Jefferson Todd Photography Blog » PhotographersJefferson Todd Photography Blog http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:38:01 +0000 en hourly 1 Jeff Newton Is Cool http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2009/09/jeff-newton-is-cool/ http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2009/09/jeff-newton-is-cool/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:59:00 +0000 jeffersontodd http://jeffersontodd.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=605 Continue reading »]]> Ha! Jeff is going to get a kick out of this.

Jeff Newton is a friend of mine who also earns a living with photography. Unlike myself, he’s just a “Cool Dude”. I mean just look at his hair…

…see what I mean! How could anybody with hair like that not be cool?

Anyways…I just wanted to send a shout out to my friend who’s done a wonderful job in his business. He works with so many amazing clients from Nike, Ritz Carlton, ESPN Magazine and most recently Men’s Fitness. His recent magazine cover features Larry Fitzgerald from the AZ Cardinals.

Check out his latest stuff at http://www.jeffnewton.com/news-sept09.html

P.S. – Yours truly designed and created his website.

]]> http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2009/09/jeff-newton-is-cool/feed/ 1 Greg Bumatay http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2009/07/greg-bumatay/ http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2009/07/greg-bumatay/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000 jeffersontodd http://jeffersontodd.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=599 Continue reading »]]> While in California I dropped by to see my friend Greg Bumatay at Bumatay Studio. He’s a great photographer and it’s been way too long since I photographed with him.

His wife and him recently moved their office into a sweet condo in Fullerton. It’s in such a cute community. Here he is in the showroom.

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Wednesday evening I attended the Austin Pictage User Group led by the lovely Suzi Q.

We started off the evening by photographing each other so we would all have updated photos to include on our websites. Then I led a discussion on website content and design. We learned a lot about important things to include on our websites and some things we can strive to work on.
Is there anything that you wish I included on my website?

Here is another fun Austin PUG photo from a previous meeting.

]]> http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/10/austin-pictage-user-group/feed/ 0 Speaking in Austin on Oct 15th http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/10/speaking-in-austin-on-oct-15th/ http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/10/speaking-in-austin-on-oct-15th/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:09:00 +0000 jeffersontodd http://jeffersontodd.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=533 Continue reading »]]> I’ll be speaking at the Pictage User Group in Austin (more info) coming up on October 15th. I’ll be guiding a discussion on photography websites. We’ll talk over what has content helps sites and also what is best to leave off. And then we’ll jump into some of the local photographers sites to discuss how we can make all of our sites better.


This group of photographers is welcoming and always open to others joining in.

We’re starting earlier than normal so that we can all take headshot of each other, so bring your camera and come dressed for having photos taken.

Join us at 5pm Oct 15th at
Jennifer Nichols and Sarah Q’s wedding studios
1601 East 5th St. #104
Austin, TX 78702

pizza and beverages will be provided

]]> http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/10/speaking-in-austin-on-oct-15th/feed/ 0 Hanging in San Antonio http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/09/hanging-in-san-antonio/ http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/09/hanging-in-san-antonio/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:03:00 +0000 jeffersontodd http://jeffersontodd.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=525 Continue reading »]]> I was invited to drive down to San Antonio on Wednesday to hang out with Brian Hancock, another cool photographer in the area. Brian also does some sweet re-designs for Blogger blogs. We went to a nice sushi and thai place called Mon Thai and I had some good chicken panang.

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After the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International conference this year I decided that I needed to get a new toy to help get me excited about sitting in front of a computer for retouching. I’ve passed along all of my general editing to my super fabulous editor, Sarah, but I really wanted to start doing some special editing for our portraits and large print pieces. So I decided to pick up a Wacom tablet that acts like a digital paint brush in Photoshop. It’s been amazing!

It’s definitely help excited me when it comes to editing images and it has allowed me to be creative in new areas.

So, how many of you wonderful photographers have realized the wonders of tablets?

]]> http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/07/loving-my-wacom/feed/ 0 Austin Photographers http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/06/austin-photographers/ http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/06/austin-photographers/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:29:00 +0000 jeffersontodd http://jeffersontodd.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=493 Continue reading »]]> I headed up to Austin last night for a get together at Sarah and Jenn’s new studio. It was so nice to be welcomed into Texas by a great group of photographers. A few people had already left by the time we took this photo, but here is a part of the group.
(photo from Bonnie’s blog)

Shown below, in the front row, from L to R: Shannon, Lisa and me.
Back row, L to R: Sherry, Sarah, Bonnie, Jenn, and TaliAlso in attendance (but not in the photo) were Stacy and Stan, Brian and Mary Kate, Tyler, and Courtney


]]> http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/06/austin-photographers/feed/ 0 For Photographers – Now Available! http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/03/for-photographers-now-available/ http://www.jeffersontodd.com/blog/2008/03/for-photographers-now-available/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:22:00 +0000 jeffersontodd http://jeffersontodd.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=444 Continue reading »]]> We now have a couple of our information packets and templates available for purchase in our Online Store. And I’ll be giving a few of them away tomorrow night at the AZPPA meeting.

Client Information Forms
This template is built for use in Apple iWork Pages program and is setup to auto-fill information from the Mac Address Book helping to make this form much faster to complete. Images can be dropped into the pre-defines wells.


Ensuring the Best Packet
This packet helps describe to our clients how they can make the most of their photography investment. It covers hair and makeup, family photos and a pre-wedding photo schedule. This template is ready to have your images and local information plugged into it.
Available as a viewable PDF download or Editable Apple Pages document (requires iWork ’06).

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I’m here in Vegas for another year at convention. It’s always a blast to see photographer friends again and to connect with new people.

And who could resist hanging out with the ladies!

I walked by the Pictage booth today and they have some of my portrait photos on display in an album and on a photo card. That totally caught me by surprise and the album looks amazing!

Jared and his brother Rex are busy at work in our room.

And Jared is practicing his Happy Face for his presentation at the Livebooks booth tomorrow at 3pm.

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