tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58382759184864448552012-02-15T23:51:41.686-08:00Photographer/DP/Editor - freelancer in Los Angeles, CA. Available for Still Photography, Videography and Editing. Over a decade experience, with several hundreds of satisfied customers, well equipped for still and motion picture also a Home Studio for Post Production. Not the cheapest guy in town, but when you need someone technical with years and years of experience I'm your guy!Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-21458226763877785042011-05-27T11:10:00.000-07:002011-05-27T11:40:54.714-07:00SmugMug LA User Group - had a great group shoot last nigh at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn. The Theme was 50's style pinup. It was a great turnout, I believe there were around 50 Photographers. Only 3 models which looked like a challenge but after all everyone was very civilized and people had the chance to take their turn. The whole event was going on for about 3 hours, there were 3 different lighting setups, people pitched in with food and snacks, the models brought a few outfits and were extremely patient with everyone, so you could not ask for more. The Photographers were from all levels of Photography and a lot of them brought interesting new gadgets, so the room was quite busy and full of interaction. I have seen people showing equipment, skills and techniques to others that just turned the whole atmosphere into a warm welcoming environment.<br /><br />The SmugMug La User Group host monthly events ( more about it at : - <a href="http://www.meetup.com/LASmugMug/">meetup.com/LASmugMug</a> or on facebook - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_104717833249">http://www.facebook.com/group_104717833249</a>). The group is leader is <a href="http://www.chrisschmittphotography.com/">Chris Schmitt</a> ( and Tom Galassi as Assistant Organizer )who just recently took over this group and really shook things up in a good way. He brought a whole new level of interaction and learning experiences to the group - so if you live in LA and you are a Photographer, specially if you use <a href="http://www.smugmug.com">SmugMug</a> this is the right place to start socializing and learning. Below you will find some of the shots I have grabbed at the event. A faithful and regular sponsor of these events is the <a href="http://www.aphotolearningcenter.com/">Photo Learning Center</a> - who also provided I believe all the equipment to the Pinup shoot mentioned above. Which means hands on training for new photographers and given the fact that its a free group to join this is just an amazing value for the beginners. So go check out <a href="http://www.smugmug.com">SmugMug</a>:)<br /><br />and here is a <a href="http://youtu.be/DRJBhXkPTO8">timelapse</a> of the event - enjoy!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2145822676387778504?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-88762468590742769492011-05-27T10:42:00.003-07:002011-05-27T10:46:56.628-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="281" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=9ca39351fa&photo_id=5765142501&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=9ca39351fa&photo_id=5765142501&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="281" width="500"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765142501/">PINUP SHOOT</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style - quick video of my stills in motion :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8876246859074276949?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-20637504289219373022011-05-27T10:42:00.001-07:002011-05-27T10:42:02.297-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765650236/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5765650236_9a3bb31881.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765650236/">pinup-132</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2063750428921937302?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-31977166706688427912011-05-27T10:41:00.003-07:002011-05-27T10:41:46.126-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765649544/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2212/5765649544_0a53fe040d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765649544/">pinup-126</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3197716670668842791?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-26597117285886205822011-05-27T10:41:00.001-07:002011-05-27T10:41:09.545-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765099507/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5765099507_a676959210.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765099507/">pinup-108</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2659711728588620582?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-46216177030454129032011-05-27T10:40:00.003-07:002011-05-27T10:40:54.354-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765646666/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5765646666_c2facccd3e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765646666/">pinup-102</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-4621617703045412903?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-74131460875936771962011-05-27T10:40:00.001-07:002011-05-27T10:40:33.899-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765099155/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/5765099155_c72b2f03e9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765099155/">pinup-105</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-7413146087593677196?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-9570513551646438902011-05-27T10:39:00.001-07:002011-05-27T10:39:41.586-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765104309/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5765104309_2d687c4865.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765104309/">pinup-147</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot - 50's Pinup Style :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-957051355164643890?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-27203582040962076372011-05-27T10:38:00.001-07:002011-05-27T10:38:57.219-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765105085/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2495/5765105085_171d35ae36.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5765105085/">pinup-153</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Picture from The SmugMugLA group shoot</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2720358204096207637?