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Time for Vacation: Disney Cruise Lines

Lawrence Kent — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:42:54 +0000

Tomorrow, my family and I will be leaving for our Disney Cruise. We’re all so excited. After going to the Disney Parks all our lives, we’ve never went on a Disney Cruise. It’s going to be so much FUN!! I will be back on Sunday evening and pretty out of touch starting Thursday morning.

To all my wonderful clients: You will be receiving an e-mail shortly about me being out of the office.

Here’s the Disney Magic that we’ll be on. I can’t wait share all of the trip.

Ciao!

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The World of Coke

Lawrence Kent — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:06:07 +0000

Last week was Spring Break for the girls and on Friday I took them to Atlanta and on Saturday visited The World of Coke. We stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Buckhead and had a great time relaxing and swimming in their nice indoor pool. Around 11am we headed down to The World of Coke. I really enjoyed my visit there. They had a short documentary film which some of you may remember. It was a Super Bowl commercial, I think but they created some additional animation and kind of went a little further in explanation. Here’s the commercial.

I had a 4D film about What makes a Coke, a Coke? A mammoth amount of memorabilia, pop art, and the friendly Coke polar bear for photos. My favorite part was sampling all of the different flavors of soft drinks produced from around the world. Some good, some not so good. Have some of photos from that day.

Here’s Haley watching some cartoons at the Ritz Carlton before we left.

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The sweet glass waterwall in the atrium depicting Coke’s worldwide reach.

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One of the many rooms with memorabilia. They was a holding room before the first film.

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Did you know the fact below in the photo?

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Freaky!! They were from the commercial.

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One of my favorites. Some of the torches of the past Olympics Games.

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And the best part – everyone gets an 8oz bottle of Coca-Cola Classic to take home.

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I thought I’d throw this one in from Sunday afternoon. Lauren loves her dog.

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Spring Break & Easter

Lawrence Kent — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:13:35 +0000

So it’s spring break this week in Augusta and we all know what spring break week means in Augusta, Georgia. That’s right, THE MASTERS. My most time of year. The time when I get to visit the closest thing to heaven on Earth. Watching the game I love, seeing the beautiful course, eating some of the best sandwiches, etc. etc. This year I’m visiting the course 3, maybe 4 times. I also get to spend a bunch of time with Lauren and Haley and take them to the course and share my love of it with them.

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I went on Tuesday and absolutely froze. It’s April, why is it 35 degrees? The course was perfect as usual. Afterwards, we dyed a few Easter eggs with Lauren and Haley and rested the remainder of the day. Here’s a few photos from the Easter Eggs.

I’ve been working through the shots from last Saturday’s wedding and will be posting some of those later.

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Confessions of a Superhero

Lawrence Kent — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:37 +0000

The other day I discovered a little gem of an independent film entitled “Confessions of a Superhero“. I found it on Hulu.com while browsing for something to watch since there was nothing on the tube. I personally love the movies. Any movie. Well, maybe not any movie. I appreciate good stories and well written scripts. This movie was just that.

It tells the story of four mortal humans who make their living working as superheros on Hollywood. They are all inspiring actors/actresses in Hollywood, California. It goes much deeper than them as superheros working in Hollywood though. It tells of their past, their hardships, their day-to-day struggles in life. It’s a documentary that I think kind of conveys the hard truth of Hollywood and the movie industry. I really enjoyed the film and suggest you watch it as well.

You can watch the film below for go to Hulu.com and watch it there. ”Confessions of a Superhero” gets an A from me.

Weekend Images

Lawrence Kent — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:03:35 +0000

Last Saturday afternoon it was such a beautiful day I decided to ride of to Phinizy Swamp and the Dam to scout some new shooting locations. I walked around the swamp for just a bit a took a few shots.

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I’ll be shooting the first of many weddings next Friday. It’ll be so nice to get back to shooting and working with some great people.

Have a great weekend!!

Lauren’s Edible Arrangement

Lawrence Kent — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:04:17 +0000

Monday, March 9th was Lauren’s (my oldest daughter) actual birthday. We celebrated and had a party last weekend but she just had to get something on her real birthday. My fabulous cousin, Sarah, in Bermuda was so great. She sent Lauren an Edible Arrangement and it was delicious. Check it out!

