Monthly Archives: February 2007

It sure is nice outside…

I look out at the crystal blue sky and yearn to go play! But, as I’m sure a lot of you out there can relate, it is cold and flu season and half of my family has it bad including me. (Thus the neglect of the blog.) Well, I hope to get back in the swing of things soon.

In the mean time, I’ve caught up on some video games and some reading. Oh, and I managed to create a promo poster for a super great band based in San Diego, CA. Compass Rose is their name and they are the rockinest bunch of hippies around. They’ll be coming this way for SXSW on March 16th at the Irie Bean Cafe on South Lamar. I can’t wait!!!

I have also developed a super-technical highly effective flash diffuser, the idea of which I am SURE I will be able to sell to the big camera manufacturers. Please do try this at home! Introducing the Toilet Paper Bounce Flash! When moments won’t wait for you to light correctly, simply take a square of toilet paper, hold it in the palm of your hand at a 45 degree angle from your flash so that the light bounces up instead of foward and viola! a beautifully lit professional shot of your gorgeous baby in the bathtub!

More tips to come as the mother of invention dictates!

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Pronto Portrait Session Dates

March 24th & 25th in North San Diego County!

Now scheduling Pronto Portrait Package Sessions for March 24th & 25th. Sessions are $175 and include 30 minutes, 30 pictures, a CD of your images, online hosing and ordering interface and a web slideshow! Contact the studio to reserve your time slot. Space is limited!
The Pronto Portrait Package is perfect for families who don’t have a lot of time to have their portraits made. These are fun, relaxed, informal sessions on the beach or at a park. You get 30 minutes with a professional photographer following you around while you spend quality time with the ones you love! What could be better?

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Pronto Portrait Sessions in San Diego!

Stay tuned for details on location, dates and times!

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Announcing the Pronto Portrait Package and free Digital Negatives!

March 10th – Sunchase Park between Mackenzie and Tierra Blanco.

$175 session fee includes:
30 minutes
30 pictures
CD of high resolution images
Online hosting
Slideshow

It’s hard to find time to fit in a portrait session with everything else going on! We’re busy parents, too. But, we always find time to fit in quality time with our kids and loved ones. Why not spend some quality time with your family AND have us document it? Sessions include 30 minutes of time hanging out with you at a kid friendly park setting. Meet us at the park and I’ll follow you around documenting the fun! Only six sessions will be scheduled, so contact the studio ASAP to book your timeslot. The first three sessions booked will recieve $25 off their session fee.

Of course a regular portrait session can also be scheduled at a location of your choosing for as much time as you want. $250 includes unlimited images, online hosting, slideshow and CD and two matted 5 x 7 prints.

March Portrait Session special: CDs (high resolution digital negatives) will be offered with all portrait session packages booked in March.

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The Held Family

In honor of the first ever Anna Zatopek Photography blog post, I’d like to share a very special slideshow. This is my best girlfriend and her family. I got to photograph them this past weekend during their visit to Austin. I miss them so and wish they lived next door, but at least I got to spend some quality time with her baby boy for the first time ever. He was a bit wary of the camera until I showed him how to release the shutter and then he’d clap for joy! He kept running up to me and looking right into the camera and saying “DAT!” That meant he wanted to do it again. Such a sweetie and so precious. I miss them already!

View it here.

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