Jefferson Todd's Blog

Sandra + Eric's Guestbook

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:34:00 +0000

Sandra and Eric's Guestbook just shipped out today. They're going to love it!

The cover has an image from Imperial Beach on Coronado, CA.

Inside are pictures from their entire session in San Diego, CA. Some from Balboa park, others from downtown.

There is still plenty of room for wedding guests to leave their wishes on these beautiful pages.
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Thick pages will help ensure that this book lasts a long time.

Here is a close shot of the textured paper which is easier to write on then the smooth paper that is typically used.

You can view the entire guestbook design HERE.

Nastia Liukin Won Gold

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:25:00 +0000

Nastia Liukin Won Gold, originally uploaded by Jefferson Todd.

I don't know what you guys were doing tonight but I was stuck to my TV all night long watching the All Around Gymnastics competition. It was awesome to see Nastia Liukin take gold and Shawn Johnson take silver!

Sorry for the bad camera phone photo but I'm not in China which is where I would have rather been.

Its back to swimming tomorrow night.

Jefferson Todd
(sent from my BlackBerry)

My New Baby Sister

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:21:00 +0000

Yup, that's right! I have a new baby sister. My dad and step-mom had little Anna Marie Pals on July 19th at 2:54am. She weighted in at 5 lbs and 13 oz and was 19-1/2" long at birth.
My dad sent me the following pictures.

Here she is!

Here is my dad holding Anna Marie

My dad, Kristina and my brother Darren

Anna Marie trying to sleep. It looks like the dogs might be barking.

And here are a couple baby bottles my dad worked on. It wouldn't surprise me if he tries to market these. Ha!

I'll get to see her later this month for the first time while I'm in Arizona.

Website Updates - More Product Information!

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:30:00 +0000

If you've been to our site then you may have noticed a new intro video featuring some of my favorite wedding and engagement photographs.

We just recently added a new Products section since so many of my clients are making their decision from a distance and I hope this will help you understand more about the great wedding products we offer.

The album information is wonderful as well since you can even view our cover swatches for both the premium leather albums as well as the coffee-table albums.

Go to http://www.jeffersontodd.com to check out the latest!

Austin's First Thursday Art Event

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:43:00 +0000

So this last Thursday was the first time I was able to make it up to Austin's First Thursday event. On South Congress Avenue (SoCo as it's known locally) the eclectic mix of shops stay open late and tents are setup for all of the jewelry and other handmade items for sale.

It wasn't quite the art event that I thought it was going to be though. Coming from Phoenix where First Fridays is full of open galleries and live art events, this was not even close to that type of event. But it was filled with many poeple filling the sidewalks to grab a drink and socialize after a day of work.

I found a few interesting things to take photos of though.

There are event posters plastered all over the place and these caught my eye.

This entire wall was filled.

I ran into Hey Cupcake in their Airstream. And I think I'm in the wrong business because they're costs of doing business can't be too much and they're charging at least $2.00 per cupcake until they sell out for that day. They looked really yummy! Maybe there will be a Jefferson Todd Cupcake stand coming soon featuring chocolate cupcakes with metallic silver frosting on top. ;-)

And at the end of the night Homeslice Pizza has a mean thin crust margherita pizza. But don't try them on Tuesday because they're closed and that would be a very sad moment.

Heidy's Quinceañera Album

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:19:00 +0000

We can also produce albums for any event including Quinceañeras. Heidy's Quinceañera was a beautiful event put together by her sister and brother-in-law at the Scottsdale Hyatt Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch.

Heidy's album is our coffee-table style which has different cover options and is printed slightly different. The pages are still nice and thick like our premium albums. Most photographers don't offer this quality on their coffee-table style books but we gladly do!

This album was also designed in a storybook style similar to our wedding albums.

The complete design can be viewed HERE.

Jocie + Trever's Wedding Album

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:07:00 +0000

We just received another one of our beautiful premium albums. This album was for Jocie and Trever's wedding at Sassi in Scottsdale.