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Las Vegas Shoot with Bob Davis

Lawrence Kent — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:53:19 +0000

While in Las Vegas at WPPI, I had the privilege to attend a night shoot with Bob Davis. Bob Davis is a Canon Master of Light and a highly respected wedding photographer in the industry. Before Bob really began to focus on weddings, he worked for the Chicago Sun-Times as a photojournalist and worked with Oprah on many projects. He also shot the wedding of Tony Parker and Eva Longoria. Bob was so willing to share and teach us that night and really explain things when we had questions.

Here’s a few from that night shoot in Las Vegas.

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The Master of Light – Bob Davis

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Las Vegas and WPPI

Lawrence Kent — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:50:08 +0000

Oh, Blog, I’m so sorry. I’ve neglected you so. I am so sorry and I won’t let it happen again. Yes, I do treat my blog like a person. It’s an extension of me.

Several weeks, as many of you know, I flew to Las Vegas for the Wedding & Portrait Photographers Internation (WPPI) Convention and Tradeshow. Well, the only thing that I have to say is that it was AWESOME, with a capital A. Over 12,000 photographers and industry professional attended this year. I was completely blown away by everything. The size of the tradeshow rooms. Yes there was 2 massive rooms. Each room could hold at least 3 or 4 jumbo jets. It was certainly information overload and I certainly got my fill of it. I discovered so many new and different products and services to being offering all of my clients immediately.

Then there was the people. All of them were great. The parties, the shoots, the gatherings and talks were phenominal. The information and knowledge I absorbed was absolutely the highlight of the trip. It made me realize that when you put so many brillant people together that you get something magical.

Anyways, I’m rambling! I met some great people, ate some excellent food, and attended the wildest parties. Especially the [b] School party, which was at The Palms Hotel and Casino in the Real World Suite. It was actually the same suite used on MTV. It was suite (HAHA)! All in total I slept just over 12 hours in 3 days. I attended two photo shoot. One with Scarlett Lillian and another with Master of Light Bob Davis. I learned a ton of these and I’ll be posting some images from those shoots this week.

All in all, the trip was well worth it. I will definitely be attending next year. Here’s some of the shots of the walk from the Luxor, where I stayed, and the MGM Grand, where the convention was. It was a nice little walk (20 minutes one way, YUCK).

The sphinx located in front of the Luxor hotel. The rain made it look like it was crying.

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The MGM Lions were always a big attraction is the hotel. Beautiful animals.

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Take a Step Back and Breathe It In

Lawrence Kent — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:55:13 +0000

It’s amazing how simple things can change you. I think we all beat ourselves up sometimes and hold ourselves to too high a standard. Zack Arias, a talented photographer in Atlanta, recently produced a short video about this. It really puts things into perspective. Have a watch.

I have so many things to share about WPPI and Las Vegas. I’ll be posting about that over the next several days.

Off to Las Vegas for WPPI

Lawrence Kent — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:27:51 +0000

I’m off to Las Vegas tomorrow. I’m going to try and update with a few photos everyday, but definitely check out my updates on Twitter. Click on the Twitter link under the Resources tab at the top. I’ll be posting updates hourly from the tradeshow floor, workshops, vendor discussions and the PARTIES!!!!

Don’t miss the it. See everything on Friday.

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My New iPhone

Lawrence Kent — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:23:04 +0000

So I finally broke down and purchased an iPhone. I used to own a Blackberry long ago and this device beats the Blackberry hands down. It works so seamlessly with my Apple Computers. I also put my logo screen as my wallpaper.

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One of the best part of the iPhone is the App Store where you can download iPhone (or iPod Touch) applications for a small fee or for free. The applications are simply genius and while some are so-so, some are absolutely genius and handy. Let’s the apps I have of my iPhone so far. What do you use on your iPhone?

