Fresno Photographer Mark Janzen, Fresno Wedding Photography and Portrait Photography » Personal

The Foundation Workshop

admin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:17:36 +0000

So for about 9 days I fell off the face of the earth and I guess I should fill everyone in on where I went and what I was doing. Well, I was attending the Foundation Workshop in Austin, TX. The Foundation Workshop is a 5 day intensive photojournalism workshop geared towards wedding photographers. It is taught by a group of former, and present, working photojournalists and it is unlike any other photographic workshop I have ever encountered. For one, you don’t shoot brides, or weddings, or models, or any other fake construct developed for the sake of a workshop. Each student is given an assignment and they are sent out for 2-3 days of solid shooting followed by group critique sessions that last well into the night and early morning hours before heading out to shoot again. The goal, and it’s very effective at meeting it, is to teach you to see – to notice – in a completely different way. To take images that tie together as a visual story.

I can’t even begin to describe the experience except to say that it was eye-opening in every possible way. I am excited to get going on the upcoming wedding season in a way that I haven’t been since that first year in business. We’re not supposed to show much of the work we created during the workshop so as to keep from coloring the perceptions of future students, but we are able to show a limited selection. The first three images in the slideshow above were taken while shooting my assignment at the Austin Humane Society, the remaining images were taken while wandering Austin with my friends (and supremely talented photographers) Ryan Jones, Olivia Brown, and Sherry Pickerell a couple days after the workshop ended.

My Ladies…

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:55:33 +0000

My family headed out to Vintage Days on the Fresno State campus this past weekend. We had a great time and I shot a few frames while we sat and had lunch. I’m particularly fond of this one, I thought I would share. :)

Please indulge a new father for one more post…My daughter Merrill, 20 days old.

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:33:21 +0000

We shot a little newborn session on Saturday – the first I have ever done. Just grabbed a camera that I happened to have at home with me and slid the couch over to the window. Enjoy… :)

Big Things! Big Things! Hello Merrill Elizabeth Janzen!

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:44:12 +0000

So I’ve been quiet here for a few weeks and I thought I’d let y’all know why…

Well, my wife Leslie and I had our second child on 12/21 named Merrill Elizabeth! We’ve been having a blast getting to know her, and this week I’ve been easing my way back into work. So here’s a little peak of the the Mark Janzen family v3.0 and a few pics of the newest addition. Yes I took the family picture doing the whole self-timer thing…I really need to look into getting a remote for that camera!

Enjoy!

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