category: Fun Stuff




I have gotten TONS of requests from you guys asking if I could have some sort of mini session so that you can get some cool photos for your Facebook Profiles, Match.com, Myspace, Business Cards, etc….

Well, I decided to join my buddy Darryl Briggs and hold a Facebook Friday this Friday the 30th!  We are only going to do 12 appointments and I know it will sell out fast!  So, if you want some cool shots for a VERY reduced price, email me at kj@kjimages.com and I will reserve your spot!

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday!

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Over $4000 in Products and Prizes will be awarded to ONE very lucky participant! The first person to complete all of the following photo tasks below during the WPPI tradeshow will win ALL of the prizes below!! No second places here!! Actual proof of all the photos must be shown to either Alycia or Kevin to confirm the win. The photo taken with Alycia or Kevin MUST be the final task on your journey.(This is to ensure that they can verify all the photos and name a winner.)

Good Luck to All!!

1. AZURA ALBUMS(Booth #213) - You must take a photo with either Lek or Shelly Etwara while holding an album designed by Alycia or Kevin! Show tip - Check out the amazing new Cover options Azura has including the Leather, Ostrich, Gator, and Python just to name a few!!! ***PRIZE*** - Winner will receive a 40 page 12×12 Print and Bind Album valued at $450!


2. JEN’S FABULOUS STUFF(Booth #1125) - You must take a photo with Jen Hillenga in her booth. Show tip - Jen has some amazing collections of templates, designs, and tools for all photographers!!(Check out the really cool new Posing guides, love notes and tiara templates!) ***PRIZE*** - Winner will receive their choice of either Jen’s children or high school senior posing guide valued at $149!!


2. WHCC (Booth #1201) - You must take a photo of the back wall of Gallery Wraps in the WHCC Booth. Show tip - Check out the exciting new products that WHCC has in their booth! Very cool Image Boxes, DVD Cases, Mini Accordion Books, Gallery Wraps, etc…. ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive a free gallery wrap, press printed album, image box, and CD Case valued at $319


4. POCKETWIZARD(Booth #201) - You must take a photo with Pocketwizard Product Marketing Manager Phil Braden. Show tip - Try out the awesome Mini and Flex units with full ETTL capability. Also, the new Pocketwizard Plus 2 Units will he here! ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive 2 NEW Pocketwizard Plus 2 Units valued at $368!


5. WPPI(Booth #1375) - You must find and take a photo with WPPI Director of Operations, Arlene Evans. For those of you that do not know her, this is your chance to meet her as she is a driving force in putting all of this together! She will be all over the place, so find her and thank her!! ***Prize*** Winner will receive FREE registration to next year’s WPPI convention in Las Vegas valued at $399!!


6. TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC(Booth #206) - You must take a photo of yourself wearing the headsets and listening to the music in the Triple Scoop Music Booth. Show tip - Take advantage of an incredible show special that Triple Scoop is having on the first 2 days of the tradeshow! They are having a 50% off show special and including free songs with any purchase! ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive a custom 10 song collection from Triple Scoop Music valued at $600!!


7. DURY’S(Booth #821) - You must simply take a photo of the Dury’s booth with the banner showing! Show tip - Check out the incredible Cheetah light stands!! You won’t believe how easy these things will make your life! Once you see it in action, you will have to add it to your gear! ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive a Will Crockett “Lights, Camera, Profit” DVD valued at $40


8. TRICOAST PHOTOGRAPHY - You must take a photo with either Mike Fulton or Cody Clinton of TriCoast. They will be easy to find as they will be speaking quite a bit at the tradeshow as well as at a platform class. Show tip - These guys are great at what they do and if you need some wireless flash tips, buy them a drink and they will teach you all sorts of good things! ***PRIZE***Winner will receive Tri Coast’s new Guide to ETTL Flash and their Finding Color Action Set valued at $175!


9. PHOTOIDENTITIES(Booth #1376) - You must take a photo with either Vera or Max in the Photoidentities booth. Show tip - If you are looking for a very cool blog or need some SEO help, check out these guys as they have some amazing stuff! ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive a FREE Photoidentities Blog as well as hosting for 1 year valued at $199!


