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01.19.10
Last week Justin and I had a BLAST with all of our LYON-SHOP attendees at The Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, California! This was a fun group and the day went by so fast with so much to say, teach, show, and shoot! At the end of the day we felt super grateful to everyone who took time out of their busy lives to come and learn from us. We hope that those in attendance were able to take back something from our LYON-SHOP to better their photography business/techniques and ultimately become successful!
We held two shoots that day, the first shoot concentrated on working with and posing your client, use of available light, and use of certain lenses for certain situations.
After the first shoot was over we went through post processing, workflow, how to create actions, blogging, and marketing. The second shoot was definitely my favorite part of the day. We demonstrated how to capture lens-flare, off camera lighting, multiply off camera lighting set ups, reviewed camera settings, and more posing.
Here are all of the attendees, a special thank you goes out to all of them for a very successful day!
Here are some shots that a few of our attendees sent to us of behind the scenes. This first set comes from Quincy of Rock The Image, I especially love what he wrote about the LYON-SHOP on his blog, so be sure to stop by there:
This next set comes from the fab duo team of Paco + Betty from San Francisco:
We also don't want to forget our amazing sponsors for helping us make the LYON-SHOP possible:
Before I show the recap, we are holding another LYON-SHOP (Part Quatre!) in Las Vegas on March 6th, just before the big WPPI Convention and we STILL HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SEATS AVAILABLE!!! So if you are wanting to attend, hop on it fast and email amelia@amelialyon.com asap and I'll let you know how you can go about reserving your seat for that day!
The Shade Hotel was very accommodating and it was the perfect place for us to hold our group.
We held two shoots that day, the first shoot concentrated on working with and posing your client, use of available light, and use of certain lenses for certain situations.*Thank you to the lovely Jenn & handsome Will for being our models that day!
After the first shoot was over we went through post processing, workflow, how to create actions, blogging, and marketing. The second shoot was definitely my favorite part of the day. We demonstrated how to capture lens-flare, off camera lighting, multiply off camera lighting set ups, reviewed camera settings, and more posing.
Here are all of the attendees, a special thank you goes out to all of them for a very successful day!
Here are some shots that a few of our attendees sent to us of behind the scenes. This first set comes from Quincy of Rock The Image, I especially love what he wrote about the LYON-SHOP on his blog, so be sure to stop by there:
This next set comes from the fab duo team of Paco + Betty from San Francisco:
We also don't want to forget our amazing sponsors for helping us make the LYON-SHOP possible:
paco and betty said:
YEAH!!! Justin + Amelia we love you and are thrilled to know you now! You guys taught us some really amazing techniques that we have already put into action. Thank you for always inspiring us on pretty much a daily basis.
(01.19.10 07:56 PM)
kayleen t. said:
woo...can't wait for Vegas!
(01.19.10 08:07 PM)
Christine Chang said:
Thanks Amelia and Justin, I had so much fun! Thanks for a great day at the Lyon-Shop!
(01.19.10 08:36 PM)
Marissa Rodriguez said:
I didn't know you still had seats available for Vegas! Your workshop is one of the ones I have on my 'must go to' list! :)
(01.19.10 09:08 PM)
jenn king said:
thank you to my MOST FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHERS for letting us model for the day! we had the best time and the photos are blowing us away!!! we love you guys!
(01.19.10 10:16 PM)
Ryan Morck said:
You guys are amazing! Thanks so much for the workshop, it blew my mind away. It was so inspiring and addressed so many key things that I needed. Amelia and Justin, thanks for creating an awesome day for me, that will continue to affect my photography business.
(01.19.10 10:26 PM)
The Paco said:
The Lyons RULE! I highly recommend the LYON-SHOP to anyone who wants to take their game to the next level.
(01.19.10 10:40 PM)
Melissa Gartner said:
The workshop was AWESOME!! I highly highly recommend it to anyone considering attending. Justin & Amelia thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. YOu GUYS BOTH ROCK!!
(01.20.10 08:13 AM)
Heather Espana said:
So entirely delicious, amd completely worthwhile investment!
Thanks so much Justin and Amelia!
(01.20.10 08:51 AM)
Angelica Tanneryd said:
I just love your pictures. You're not having any plans of having a LYON-SHOP over here i Europe by any chance?
Love, Angelica
(01.20.10 09:46 AM)
Nicole Varner said:
Thank you Amelia and Justin- you guys are seriously awesome and I learned so much from you both! You are the BEST!!!!!