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-10304967267609861612011-05-22T12:27:00.001-07:002011-05-22T12:27:42.509-07:00I just did a quick Promotional video for my site <a href="http://www.csabafikker.com">www.csabafikker.com</a> - I figured people like to watch videos this might be another avenue to grab potential clients eyesight.<br />I will be including these type of video marketing pieces in my future advertising campaigns. Any thoughts? am I way out there with this type of promo pieces?<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24083031?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=1" width="398" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-1030496726760986161?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-73027881447183048732011-05-21T13:41:00.000-07:002011-05-22T15:40:13.213-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkUcGMzog1c/TdgjX5NdVtI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Cme4ROH1MyI/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-05-21%2Bat%2B1.40.03%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="254" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zkUcGMzog1c/TdgjX5NdVtI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Cme4ROH1MyI/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-05-21%2Bat%2B1.40.03%2BPM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Three days ago I have launched my new Photography website <a href="http://www.csabafikker.com">www.csabafikker.com</a> and i have launched a large scale advertising campaign simultaneously. The results in the past 72 hours were amazing. I have quadrupled my Twitter followers and I went from 23 fans on my Csaba Fikker Photography Facebook page to close to 500 Fans, my site had 18,000 hits in 72 hours and I booked my first job this morning as a result of this campaign.<br /><br />I'm still learning the whole process but I'm loving the results and here are some of the things that I did and I can share with you.<br /><br />-1) Designed a kick ass <a href="http://csabafikker.com">website</a>, took me over a month:)<br /><br />-2) I created a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-California/Csaba-Fikker-Photography/361000681225">Facebook Fan</a> Page<br /><br />-3) Redesigned my <a href="http://twitter.com/csaba_fikker">Twitter</a> Account<br /><br />-4) Created a <a href="http://csabafikkerphotography.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> Account<br /><br />-5) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Flickr Account</a><br /><br />-6) <a href="http://www.igotsnapped.com/">SmugMug Pro Account</a> - this is where I load all my clients photos<br /><br />-7)Linked all the accounts together - exmpl. anytime I post something on Flickr it will be grabbed by Tumblr and posted as a Twitter and create a note of it on My Facebook Page. Right there you have an automated system where you create pages and links instantly as soon as you post images.<br /><br />8) <a href="http://twiends.com/?i=cfikker">TWIENDS.COM</a> Account - this seems to be important but not sure of the long term value yet. <a href="http://twiends.com/?i=cfikker">Twiends.com</a> so far brought me the most traffic, most twitter followers and Facebook Fans.<br /><br />9) Created an <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=216971778330484">event on Facebook for the Launch of my website where I have invited all my 650 Friends</a><br /><br />10) I created a Promotional Giveaway Photo Shoot Package that can be won as long as you like my Facebook Fan page.<br /><br />Looking at the results in 72 hours this is looking like a winner. I have a 400% larger following base that I can start marketing to in the following days. Also by keeping all my fans interacting it also helps spreading the word, higher rankings, more page and portfolio views etc.<br /><br />I'm planing on Phase two of this campaign in about 10 days and I will sure write about it here on <a href="http://freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com/">Freelance-Lifestyle</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nb9vo_2oEuc/TdmQmhUAs6I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/JsG6zSaqchw/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-05-22%2Bat%2B3.38.29%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="307" width="184" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nb9vo_2oEuc/TdmQmhUAs6I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/JsG6zSaqchw/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-05-22%2Bat%2B3.38.29%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-7302788144718304873?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-36258318006744588272011-05-19T21:40:00.000-07:002011-05-21T10:46:17.780-07:00After a month of hard work I have finally Launched my new site <a href="http://www.csabafikker.com">www.csabafikker.com<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_JLjpsTAW4/TdXwr20GMzI/AAAAAAAAAQs/t5Oer6AT3G4/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="129" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D_JLjpsTAW4/TdXwr20GMzI/AAAAAAAAAQs/t5Oer6AT3G4/s400/6.jpg" /></a></div><br /></a>. I would like to invite you all to go see some of my work, the services I offer and just to let me know how bad ass the site looks:)<br /><br />WIN a $800 PHOTO SHOOT PACKAGE!!!<br /><br />One lucky person will be randomly selected for a 3 hour outdoor photo shoot in the Los Angeles area. The Package Includes:<br /><br />- a 3 hour outdoor photo session<br />- Professional Hair and Makeup<br />- 2 Professionally Retouched Photos<br />- 1X 13"x19" Large Print<br />- Online Photo Gallery<br /><br />to Enter this contest all you have to do is visit my FB Fan Page at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Csaba-Fikker-Photography/361000681225">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Csaba-Fikker-Photography/361000681225</a><br /><br />click on "LIKE" and leave a comment.<br />*If You Already LIKE'd my page just leave a comment and you will be entered as well.<br /><br />On June 1st 2011 one random Winner will be selected and announced on my Fan Page.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3625831800674458827?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-2398974804784377752011-05-17T11:27:00.001-07:002011-05-17T11:27:24.363-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5730283887/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/5730283887_8e4ac546fc.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5730283887/">Steel Pulse-65.