Their names were imprinted on the spine

When you look at this book you know it's quality! The thick pages help keep all of the photographic pages from bending so that it'll last for generations. Remember your wedding album helps show your family history and our premium albums are a great way to ensure that your kids and grandkids will be able to share in these memories.

So now that the album is here what do you do? Go grab a glass of wine and sit down with your spouse to relive your wedding day. Although we do suggest keeping the wine and album separated. ;-)

Jocie and Trever's album was designed with large images that really showcase their the amazing wedding photos.

And of course we stamp our logo so your friends and family know who took your wonderful photos.

If you'd like to see the entire album design it can be viewed HERE.

Summer Camp

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:27:00 +0000

There were definitely some beautiful skies while I was there. Here is a huge thunderstorm rolling in.

The old egg game of "Boiled or Not Boiled". Sorry to say that for these kids it was definitely NOT a boiled egg.

The camp band was great and I had a blast photographing them with the concert lighting.

My friend Mikie had a nice Mohawk for camp.

Summer Camp - Talent Show Stars

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:21:00 +0000

At the camp they also had a talent show in which two students just rocked the house. Armani and Stephen did an amazing rap with the band playing behind them.

I love this photo of Armani!

Stephen

Summer Camp Scavenger Hunt

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:03:00 +0000

I was invited to come and photograph at a summer camp a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't resist. I knew it would be a fun time. Here are some of the photos from their scavenger hunt. There are many more photos so I'll post more later.

Keeping track of the list

Some of the students deliberating about what they should find next.

Item 1 - Get two shoes from other campers and wear their socks...no thanks!

Item 2 - A toenail clipping from a counselor. He's working on it for them.

Item 3 - write a poem about camp and read it to a counselor

Having fun no matter how far behind they are

Chris enjoying Item 4 - Bring a counselor a slushie. Who writes these things?

Some of the fun counselors:

All of the students were having a blast!

New Coffee Table Album Arrived

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:10:00 +0000

Our newest coffee table book just came in and it looks great!

We've switched to a different book style that has thicker pages and amazing pearl paper that makes all of images stand out. The book is 54 pages in design.

This style of book isn't alway able to lay flat although most 30 page designs do.

Here is a photo of the super thick pages that will help keep the pages from bending.

You can view the entire album design at http://www.jeffersontodd.com/slideshows/jessicatimalbum/

Loving my Wacom

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:54:00 +0000

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?

Hog Riding Dog

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:06:00 +0000

I believe this was the first time that I have seen a dog riding on the back of a motorcycle. The goggles are a great touch!

Have you guys seen anything like this before?

MokaSites and MokaDesign Coming Soon!

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000

We've been busy at work and I thought it was finally time to let you all know why I moved to Texas!

I've been busy launching another company called MokaDesign.

We'll be doing two types of design work:

Custom Flash Websites: MokaSites
We will be designing custom websites for photographers, florists, coordinators, other wedding professionals and more! We will also have a number of customizable styles available for those do-it-yourself people.

Photography Album Design: MokaDesign
We will create digital flush mount designs for wedding albums, engagement guestbooks, and portrait sessions.

Be sure to SIGN UP for Email Updates so you'll know when we're ready for orders!

Fourth of July on Coronado

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:16:00 +0000

I spent the 4th of July on Coronado island in California with my dad and brother. There is a huge parade each year on the island that we were able to enjoy.

This cute dog was sitting by us.

With a base being on the island there was a large presence of military in the parade.

Including the girl scouts with their Operation Thin Mint car.

In the San Diego bay there was a ship with a huge flag on it

The sunset was beautiful

Then the fireworks began with the San Diego skyline behind.

I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Independence Day! What a great country we have!

The Santa Barbara Crew

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:16:00 +0000

I've been in California since last weekend to shoot some engagement session photos for upcoming weddings. During the week I headed north to Santa Barbara, which is one of my favorite places to visit. I have a great group of friends whom are all wonderful photographers as well.

