Archive for 2010
It’s All About Exposure… | PDN PhotoPlus
Out + About, Video 
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Thu 10.21.2010
Catherine Hall | PDN PhotoPlus Conference 2010 from Catherine Hall on Vimeo.
In anticipation of the PDN PhotoPlus 2010 Conference, Catherine Hall Studios created a saucy, two-minute video to promote my forthcoming seminar. Want to learn how to become a household name in weddings and portraits… fast? This video offers a glimpse into how to make that happen! And, if you register for my class, Tweet @catherine_hall to enter a drawing for a fantastic gift!
Charlotte and Peter are a delightful, magnetic couple. Their megawatt smiles, sophisticated and subtle taste, and overflowing generosity blew me away. From the moment we met for our engagement session photos, I knew I was in love. From Charlotte’s fantastic, feathered hair piece to Peter’s periwinkle tie, these two threw a wedding celebration with maximum style and magnificent personality. Hosted at the jaw-dropping Thomas Fogarty Winery – a sumptuous, verdant estate with ravishing views of the Santa Cruz Mountains Apellation – a festive mood, fantastic attention-to-detail, and phenomenally good-hearted people comprised the day. Best of all, Charlotte and Peter hosted a charming traditional tea party.
Sigh, what loveliness – I’m forever in awe of Wedding Coordinator Jean Marks’ ability to somehow outdo herself every time! She is a delightful woman with a deft touch and distinctly unique sense of design. Jean creates celebrations that exceed expectations and dazzle attendees. Warm thanks to Jean, and everybody else, who contributed to this couple’s unforgettable wedding.
Wedding Coordinator, Jean Marks + Ceremony & Reception, Thomas Fogarty Winery + Florist, Amy Burke Designs + Caterer, Componere Fine Dining + Confections, Studio Cake + Photographer, Catherine Hall + Officiant, Reverend John Sullivan + Music, Sound in Motion with Raffi Nalvarian + Hair & Make, Get Your Do Up with Armando + Invitations, Hello! Lucky with Sabrina Moyle
What do the Novogratzes have to do with CHS?
From The Studio 1
Tue 10.12.2010
Cortney and Robert Novogratz are life partners cut from a rare, peculiar (dare-I-say enviable) cloth. They are hip, successful, madly in love, artistically savvy, and–oh, did I mention that they are the uber-cool, competent parents of seven, precocious mini-Novogratzes?
Hailing from the South, Cortney and Robert relocated to New York City to establish Sixx Design. With their seven children in tow (Sixx Design was named a few years before the seventh), the wife-and-husband home-design team buy and move into a house, renovate, and up-sell. They have transformed countless homes, apartments, flats, hotels, vacant lots, and even entire blocks (sometimes from the ground-up) in the city, upstate New York,
Massachusetts, and Brazil.
With tres fabu details like a sofa created by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid or a rococo-styled chandelier from a Paris thrift-store, Cortney and Robert apply their alchemy to create bohemian-luxury, an irresistible combination that echoes the couple’s fine taste and artistic boldness.
What’s more, their family funhouse is the subject of a new, Bravo reality show, aptly titled 9 by Design.
Obviously, I’m totally sold on the Novogratz family–I mean, can I buy one of your houses, please?! That said, what in the world do they have to do with Catherine Hall Studios? Well, in a sense, everything. At least for Halloween weekend. I absolutely cannot wait to tell you what’s going down in a few weeks… I’m just not going to tell you, yet!
Watch this video to get acquainted with my new friends and stay tuned!
Become a Household Name – FAST!
From The Studio, Out + About 0
Mon 10.11.2010
Come to New York and attend my seminar about how to promote yourself as a leader in your field at the forthcoming PDN PhotoPlus International Conference & Expo.
For the second half of October, I will be saying farewell to my San Francisco studio and greeting New York City (where I started my career as a professional photographer). While my sojourn will involve some pleasure–like dining at the heavenly Candle Cafe and trolling around the vast art-historical treasures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art–the trip will essentially be all about photography, all of the time.
While on the East Coast, I am excited to lead a seminar at the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference & Expo, one of the world’s most important and definitive gatherings of photographers. Keynote speakers include photography legends, such as Art Streiber, Mark Seliger, Marcus Bleasdale, and Al Bello, among others. Wow.
Wonder what my lecture’s called? You guessed it! Promote You: Become a Household Name in Wedding and Portraits FAST!
A seminar suitable for all levels, I will unpack the world of social media marketing, laying down savvy use of contemporary media, such as blogging, Facebook, podcasting, and Twitter. I also emphasize how crucial it is to get your photography into the world through editorial features, awards, gallery exhibitions, and scholarships. Interested in figuring out how to promote the $%&@ out of your photography? Then, you’ve come to the right place.
Taking place from October 28 through 30, the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference & Expo is only 16 days away (and counting). What’s more, if you register for the conference before October 15, you can snag a sweet deal at a lower price, not to mention FREE expo passes.
So, come on out! I can guarantee this is the single-most best place to make connections with leaders in the field and immerse yourself in virtually every aspect photography–from marketing to artistic techniques.
Oh, did I mention that today’s first enrolled student to tweet @catherine_hall “I love my Epson Printer!” wins a truly fantastic prize!
Can’t wait to see you there!!
Thank You, Grant! | Sony Art of Storytelling
Awards, From The Studio 0
Thu 10.07.2010
My friend, Grant, is a stellar guy–kind, endearing, and smart-as-a-whip! Not to mention generous.
Through the promotion of the Sony Art of Storytelling Photo Contest, he is not only supporting my Burning Man photography, but also the subject of one of my photos–our mutual friend, Erik, a muscled brunette whom I shot shirtless in the dawn of the Black Rock Desert. It was an epic, early-morning moment; the image bespeaks our sense of connection with one another and the vast, jejune wilderness.
That said, Grant is a dear man, and it’s truly an honor to receive his praise and support:
“My good friend and mentor Catherine Hall recently had two of her images selected as finalists in the Sony Art of Storytelling Photo contest at Digital Photo Magazine – and one of the photos is of my good friend Eric Hudock at Burning Man! Please consider checking out the finalists gallery and giving Catherine your vote! http://bit.ly/dvijS1“