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Steel Pulse Concert Pictures up on www.IGotSnapped.com</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-239897480478437775?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-1939419783125851822011-05-17T11:25:00.001-07:002011-05-17T11:25:32.939-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5730280205/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/5730280205_467f7c149c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5730280205/">Steel Pulse-254.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Saturday night I went out to shoot and I ended up at a Great Steel Pulse Concert at Canyon Club, Ca - more Pictures from the concert can be found at http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/PublicEvents/Steel-Pulse-Concert</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-193941978312585182?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-45690580110512468512011-05-03T14:02:00.001-07:002011-05-21T13:56:00.652-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-4569058011051246851?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-20439274343134942762011-05-02T12:09:00.001-07:002011-05-02T12:09:46.328-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5681045588/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5681045588_3382e5db82.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5681045588/">Strange Days Concert</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2043927434313494276?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-23324374532762720742011-05-02T12:07:00.001-07:002011-05-02T12:07:19.761-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5681050236/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5681050236_cbaeceab7c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5681050236/">Strange Days Concert</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>If you ever wanted to relive The Doors, and see Jim Morrison the closest thing to that might be Strange Days a Doors Tribute Band from California. The Guitar Player Robert Carston has actually played with the Doors - and the Singe Jason Tosta sound just Like Jim Morrison, They throw down a hell of a show and they sound so close to the original thing that you do not need a drink or two to believe its the real thing.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2332437453276272074?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-70949611807421715682011-03-15T17:52:00.001-07:002011-03-17T13:26:50.948-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-7094961180742171568?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-68872429892578804852011-03-15T13:39:00.001-07:002011-03-15T13:39:59.733-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5529634885/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5529634885_6e9962af00.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5529634885/">untitled-301.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-6887242989257880485?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-25055448144447263402011-03-15T04:35:00.001-07:002011-03-15T04:35:10.090-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5529091360/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5529091360_cc292774a7.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5529091360/">untitled-112.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2505544814444726340?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-87681574563528381072011-03-15T04:34:00.003-07:002011-03-15T04:34:37.273-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528498803/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5528498803_84879b9ded.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528498803/">untitled-94.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8768157456352838107?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-53398739835847621412011-03-15T04:34:00.001-07:002011-03-15T04:34:10.216-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528370119/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5180/5528370119_aba4da1ae1.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528370119/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-5339873983584762141?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-8826817829899909642011-03-15T04:33:00.001-07:002011-03-15T04:33:04.024-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528957184/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5528957184_9f687ddf7a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528957184/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-882681782989990964?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-63078938411442593342011-03-15T04:32:00.003-07:002011-03-15T04:32:41.651-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528956334/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5528956334_0c79e63c3e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528956334/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-6307893841144259334?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-58060513243612498812011-03-15T04:32:00.001-07:002011-03-15T04:32:16.656-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528367461/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5528367461_88ddb17c98.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528367461/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-5806051324361249881?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-12854522579837659452011-03-15T04:31:00.003-07:002011-03-15T04:31:50.185-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528366077/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5015/5528366077_7c158b6c5f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528366077/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-1285452257983765945?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-38901851739760610852011-03-15T04:31:00.001-07:002011-03-15T04:31:20.125-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528364641/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5528364641_971c3021f8.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528364641/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3890185173976061085?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-56493844619334867422011-03-15T04:30:00.003-07:002011-03-15T04:30:48.877-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528363633/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5528363633_a2c245c798.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528363633/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-5649384461933486742?