(01.20.10 01:07 PM)
maile said:
what a fun workshop, you guys rock!
(01.20.10 02:20 PM)
Katie said:
Amelia, How do you keep your hair so red without it fading?!
(01.20.10 04:18 PM)
Stuff Photographers Like said:
Great to see the Lyon-Shop running! I'd love to attend one someday.
(01.20.10 09:04 PM)
Traci Rampton said:
Wow! What an amazing agenda! So sad I can't be there in March. Please let me know when you get the next workshop on your calendar! Any chance you will do one on the East coast????
(01.21.10 11:11 AM)
Scott Stater said:
I'm so attending next time...what a blast. I love the last shot of everyone taking notes. That must have been a great tip!
(01.21.10 07:14 PM)
jenny said:
Looks like a lot of fun !
(01.21.10 07:19 PM)
amelialyon said:
Scott, we would LOVE to have out sometime as one of our attendees. PS. we still have a few seats open for the one in Las Vegas on March 6th!!! email me if you are interested amelia@amelialyon.com!
(01.21.10 10:11 PM)
mary said:
amelia, i would love to know what lens you use to get super duper close to your couples.... i.e. the ahhhmazing black & white shot (#4 from the top). i find that my 50 1.2 doesn't always get as close as i'd like. :)
(01.22.10 07:30 AM)
amelialyon said:
Mary, that photo was most likely shot with the 35mm 1.4...it's a fabulous lens and you'd be surprised at how close you can get to your subject with it!
(01.22.10 10:18 AM)
mary said:
rad! that was my assumption! i'll have to give it another chance, rented it once and wasn't convinced :)
(01.22.10 04:18 PM)
Amelia Southworth said:
Wow, I love how you broke down the day.
Its nice to know what actually goes on and is specifically taught during the day.
It makes me want to attend your workshop that much more!
(01.23.10 06:59 PM)
paul said:
love the paco+betty shots!
(01.27.10 10:03 AM)
carrie said:
sounds amazing! any chance you'll be holding a part 5 in may in las vegas??
(01.27.10 11:24 AM)
Michelle Guzman said:
This looks like such an amazing workshop!!!!
(01.29.10 03:17 PM)
Curtis Copeland said:
Looks like a fantastic photography workshop. Maybe you could bring your photography wizardry to the East Coast??? Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Curtis
(02.03.10 07:47 AM)
Cameron Braun said:
Ever considered bringing a Lyon-Shop out to the Midwest? If not, you should. :)
(02.03.10 07:50 AM)
Kellan said:
When you coming to the east coast???? We welcome you....come.....
(02.06.10 05:37 PM)
brooke said:
gosh, i wish i could go! what a dream!
ps- loved nikki + sam's photos. i grew up with nikki...so happy for them both!
(02.08.10 02:51 PM)
rog said:
you guys are still the best.
(02.08.10 09:32 PM)
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01.16.10
Jennifer + Sebastien wedding is #3 out of the last four weddings to blog from 2009 and its a good one:). Of course it was an amazing day, how could anyone go wrong with a wedding set in Maui?! Jenn + Seb were married on November 10th of 2009 at lovely house off the shore of Kihei in Maui. Justin and I were particularly looking forward to their wedding because we ended up making a vacation out of it and stayed for six days! This was my first time to Hawaii so I was giddy the entire time!
On top of sharing such a wonderful day with Jenn + Seb, we had the best sky to work with as a backdrop and the ENTIRE group in attendance at this wedding were the sweetest, most loving friends and family one could ever meet! This was such a good day all around!
What a great first trip to Hawaii...Maui was certainly my favorite! Thank you to Jenn + Seb for having us out, you two are beautiful! Click here to see their online slideshow!
jenny said:
you always amaze me! beautiful location for a wedding..and i love the her peacock feather, nice touch :)
(01.16.10 11:19 AM)
angie + matt said:
It doesn't get any better than a gorgeous couple with an intimate wedding in Hawaii! So beautiful!
(01.16.10 12:41 PM)
jenn & seb said:
amelia and justin... words cannot express how STUNNING these photographs are. we couldn't be more pleased, i assure you! we are delighted you were able to lend your talents to our day and will cherish these moments through your pictures always! xx
(01.16.10 02:58 PM)
kayleen t. said:
Love, love, love it! I love your fave and his casual gray suit and sneakers! I miss Hawaii!
