Hi Don,
We just viewed the slide show and I loved it!! Thank you so much for putting together such a thoughtful display and for all the hard/extra work you put out for us!!!!! Great pictures!!!!!! We really enjoyed your presence at our wedding! Please send us some of your business cards so we can refer you to others...
Much love,
Monica & Ben Colvin ;-)
Don,
We LOVE the pictures and the totally awesome video! They are absolutely beautiful. They brought tears to my eyes. We sent the link to our family in Brazil.
Love,
Claudia & Franklin
Hi, Don!
Well, I may be a married woman, but I'm officially in love with my photographer. If these are "some" of the photos you took...wow! You have done such incredible work here, considering your material *grin* I have to tell you - WONDERFUL!!! I would think that a less formal occasion is more difficult to do, but apparently - not for you. There are so many things you caught that I wasn't able to see that day, and I'm quite thankful. You are an artist Don.
Thank you,
Beth
Don...One word..."WOW!!" Great work man.. I really like your photography! I am definately giving you a good word man!!
Rudy Corella
Hi Don!
We got the video last week. Sorry I didn't email. My sister was in labor Tues and I'm a new aunty!
The video is so beautiful! You did a an AWESOME job and I have no problem referring you. I have 2 friends getting married in 2006 and 2007 and they wanted me to plan their wedding. I'm totally going to refer you!
I hope all is well! Please keep in touch!
xoxo,
Malou and Tyler
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I grew up in Los Angeles and got into photography at a fairly young age. My father was really into photography as a hobby so he taught me all the workings of a camera with a now ancient manual Pentax 35mm SLR. At the time I was more fascinated with the mechanics of the camera. It wasn’t until I got into high school that I really started to value the art of photography and appreciate the work of different photographers and their styles. When I was twelve someone in my family gave my parents a VHS based camcorder. The video camera was huge and it had to be plugged into a VCR type of device that you would carry around with you when you were shooting. It was very cumbersome and didn’t offer the quality of even the cheapest of little handheld camcorders that you can buy today. That same year I used the camera to videotape my first wedding. It was my neighbors wedding. I wasn’t going to win any Oscars with that video, but it was a start.
Throughout High School, while I loved photography and videography, I didn’t have the confidence at that time to consider doing it as a career. Instead I pursued a career in fitness and nutrition, which was really rewarding in itself. It wasn’t until my early twenties when I had gone to a few weddings of some friends and brought my camera along that I decided to make the change to photography and video. I realized while shooting those weddings that I had a really good sense of time and a knack for capturing people’s expressions. The photojournalistic style of wedding photography came very easy for me.
Today I shoot with Canon’s professional line of cameras and L-series lenses for photography and Sony’s professional line of High Definition video cameras for videography. I would say that my photography is 99% digital these days. I do shoot film occasionally for those who have to have their images on film. I shoot weddings throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange County and San Diego.
I’m thirty one years old and I’ve been fortunate to be able to do some international photography over the years and have shot weddings in India, Brazil and Japan. Some of those photos you’ll see on my website. I enjoy shooting people. I’m a pretty easy going person and I find that helps the people that I’m working with to relax in front of the camera. I am a member of WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) and PDIA (Professional Digital Imaging Association) and most importantly I enjoy what I do. I look forward for the opportunity to work with you and capture the most precious moments of your life.
Sincerely,
Don Ptashne |