Blog of the week

This weeks "___" = BLOG

If you are going to read a blog OTHER than ours, I would HIGHLY suggest the Bakerella blog. First, let me explain something: I love to cook. I think I'm pretty good at it too. For the past 3 years I've kept Blake happy and full. Every once in a while, I get a "wow" too. (which I thrive on)
The thing is: I rarely follow recipes. I start with a concept: like chicken. Then I put a little of this on it, a bit of that in it and fry/bake/saute/ broil until its delicious (or that's the game plan, anyway.) but that also may be the reason I am simply horrible at BAKING. Just ask Blake, if its not Break and bake, Paige will find a way to botch it up (he probably would say it nicer b/c hes such a love...but thats what he means in his heart)
Enter: Bakerella- she makes everything seem so possible! Her goodies look amazing and most of all they look FUN. Just take a look at her

Fast Food Fun

amazing, right? I don't' know about you, but I'm going to try this fun little recipe out (as soon as I have enough people to eat them... so don't' scarf them all by myself!)

Thanks, Bakerella for being so Bake-tastic!!!

~ PG
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Sylvanda the Princess: Orange County Bridal Portraits

I love working with talented people! But working with talented AND awesome people is just about the best.

Sylvanda (the *beauty* bride pictured below) was amazing. I am just about dying to photograph her again. She is gorgeous, funny, easy to lead and totally fits anywhere!

The fantabulous bouquet she is carrying is another masterpiece created by Design Whimsy (seriously awesome stuff) and her lovely purple, feather hair piece was created by Maxine In Trousers. (OK, people, if you don't shop on ETSY its time to get -a- purchasing) Anyway, we took the beautiful Sylvanda to Downtown Disney for the shoot. The atmosphere could not have been better. Little ones passing by kept jumping up and down and stage whispering: "look, mommy, a Princess!!!!". I'm sure the gorgeous dress and lovely Sylvanda would be enough to incite young girls to scream "PRINCESS!" but in addition to that, Disney was promoting their new movie, "The Princess and the Frog"

which the Heroin is not only Disney's first AMERICAN princess, but she is also Disney's first princess of African decent. . . needless to say Sylvanda didn't stand a chance against the gawks and glee of the young children passing us in Downtown Disney. This shoot was basically made of awesome:

Rockin the Fisheye and the dream dress.






Are you kidding me? Beauty-FULL!!!






Design Whimsy’s work of art.






The B&W close up smile…lovely.






Texture-izing it up!






I love this image. She looks so naturally beautiful.






My second favorite, because, seriously: just look at her!






Check out the shoes! I LOVE colorful shoes.






speaking of shoes…






Blake’s favorite! So fun to shoot.






You gotta utilize those stars!






This is *beauty*.






ok, so I’m totally torn between this image…






… and this one! I cannot decide which one is my favorite!






Like the one before, I adore the lines in this image.






Blake and his Lensbaby, blowing my mind.

Another huge "thank you" to the talented artists we were able to work with and to Sylvanda for being her beautimus-lovely self. You guys rock, and we're better for having worked with you.

Seriously, though: how hard is to pick a favorite? I just can't!!! If you want, leave a comment and let us know which image you think is most awesome and why.

*Be on the alert for a totally rad-tastical contest! this is mainly geared toward Brides and their Grooms, so tell your betrothed friends, and keep reading The Green Paige Photography Blog!*

~ PG
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Orange County Lighting Workshop: Tofurious and Bui

Ok, so we are FINALLY getting around to blogging about the rad-tastic Furious Photographers/Bui Brothers Lighting workshop! It was such a cool experience, working with some of the most talented artists in the business and seeing how a small strobe or the right artificial lighting placement can make a great image become pure awesome-ology! 

Here are some of our images from the night: (Models= Kyuri and Tracie) 

The models totally worked it and the instructors were 100% informative and oh-so cool! (even though the Bui brothers kept calling us "Sony") We are definitely ready to venture into the wide world of strobes!
Thanks for the knowledge and fun. We can't wait for the next one!!!

~ PG
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Emily + Billy : Newport Beach engagement photographer

In case you were unaware, we are currently trying to recover from the Blog fail of "09". It was a tragedy where we lost 2 blog posts to the Internet abyss. It was tough times, but we are moving on...

To Emily and Billy: the very attractive, ridiculously fun couple. The session was mainly on and around Balboa Pier on an uber sunny day. These two were 100% natural and beautiful. (I love clients like that!) OK, I say we get right to the goodness!

I was playing with some textures and their cuteness

the gent

the lady

their adorableness was seriously overwhelming.

Isn't this oh-so classic?

add a little grain for character.

I love it when I sneak upon my clients! The results are always a plethora of cuteness.

…kisses…

…and hugs…

It was difficult to get his eyes off her.

My favorite! I love love love it.

I adore beach/pier wood. its so weathered and worn.

Blake’s Favorite. (Its a close second for me)

It was so awesome shooting with such a kick-back, go-with-the-flow couple like Emily and Billy! Natural love, loves naturally (it sounds cheeseball, but its true!)

You guys rocked my socks and I can't wait to work with you again!!!

~ PG
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Poll for Contests!

Here at The Green Paige Photography, we are always looking for more ways to help you smile! One way of doing that (we hope) is fun contests and drawings! We strive to make your experience (either in front of our lens or on our blog) the best it can possibly be! That being said, we're conducting a little survey/poll to help us decide what we should do next! (in other words, what you would like us to do)

Simply answer the question below with a couple of clicks (keeping in mind, the harder it is to win the bigger the prize!)and that's all we need to improve this blog (and our studio) for you!









thank you!!!

(and feel free to leave a comment too, if you'd like!)

~ PG

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