(01.16.10 03:28 PM)
Sandy said:
Hawaii weddings are stunning and your pics are as well. I love the vintage feel to all these photos!! I am just starting out in photography and I only hope I can take images as beautiful as this one day!
(01.16.10 05:32 PM)
linda geertsen said:
Maui. I hate to share my favorite place in the world, but okay. I love the intimacy of Jen + Seb's wedding. I really am speechless. Beautiful.
(01.16.10 09:15 PM)
Caitlin said:
LOVE your work! Every single image from this wedding made me smile :O)
(01.17.10 06:34 PM)
Karen Buckle said:
These are fantastic - sunset on the beach never looked so good!
(01.17.10 09:59 PM)
Amalie Maren said:
Wow...you captured this so beautifully! Those shots with the sunset behind are absolutely amazing! Inspireddd! Thanks for sharing!
(01.17.10 10:50 PM)
Photographe Mariage A said:
Enormous post-- you make so many points that simply make knowledge for me. Thanks for this informative post.
(01.18.10 01:07 AM)
Caroline Delise said:
AMAZING!! The moments captured are fantastic! You can feel it! They look so wonderfully happy!
(01.18.10 07:00 AM)
CaTherine said:
Those are the most beautiful, natural, artistic and gorgeous wedding photos I have ever seen.
(01.18.10 09:14 AM)
erin said:
awesome, these are so stunning! Really vaptures the intimacy and uniqueness of the day. Jenn you are gorgeous!!!
(01.18.10 09:47 AM)
imthiaz houseman said:
these are so awesome. i love this set, what a great way to start the new year!
(01.18.10 12:35 PM)
Sarah Numada said:
You captured the emotion of the moment so beautifully. Wonderful photography. Jenni, you look stunning! The post-production of the photos is so captivating. :)
(01.18.10 12:39 PM)
Trisha Urton said:
WOW! Spectacular, stunning, amazing! Jenn & Seb, you two look so happy and so gorgeous!! What beautiful and artistic photography. Congratulations!
(01.18.10 08:44 PM)
alec vanderboom said:
awesome classy wedding. and great photographers to compliment it all. great job. i like the snow cone one a lot
(01.18.10 11:05 PM)
katie said:
simply breathtaking. the love is abundantly overflowing in each and every shot. purely beautiful
(01.19.10 08:33 AM)
Kyle said:
Your 2nd favorite shot of the day is awesome! Looks like the wedding party had fun - and that's the most important thing!
(01.19.10 09:16 AM)
Jaime Hamm said:
I have only seen wedding pic's like this in a magizine, I think these are truly the best ones I have seen.
(01.20.10 09:52 AM)
Iris and Light said:
You guys are seriously insane. Insanely cool! What an amazing perspective you get. So fresh creative! Keep up the truly inspiring work. Love it all!
(01.21.10 02:47 AM)
Amanda-Lauren said:
I've been a silent admirer for a while, but I felt the need to comment. I LOVE these :)
Who am I kidding?
I love all of your work!
(01.22.10 12:52 PM)
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01.09.10
Melissa + Bryan's wedding is #2 out of the last four weddings of 2009 and I am BEYOND excited to show this one off! They were married on October 24th, 2009 and held the entire event at Rancho Las Lomas in Silverado, California. We immediately fell in love with this location, there was so much to work with, we sort of had a creative flow overload! On top of such a rad location, we had Melissa + Bryan to work with, all of their amazing wedding details, and some of the best wedding vendors in the industry behind this amazing day (we'll be mentioning these vendors below)!
My favorite item of the day...the dessert station (that can count as one item...right?!)! The Sweet & Saucy Shop seriously makes the BEST cakes, cupcakes, and devilish desserts we have ever tasted! We're hoping we get to work with them many more times in the upcoming year!
Melissa + Bryan's wedding was fun, funky, colorful, and romantic all rolled into one! So, without further ado we present to you the newly married Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Huber!
My favorite item of the day...the dessert station (that can count as one item...right?!)! The Sweet & Saucy Shop seriously makes the BEST cakes, cupcakes, and devilish desserts we have ever tasted! We're hoping we get to work with them many more times in the upcoming year!Wow, what a sweet day! Thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Huber for having us out! Click here to see their online slideshow!
Shannon said:
Her tattoos are so gorgeous. All of the details were so well put together. Beautiful wedding!