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-34434423716278321032011-03-15T04:30:00.001-07:002011-03-15T04:30:20.239-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528362573/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5528362573_afa6a3a3ff.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528362573/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3443442371627832103?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-81378630954327960972011-03-15T02:35:00.001-07:002011-03-15T02:35:52.390-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528362573/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5528362573_afa6a3a3ff.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528362573/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8137863095432796097?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-35782326949801201002011-03-15T02:31:00.001-07:002011-03-15T02:31:13.886-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528361883/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5528361883_f092874b1d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5528361883/">Lauren Elaine FW2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Amazing Fashion Show Tonight, Lauren Elaine presented the FW2011 with the title of "Unmasked".<br />The runway show was opened by a ballerina, the setting was amazing ...<br />More to come!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3578232694980120100?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-89483351127963370022011-03-13T17:53:00.001-07:002011-03-13T17:53:44.232-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5519461479/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5519461479_9f3588168a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5519461479/">Eva Varro 2011-293-Edit.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8948335112796337002?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-88917121263102485012011-03-13T17:50:00.001-07:002011-03-13T17:50:43.772-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5520085006/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5520085006_83b43ceff0.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5520085006/">Eva Varro 2011-224.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8891712126310248501?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-36219323102802628392011-03-13T17:47:00.001-07:002011-03-13T17:47:42.262-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5519519125/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5519519125_91edbcc4af.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5519519125/">Eva Varro 2011-189.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3621932310280262839?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-38396441194104143502011-03-13T17:43:00.001-07:002011-03-13T17:43:49.324-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5520122824/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5520122824_143e1a7a19.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5520122824/">Eva Varro 2011-166.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3839644119410414350?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-47722074676211818352011-03-13T17:38:00.001-07:002011-03-13T17:38:29.593-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5519589123/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/5519589123_8bd365800c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5519589123/">Eva Varro 2011-79.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-4772207467621181835?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-66467464121282449842011-03-13T17:35:00.001-07:002011-03-13T17:35:12.054-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5520227076/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5058/5520227076_eb2d491105.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5520227076/">Eva Varro 2011-25.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-6646746412128244984?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-31571943932607197402011-02-05T00:44:00.000-08:002011-02-05T00:45:35.838-08:00I have just finished a Photo shoot for a dear friend. He brought over his White German Shepherd Puppy named Cutty. This guy was just adorable, but since I have never shot puppies before I had no idea how hard it is to light and keep this guy in place. At any rate an hour later we finally ended up with some 100 great shots. And this is where<br />MagCloud.com comes in place - downloaded the images to lightroom - uploaded 58 of them to Flickr and Voila! - Open MagCloud and 10 minutes later Publish the cute Cutty in his own magazine. Its priceless to think that in a couple of days from now I can hand a 58 page nicely printed publication to my client. Technology in our age just rocks!!!<br />here is a link to the publication so you can see what can be done in 10 minutes for less than $20<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:475px;background:#F6F6F6;border:7px solid #F6F6F6;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px; color: #383131;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/159505/follow"> <img src="http://api.magcloud.com/Issue/159505/Page/0/Preview?__v=12006" style="width:308px;margin-right:15px;float:left;border:0;" alt="Csaba Fikker Photography" /> </a> <div style="width:275px;float:left;"><p style="margin:3px 0 18px 0;"><span style="color:#383131;font-size:16px;line-height:21px;margin:0;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">CUTTY Issue 1:</span> </p><div style="margin:-15px 0 0 0;"><h3 style="margin:0;font-size:17px;line-height:21px;"><a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/159505/follow" style="color:#0E467D;text-decoration: none;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;"> Csaba Fikker Photography </a> </h3></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;font-size:11px;line-height:21px;"><em> By <a href="http://www.magcloud.com/user/cfikker" style="color:#0E467D;text-decoration: none;">csaba fikker</a> in <a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Category/pets" style="color:#0E467D;text-decoration: none;">Pets</a> </em> </div><div style="margin:7px 0 0 0;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">Photo Session with Cutty the ohhh... so cute and adorable White German Puppy </div><div style="margin:0;"><a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/159505/follow"> <img src="http://www.magcloud.com/images/promote/medium-widget-foot.png" alt="Find out more on MagCloud" border="0" style="margin:19px 0 6px 0;border:0;" /> </a> </div></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3157194393260719740?