We all went out to lunch one day while I was visiting. It seems as though the out of town guy is the one that brings them all together for events.

(Ricky Mia, myself, Cheryl and Tim Halberg, Brett Bollman, David Jay, Katie and Chris Humphreys)

Later on that night I headed out for some wonderful sushi at Arigato on State Street. It's my favorite sushi restaurant ever!

While I was walking to dinner I noticed the smoke coming up from north Santa Barbara county. It helped create a beautiful sunset. But it also helped create a nice power outage during dinner.

Veronica + Stephen Wedding Album

noreply@blogger.com (Heather Garcia) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:24:00 +0000

I (Heather) am not there with JT on the wedding days so it's always fun for me to see the photos when I start designing the album, and with this wedding, I loved how much fun all the guys had. Check out the rest of Veronica + Stephen's wedding album design from the link below.

Gayle + Pat's Wedding Album

noreply@blogger.com (Heather Garcia) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:00 +0000

Here's the album design for Gayle + Pat's wedding from May. Their lovely wedding took place at the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. It was absolutely gorgeous.

My Brother is Driving! Watch Out!

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:00 +0000

My brother just got his permit and helped my dad drive to San Diego to meet up with me on Coronado Island for the 4th of July.

My mother took this photo of my brother after he got the permit.

It's odd to think he's now driving but I'm sure that it feels that way for anyone who finally passes that stage. Hopefully he'll turn into a nice safe driver.

Leaving Santa Barbara Today

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Leaving Santa Barbara Today, originally uploaded by Jefferson Todd.

I've been up in Santa Barbara for the last two days which has been a wonderful break from the ordinary. Right now I'm having breakfast at Finestra Cafe and then I'll head back to San Diego with stops in Hollywood and Laguna.

Jefferson Todd
(sent from my BlackBerry)

Studio Diner

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:00 +0000

My friend Regis and I were really hungry one night so we searched around for a 24 hour diner in the San Diego area. I remembered watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on the Food Network and they featured Studio Diner so we did some searching in Google Maps and headed out at 12:30am.

The food was perfect for a late night. I had the Monte Carlo sandwich because it sounded so interesting. It was a ham and cheese sandwich, battered and fried. It looked like battered fish when it arrived but it was so tasty! ;-)

Another Beautiful Album

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:36:00 +0000

Another great album just arrived. It's hard for me to send these albums to my clients because they look so beautiful and I really just want to keep them around to remind me of the couple and my experience with them. Here are some photos of Kim and Jason's album.

They decided on an upgraded cover with two tones of leather.

A cameo image on the cover gives it a nice touch. This upgrade option is totally customizable and can include multiple images if you like.

We do all custom layouts and some pages include groups of images but my favorite pages are the ones that have one images spread across two pages.

Our albums include imprinting of your names on the cover or spine in silver or black.

And it wouldn't be finished without the wonderful JT logo to let everyone know who the wonderful photos are by. ;-)

Flying to San Diego

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:50:00 +0000

Flying to San Diego, originally uploaded by Jefferson Todd.

I'm on my way to San Diego and southern California for the next 10 days. I'll be shooting two engagement sessions and make my way up to Santa Barbara for a day or two.
Its been a couple months since I've been in Cali and I'm super excited to get back there.
If anybody needs family photos taken this week just let me know and we can make it happen.

Cheers!

Jefferson Todd
(sent from my BlackBerry)

Austin Photographers

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:29:00 +0000

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

Album Arrival

noreply@blogger.com (JeffersonTodd) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:03:00 +0000

I'm so excited because a beautiful album arrived at my doorstep today. The album is for Tracy and Paul who were married in January.

We put a TON of work into our album designs and we also use the best custom album binders that we can find so that the entire album looks amazing as you can see here.

Tracy and Paul are going to love having this album as a reminder of their wedding day.