TriCoast Photography had another great week of teaching!  This was our first year at Texas School of Professional Photography and we are proud to say it was a great success! 

 We are most humbled by the fact that are class had 90 students apply within seconds of registration….. With that said we were excited and thankful to teach the 30 students that did make it!   It was a week filled with learning,  making new friends,  and discovering new techniques.

Special Thanks to Rich Reisz and Jordan Chan for helping out!!!  You guys ROCK!!!

As many of you know TriCoast was hand picked by the leaders at Kodak out of 1000′s of professional photographers to be displayed in Times Square New York City on the Kodak Marquee.  We were just informed our image “The QB” with Brazoswood High School Senior Class of 2010 and now Texas A&M Student Chase Matzke along with several others is now live for the entire world to see.

To check out this image along with others on the Kodak marquee click on “The QB” below and watch!

Click on "The QB" to see the Times Square New York Marquee Slideshow

Thank you all who have helped support us and guided us through this crazy world of professional photography we are humbled by honors of this nature.

Well last night was my father, Max’s, 50th High School Reunion from Brazosport High School down in Freeport Texas.  So we (TriCoast) wanted to do something special for him and his old friends and we donated our time and our equipment to taking images and printing them out on the spot using our Instant Print Lab.  So Cody and I set up a TON of equipment at the Lake Jackson Civic Center including a individual/couple station and a large 25 foot wide group station.  Nothing fancy here with the decor this is not a Prom, we just wanted large drops with decent/basic lighting so everyone could go home with a photo of themselves and their spouse and any of their friends in group photos.

Couple setup on the left, 25ft. Group Set up on the Right, Table Display of our art in front Right

Last week we were informed that one of our Senior/Grad images had been selected as one of only a handful of portraits to be displayed in a slideshow in the Kodak Times Square Marquee in New York City.  Trying to figure out how this actually happened we had to do a little research to understand it all.  So a call to Kodak was made and the details slowly made themselves clearer to us.

Out of 1000's of images submitted, TriCoast Photography is chosen by Kodak to be displayed in Times Square, New York

And the winner is……

You will just have to wait and see.

We just were informed that TriCoast Photography will have a High School Senior/Grad portrait on the Kodak Times Square Marquee in New York City. Displayed for the entire world to see we will unveil the now “Famous” high school senior/grad very soon and even display the website which everyone can view the images displayed in the slideshow in New York. So no need to travel to New York City to view these images but it of course I would suggest it.

EXCITED to see our work displayed larger than life…… Check back soon for all the details

I (Mike) had the honor of speaking at the WI PPA State convention this past week at the Home of the SuperBowl Champs Green Bay, WI.  Closing down the convention, I admit is a scary time slot to speak.  From experience I have found that after 4 days of partying, learning, sharing and a laughing, after the Awards Ceremony, and after Hotel Check out time usually the vast majority of attendee’s go home leaving me to speak to the Board members and Crickets in the presentation room.  However much to my surprise the room was pretty much packed and stayed that way until the end of the presentation.  Such wonderful times and a pleasure to be around such Blue Collar workers that still have a passion for America and taking pride being hard workers.

Starting off I took a walk in the cold and snow (which by the way was a tough thing to swallow since I just left 70 degree sunny weather and the beach) outside the hotel and ended up at Title Town Brewery

TriCoast Photography at the WI PPA Convention

OK I might get in trouble on this one in the photography world but you know what who cares.  Over the past year or so I have read many photographers who have “Rock Star” status in the photography world.  Either earned, given or self promoted these “Rock Stars” have flocks of photographers following them for various reasons.  Some are wonderful people and I will admit most are well not so wonderful.  TriCoast could and well is considered to be a “RockStar” in certain circles, though I never have thought of myself that way, especially being just simple people from Texas and still drive my old car with 190,000 miles on it.  However no matter who starts up the conversation, it seems when these conversations do start up the one name that always pops up is Jasmine Star.  So lets talk about her as it seems everyone else is these days.