April 2011 - Candice Benjamin Photography

04.28.11

Once Upon a Wedding Shoot in San Dimas { Denise }

Not wanting to leave Denise out of the blog fun, I wanted to post a few of my favorites of her from the San Dimas shoot I put together a few months ago. Denise did an amazing job and I was speechless with the fierceness she gave to the camera. Since I was organizing the...

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04.26.11

my second state this year

As I sit on a plane to Seattle and eat the pack of peanuts that always taste a little better than the stuff you eat on land, I think to myself where I have been and gone in the past three years. Sometimes I traveled because of my camera and eye, other times it was...

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04.25.11

Denise + Randy { Mt. Baldy Engagement Session }

Denise and Randy are hands down the most sweet, adventurous people I’ve ever had the chance to meet. When we were brainstorming locations for their esession, Denise didn’t bat an eye at the idea of hiking though the forest. And Randy was all for it! We explored a spot on Mt. Baldy that I have...

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04.23.11

FAQ – Second Shooting for Photographers

Let me start by saying this is the most I have ever written for my blog. Words and me like to fight it out. When I was in Seattle for CreativeLIVE, I had a lot of people ask if I could give tips on Second Shooting. I never realized I second shot a crazy amount...

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Bombchell in Atl
nice info. guess everytime something goes wrong we wish we had insurance. thanks for the price info too.
Ashley Goodwin
MY BRAIN IS ON OVERLOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am SO glad you posted this! HUGE help. Huge. You are the QUEEN of the camera…especially second shooting, so this was just in time for me! 🙂 You covered all sorts of bases! I will totally still have more questions though. 😉

You had me crackin’ up with your sentenced punctuated with your very candice-esque humor. & that photo of you at the bottom is BEYOND GORG.
xoxo
John Payne
Great post, Candice. Tons of great info! Nice work.
Annessa Baker
Loved it! thank you so much for the info… so helpful 🙂
Matthew K
Fantastic post! Thank you very much. You are helping remove the mystery of what a second shooter does! Please keep sharing all your wonderful knowledge to make everyone better.
ashleigh
love it candice! i wish all photo peeps would read this!!
christy cropper
love it! love it! love it!
you’ve totally inspired me to 2nd shoot my brains out and with this info i’ll feel confident doing so.
thank you for taking the time to school us all in the biz! this is so awesome.
xo!
Kaysha
Great post! I think there can be a lot of misunderstandings involved with 2nd shooting. So when all expectations and guidelines are clear, everyone wins!! 🙂
Neil Patel
Thank you, for sharing tips with us. educational post for all of us.
Kira Grinberg
Thanks for a great post and thanks for using those portraits – it means a lot to me 🙂 I had a blast working with you, cutie!

XOXO
Kristin
What an awesome post Candice! I’m so glad I could help and thank you so much for all of your amazing insight. I can’t wait to see your next FAQ post!
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Brandi Welles
Hey Candice!
I stumbled across this post by accident, and boy was I glad I did! It’s always super helpful to get a fellow photog second opionion on things! Oh and also, your work is LEGEND……wait for it…..DAIRY. 😉
Melissa Munding
Well said Girl, well said. The next time somebody starts asking me about second shooting, I’m sending them to this post. I completely see eye to eye with you here. Pretty relaxed overall, but respect is a big issue in any sort of creative industry. You really do learn SO much while 2nd shooting. When I shoot as a second, I really try to do what I can to make the main photog’s job easier while still making them look good. If that means using an opposite lens to make sure all our shots our different or focusing on some specific details the main can’t get to, I’m there for that person. I don’t even bring my business cards when I second shoot. I think anyone who tries to hijack another artists client/work will quickly be outcast in this industry. Integrity is so important! Working with people you trust is important too! I’m the same in that those who shoot for me are usually the same people I shoot for. It’s a great little network we have and treating other photographers like friends instead of competition actually gets me MORE of my own work. There are only so many days in the year and since we all trust each other, we refer clients to each other when we’re already booked. It’s a beautiful thing. Sorry, getting off topic but I think many will benefit from this info! Go you.
Alyssa Armstrong
SUCH a great post! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

P.S. My husband is a huge fan of Firefly. We almost named our son Malcolm because of it! We ended up going with Malakai…but at least we still have the “Mal”! 🙂
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04.21.11

doing what I love

I have huge news for you guys. Like “what were you thinking-you’re crazy” news. Well some people might know this, especially since I announced it live online for thousands of people to see…. I quit my full time job. The Monday I came back to work I was so scarred. Everybody could see a change...

