-hour minimum, plus expenses and Sales Tax. Beyond that 1-hour minimum, I will bill you in 15-minute (quarter-hour) increments. If you only need 3 and a half hours work, you will only be billed for 3 and a half hours work, plus expenses and Sales Tax. With my help, you will decide, for yourselves, exactly how much time you will need to buy.

. If you want to simply set a budget ceiling, it will be very easy to set up your entire timeline. I will not exceed your budget ceiling. Just let me know how much you'll want to spend. We'll assemble your timeline based on that budget.

. Depending on how much actual time you buy, I offer thousands of dollars worth of FREE gifts, including free time, free helicopter rides, free meals and free pictures.

. If you are active military, the least I can do, to show my utmost appreciation, is to give you 50% off of your final cost for my services.

. I can work with almost any budget.

. I will charge you an additional flat rate of $300.00 to "post-process" all of your original 25mb or 65mb RAW picture files. This post-production, RAW file conversion process, has to be done and it takes me an extra day or two to complete.

. As required by the State of California, Rule #1528, Sales Taxes will be charged for all of my time and materials, for in-State assignments.

. This is my company, I will be your photographer and I will work alone unless the job is too large for me to complete in the time allowed.

. I never sub-contract with other photographers. I will shoot your event. Normally, I don't need an assistant, which will save you money.

. I don't need a second shooter. I have worked hard, for almost 40 years, to perfect the way that I approach my events. Normally, I can create more worthwhile, emotional, beautifully composed pictures, shooting by myself, than can a team of two or three less-qualified, 35mm shooters.

. However, with all of that said, there are, indeed, times when a second shooter is needed. I will often request that a female shooter work with my female clients, especially in the more discreet moments of their final preparations, when a male shooter would be awkward, at best.

. My "second shooters" are tested professionals who, literally, use my extra 22 million pixel Hasselblad cameras to record their professional images. My second shooters are paid the same rate as I am paid, $150.00 per hour, plus taxes and expenses.

. I routinely shoot more beautiful, properly composed, properly exposed, sharp, high-definition, color-balanced, memorable, emotional, usable images than do competing teams of two or three less-qualified, less experienced, quality-challenged, 35mm camera shooters, at any event.

. I will arrive a couple of hours early, or, in the case of a Destination Event, a couple of days early, at your event, at no extra cost.

. I will be honored to personally shoot, post-process, Photoshop, sharpen and deliver all of your files. No one else works for me.

. I will shoot your wonderful, high definition pictures with the best, 22 or 60 million pixel, medium format, cameras in the world... Hasselblad H1's.

. I will use my studio-quality, soft, flattering, body-wrapping, Lumedyne, on-camera flash system. I will also use multiple, powerful, Lumedyne, off-camera flash systems, with huge umbrellas and "soft boxes" to light up dark reception ballrooms. This is what makes my ballroom pictures look so good. These are the same kinds of lights and controls used for professional magazine shots.

. NOTHING will be shot with the smaller, lower cost, lower quality, consumer-grade, 35mm cameras. 35mm cameras can't synchronize their little flash units, at higher shutter speeds, with their basic exposures. So, 35mm shooters don't use "flash fill" and that makes their pictures look boring, dull and dark, especially outside.

. Just look at their 35mm pictures, taken outside. Their blue skies will be over-exposed masses of white because they have to expose for the darker skin tones and they can't use a fill flash to do that for them.

. I will personally color-balance, clean, crop, density-control, Photoshop and sharpen all of your incredible pictures, before you ever see them.

. In about a week, you will receive and you will own all of your RAW, JPEG and TIFF files. All of your files will be transferred to your provided external, USB3, Western Digital 500GB hard drive.

. You'll be able to print your own sharp pictures at my preferred professional photo lab, called "A.V. Partners", in Santa Ana (949.955.3699) or at any professional photo lab in the country... or I can do it all for you.

. Your professionally-printed, Fuji, luster-surfaced, Crystal Archive, photographic, 8x10 prints will only cost about $2.50/each. 16x20 Fuji prints will only cost you about $12.00/each.

. You can build your own album, or, through me, you can buy any album, from any manufacturer in the world... at wholesale prices. Beautiful, professional album materials start at about $600.00. The cost for the album design service will be extra. There are as many different albums and album design ideas as there are people to buy them.

I would love to meet you at your home, office, church, temple or Hotel lobby. Then, you will be able to see, with your own eyes, the amazing colors and details of my huge sample pictures. I urge you to compare my work with anything you have seen from any other photographer around the country.

There will be no cost, no pressure and no obligation. It will be my pleasure to meet with you and with your family.

I'm not a picture "salesman".

I'm just a professional photographer.

My wonderful work speaks for itself.

And, I offer thousands of dollars worth of FREE stuff, including helicopter tours, meals, pictures and time.

I am honored to offer this wide range of professional services to all of my families and corporation clients;

Aerial Photography, Legal Photography, Medical Photography, Industrial Photography, Commercial Photography, Advertising Photography, Food Photography, Architectural Photography, Product Photography, Construction Photography, Scientific Photography, Public Relations Photography, Political Photography and Special Events Photography services.
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I am a professional Debutante Ball photographer, Red Carpet photographer, Bar Mitzvah photographer, Bat Mitzvah photographer, Wedding photographer and Corporate Special Event Photographer.

I have personally provided Low Cost, High Definition, 22 million pixel and 60 million pixel, medium and large format, Digital Photography services for more than 38 years. I am available nation wide, especially all of Northern California and Southern California, including San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles County, the Inland Empire, Riverside County and San Bernardino County.

This is not just my business, it's my life.