(01.09.10 12:55 PM)
emily quinton said:
Amelia!!!! AMAZING... ;-)
Fabulous, fabulous wedding. You lucky thing getting this couple! And what a fantastic job you've done.
Blown away...
(01.09.10 12:55 PM)
Meredith Williams said:
I love everything about this wedding! It's all so beautiful, every last detail :) That ring shot is stunning and I love the getting in the dress image too. Beautiful!!
(01.09.10 01:08 PM)
Courtney Toney said:
Yay! Love the photos and it was absolutely wonderful to work with you!
(01.09.10 01:16 PM)
Erin said:
Wow, Amelia, this is a fantastic wedding and gorgeous work as always! I'd love to feature this wedding on Apt#34! Let me know if you're interested :)
(01.09.10 01:20 PM)
Kayleen T. said:
Beautiful wedding and amazing details! Love the shot of the bridesmaids and bride and all their cool art on their arms/legs! Fantastic pictures!!
(01.09.10 01:43 PM)
Melody @ Sweet & Saucy Shop said:
So happy to finally get to work with you! The photos are absolutely gorgeous! This wedding was such a dream come true...one of the sweetest couples EVER and they picked an amazing location and perfect vendors too! Love Courtney, Kristin, & Nicole's work!
(01.09.10 02:38 PM)
Bianca Valentim said:
I LOVE the red photo booth!
awesome images... my favorite is also THE RING!
:)
(01.09.10 04:08 PM)
Brandi said:
Yeah yeah tattooed hotties! Love all the details and the phone booth too.
(01.09.10 04:10 PM)
amy said:
Your photography is untouchable! I love loggin on here and getting CHILLS everytime I see your work! Great job! I love the sailor jerry tats on the bride/bridesmaid shots....so fun!! Anyway, just wanted to leave a comment, it's been too long!! Happy New Year!
(01.09.10 04:30 PM)
joannelydia said:
LOVE this wedding!! amazing style!the cake is gorgeous! what a beautiful couple!
(01.09.10 09:18 PM)
Alexandra said:
These are SO MUCH FUN. I love them! How do you get that beautiful warm/yellow tint to all of your photos? It adds something so beautiful. I love it! All of these are so great, they must have been so pleased! Wow.
(01.10.10 07:31 AM)
Nicole Deanne said:
AMELIA & JUSTIN!!! Thanks for the shout out & love. I LOVE working with you guys! and not to mention your work is outstanding! Cant wait to post this wedding on my blog! Love you!
(01.10.10 12:47 PM)
Angelica Tanneryd said:
I just love you pictures!
I am kind of curios on what kind of post-processing you do to your pictures (I'm currently attending a year of study in photography and trying to pick up everything I can from photographers which work I love). Also, I wonder what type of flashes you use on these pictures.
Regards,
Angelica
(01.10.10 11:56 PM)
Krista said:
I loved there eng. session and was waiting to see the wedding. Beautiful!
(01.11.10 10:40 AM)
Melissa Huber said:
Amelia & Justin-Thank you so much for capturing our day perfectly! We will cherish these pictures forever. You are the best, best, bestttttt!
(01.11.10 11:47 AM)
Lyndzee of EP said:
OOHHHH AMELIA,, I love all of the shots. It is ridiculous how gorgeous Melissa is,, freakin RIDICULOUS!! I'm gonna have to say my fav shot is the 8th one down where she's looking just over the veil. FAN-freakin-TASTIC!!
(01.11.10 04:47 PM)
kristin @ The Treasured Petal said:
I've been on pins and needles to see these images, and you guys did not disappoint! You captured everything amazingly! So fun working with you, and hope to see you a bunch this year!
(01.11.10 09:48 PM)
rebekah said:
just wondering where that dress is from?
amazing work by the way. absolutely love the ring shot!
(01.14.10 08:04 AM)
Olivia said:
What a gorgeous wedding! All the details are just too cute! I'm pretty impressed with the ring shot, it turned out great!
(01.14.10 11:14 AM)
Chris said:
Wow.. you made awesome pictures of this couple! I wish there would be more weddings like this in germany.. and more cool photographers like you two :)
(01.14.10 01:45 PM)
Amalie Maren said:
Wow. Captured this day perfectly. Seriously intense - I love love love it!
(01.15.10 11:05 PM)
Kyle Richter said:
Love Love.. Love this wedding.! Awesome couple and great photos.. so fun.. cheers.. Kyle @ s28!
(01.16.10 11:50 AM)
Ravyn Stadick said:
I love these photos. This couple is just awesome ... Gorgeous details ... Great work! :)
(01.19.10 09:43 AM)
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01.07.10
I had never been to Tennessee/Mississippi until December of 2009! Justin and I were hired to fly to mid-USA to photograph the ever talented husband and wife team that make up Allison Rodgers Photography. I was very excited to meet both Allison + Jeff after hearing the fun stories from Justin when he met them at Imaging USA last year in Arizona.
The Rodgers needed their photos taken because they will soon be going on tour with PPA around the country, teaching and inspiring hundreds of other photographers along their way. I'm not going to lie, I was VERY surprised that they wanted us to photograph them and I was that much more intimidated once we got into town and toured their amazing studio. These people really know what they are doing, and it was great to see how a different studio across the country runs their photography biz. Despite my nerves, Justin and I were glad and excited to do them the honors!
Of course we had to take advantage of the the twiggy trees...I have a slight obsession with this sort of setting (maybe it's because we don't get to see much of this here in SoCal).
Thank you to Allison & Jeff for having us out! I had a great time visiting Tennessee/Mississippi, even though it was only for a day and a half. PLUS, I got to try fried pickles for the first time and I have to say that they are delish!
We're also very excited to be new members of the highly recognized photography organization known as PPA!
Beth Morgan said:
Oh...I adore these! The Rogers are such precious people! AMAZING job capturing them!
(01.08.10 12:01 AM)
Wendy Hwang (Lee) said:
wow! Just wow! Beautiful! I love the lighting :) sooo talented you are
(01.08.10 02:03 AM)
Antonina Mamzenko said:
Adore these! Stunning work! I might steal a couple of ideas off you! :)
(01.08.10 05:36 AM)
Allison Rodgers said:
You guys are so awesome and we had so much fun that day!!! We were so honored that you said "yes" to flying south for this event! I have to say it feels amazing to have a family portrait finally... THANK YOU for that. We LOVE all of our images and are so excited about them being used for the tour and plastered all over our house. Thank you thank you thank you - you guys rock :)
(01.08.10 05:53 AM)
Kyle Vaughn said:
You Lyons are the best. The family has got to be excited about all of these!
(01.08.10 07:04 AM)
David said:
Amazing! And really nice to see some photos without a lot of sun. Brilliant.
(01.08.10 07:10 AM)
Tonya Peterson said:
Great pictures Amelia and Justin! That is always how it goes! Photographers never have family pictures taken for themselves! The ones you took of us were the first and ONLY ones we have!
(01.08.10 07:47 AM)
Kat Speyer said:
Aaaah! I love your off-camera lighting. I need to learn how to do that. Then I can die happy. :)
(01.08.10 09:41 AM)
Mel said:
Twiggy trees are the BEST! Love this shoot, everything looks effortlessly flawless as usual...
(01.08.10 10:38 AM)
Josh Rigsby said:
the last image is phenomenal! Great work.
(01.08.10 12:30 PM)
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(01.09.10 06:51 AM)
Susan Hydzik said:
Wow, these are so stunning! I love the lighting in the darker photographs! The family photos are so adorable and yet trendy... the ones in front of the fence are some of my favs ever! Beautiful, beautiful work!
(01.09.10 11:28 AM)
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01.07.10
You wear them, we shoot them! One of our very favorite things to shoot on a wedding day (besides the bride and groom of course) are the RINGS! Here are some of our favorites from 2009!
shirley said:
I'm CRAZY about the first one! So gorgeous
(01.07.10 02:29 PM)
Cait said:
I love so many of these! Especially the one where the rings are on what looks ice (5th from the bottom) and that last one. Great job, as always.
(01.07.10 02:33 PM)
jackie wonders said:
ARE U KIDDING ME? These are reeedunk. My fave has to be the first and the mini thrones :)
(01.07.10 02:36 PM)
AmyPunky Photography said:
Oh I love the last one and the one with the cookies!! :)
(01.07.10 03:00 PM)
Stacey said:
Awe, totally love the themed post - great way to showcase your work! Lovely!
(01.07.10 05:52 PM)
Feuza said:
these are so awesome, loved the cookie and candy ones then again so many other great ones
(01.07.10 11:59 PM)
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