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“Go ahead and push the button” digital camera workshop.

This workshop is aimed directly at all the owners of DSLR or high-end prosumer digital cameras. If you just purchased your first DSLR or just looking to get a more in depth look into what all those buttons do on your camera then this is the class for you.

WORKSHOP DETAILS
Date – Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Time 7PM to 9PM
Location: Smash Photo Studio, 2176 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, CA [click for map]
Entry limited to 12 attendees.

Our last workshop sold out quickly, RSVP TODAY!

To reserve your seat today, go to our contact page and send us an email or call us at 310-807-5752.

LOW FEE $10 [entry fee includes a coupon for $10 off Smash Photo studio rental time]
*Fee will be collected at the door, cash only please.

BRING YOUR OWNERS MANUAL to the workshop.

WE WILL DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

Camera Body
– Program mode
– AV
– TV
– M
– Bulb
– Bracketing
– Burst mode
– Exposure Compensation
– Exposure, exposure lock
– ISO
– White Balance

Lenses
– wide angle
– telephoto
– prime
– filters: UV, neutral, gradient

Flash
– on camera
– off camera

Additional topics to be discussed
– sensor sizes, what is a 1.3/1.6/etc.. crop factor?
– file formats: Raw, JPG, TIF
– workflow managment: lightroom
– photo retouching using Photoshop
– Online resources: photo.net, flickr.com, pbase.com, meetup.com, forums
+ a few other useful tips / tricks

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Working on some new promotional materials for our various photography services. This is our first 30sec. promotional featuring headshots we have taken for actors and actresses.

UPDATE Jan. 29: We are fully booked for this event. Join our mailing list to receive free announcements for next months and future workshops. Thank you everyone for your interest and see you at the workshop.

A New Year means a time to try new things and for us photographers that means learning new photography techniques.

To start the New Year off right we have decided to put together a series of monthly workshops and gatherings at Smash Photo Studio.

Our first workshop kicks off with an Introduction to Studio Lighting. This will be a 2 hour basic lighting workshop covering some easy to use lighting techniques using our studio equipment.

Topics to be discussed
- Constant lighting and strobe lighting
- Proper equipment setup
- Choosing a light modifier [softboxes, umbrellas, octoboxes, grids, barndoors and more]
- Reading a light meter
- White Balance
- ISO, Aperature, Shutterspeed, Focus Point
and a few other random bits of useful information

If you have been thinking about photographing in a studio but have been holding back, this is the studio workshop for you. By the end of the workshop you will be able to walk into most any studio situation and be able to shoot away with confidence.

Class will last about 2 hours and you are welcome to stay after if you still have questions. Bring your camera if you have specific questions about your equipment and how to use it in the studio.

If you are anywhere near our studio in Long Beach, CA and you want to get to know some basic studio lighting techniques than you do not want to miss this workshop.

WORKSHOP DETAILS
Thursday Feb. 5, 2009
7PM to 9PM
LOW FEE $10 [entry fee includes a coupon for $10 off Smash Photo studio rental time]
*Fee will be collected at the door, cash only please.

Reservation strongly encouraged, entry is limited to 10 14.
UPDATE 1/22/09: Going to raise the limit to 14. Response has been very good, send in your RSVP today.

To reserve go to our contact page and send us an email or call us at 310-807-5752.

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Super new low prices!
After much haggling with my business partner [aka Shirley the Queen], I was able to set a new and incredible low studio rental price of [insert dramatic pause] just $20 an hour for our lowest rental price.

We have also created a couple of new pricing structures, with and without lighting pricing and are now offering student discounts.

Want 2 free hours?
New also for 2009 is a customer reward program. For our first reward program we are offering 2 free hours to any client renting 24 hours in total rental hours over the next 6 months.

Be sure to review all the pricing changes on our photography studio rental page.

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.