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-38529660241937896852011-01-31T19:12:00.000-08:002011-01-31T19:14:01.736-08:00I have finally compiled a series of Black and White Photos I have shot during a trip last Year in Death Valley to put into a publication. I have just published the 40 page 8x10 Photo Book ( Magazine ) trough MagCloud.<br />The process is easy and the results are beyond fantastic. I have received the proof today and the paper quality and print are both just simply amazing.<br />You can view or buy the publication here:<br /><br /><div style="width:485px;background-color:#F6F6F6;border:7px solid #F6F6F6;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px; color: #383131;"><a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/156292/follow"> <img src="http://api.magcloud.com/Issue/156292/Page/0/Preview?__v=119c8" style="width:150px; float: left; margin-right:15px;border:0;" alt="Death Valley 2010" /> </a> <div style="width:435px;float:left;"><p style="margin:4px 0 0 0;"><span style="color:#383131;font-size:16px;line-height:21px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Death Valley 2010 Issue 1:</span> <a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/156292/follow" style="color:#0E467D;font-size:16px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Death Valley 2010</a> </p><p style="margin:9px 0 0 0;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">A personal Black and White Experience of Death Valley - Photographed in 2010 </p><p style="margin:0;"><a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/156292/follow"> <img src="http://www.magcloud.com/images/promote/medium-widget-foot.png" alt="Find out more on MagCloud" style="margin:19px 0 6px 0;border:0;" /> </a> </p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div><br /><span id="goog_1191106360"></span><span id="goog_1191106361"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><br /><br />The whole idea about this publication/compilation is that I would like to show it around a couple of galleries and see if someone would be interested in picking 20 or less pieces out of the 40 to do a show. I have figured that it is a lot cheaper for me to do a publication and do the shopping this way instead of printing 20 large canvases and carry those around. The other option of course would be to do a large portfolio of like 13x19 prints and carry that around. I'm not much of a "Hit the Pavement" kind of a guy, I guess the personal rejections would probably discourage me to go into the next gallery and so on ,also when I look at the economics of this publication it just makes more sense to have these 8x10 booklets printed and mailed to the appropriate galleries instead of me going to shop from gallery to gallery. I guess I will find out the results as soon as I start mailing these out. And as Soon as I know about the Results so will You so You can go ahead and do the same.<br /><br />In the mean time go ahead and check out MAGCLOUD.COM - publishing is easy and its affordable to anyone - you can also import your flicker Galleries and have a publication ready in minutes. I think this might be just the next best thing for any photographer. I'm already thinking of making a 40- 80 page publication of every vacation I have ever done with a camera as well as all my portfolios separated in different publications, such as Fashion Portfolio, Abstract, Portrait etc. Etc. <br />Sky is the limit with this tool and did I mention its truly affordable to anyone.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3852966024193789685?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-50687719280085001552010-12-22T18:22:00.001-08:002010-12-22T18:24:28.095-08:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5282259205/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5282259205_a25531688f.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5282259205/">Screen shot 2010-12-22 at 3.34.32 AM</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-5068771928008500155?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-84634825331037151032010-11-28T03:24:00.001-08:002010-11-28T03:45:26.713-08:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5213659031/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5213659031_25b5a150ed.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5213659031/">Goat Milk Clothing 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>Just finished an interesting Photo shoot for Goat Milk Clothing. The two models were Casey Ruggieri and Candice Lam. The setup was done in my small 450sft Home Studio with a Norman 808m pack and 4 heads. <br />I could use a bit of distance for sure but it looks like I managed even a 5'11' model at full body - her being about 3 feet from the backdrop. Styling was done by the clothing designer Zainab Outlaw, and posing was somewhat freestyle as well as I had quite a bit of freedom in choosing my lighting setups. It was a lot of fun and Looking at the results I'm quite happy pulling this off with 800 w/sec pack with 4 heads and a two car garage turned into a studio.<br />PS: Light Modifiers such as silk flags and 2 white bounce boards were also used in this setup - also a small amount of vignetting was added to some of the photos to accentuate the already round spot created by my low light that is behind the models.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9d1EZ5MI/AAAAAAAAACo/wBiRqhlv1wc/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.30.35+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9d1EZ5MI/AAAAAAAAACo/wBiRqhlv1wc/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.30.35+AM.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9ggWlRII/AAAAAAAAACs/cjftBFSn1Wo/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.29.13+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9ggWlRII/AAAAAAAAACs/cjftBFSn1Wo/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.29.13+AM.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9kpb0BvI/AAAAAAAAACw/t2C3hjfxN2Q/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.30.10+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9kpb0BvI/AAAAAAAAACw/t2C3hjfxN2Q/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.30.10+AM.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9nD6XX4I/AAAAAAAAAC0/ATOUG9mL1UI/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.29.33+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TPI9nD6XX4I/AAAAAAAAAC0/ATOUG9mL1UI/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-28+at+3.29.33+AM.