10. GET OUT OF THE HOTEL! - Since we don’t want you to spend ALL of your stay in Vegas inside, we thought the following photos would be fun! You must take a photo of yourself with the Bellagio Fountains in the background as well as get a shot of the Vegas strip from the top of the Stratosphere Hotel at night. (You had to know we were not going to make this journey too easy!)


11. AFTERDARK EDUCATION(Booth #1776) - You must take a photo with Kevin Jordan or Dave Junion in the Afterdark booth. Show tip - The AfterDark series is seriously one of the best learning environments and concepts around! It is all hands on with some of the world’s top photographers! If you are serious about improving your skills, then check these guys out! ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive a FREE registration to any upcoming AfterDark Seminar this year valued at $400!!


12. DESIGN REVOLUTION(Booth #1153) - You must get your photo taken with Julie Klassmeyer in the Design Revolution booth. Show tip - These guys have some really cool templates and designs for TONS of different products! If you are a baby or child photographer, you will be in Heaven in this booth! ***PRIZE*** Winner will receive a DVD of Design Revolution’s NEW Photobox Template Collection valued at $125!!


13. RINGS to RATTLES WITH KEVIN AND ALYCIA - Your FINAL photo must be taken with either Kevin or Alycia and then they will declare a winner once all photos are checked for accuracy. Show tip - Kevin and Alycia will be all over the tradeshow area, classroom area, and hotel in general. so it should be no problem finding them! (You can also check their schedules at the WPPI website or tradeshow booths of the Sponsors for this contest.***PRIZE***Winner will receive KJ’s Dramatic Lighting DVD, Texture Set, Action Set and Alycia’s Kid Quote Templates, Formatted Quotes, Bella Baby Bundle, Romance Album, and Business Bundle all valued at $1175!!

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!





I was so honored when the Brides of North Texas magazine asked me to shoot the formal wedding gowns for their inaugural issue!!  The magazine is first class for you guys that haven’t seen it yet, so go pick one up at most DFW booksellers, etc…  A lot of things go into shoots like this as it is a pretty big production!  Here are all the wonderful folks that helped out and took part…

Brides of North Texas Magazine Bridal Gown Shoot

Photography - Me!

Video - Hakim Sons Films

Gowns - The Bridal Salon at Stanley Korshak and Stardust Celebrations

Location - The Fort Worth Club

Hair/Makeup - Troy Richard Salon

Jewelry - Kubes Jewelers

Floral - Lush Couture Floral

Thanks to Ashley, Kami, Carrie, and Meagan and the whole crew at Brides of North Texas Magazine for the opportunity!  You guys are first class and I thoroughly enjoyed working  with you and look forward to the future!

The look they wanted was City Chic with a Vintage Style.   Here is the layout… a0001 a0002 a0003 a0004 a0005 You can even see a fun Behind the Scenes Video that the wonderful team at Hakim Sons produced below!





Ed Pierce of Photovision called me last year and said he would be interested in filming me for his awesome DVD series called Photovision.  I, of course, was thrilled to be invited, and we had a great time filming it!!  If you are a professional photographer and do not get Photovision, you are really missing out!  It is some of the most informative and well explained instructional tools out there in my opinion!

In fact, if you goto the website and enter the PROMO code JAIRAJ when you check out, you can get the whole 2010 series for only $39!!!(regularly $149).

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In fact, you can see a sneak preview of my segments by clicking here….  Kevin’s Photovision Trailer





Congratulations to Kerrie and Cory for having their beautiful wedding published in the 2010 Spring/Summer issue of  The Knot Weddings!  We were thrilled to be part of your day and we captured some really great images!

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I have had a lot of requests asking if I was going to continue my annual tradition of having a Holiday print sale and the answer is YES!!  All of this year’s galleries have been reactivated and from now until midnight on December 15th, all print sales will be on sale for 25% off!  The promo code to use when you checkout is “holiday”.   Feel free to call the studio if you have any questions!  Happy Holidays everyone!

