Andrew Niesen

Howdy from Arizona! The LaCour team is hidden away in Red Rock Country, in an undisclosed location, engaging in strategic planning sessions. Don't worry, we have managed to set aside time to relax in the nearby hot tub, enjoy some great meals and gorgeous hiking trails! Stay tuned for updates from our trip out West. In the meantime, check out these hilarious head shots.



Anybody seen Mark?

Two months ago I explained how to add your own custom header to a new blogger blog. A few people still had some trouble and I just wanted to share a great resource. There is a more extensive article on this blog. And it also has a lot of other great resources for those of you who use blogger.

Check out the Testing Blogger Beta (now New Blogger) blog.

One of my favorite quotes from poet Emily Dickinson is

"My friends are my estate."

I am incredibly grateful because I am surrounded by friends who remind me what it truly means to be rich! Two of our newest photographer friends, Delaney Holliman and Tammy Chambers, assisted us at a wedding this weekend and they reminded us how lucky we are to have giving, talented people in our lives! Thanks guys for everything you did to make our visit in Macon smooth and fun! And thanks for introducing us to The Tic Toc Room. We enjoyed a late-night bottle of wine and tapas after a busy day of shooting!

Last weekend, Erin and I photographed the wedding of our good friends, Jen Sens and Eric Larson. Eric and Jen photographed our wedding in August. Check our their wedding photography website.

There were about 50 pro photographers at their wedding - which is always a challenge to shoot, because you feel like everyone is watching what you're doing to see if you're getting the best shot/angle. But it was fun to have so many talented photographers there. The coverage of their wedding should be nothing short of spectacular!

I wanted to share an awesome movie clip that Eric put together and emailed everyone. You HAVE TO SEE THIS! It's hilarious. Cy Cyr set up a photo studio with a remote trigger for the guests to shoot pictures of themselves. As you can imagine, we didn't have to shoot very many group pictures ourselves, we just sent them to the photo studio! The resulting movie clip is a time lapse of all the pictures taken at the photo studio. 1300 images at 10 frames per second.

**Click Here to watch the clip!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Thirst Relief Benefit Auction! We look forward to meeting the winning bidder, "KCarter," in Las Vegas and/or at our Business of Storytelling workshop in April! The LaCour team is honored and humbled that you invested in a mentoring session with us, and we truly believe that we all can learn from each other -- that's why this industry is so wonderful! It's all about creative collaboration. So, "KCarter," email us anytime at info@lacourphoto.com because we can't wait to get to know you!