Just a quick announcement for photographers interested in lighting workshops.

Last chance to get in on our good friend David Griffiin’s photography workshop! This is being held in Torrance, so if you are in the area you should get yourself in on this workshop.

New MONSTER LIGHTING TACTICS 2.5 Workshop
January 18th 2009!
READ THE WORKSHOP FLYER HERE!

Contact David Griffin directly for details 323.351.3142.

Happy Holidays to everyone from Smash Photo.

The studio is closed on:
Thur. Dec. 25th
Wed. Dec. 31st
Thur. Jan. 1st

Have a pleasant and safe holiday.

Warm wishes to all from us,
Bill, Shirley and Chelsea Schutt

Rental Photo Studio
Smash Photo Studio is almost 1 year old. During the last year we have learned much about the needs of our customers. In response we will be modifying our pricing structure slightly, don’t fear we will still be offering rental pricing starting at a low $25/hour.

We still have days and hours available for December, hurry and take advantage of the 2008 pricing while it lasts. Contact us today to book your rental space.

New pricing will be posted the first of January 2009, until then current pricing will remain.

Current 2008 Rental Studio Pricing
Weekday rental $25/hour
Weekend rental $35/hour
2 hour minimum rental
All rentals include a light kit and use of furniture/props.

Happy Holidays to all!

Hey All (all 3 of you)! Our good friend, David Griffin, has just published his latest work on StudioLighting.net and what do you know… he has very nicely given our studio a plug in the article.

Recently, I was on a shoot at the infamous Smash Photo Lab in Long Beach CA just to keep up my “chops” and practice some new theories I had about hard light. When I was done “Mr. Cool” himself (Bill Shutt - Owner of Smash Photo Lab) told us we should check out this little hole in the wall hut that had recently been erected on some abandoned property.

*David likes to refer to us as Smash Photo Lab. Keep giving us press like this and you can call me Bubba too.

Well after all, I did tell him about the shack he used for the location, I should get at least a pat on the back for my contribution to the shoot. Since Davids’ shoot, I was able to get in one more shoot at the location but unfortunately it was closed down shortly after that.

Great work David and huge thank you from myself and Shirley.

One more time - go read the article and checkout David Griffins other photography work.

In order to simplify our client proofing process we have made some small changes.

• All galleries are now accessed with a personal access code
• Access code can be entered either on the main proof page or from the access code page
• All galleries are private
• Account registration page now includes user address information fields

We think these simple but important changes will help improve your experience while browsing your photo galleries from your photo shoot. If you have any questions or comments please contact us and we will be happy to answer any and all your needs.

Reviews - if you are working at the 9 to 5 and your boss tells you, “it’s time for your review Bill,” you may or may not be happy about it.

NOT US! When it comes to reviews we always get happy. We want to know how we are doing or better yet what you liked about our studio. Many of you leave our studio and often praise us for our work, or thank us for having such a great setup for rent at our photo studio. And we appreciate all of that, but now its time to let the rest of the world know too.

Just write a review below in the comment section of this post. - OR - If you belong to one of the following social, community or search sites please click on the link below and gives us your thoughts, good or bad, mostly good we hope.

Please take a minute to just leave a few kind words for us online;

• Yelp, click on “write a review” link
• Google, click on “write a review” link
• Yahoo, click on “write a review” link
• MySpace, leave us a tag
• Decidio, this is a direct link to the review form
• Kudzu, this is a direct link to the review form
• BOTW

A very big Thank You from us in advance.

Note: if you do leave us a review you are giving us permission to republish it in any of our marketing materials online or in print.

Not to long ago we photographed a local superstar, Raymond Daniels for Long Beach Magazine. The article and photos are now online over at LongBeachMagazine.com.

Having met Raymond only two times and both instances were for a short, but I have to say he is one of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of photographing. Thanks Raymond, now go read the article.

Credits:
WRITTEN BY BRYCE ALDERTON
PHOTOGRAPHED BY BILL SCHUTT
STYLED BY MARLENE HOFFMAN

One of our favorite models to work with, Maggie Brown, came by the studio to do some catalog work for Cherished Woman also one of our favorite clients to work with (shameless kiss-up).

While on the subject of Maggie Brown, we would like to say Congratulations Maggie! She was selected as a AskMen.com - TOP 10 sexiest plus models. Take a look at her photo above and also here and here… we think you will agree, she would have been our #1 pick.

Makeup: Marlene G.
Hair: By Model Maggie Brown

UPDATE: Found another list with Maggie Yumi Brown on it. List Verse has Maggie Brown in their 10 HOTTEST PLUS SIZE CELEBRITIES.

New summer pricing - now only $25/hour Monday to Friday.

Same great location and amenities; rental includes use of a lighting kit, any furniture or props, and so much more. Perfect use for photographers, videographers, casting calls or even hosting your own workshop.

Contact us to book your slot today.
Read more on the Studio Description Page.

Just finished a big update to our portfolio. Major improvement to the old portfolio which contained just one long filmstrip style slide-show of images. Here are a couple of reasons to click over and see the new updated portfolio:

1. Portfolio now loads faster!
2. Better Interface & Keyboard navigation; G = gallery, Arrow Keys = next / last photo, F = Full Screen
3. 3 Main sections; Senior Photos, Actor / Actress Headshots, and Fashion Photography
4. Users with latest Flash 9 plug-in will have access to full screen mode for even higher detail
5. and the best reason of them all… I lost a lot of sleep working on this, someone better enjoy it

I have a few other things I would like to improve on, for instance portfolio may look small on large monitors (use full screen for large monitors for now), but that update can wait until the next release.

Since I am in the portfolio update mode right now, I should update our MySpace and Model Mayhem portfolios.

As usual, if you happen to catch an error, have trouble viewing the portfolio or just want to make a suggestion, I would like to hear about it.