Bobby Crosby Wedding - The following is a picture of Me,
Tony Florez, Gina Crosby and Bobby Crosby (#7 of Oakland A's) taken the day after their wedding. Gina and Bobby were such an awesome couple to meet. Their family and friends were all such great people. I can't speak highly enough about them. They did a wonderful job in planning and selecting such a magnificent location for their wedding.
We were able to get some awesome images in different parts of Rome. I didn't realize how much I missed Italy until I actually got there. My first trip to Italy was over 8 years ago on a study abroad program. I fell in love with all the beautiful architecture. Everywhere you look there is art and rich history behind so many different monuments. Here are some random pictures taken during the trip:
I really like the first picture of the Colosseum at night. It is truly amazing when you think about how many men fought to the death here. The second image was taken from inside of the Vatican
The first image above was taken inside a church. The statues seen throughout Europe always blow my mind. I photographed the door above because of the detail in these heavy doors. It is so rare to see these type of doors back at home. The 3rd image is of a cast that reminds me of Florence, a city I visited quite often while studying abroad.
The first image is actually part of an iron gate. I thought the dog like animal was a neat detail. The second image is the wood grain of a tree which had been split by lightning. The last image was taken from inside the Vatican. For the first time I was able to visit the tomb of the different Popes which had given their lives to the Catholicism.
Next trip out of town looks like it will be to photograph a wedding in Maui. I can't wait to spend a couple extra days in paradise!!
Ok, so here is the long awaited ring tone program:
Itoner. This program is made by a company named
Ambrosia who has other cool programs for Mac users.
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As some of you know my MacBook Pro recently died. The hard drive failed and I lost some data...or so I thought. Before my hard drive failed I was doing my routine backup (with Leopard's new Time Machine) but the huge life saver was my external 3.75 Terabyte Storage Device. Time Machine burns through hard drive space like nothing I've ever used. Fortunately I had the space to allow Time Machine to run the backups automatically without limiting the number of backups it runs.
Photographers know the key to safeguarding files is redundancy. I've had enough drives fail on me to know that it is not if a hard drive will fail but when. With that I set out in purchasing a storage device that would work for me, yet I didn't see much geared toward wedding photographers. The system I have is the perfect setup and I couldn't be happier with it.
I would now like introduce my new website designed for photographers. The website is called
PhotogSolutions. The site is currently dedicated to Turnkey Storage Devices. It is now easy for other photographers to log in and purchase a device that will provide invaluable peace of mind. The XP-5 allows clients to purchase 3.75 Terabytes of storage for $1,999. BH Photo Video sells a comparable system, the
CalDigit 3.75 Terabyte Array for $2,849.95 (price as of 1/4/08). This price does not include a 6ft eSata cable and does not come with the cool LCD readouts (which have an alarm that can be programmed to go off if the drives get too hot) . This is over an $800 savings! The following is an image of the storage device:
*****WARNING the following is somewhat technical...it may put you to sleep if you are not into computer hardware. Read at your own risk =)***********
The drives can be swapped in and out. The top 2 drives in the enclosure are striped together as one (Main Drive). The second two are striped together (Backup 1). The last drive is dedicated solely to 2 programs...time machine and Photoshop (as a scratch disk). Time Machine is set to backup and notify me when the last drive is almost full. I keep an eye on it so there is always enough room for the scratch disk.
The Main Drive has all my client files on it. It is backed up to Backup 1 every couple days. I have special software designed to run the backup which I usually perform when leaving the studio in the evening. I also have an extra 2 drives in separate trays (Backup 2) which I keep in a safe and swap out with Backup 1 weekly or after adding and event. This way if my Main Drives fail I have Backup 1 which I could just plug in and hit the ground running. If God forbid there was a fire and I was to lose my entire storage device with the 5 drives I would have a Backup in a safe.
Don't put off safeguarding your information. You never know when your hard drive is going to go. The following is a link to the new website:
www.PhotogSolutions.comWe also have an 8TB system which is on sale for under $4,000.
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For the first time we have decided to offer a promotion for appointments scheduled in the month of January. If you are a bride and are getting married in Riverside County or Orange County, log on to our website and fill out the contact us form and we will send you our special promotion. Be sure to include "Blog" in the comments section as well as the best time to contact you. There are limited appointments so don't delay!
www.franksaldana.com/
Have a great day!
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We were able to get some awesome images in different parts of Rome. I didn't realize how much I missed Italy until I actually got there. My first trip to Italy was over 8 years ago on a study abroad program. I fell in love with all the beautiful architecture. Everywhere you look there is art and rich history behind so many different monuments. Here are some random pictures taken during the trip:
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