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8463482533103715103?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-21110132529612066232010-11-11T02:31:00.000-08:002010-11-11T02:32:29.626-08:00<object height="295" style="background-image: url(&quot;http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/ntg8ucjEip4/hqdefault.jpg&quot;);" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntg8ucjEip4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntg8ucjEip4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2111013252961206623?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-43149012623370250962010-11-06T19:12:00.001-07:002010-11-07T16:54:39.621-08:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5152608792/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/5152608792_f1d044883b.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5152608792/">Hope4Children Charity Gala- Fashion Show - Nov.5th Hollywood -</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>Last Night - Nov5th. 2010 - I had a chance to shoot an amazing Charity Fashion Show event at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel.<br /><br />The event was a H.O.P.E 4 Children Charity Gala event with an amazing lineup of designers and models. La Models provided the Models, and most of the Designers were from Project Runway - such as my favorite collection of Jerell Scott, who took 4th place in season 5. - also Sterling Williams, Mila Hermanovski and Octavio Carlin<br /><br />The Runway had a very nice distance to it, lighting as usual not enough but all conditions provided I decided to shoot this event with my Canon 100mm 2.8 L lens. The lens was fast and focus was quick and accurate. I had to crank it up to ISO 1600 and choose 160th with 4.5 f Stop. It was risky but overall I'm very pleased with the results. So much as a matter of fact that I had with me my standard 70-200 2.8L and a 24-70 2.8 L and I do not regret going with a prime lens like the 100mm from Canon.<br /><br />The event was quite entertaining, the lineups were just fabulous and I heard the $500 dinners were great as well. My wife Shari helped at this star studded event as a volunteer as well, we figured this would be a nice thing for both of us to do as a give back to the community and of course it came with perks such as I got to pose with actress Bai Ling and I had a chance to shoot her for about 15 minutes with my friend Kai He, and all i have to say She loves the Camera.<br /><br />My Pictures of the event can be found at:<br /><a href="http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/Hope4Children-Charity-Gala">http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/Hope4Children-Charity-Gala</a><br /><br />and I will also post a couple more right here on my blog.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNdKPvK9MSI/AAAAAAAAACk/wXxesggvrUE/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-07+at+4.53.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNdKPvK9MSI/AAAAAAAAACk/wXxesggvrUE/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-07+at+4.53.28+PM.png" width="427" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNYMBvAyweI/AAAAAAAAACY/7HB0dmovNoc/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-06+at+7.15.53+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNYMBvAyweI/AAAAAAAAACY/7HB0dmovNoc/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-06+at+7.15.53+PM.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNYMIIjNrGI/AAAAAAAAACc/aR05h6QbJl0/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-06+at+7.14.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNYMIIjNrGI/AAAAAAAAACc/aR05h6QbJl0/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-06+at+7.14.46+PM.png" width="441" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNYMMc6N4KI/AAAAAAAAACg/py9hOvqGJ-k/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-06+at+7.13.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TNYMMc6N4KI/AAAAAAAAACg/py9hOvqGJ-k/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-06+at+7.13.58+PM.png" width="441" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-4314901262337025096?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-86107182145646847312010-10-28T16:27:00.001-07:002010-10-28T16:32:40.852-07:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5124579866/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/5124579866_0a35a02b77.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="425" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5124579866/">Graffinis Spec PhotoShoot</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>Interesting day I had today. Started the day early - at 4;30 am - met up with the crew in Hollywood at 6am to shoot a swimwear designed by Graffinis. I was supposed to shoot this at dawn on Hollywood Blvd. We originally intended to have the Hollywood Stars and a couple of Palm trees in the Background. The cops were circling around us like sharks, so not having a permit made me nervous enough that I could only snap a couple of photos of the model half naked freezing while drivers were yelling comments. Not wanting to risk my equipment ( In LA they take your Equipment if you have no photo permit and they catch you shooting - and the City being bankrupt and all its probably not helping) we desided to go down to the Santa Monica Beach under the Boardwalk.<br />It was a great Idea, I like how the images turned out, it was one of those rare days when there was no haze - Amazing!<br /><br />I ended up using a Canon 580EXII as my main light - attached to the Canon 5DMKII with a cord and I used a Canon 550EX as a secondary flash. I always shoot in full manual mode the flashes I have left on ETTL. I came home with some 500 images from which I think there are a couple dozen that I'm proud of. I processed the images in Lightroom 3.0 - lately i have a tendency to develop a color scheme for each shoot and sometimes I use some of the old saved ones, at this point I have a long list of my own presets but from my experience you rarely have a chance to use the best setting on the new photos - probably because each shoot has its own look and feel.<br />- more photos from this photo shoot can be found at <br />http://www.igotsnapped.com/People-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/Graffinis-PhotoShoot-Oct-28th<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TMoH9QOTriI/AAAAAAAAACM/TXF0C7gS-2k/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-28+at+4.31.22+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TMoH9QOTriI/AAAAAAAAACM/TXF0C7gS-2k/s640/Screen+shot+2010-10-28+at+4.31.22+PM.