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A Warm Welcome!

Greetings and welcome to my hand-spun blog+site. My photography journey has been incredible! It began with fun, then grew into passion, then I discovered profound love for it and there was no looking back. Five years later, I have this custom site to showcase what I love doing so much, the art of capturing life just the way I see it. Please look around, this site is a reflection of me. Enjoy exploring it.

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OSPW2 – Day 1

I had a blast at the OSPW2 in Napa last weekend(look at my post below if you don’t know what it is). Jason and I left home at 7 in the morning on Saturday and arrived Napa at around 8:30. We were supposed to meet at the Embassy Suites where most of the OSPers were staying. After a kick off speech by Chris and Tana we headed to our first photoshoot(Bridal/wedding) at the Winery. Originally we were supposed to be at the Costello De Amorosa, due to some issues we went to V.Sattui winery which ended up being a great location for photos. The models were gorgeous!!! It was such a great experience to shoot with them and also to watch how the fellow photographers work.

Feb, 24, 2008

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After lunch we came back to Embassy suite to hear Jillian Kay speak about how to deal with the difficult clients. She was so cute! I saw her avatar before, but it was the first time when I saw her in person. We went to photo scavenger hunt with fellow photographers Lauren and Gerald in teh afternoon. It was fun but exhausting to drive around all over Napa looking for stuff. Did I mention that I met awesome Ed Pingol and his uber cool wife Monica??? I love love love Ed’s work and it was soooooo nice to finally meet him. We all went to dinner at a Sushi place in downtown Napa.

After dinner we went back to Embassy. Nathan Holritz and Shaun Austin were the speakers. Then we headed to downtown for the night shoot. I didn’t really do much there. It was cold and I was too tired to be show my creativity.

At the end of the day when I was checking my shootsac for the compact flash cards, I realized that my Lowepro pouch was missing! I was in shock, all my work was gone!!!!!!! We looked in the car and in my bags, they weren’t to be found anywhere! It was found after two days in Lauren’s car. I must have dropped it there during the scavenger hunt. Thankfully I have them with me now.

I have been too busy lately, didn’t get to process all the photos. Here are some images from day1.

Model: Paul and Lisa(hot!!!)

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Lisa: Nudrant!! So glad to hear you found your stuff! That was so sad to hear you misplaced it! It was fantastic to meet you and your work is fantastic!

Many regards! Lisa (and Paul)

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OSPW2 in Napa

I belong to this photography forum, where many photographers from all over the world virtually meet to share the same interest and experience they have – photography! I have to say that I have learned a lot just by reading the threads and looking at the Fabulous creations they display everyday. The forum is called OpenSourcePhoto(www.opensourcephoto.net).

Feb, 13, 2008

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The photographers in the west coast formed a group within the forum named OSP West(OSPW). OSPWesterns(haha) all gathered together last year and held a weekend long workshops and shooting sessions. It was an awesome opportunity for the photographers to network and know and learn from each other. This year OSPW is holding the same event in Napa, CA; and guess what…….I am joining this year! I am so excited! Napa is just an hour and a half away from Rocklin, so I have no reason to miss the event. My husband Jason is joining me too. I pulled him over to the OSP Roseville meeting(OSPers in Roseville, CA had a fabulous evening last Friday, that’s another story and I have to write about it on a separate post) and he seemed to have enjoyed it. So I am dragging him along. Jason doesn’t shoot, but he understand(and knows very well) the technical aspects of photography, I hope he enjoys the time there.

I will post pictures next week and write all about OSPW2 in Napa. I am sure it will be awesome, I can’t wait for the weekend to come!

david & kimi baxter: so bummed i can't make this!!!:(.. well hope you have a blessed and awesome valentine's day nudrat!

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My new website is up!

Hurrrraayyyy!!! My new website is finally up! I have been wanting to get a pro site for so long, but have been lazy enough to put that aside. Thanks to the girls at http://portfoliositez.com/, they are simply awesome. I made payements yesterday, got the welcome email in a couple hours. Worked on the site today and it is up an running. I’ll be making a few more changes to the site; in the meantime, please check it out. If you happened have stopped by and wanted to leave me an input on the site, please do so. Any comments and critiques are highly appreciated.

Here it is – http://www.impressionsbynudrat.com/

Feb, 01, 2008

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