John Burchell Photography

As an active wedding photographer, I regularly take time to see what other photographers are doing, in the Oklahoma City area and in other areas too. I would be irresponsible if I didn’t! In my recent web travels, I discovered a whole ring of Guides that are aimed at giving some kind of “free” information to brides. I can’t tell you how many of these articles are full of useless, sometimes hilarious information.

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I’ve been working as much as I can on my new website.  I’m a much better photographer than I am a website designer and creator so I’m still working on it… I believe it’s at a point where it’s beginning to have merit, so I’m mentioning it here.

Please check out my new website and tell me what you think… http://www.johnburchell.com

I only have one gallery - the wedding gallery - up right now.  I may actually be moving in the direction of strictly photographing weddings.  I still haven’t decided.  I still love photographing people in portraits and at events and I love photographing products and still life, but the weddings seem to be what people are calling me for most often.

Please check it out and tell me what you think. - Oh - and if you found this blog post from my new domain name, then congrats to you for finding it!  It’s still a work in progress and I haven’t made the official conversion.

Thanks for your continued support and I look forward to photographing you soon !

I didn’t have time to go into it as much as I should have but I didn’t want to bore you.  If you read yesterdays post about PPOShool, you know I’m a believer in it.  If you want to check out the site for yourself, here’s the link: http://www.pposchool.com/ .

Something worth mentioning about this summer’s class -  There are going to be several wonderful intructors and they are coming from far and wide.  This is something really special for us here in the heartland to have all this great talent coming our way.

The 2008 lineup is:

• Hanson Fong “Mastering the Techniques”  Hanson Fong is a truly great wedding photographer
• John Woodward “Mastering the Light” - John Woodward is a master instructor of light
• A week long class on Computer Enhancements for your Studio - presented in two parts by Cheri MacCallum and Kent Shirley
• And Professional Photography 101 - A “Boot Camp” for photographers who have been in photography for less than a couple of yours or for those who are considering getting into professional photography.

Pick your path and the cost is ONLY $399 for mempers of the Professional Photographers Association of Oklahoma.  An aspiring photographer is only $50.00 per year, an Active photographer is $90.00 per year.  So even if you have to pay to join the PPOK as an Active photographer, the cost is less than $500.00.  This will be the best money you could spend on a seminar.

Here are some photos of a beautiful bride that I photographed at a recent wedding at the Thunderbird Wedding Chapel in Norman, OK http://www.thunderbirdchapel.com 

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 June 22-26 2008  Mark Your Calendars!

I copied their graphic off their website, I hope they don’t mind.  Their website is http://www.pposchool.com.

The school is coming again and I’m very much looking forward to it.  I attended for the first time last year and I loved it so much I’m not only going back, I’m going back to hear the same instructor.  I learned enough about photography to comfortably start booking appointments and photographing all kinds of people. 

During the last year, I’ve photographed several seniors, several families and several weddings.  I have also met and worked with several photographers in Oklahoma and Texas.  The education I got last year at PPO School has more than paid for itself.

If you love photography  and want to learn more or if you are considering photography as a professional career then you are sure to get something valuable and useful.  I’m not being paid for this message in any way.  I’m just letting people know about it because it’s not marketed on the internet that well.  I had been looking for schools or seminars, on the internet, where I could learn more about photography for years.  Somehow PPO School never made it into my web browser even though I searching for this specific thing!   It’s a great experience! it’s fun and educational!  The classes are small enough to get really personalized attention and the price is unbeatable for the quality of information you get.  People come to this school from Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana.  Last year, I met 3 other photographers that were in John Woodward’s class that were from out of Oklahoma.

 I look forward to meeting you there!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth, just haven’t been able to update this particular BLOG in a while.  I’ve been busy making photographs and keeping everything going on the home front.  Oh an I had to have a surgery a couple of weeks ago that kept me pretty well unable to do anyting for very long.

 Obviously a lot has happened since my last post and I’ll be doing my best during the next couple of days to get everyone all caught up.  More to follow!