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8610718214564684731?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-26263637295283272652010-10-19T06:01:00.001-07:002010-10-19T06:02:56.644-07:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5095939577/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5095939577_0a7dfc5a35.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="426" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5095939577/">Heart Attack Fashion Show, Oct 16th 2010 - Vanguard Hollywood, Ca - Photography by Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>Well, this was a disaster. I was invited to shoot a True Religion Fashion show on he 16th. I show up and there is no True Religion instead its Heart Attack. The models are sent upstairs in the Hollywood club named Vanguard, its 120 degrees up there, not a pretty sight. I ended up walking away from the show before it started since it was about 2 hour late, the club is really not set up for any decent shows anyways.And never mind the dance floor was packed with drunk kids so as soon as someone spilled some drink on my 27-70 L lens I was out of there. Never the less I managed to grab a couple of shots of my friend Johnny G in Heart Attack outfit with a couple of models behind the scenes. This way I feel like I got something out of my parking ticket :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2626363729528327265?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-27419402136769228182010-10-19T05:49:00.001-07:002010-10-19T05:51:12.013-07:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5096079563/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5096079563_8fabb75f68.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5096079563/">RAW Fashion Show - Parris Harris Production Oct 14th 2010</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span><br /><br /></div>While, waiting for My Final Cut to render my current project that is overdue (Its like 5 Am ) I had some time to kill and I have just finished retouching and organizing the RAW Fashion Show from October 14th photos. There are some real nice pieces in here that I like. <br />The firs fashion designer whos show I have finished is Enriquito Ferra.<br />I love his work, nice variety, some of the stuff is just absolutely stunning<br />and I loved 90%of the model choices as well. <br /><br />Click the picture to see some of the photos from the Show.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2741940213676922818?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-12159531442522990152010-10-15T12:03:00.001-07:002010-10-15T12:10:41.975-07:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5083626586/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5083626586_c6f531bb92.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5083626586/">RAW Fashion Show - Parris Harris Production Oct 14th 2010</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>Yesterday on October 14th - My friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Johnny-Giosa/">Jhonny Giosa</a> called me to let me know he was doing hair on one of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/parrisharris">Parris Haris</a> fashion show productions and asked me if I would be interested to shoot the show.<br /><br />I could not be happier that I said yes to it, even with sitting in traffic, valet parking fee and a decent size bar tab it was still worth it to me every bit.<br /><br />This was one of those rare opportunities where I could actually go behind the curtain and ask a couple of the girls already dressed and done with make up to pose for me for a couple of quick snaps before the the Fashion show started. The Fashion Show RAW took place at the Elevate Lounge Downtown Los Angeles, I have to tell you it is an awesome place to shoot at - and as we all know you rarely get the chance to shoot at any club because they get a bit protective of the location and ask you to stop taking pictures right?<br /><br />Well nobody bothered me here, so I quickly found a couple of corners and walls and snapped several photos that I absolutely love. I used an on camera flash a Canon 580EXII, manual mode both camera and flash, and I also had the flash bouncing from the back or trough the ceiling. I Used Lightroom 3.0 to color my photos inn a style that I find appealing to me and Voila! <br /><br />I knew it before the Runway show started that I already took the pictures that I wanted that day and if it was not for the great crew and gorgeous girls I could of gone home happy. This was a better experience than expected and I love the results. The Show itself was awesome, end of course Parris Harris did his thing that is something you have to see for yourself, and the girls and garments were substantially better than I expected. To see more of the pictures taken at the RAW Fashion show please visit <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/RAW-Fashion-Show-at-Elevate"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLimPpnzvMI/AAAAAAAAACI/X72n_Pw7ayQ/s640/Screen+shot+2010-10-15+at+12.06.03+PM.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/RAW-Fashion-Show-at-Elevate">http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/RAW-Fashion-Show-at-Elevate</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-1215953144252299015?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-30667211258327092012010-10-14T02:06:00.001-07:002010-10-14T13:16:58.975-07:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLdlKagQ2kI/AAAAAAAAACE/LvcF9i7hO_o/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-14+at+1.15.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLdlKagQ2kI/AAAAAAAAACE/LvcF9i7hO_o/s640/Screen+shot+2010-10-14+at+1.15.46+PM.png" width="328" /></a></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5080775774/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="photo sharing"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5080775774/">Beach Bunny Swimwear Fashion Show, Hosted by The Hills Jayde Nicole - Photography By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>La Fashion Week is here and there is a ton of excitement. A lot of great runway shows to choose from. Well, tonight I ended up going to the Beach Bunny Swimwear Fashions show held at "The Colony" in Hollywood. Media Check in at 9:45 - well that never happened - we were let in around 10:30, and just in case if any photographers would be pissed about it , never mind the poor girl who was late to her make up - she was one of the girls from the fashion show and the security kept her out there with us photographers for a good 30 minutes. It was hilarious to watch security guards not being able to decide who's decision is to let the poor girl in so she can be ready for the show.