Matthew J. Wagner Fine Photography

Here I am sitting at my desk in my home office on a Wednesday night after a long day of work spent entirely on updating my Quickbooks since I have an auditor coming on Monday from the State Board of Equalization (sales tax). Thank God I'm an honest dude and I've paid my taxes or I'd be sweating bullets. I hear the State Board comes down hard on small businesses with penalties and interest if you're not 100% accurate with your sales tax practices. I hope all of you photographers based in CA are charging sales tax to your clients on your ENTIRE wedding package.

Enough about boring taxes! I'm getting pumped about my upcoming 4- Day Intensive this June 18-21, 2007! I have so many new things planned and I can't wait for it to start! Every workshop is a new experience and a new group of friends I'll keep for life. I'm going to get the week started early by introducing some photographers who are attending.

I'll start with Matthew J Wagner


Location: New Britain, CT
Website: www.matthewjwagner.com
Blog: http://matthewjwagner.blogspot.com/
First Camera: Minolta Maxxum 7000.
Inspiration: His mother who always said "photographs are never as good as what you see with your own eyes". He wants to prove her wrong!
Interesting Fact: He is fluent in English, Italian & French
My favorite shoot on his site: Engage/Beth and Steve

Here's something I stole from Matthew Wagner's Blog - I like the guy already! :)

LOGAN BEAR'S MANY FACES

My little Logan Bear has so many expressions that I just had to do a photobooth session with him.

The Colón Experience Newport Beach June 2007

I just released seats for my next 4-day workshop!! I've included a new Sunday night meet and greet dinner, which Epson has generously agreed to sponsor. Also, by popular request, I've added a trip to a local church to walk through real-life scenarios with difficult lighting situations.

Key ingredients of The Colón Experience 4-Day Intensive:

Great location
Relaxed atmosphere
Comprehensive technical instruction
Creative inspiration
In-depth marketing strategy
Hands-on training
Personal 1-on-1 critiques
Live shoots with models
Bonding experience
Fun activities
Great food

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Only In Newport Beach...

Julie looked out front yesterday and saw this van. It was Nancy's Mobile Pet Salon... Pampered Professional Care for your "Best Friend". Sweet.

Ninja Sequel

My buddy Mike Larson came out to my last wedding to help out and got this very typical shot of me on the dance floor shooting. I usually don't let people photograph my "top secret ninja style" because I don't want any competition, but I thought this shot was a nice sequel to a post from last year. ha ha! Thanks for coming to the wedding and for all of the laughs Mike! P.S. I went through the wedding and you got some killer stuff!

Aidan & Sloan

It's hard to post after so many days away from the blog so I'll just throw up a shot of my boy with his cute little friend Sloan. They have so much fun together. I grabbed this shot of them at Aidan's 3rd birthday party a couple weeks ago.

I hope all of you who read my blog can forgive me for not posting in so long. I will do my best to get back in the habit. Many blessings to you all!

p.s. I just got back from an awesome trip to Chicago for the Pictage Partner Conference. It was so great seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones! Thanks to Pictage for providing such a great place to network and learn!