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WPPI and Las Vegas

Lawrence Kent — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:25:43 +0000

Next Sunday, I’ll be heading to Las Vegas for my first WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Convention. It’s the world’s largest photography convention and tradeshow. Last year over 10,000 attended and I’m sure more will attend this year. Everyone I’ve talked to has said it’s the best time of the year. You meet so many photographers, vendors, and the like and form lasting relationships with each other. It’s going to be a grand time. I can’t wait.

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When I had first decided to go I thought, “Great I’ll be able to attend the tradeshow and maybe take in some parties and relax”. Well, now that statement has been completely thrown out the window. My schedule in Las Vegas is fairly tight (with the exception of the a couple hours here and there). I’m attending a party night, the tradeshow most of the day on Monday and Tuesday, helping Jessica Claire at the ShootSac booth, night shoot with Scarlett Lillian, sunrise shoot with Jasmine Star, and a possible roundtable discussion with David Jay and the Show It Fast team, plus I MUST find time to swing by the In-N-Out Burger down the street from the hotel and take in some gambling. Whew! I’ll sure I’ll be attending some other functions and “get togethers”, but nothing is set in stone.

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I can’t wait for the night school with Scarlett and the sunrise shoot with Jasmine. The night school is going to deal with working with off camera lighting and shooting in very low light situations. I’m going to learn a lot from this one and be able to give my clients some awesome photos this year and years to come. I’m equally excited to be attending Jasmine’s sunrise shoot and watch her work behind the camera and share her knowledge of interacting with clients and capturing them the best possible light. And of course, I’m going to the [b] party. [b]ecker’s party this year is going to be at the Palm Hotel and Casino in the Real World Suite. Tons of the industry’s biggest names will be there. Becker always throws the best parties and I’m sure this year will be no exception.

I’ll be posting many photos and some videos from my trip, so check back to see them. Cheers.

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Super Bowl Sunday

Lawrence Kent — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:09:02 +0000

Well congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers for winning the Super Bowl. It certainly was an exciting game to watch (I think it runs a close 2nd to the Giants/Patriots game in 2008). The catch at the end of the game was spectacular. I think it deserved a review by the booth, but oh well. It was a great game.

The commercials were very good this. I laughed hard at the Doritos commercial and one of the Bud Light ones was pretty too. Though the GoDaddy were a little weak, I think they’re still a fantastic company to host your sites with. You can check all of the commercials below using this great little widget created by Hulu. I love Hulu to watch all of the TV content I miss or forgot to Tivo. Check them out, it is excellent.

My 30th Birthday

Lawrence Kent — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:01:16 +0000

Going through photos last night I realized that I didn’t blog about my 30th Birthday party I had. I had a couple of close out to the Snug for dinner and then to the Partridge Inn for cocktails. We all that a great time and the food at the Snug is always top notch. I remember I had posted several photos to Facebook but not on my blog, where most everyone comes to the read and see to photos.

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Oh, the caramel apple pie was to die for. I needed two pieces of this.

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My fabulous cousin Sarah from Bermuda.

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I got a sweet Gelaskin for my new Macbook. Check this out. They are awesome.

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What? Gene Simmons wanna be?

Augusta Snow Day 2009

Lawrence Kent — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:34:35 +0000

Now while it is rare that we see snow in Augusta, GA, we did see some on Tuesday. Both of the girls were already out of school, so even if we did have any accumulation of snow, it didn’t matter because of the school holiday. It was pretty seeing it come down and we all had fun watching it and playing outside for a while.

I shot some video with my new Flip Video Camera. Check it out below.

Snow Day 2009 from Lawrence Kent on Vimeo.

And as a little side note about the Flip Video Camera by Mino. This little camera is the best. It’s about the size of your average mobile phone, shoots excellent video (I have the HD one), has a sleek USB pop-out for easy downloading, and comes with the software to edit clips, send video cards or e-mails, make DVD’s, etc. If you’ve been looking for a video camera that won’t break the bank, check the Flip out.

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I’ve also been super busy booking wedding and getting ready for the wedding season. A lot of the dates are filling up but I still have some to fill. It’s going to be a super busy season this year and I can’t wait to get started.

–Cheers