Kevin





Alycia and I had the chance to see U2 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Monday night and we had the BEST time!  We were lucky enough to get our hands on some VIP tickets which gave us access to free food and drinks as well as some pretty cool U2 Swag prior to the concert!  I also brought my camera along for the concert and took a few shots!   Here are just a few I thought were cool…

Alycia and I hanging out before the concert and the cool U2 VIP Leather gift bags we got…

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I love this shot of BONO that I got(I couldn’t pose him any better!)…

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The video screen they had was cool, but I think they still should have incorporated the ENORMOUS one at the Cowboys Stadium!

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Some closeups…

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It was a great show and I’m glad we went!  OK, now I have to get back to work and blog a couple of cool weddings that I have been working on!





I just wanted to let everyone know that I am officially back from London and am playing major catch up!!  It was a ton of fun and the wedding was AMAZING!!  In fact, I’ll probably be posting a Part 1 and Part 2 set of photos as we had 2 big events to cover!  In the meantime, here are a few shots from my sightseeing around beautiful England the last 11 days…

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben at night…

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The Hungorford bridge…

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The gorgeous ceiling as we entered the Roman Baths in the city of Bath.

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We even went to Stonehenge!  It’s hard to image that these things have been here since 2000BC!!

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The World Famous Harrod’s department store…

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The entrance to Harrod’s and a cool shot of the London Eye at night…

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I’ll post a fun blog post of all of our silly adventures when I get all caught up!





It was a lot of fun covering this game as both teams looked great and both sets of fans were loud and a ton of fun!  I only wish that Chelsea would have played more starters, but beggars can’t be choosers!  Here are some fun shots from the day…

These 3 guys drove all the way from Chicago for the game and I thought it would be a fun photo!

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood were in the house!

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Chelsea’s Saloman Kalou heads the ball on goal amidst quite a few Club America defenders…

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Club America goaltender Armando Navarrete dives to keep the ball out of his goal…

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Club America’s Salvador Cabanas wins the 50/50 ball…

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I just thought the first photo was funny!  Amrmando Navarrete makes another save on the second.

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I don’t think that this is really legal…

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I think Chelsea’s Michael Mancienne is doing his best Michael Jackson impersonation before chasing down Club America’s Guillermo Cerda…

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An even better look at the action…

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A 50/50 ball between Chelsea’s Andriy Shevchenko and Club America’s Jesus Sanchez.  Michael Essian shows off some fancy dribbling…

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A closeup of the shot of Chelsea’s Franco Di Santo getting past Club America’s goaltender Armando Navarrete for the first goal of the game…

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Chelsea’s Claudio Pizarro tries to power a shot by some Club America defenders…

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Chelsea’s Florent Malouda celebrates after the second goal of the game.  I like the second shot of the frustrated Club America goalie in the foreground while the Chelsea players celebrate in the background…

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OK, here’s one for the ladies… Franco Di Santo…

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And a couple of shots of Chelsea captain John Terry and the team celebrating their victory!

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OK, this post is for all of my friends and family who live across the pond!  I am covering the World Football(Soccer to us Americans) Challenge match between Chelsea and Club America(from Mexico).  I attended the practice session tonight and it was a ton of fun seeing these guys in action!  Tomorrow’s game should be a ton of fun as well!  Here are some shots from tonight…

The Chelsea Press Conference with Head coach Carlo Ancelotti and Superstar Michael Essian…

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Michael Essian laughs at a question about playing in the US when his contract is up.

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John Terry warming up and joking around with the crowd.  He actually kicked a ball to me, but my return kick was pretty lousy!(It’s been awhile since I played!)

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They played a game sort of like “keep away” during practice and Frank Lampard is trying to get the ball from his teammates.

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I think John Terry is cheating a bit here by grabbing Ashley Cole’s jersey!

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All-World Goalkeeper Petr Cech in action…

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Backup goalie Henrique Hilario throws a souvenir ball out to some fans…

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Even though it was just a practice session, the Chelsea banners were already hanging!  I can just image how many will be at the real game!(I heard they are expecting over 80,000 people!

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Didier Drogba tries to show Portland Trailblazer Lamarcus Aldridge how to kick the ball!(It was pretty entertaining!)

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A couple more…A fan gave Didier Drogma a horn and he tries to blow it.  Funny stuff!

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I think the game will be fantastic tomorrow and I hope to get some killer shots for my European friends!