I am finally getting caught up with some fun shoots we did awhile back and just wanted to post a few little teasers of whats to come. Stay tuned for some great stuff coming soon, in the meantime here are a few quick pics.

First a few pics of Carrie and Aaron from a shoot we did awhile back and finally am finishing up. Some great stuff from this beach photo session in Maui.

And just a quick photo from a family session with Nic and Catrina, such a cute little family and I cant believe how big the little guy is getting!

- Mark
Bay Area wedding and portrait photography

One thing that we have been super excited about for a few years now is a brand new fusion of video and still photography that I call “Reel Life”. This is the first year that we will be offering this for weddings and am very excited about what we will be producing for these new Reel Life movies. Reel Life is basically a movie created from your wedding images that combines the still images we create along with some HD video that we shoot of the wedding to give you glimpses of the wedding day with the moving video, music, audio and stills all combined into an awesome multimedia movie.

Here is a sample from an engagement session we did last year to give you a feel for what is possible with this type of Reel Life shoot. We can also be commissioned to do these for engagement sessions or lifestyle family sessions. Contact us at 408-323-8727 for more information.

Carnival Engagement shoot from mark stagi on Vimeo.

– Mark
Award Winning Wedding and Portrait Photography

Workshop schedule for 2010. Wedding photography workshops by Mark Stagi.

Our wedding photography workshop schedule for the first half of 2010 has been finished! I am excited to meet a new group of photographers this year and help to inspire one another to keep raising the bar with our creativity. Our workshops are only limited to 8 photographers to give everyone a personal experience so sign up early! We are also looking into hosting our Weddings that ROCK workshop in a few other states depending on our travel schedule. If you would like us to consider visiting your city (or would like to host a workshop at your studio) fill out a contact form and let us know!

There are 3 different workshops we host:
Weddings that ROCK!
This is a full review on shooting weddings from planning the shoot, how to “pose” and light wedding shoots (we don’t traditionally pose but have a fresh way of working with the bride and groom), and ends with post production and marketing ideas. This workshop has an emphasis on finding your style, expanding your creativity and unleashing the artist in you. We will cover some basics in using natural light in an artistic way and start to get a little more complicated with bringing in external lighting to your weddings. Get more info and sign up here: http://workshopsfromtheheart.com/

Marketing in 2010
2010 is here and times have changed dramatically over the last few years when it comes to marketing. 2010 is here and if you want to have your photography business thrive in this age you have to learn many new ways to market yourself (as well as some tried and true methods that have worked for ages)

On Location Lighting
Brand new for 2010 we are doing a 1/2 day workshop on Location lighting. This will be a 1/2 day workshop in the evening from 7:00-11:00 on location in San Jose

For anyone who needs one-on-one training we are staring up a new idea
“One-on-one coffee talk” where you can get 2 hours of dedicated training time to cover any topics you would like. This can be live in the bay area or for everyone out of the area a conference call.

To check out the schedule and for more info check out our website, Photography Workshops

I am looking forward to meeting many of you in 2010!

We just finished our fall schedule for our workshops and also have a brand new website! There are going to be 3 more workshops this year, 2 of our wedding workshops and a new 1/2 day marketing workshop. Click here to check our more information about our wedding photography workshops.

Our new wedding workshop is going to be a blast, I am looking forward to sharing some brand new information with everyone. Here is a little info about our wedding workshop:

Our old weddings from A to Z is going to change a little bit and have more of an emphasis on finding your style, expanding your creativity and unleashing the artist in you. We will cover some basics in using natural light in an artistic way and start to get a little more complicated with bringing in external lighting to your weddings.

We will show you how to turn the ordinary wedding scene into an amazing art piece. From using creative compositions to creative lighting and how you work with the bride and groom, we’ll show you how we turned our passion for the art of photography into a successful wedding studio. Its all about unleashing the artist in you and making your work shine!

To sign up for a workshop go to our site: Wedding photography workshops

We had a great workshop last weekend, one thing I love about teaching workshops is sharing my passion for photography with others and in the process of everything learning and growing myself. Every time I write down some new notes and ideas to share with others I learn more and more myself. After 10 years of shooting weddings I always am looking for new and creative ways to photograph and the more I share my passion with others I get more and more inspired.

With the busy season now we don’t have another workshop coming up for a few more months but will have one in August, check out our workshop page at:
http://www.workshopsfromtheheart.com

We had a couple awesome models that helped out last minute and here are a few shots from the shoot: