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Miami Portfolio Plus Workshop

Lawrence — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:24:50 +0000

On October 14, 2009 (Wednesday), some of industry’s leading photographers came to host the first Portfolio Plus Workshop. It covered a variety of topics for operating a wedding photography business.

Ray Santana – workflow and presentation
Kenny Kim – business inspiration
Kenny Nakai – Chicago helping hands
Becker – passion, profit and community
Lawrence (ME) – strategic online marketing

IF YOU ARE A BRIDE, I still encourage you to peruse and check out some of my wedding pictures taken at Biltmore Hotel despite this being a post on a workshop – contact me!

After covering topics on business and marketing, 3 real brides were invited to come to be models. We had the opportunity to photographs all throughout Biltmore Hotel and the chapel across the street.

Historic Biltmore Hotel and Resort Coral Gables (Miami)
http://www.biltmorehotel.com

1200 Anastasia Ave
Miami, FL 33134
(305) 445-8066

This awesome image was taken at the penthouse suite at Bilmore Hotel where Al Capone used to reside. It was also used for the movie Bad Boys I in the opening scene. Isn’t she gorgeous?

What an infectious laugh! I love her positive energy!

There was a 3rd bride, but I did not get a chance to photograph her because I was trying to conserve energy for my presentation that followed the photo shoot. Plus, I just hosted my own workshop the day before!

Here’s me teaching (image courtesy of Kenny Nakai):

Here’s a group photo:

Contact me if you have any questions!

Lawrence Chan

P.S. After visiting the Al Capone suite at Biltmore Hotel, my Ritz Carlton suite looked plain.

P.P.S. Did I win, Ray? Hehe

Tofurious SEO Workshop

Lawrence — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:19:04 +0000

Okay, wait no longer. The curtains are about to open.

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Intro

Details About Workshop

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Intro
Jasmine Star
Mike Colon
Gene Higa – Keats Elliot – Catherine Hall
Dane Sanders – Sara France – Jose Villa
Robert Evans – Doug Boutwell – more from OC

SEO Workshop

What is traffic if you cannot convert inquiries to clients?

Part 1: SEO and all you need to know to drive traffic to your website
Part 2: Blogging Practices – learning how to convert inquiries into clients

I get an average of 2.4 bridal inquiries a day and have a traffic of 24,000 unique visitors a month (all achieved in a short amount of time)

Check Out My Daily Wedding Inquiries:

Check Out My Traffic Stats For My Blog

Official Workshop Dates And Locations

Got a studio you are willing to lend? Contact me!

SALE ENDED :: CONTACT FOR AVAILABILITY

DISCLAIMER:

Purchases are not refundable (even if acts of God prevent you from being able to show up)
Tofurious reserves the right to refuse service to anyone
One purchase equates to one seat (not couples/companies/partners)
Workshop only offers tools for SEO; bonus stuff like admission to Tofu House (SEO community) and link building is offered at the discretion of Tofurious to maintain a network of credible websites

ORANGE COUNTY – $2000
Monday, September 7, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: Costa Mesa Hilton
Sale Ended

CHICAGO – $2000
Thursday, September 24, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: TBA

SAN FRANCISCO – $2000
Monday, September 28, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: TBA

SEATTLE – $2000
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: TBA

HOUSTON – $2000
Monday, October 05, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: TBA

DENVER – $2000
Thursday, October 08, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: TBA

MIAMI – $2000
Monday, October 12, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: TBA

WASHINGTON DC – $2000
October 16, 2009
Friday, 1pm-5pm – Location: TBA
EMAIL ME – tofulawrence@gmail.com

NEW YORK – $2000
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
10am-3pm – Location: Jason Groupp’s Studio (lunch provided)

DALLAS – $2000
Monday, October 26, 2009
1pm-5pm – Location: Hotel Zaza!!! Concept Room – Far East
Potential model shoot afterwards

City Not Listed

Email me for details about getting your city listed. If you can get 5 people, I can host a semi-private workshop. You can be the Satellite Tofurious Director! Rad title, eh?

I am willing to do 4 more cities before I take a long vacation in Orlando, FL at Disney World (childhood dream)! My availability is:

November 09, 2009
November 12, 2009
November 16, 2009
November 19, 2009

Hope to see you at the Coffee Tour and SEO Workshop!

Best wishes,

Lawrence Chan

P.S. Today I was Dane Sander’s interviewee. That guy ROCKS! And it’s not because he drives a Vespa, which does give him extra brownie points. He is overall a pretty cool guy.

A Wedding In Cancun

Lawrence — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:52:17 +0000

Hello everyone!

If you are a bride, please visit my website at www.lawrencechanphotography.com, but feel free to check out our 5-day adventure in Cancun, Mexico.

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What a fun weekend! Although I must admit, shooting two weddings and a day after session consecutively was pretty exhausting.

