Friendly reminder! June 20 Deadline to apply! So don’t forget to apply for your self, or someone you know!

Erica Velasco Photographers is looking for high energy, outgoing, and involved high school juniors who will be graduating from any high school in the Rio Grande Valley area in 2011 (Harlingen, McAllen, Edinburg, Brownsville, etc). This is your opportunity to have your senior portraits taken for FREE and earn awesome photo rewards! A signed model release will be required by your parents. The process is selective and I will only choose one to two senior models per high school (one female and one male). If you’re interested in finding out more, please fill out this form.

Deadline to apply is June 20th. We will let all the chosen models know of their selection on June 21st.

Sessions will be held in the fall so you can share with your friends and get referral rewards!

So please apply and let your friends know!

This week I’m going to highlight a great new action set I stumbled upon at WPPI. I happened to see this booth for BRAND NEW actions called Life. Camera. Actions. They were officially launched at WPPI, so they may be new to you other photogs out there. I checked them out and, Brett the inventor, showed me a tutorial of the actions in action. Haha. Sorry, I know I’m lame, but I totally laugh at my own sad jokes. Moving on….I really liked them and thought they fit the look of my post-processing. Then later that night, I ran into Brett again at a small gathering for Photog Shootout alumni. So I chatted with him a bit more. Turns out he’s a pretty cool guy! And his actions are just as cool too. He’s a photographer as well, so he knows what he’s doing!

So I thought I’d show him some love and share them with you today. Here are some before and afters of the actions. You can check them out yourself at the Life. Camera. Actions. website. Check them out, I bet you’ll love them like I do!

There are two sets of actions that you can purchase, Vintage Touch actions and the Texture Pack. I’m specifically only showing you the texture actions from both sets of actions. I wanted to try a grungier look for some mock senior session photos I shot recently at a photog get together.

*****EDIT!   Brett saw the post and was so excited he is offering you a discount! It is for 20% off, use the code VELASCO when you check out! That is for everything in the store! This offer expires on April 30, 2010.*****

All before’s are color corrected and balanced.

These two are from the Vintage Touch actions. Some of these textured actions have a slightly toned color. I like the warmth that Paper Cut gives.

This is a new fav! These actions are so easy to use. Just run them, they are fast – even the texture actions, and then paint out what you don’t want texturized. And you are done! You can always adjust the layers to your liking.

From the Texture Pack

I like so many on this one, so I did three samples! So here is the Original….

And here are the three versions using the Texture Pack.

I LUV Night Owl from the Vintage Touch actions.

Haha I love the name of this one. And the tone is great! (Texture Pack)

This is a great one…paper cut. I used it before but I think it works great on this image.

Vintage Touch actions

Loving this one from the Vintage Touch actions.

Concrete Evidence from the Texture Pack is awesome! Loving the antique tonal quality to it.

Another new fav!

Texture Pack

So I urge you to go check them out! Visit Life. Camera. Actions. for more info! BTW, I’m not getting paid to do this =) Just sharing the love one photog to another!

*****EDIT!

Brett saw the post and was so excited he is offering you a discount! It is for 20% off, use the code VELASCO when you check out! That is for everything in the store! This offer expires on April 30, 2010.

Loving this new slideshow program! And the rest of Katie’s senior session!

I had my first horse and senior shoot a few weeks ago! How fun is that! I used to love horses growing up and totally wanted to have one and compete in shows. But like many of my childhood dreams…hehe anyway…

Katie is a high school senior who wanted some photos to remember her year by…a bit late but it doesn’t matter! She’s going to college back home and will be taking her horse with her. She’s had him for years and used to compete with him back home. I had so much fun! I love working with animals and their parents =) It can be challenging at times, but if you don’t have too many high expectations, I usually come up with some great images!

Enjoy the peak!

I’m looking for high school senior spokes models! Hey you 2010 seniors, I’m looking for you and I’m ready to give you something back for your referrals. You can earn print credit toward your senior portraits, gift certificates, iTunes cards, the sky is the limit! All I ask is that you help promote my services to your friends and family that are graduating too! That’s it! Check out the benefits below.

If interested, email me at erica@visionphotographs.com and I will send you an application. I’m looking for active seniors that are involved at their schools or in the community. So if you fit the bill, email me soon! I only accept two students per school.

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