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    Hey there! My name is Joel Llacar, and I am a wedding and lifestyle portrait photographer in Thousand Oaks, CA. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. What you will find are my latest and greatest. Some of my favorites from each wedding and portrait session will be posted here. I will also blog my own personal projects, educational workshops, photo conventions that I have attended, and other good stuff that I feel is worth checking out! I also have an awesome Facebook "Like" page at Joel's Facebook Like Page. I also encourage you to visit my blog and my Like page often for sneak peeks, slideshows, specials, and of course lots of gorgeous images.Thank you so much for visiting my blog!

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Wedding of Michelle and Ken at The Santa Barbara Zoo

September 2nd, 2007.
The wedding has Michelle’s signature theme all over it… a very original idea.
Ceremony and Reception grounds were held outdoors at The Santa Barbara Zoo.

Shooting the reception was quite challenging, I did not use flash as I wanted to capture the ambience of the scene. I shot mostly in Manual Mode, ISO 1600 using the widest aperture of my 70-200 lens. The dance floor was “flooded” with mixed-lighting. My White-Balance was going nuts because of disco lights. Shooting in RAW also helped me bring out some of the details lost in the shadow areas, and with very minimal noise. I will be posting the entire gallery very shortly…..


The Roof…The Roof..The Roof is on Fire…..

DJ must be playing the song “Lets Get it On” by Marvin Gaye….

Geoffrey from Toys “R” Us made a “cameo” at the Wedding

Photos from Fiesta Filipinas 2007 published on a local Filipino Newspaper

Photos that Carlo and I took during this two day event last June was published on a local Filipino newspaper circulating in Ventura County.
Thanks to Charleen Mora, Chairwoman and Event Coordinator, Maya Teague of Kapitbahay Newspaper and the Filipino community of Ventura County for this tremendously fun
experience.

To view the images we captured during this event, please click this link: http://jllacar.smugmug.com/share/2PAin9mKKb9kQ

Our photos published on page 8 (left side):

Over 2000 photos taken during this two day event in Oxnard. RAW images were processed using Adobe Lightroom V1.1 and Adobe Photoshop CS3.

C70 - October 10, 2007 - 11:03 pm

Awesome! I like your blog…i’ll check it often

Pre-Ordered The New Canon EOS 40D dSLR

For quite sometime, I have been hearing about a replacement for the Canon EOS 30D, my previous dSLR before I sold it to get my current platform, the Canon EOS 5D full-frame dSLR. The forums have been buzzing about the 40D for a long time. Sure enough, last week, Canon announced the 40D, which uses the new DIGIC III image processor. This is the same processor being used at Canon’s flagship model, Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. It boasts over 10.1megapixel, among other things, it offers a self-cleaning sensor (yay!) and live preview (which I dont really care for). It now has a 3 inch LCD and a faster frames per shooting at over 6.5 fps. It still uses a APS-C size sensor, therefore the focal length of a lens is multiplied by a factor of (1.6x). This is especially helpful on the tele-end. My primary camera will probably use a wide-angle or standard zoom, then the 40D will use my EF 70-200 f/2.8L. So with the blessings of my wife, I pre-ordered the 40D from amazon.com. Amazon will ship the 40D on Sept 20th, and to arrive at my house the next day (UPS Next Day Air!!). So I cannot wait for it to arrive. As you know, in wedding photography, AT LEAST TWO bodies are necessary. Or else, if your ONLY camera fails, you will have to face the wrath of some very angry brides. =)

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