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Mackenzie
Congratulations!!! I wish you the best of luck! You will do great, I am sure! You take beautiful photos and you have incredible talent!
Ashley Goodwin
YES! SO HAPPY that you did it! wooohooo woohoo! You made the right decision girl! Now run. FAST! 😉

xo
Becky
congratulations! That’s so exciting! I wish I had that kind of bravery 😉
Matthew K
Yeah! I saw you announce it that day! I am so inspired by your actions. I am so inspired by that workshop. Of course Jasmine Star was inspiring but all the J*Jets have been just as inspiring. Thank you for that.
Jenelle Sewell
Congratulations! You’ll do great!
Dan
Pure awesomeness. Congrats on a big first step!

Not sure who first said it, but it would seem appropriate to say that “Life begins where your comfort zone ends” (or something like that 🙂
John Payne
Dude, you ROCK! You’re going to be crazy successful. I know how hard you work and how GREAT you are. Game time!
Steph
So exciting!! Congrats and best of luck. Here’s to an awesome 2011!
Steph
So exciting!! Congrats and best of luck. Here’s to an awesome 2011!
Another Kandise B
Awesome!
Kiera Faye
Hooray!!! I am so, so happy for you and so proud of you! You’re my hero… And this will be an amazing year for you. I just know it! 🙂
tim king
Yeyuuuuuh!!! I could imagine you doing the balancing move with your hands and one of them TOTALLY outweighing the other.

As for the crazy part, I would make the claim you were crazy for not doing this earlier!

I can’t wait to see you doing tours all over the country teaching others how to follow their passion.

“The Candice Benjamin Experience”
Angie
CONGRATULATIONS! It took me getting laid off of my job to have the courage to do what I love. Good for you! I love how you pride yourself on your geekiness. I do too! But, rather than scifi, I am a twimom. SO awesome and embarrassing! My kids are going to be so bummed when they are older. 😉

BTW, I just happened upon your site, and your work is beautiful. Good luck (not like you will need it).

<3 Angie
Annessa Baker
you go girl!! you’ve got this!! I love your work, and so do many others.. you’re going to be a success!! Much happiness to you!
Beria Charles
Hi Candice! You probably never heard about me, but I know you from J*’s on CL! ;.) Nice to “meet” you! lol
As soon as I read this post I wanted to leave you some words:
Congratulations! Quitting your job means that now you will go high and free. You had the wings before, but now “you can fly”! Your work is beautiful, and inspiring.
May God bless you in your new journey!
Autumn Teesdale
WOW! Congrats!! I can’t wait until I can finally do that as well!!!
Amanda
Congratulations! So so impressive! You’re gonna do awesome!
Chanelle
Congrats, that’s a huge leap to make. So many exciting times ahead for you! Catch u on the B School…

04.16.11

Danielle & Christian { Temecula Anytime Session + Promo Video}

Last month, Kiera of Jakfoto Productions filmed a promo video that was about me and my dorky-ness. (Boy…their was plenty of that to go around. ) We started the day getting our hair and makeup done, then drove down to Temecula to capture me working it. Or trying to at least. But in all reality,...

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04.13.11

Seattle & CreativeLIVE Day 1 + 2

If anyone would of told me how much my life would of changed from this experience in Seattle, I would of called you crazy then tried to sell you a can of magic air. I was the first one to fly in to Seattle, call me a planner, but I had mental pictures of my...

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Susan Roderick
Candice, you are an absolute pleasure to be around! You have a light, beautiful energy about you which shows in your photography. I LOVE it! Looking forward to seeing more from our weekend at creativeLIVE with Jasmine and more from you for years to come. xoxo
Another Kandise B
When you announced your intention to quit your job, it blew my mind. I cheered for you 🙂 (Did you do it?)
tim king
WOW! You know Candice, I knew you were a good photographer, but I didn’t know you were a GREAT photographer!

I’m jealous of your skillz! Really cool shots here…loved the jelly ones. So clean, so fresh, so…Candice. (If I were saying it, the “Candice” would be sounded out dramatically.

I don’t even need to say it, but it was so awesome meeting you. Can’t wait to see you ballin out of control, livin the high life in a mansion in Mission Viejo.

Just promise you’ll invite me over!
Mary Veterano
That’s awesome that you got to hang out with Ashley all day 🙂 The one time I’ve been to Seattle I loved it, what a great city! And LOL at the “crouching photographer, hidden shot” post 😉
Hanssie Trainor
Awesome girl! Looks like you had a blast!
Heather Molina Bows-n-Berries
I LOVE your photos…especially the Space Needle and the view from it! Gorgeous!!!! Looks like you had fun & I’m looking forward to hearing more about your trip! You didn’t tell us yet exactly HOW it was life-changing…is that post 2? 🙂
Candice
Much more info will be put into part 2! 🙂 My brain is still trying to comprehend all of it. 🙂
Ashley Goodwin
Thank you SO MUCH for the ride! It was so generous of you to wait, and I am thrilled that you did! We TOTALLy got to bond and geek out over Jasmine and Twilight. HEAVEN! I don’t want to say “it was such a pleasure meeting you” because that’s just too professional, and A: It was MORE than pleasurable to meet you and B: We all aren’t very professional. 😉
It was an HONOR to say the least. You are incredibly talented, cute and quirky and I LOVE you! Meeting you and everyone else changed my life 180%. You introduced me to my first pad thai, even if I was having to google cures for spicy attacks at our table, you were down for anything (girl even told the waiter to “surprise” her at lunch!!) and were so open and honest with your photography and techniques. And back button! Oh god girl, I LOVE YOU FOR THE BACK BUTTON TIP! Like, love.
You are blow your mind talented and trust me, you will have no problem standing out in the crowd in the O.C. Hey, I never lost you once in the crowded public market, did I?