Resuming – yes what a trip! I am so happy that the Bui Brothers came along and graced us with their good humor and awesome footages.

Day 1 – Arrive in Cancun

Day 2 – Isla Mujeres Wedding – Colleen and Hector

We photographed a beautiful wedding at Isla Mujeres – “Island of the Ladies” – nice name! We also hooked up with the island coordinator – Laura – and she was so impressed with our work that she wants us to be the official video/photo people – woot!

Day 3 – Marriott Cancun – Tiffany and Ly

Tiffany and Ly are such lovable people! We photographed their engagement in New York a couple of times and always enjoyed their company.

Below is a same day edit fusion video! We placed it in their iPod and Ly watched it all night. He even brought it around with him and showed it to random guests in their hotel lobby, which cracked us up.

It was SUPER WINDY and we still pulled it off.

My favorite (below)! Mom and daughter walking with gusts of winds blowing made quite a cool picture.

Day 4 – Day After Session at Tulum – Tiffany and Ly

Tiffany and Ly wanted to do a day after session at Tulum. Since we were rejected due to permit issues, we were like screw this! We’re still going to get pictures so we rented boats!

Doesn’t this look like a scene from the “Most Interesting Man in the World” except that the dude is Asian? Stay thirsty, my friends.

Isn’t the water gorgeous? Made me want to get a cup and sip from the ocean.

Here is one of many super duper awesome stills! We used a mobile tripod with a custom built frame that held one Pocket Wizard and two 580EX II. We will be hosting workshops on this soon, so stay tuned.

What was so funny was that a group of Italian tourists saw us taking “professional” pictures you can say and thought Tiffany was a super model. Axiomatically, we are professionals, so no sneering please. Anyway, the tourists all pulled out their cameras and started photographing her and us. We told them not to be shy and to come sit with them. I think this picture adds real character!

Despite the afternoon sun, we still pulled off a perfectly exposed image with two Canon 580EX II flashes. We had one pointing at Tiffany and Ly at 75mm 1/2 power and one for the whole group at 24mm 1/2+0.7 power. Final result = awesomness!

Since the sun was setting and we were all getting burnt, I took one last picture with Tiffany showing off her Fendi sunglasses.

Afterwards, we had tacos at Taco Factory, which was fantastic!

Day 5 – Climbed Coba – Tallest Mayan Ruin in the Yucatan Peninsula

Right before Coba, we decided to explore a cave in a giant cenote (underground river).

Lan has vertigo so I am extremely proud of him for braving his fear.

Vu’s take on Coba below -

Once we were on top of the Mayan Ruin, I setup the camera while I callibrated the remote light and ta da!

Day 6 – Go Home While Bui Brothers Played in the Waters

Overall a great trip! Again, thank you SEO for making these weddings happen.

I’m on a boat!

Lawrence

P.S. I love reading the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella.

P.P.S. I think Toblerone chocolate is divine!

Aaron Dieppa – The Big Picture

Lawrence — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:36:50 +0000

UPDATE: PHOTO BOOTH AVAILABLE HERE

First off, thank you everyone for being so patient. If I could clone myself, I would totally do it. There are over 3,000 people using my blog themes right now, so that can give you an idea of the amount of emails I have, so again thanks for being patient

What a week! This was my first time attending WPPI and my first time ever having a booth – what a wicked experience. As much as I would have loved to peruse the convention floor, I had to rely on fellow mates to gather materials for me. For those who did not attend, Tofurious debuted a new photobooth software (created in conjunction with Made By Simple, LLC, which is another company I am partnered with) that had live view and touchscreen! It was encased in a full plexi-glass frame that was completely transparent. Why? We wanted to show how simple it was to create one – three items: camera, computer, [any] printer. We even let our competitor take pictures and video clips because we had nothing to hide.

Hopefully, in the near future I can have the booths mass produced in full sheet metal. The best part is that it will be collapsable. The last thing I want to do is to lug it around on a truck with hydraulics.

Last week’s theme: Digital Awesomeness

So many people came by to take pictures and so many people were ready to purchase a license right there and then! Unfortunately, there are still a few tweaks that need to be done before releasing it. I talked to an old buddy who works for UCLA and he was also interested in getting a few licenses for the university! I was like wow that would be stellar!

Anyway, due to a mountain of emails I am trying to respond to, I will just posting a recap video done by two genuinely cool friends – Aaron Dieppa and Brian Khang. Aaron is attempting to post one video a day for 365 days! It is like a television show that I tune in every night and I suggest you do the same Thanks Aaron for the recap video! Without this, all I have is one picture that I took for us.

Aside from that, I had lots of people come by to take pictures, many of which were posted on our clear photobooth. Check them out! I made them all black/white except for one that liked a lot.

Sorry I have to point this one out because it is so funny – hah look at Becker sticking his head in!