I LOVE YOU!!
xoxoxox
Ashley Goodwin
& P.S. thanks for getting some rockin’ photos! I always freeze up in the camera, so I appreciate it tremendously! You are a true artist and made me so comfortable in front of that FANCY camera of yours!
I am still so blown away by your work. Can’t wait to say “I KNOW THAT GIRL! Yeah, that REAL FAMOUS ONE! I KNOW HER!” Hopefully we will ALL be together, taking each other to fancy dinners soon. 🙂 See ya in Hawaii!!
Jasmine*
i love you sooooo much! 🙂
Lupe Ruiz
I just finished reading Ashley’s post on her blog and it’s great to see your perspective on your outing! Can’t wait to see the great things you do!
Calgary Wedding Photographer Maros Hana
great post
i watched it live – it was super informative
glad you went
Maros
Anthony Quesada
Candice,
I love love love these photos. You are so talented and such a fun person to be around. It is hard not to smile with you in the room. I can’t wait til we are able to meet again as this was one of the best weekends ever. Great work
Juli L.
Hi Candice, I was able to watch the 2nd day of the cL event and it was awesome! I love your work and you have such a positive spirit…thanks for sharing. 🙂
Erin Oveis Brant
Candice, you are such an incredible, sweet, inspirational, talented, lovely, & infectiously joyful person. It was so much fun to learn from you, watch you come out of your shell, and generally just share this experience with you. I am SO UNBELIEVABLY excited that we are going to shoot together AT LEAST once this year and hopefully many more times for years to come! I love you, my friend. Thank you for being you! 🙂 XOXO
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04.07.11

CreativeLIVE and watching me make akward faces online

Tomorrow you guys can check me out on CreativeLIVE! From 10am-5pm on Friday and Saturday you can watch me make awkward faces on camera while I’m getting my learn on. 🙂 <3 Candice

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04.07.11

A little video about me

Even though I’m a few states over, I wanted to debut my new promo video. I want my couples to know me even before they meet me. I want them to know I’m quirky and maybe a tad awkward at times. Dancing at random times is normal, and making bad jokes is commonplace. 🙂 I...

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Heidi R.
SO CUTE. And SOOOOO You! I love it. 🙂
kym
love it! have fun in seattle! say hi to j* for me!
Sarina Love
aww lovely! great job Kiera and Candice!!
Kaysha
So cute! Great job Kiera and Candice!!
Layers of Lovely
This is so cute. I love how you talk about capturing the details and “geeking out”
Kiera Faye {Jakfoto}
LIFETIME SUSHI!!! …hahaha, j/k! I’m so happy with how this turned out, and even more happy that you’re happy! I have LOVED working with you and getting to know you. It really wasn’t any work at all to make you appear approachable, fun, friendly, AWESOME… you just are! Now have fun in Seattle – I’ll be watching! 😉
Faith Bowyer
The promo video is awesome!! I love it. And I love you’re outfit – too cute.
Kiera did a fantastic job on it : )
Ashley
Candice, you’re the coolest geek I’ve ever met (: The promo video is awesome! So excited you got to debut it before you left. I’ll be watching (and maybe texting some questions) tomorrow!!!
Lysandra
Super cute video! There is not much I wouldn’t do for a lifetime of sushi!
Mary Veterano
This is such an awesome promo video, Candice! I knew about your blog since I follow Kiera, but starting today I am officially following you after watching creativeLIVE!!! Your style is amazing! I love love love your work 🙂 I’m a graphic designer from NJ and have started my wedding photography business this year!
Alyssa
OMG, this is awesome. YOU are awesome.

PS. I am an anime geek too!

I am following your blog now!
Nancy
Candice,

Your video is super cute and awesome. I’ve actually met Kiera before, I totally need to hire her soon. 😉

Look forward to seeing you flourish even more after J*’s workshop.
Anthony Quesada
Yea Candice,
I don’t know what you were talking about, you look like an absolute natural on camera. This video really represents you and showcases what an awesome person you really are. So much fun getting to know you
Jackie A.
Love the video!! You are def. encouraging me to do one for my website!! Saw you at CreativeLive and def. became a fan! 🙂 Good luck and God bless 🙂

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