<br /><br />The whole event was hosted by the famous Jade Nicole so there were plenty of photographers .Once inside - we found out there is no red carpet, just a white backdrop - the floor is dark hard wood so is the ceiling, no lights whatsoever, so no photographer can focus because looking trough your camera all you see is darkness, - so here comes manual focusing or better catch someone else flash and focus - awful.<br /><br />One photographer pushes another one - close to break into a fight - the one pushing tells the guy - "Dude you are going to get kicked out - You have no Idea who I'm?... - more awful experience...<br /><br />Chuck Laydel, and a couple more celebs show up, overall more photographers than celebrity.<br /><br />And here comes my major screw up - Brand new Energizer Lithium batteries in my Canon 580ExII - the fashion show starts and only my first couple of flashes go off the rest is black - I mean black, I cranck up the ISO to 1600, I'm shooting at F5.6 and the pictures are so dark that I will never show them to anyone. %99 of my images are absolutely dark, My flash would recycle about ever 2 minutes and I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the fact that is Wednesday the 13th - :)<br /><br />I will be posting more pictures from the "Red Carpet" of Jayde Nicole, Chuck Laydel and others in a day or two. <br /><br />It is a shame that this event did not go better for me, I really enjoyed the expensive, but fabulous Beach Bunny Swimwear, and the girls on the runway were hot too. You can see a couple more Photos from the event at - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker">http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker</a> or<br />high res ones at <a href="http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion">http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion </a><br /><br /><br />Stay Tuned more LA Fashion Week Fashion Show coverage here at Freelance-Lifestyle.Blogspot.com<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLbKHzUCDpI/AAAAAAAAACA/_Ji_hT-WWdQ/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-14+at+2.14.21+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLbKHzUCDpI/AAAAAAAAACA/_Ji_hT-WWdQ/s640/Screen+shot+2010-10-14+at+2.14.21+AM.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3066721125832709201?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-399723415185329812010-10-13T14:14:00.000-07:002010-10-13T16:15:10.974-07:00<div style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: large;">WIN A $100 NORDSTROM GIFT CERTIFICATE&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLYiZt0BuRI/AAAAAAAAABw/zM6tQOs5mIA/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-13+at+2.10.09+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLYiZt0BuRI/AAAAAAAAABw/zM6tQOs5mIA/s320/Screen+shot+2010-10-13+at+2.10.09+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br />On November 1st I will be giving away $100 Nordstrom Gift Card to one Lucky Winner.<br />The winner will be randomly selected and announced on November 1st at 5PM.<br /><br />Here is how you get Qualified for the $100 Gift Certificate : - 3 Things!<br /><br />&nbsp;- <span style="color: #fff2cc;">You must become a follower on twitter&nbsp; -</span> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/csaba_fikker">http://www.twitter.com/csaba_fikker</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: #fff2cc;">and&nbsp; of my blog&nbsp;</span> - <a href="http://freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com/">http://freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />&nbsp;-&nbsp; <span style="color: #fff2cc;">You have to retweet my Gift Certificate Giveaway</span> –&nbsp; if you Don't, You will be disqualified<br /><br />&nbsp;- The Last Entry to be qualified will be at Midnight PST on Saturday October 30th - ( I will need the two days to go trough the qualifications and setup the random selection of the lucky winner)<br /><br />- This is only available to people living in USA - I will not ship or honor the prize to anyone outside of USA<br /><br />&nbsp;- The Giftcard will be mailed out to the Lucky Winner in 3 Business Days <br /><br />- Assuming a large amount of responses, I will not answer any questions about this Gift Certificate Giveaway whatsoever. You are either IN or OUT - rules are simple enough -&nbsp; follow me on&nbsp; twitter, retweet my Gift Certificate Giveaway and follow my <a href="http://freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com/">Blog</a><br /><br />If you don't like the idea of all of this&nbsp; please don’t participate and it is as simple as that.<br /><br /><br />One more thing - YOU HAVE TO BE 18 Years or Older!!!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLYioEwGEAI/AAAAAAAAAB0/RYuhZjal8K8/s1600/$100Gift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLYioEwGEAI/AAAAAAAAAB0/RYuhZjal8K8/s320/$100Gift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS: For those who ask what does this have to do with freelance lifestyle - well, you need to build a network of people right - Not sure how effective this will be but I will tell you about it in the coming months. Wish me Luck!!! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-39972341518532981?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-49478853543851852492010-10-11T14:33:00.001-07:002010-10-11T14:33:03.766-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5071465646/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5071465646_9c9f4aa633.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5071465646/">David Harrison Levi Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Walk In Beverly Hills</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Yesterday, on October 10th, David Harrison Levi has organized a Fashion Walk in Beverly Hills, Ca on and about Rodeo Drive. It was a head turner for sure. The girls were wearing Shekhar Rahate Heute Couture, the gowns were absolutely gorgeous as well as some of the models.<br />The fashion walk was organized for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, David Harrison Levi does this on regular basis, the man knows how to create publicity.. Rodeo Drive never looked so colorful, Cars were stopping left and right, plenty of photographers made look the scene even bigger that it was .<br /><br />What was I doing there as a freelancer? - I was not there as a freelancer, I was there as someone who loves fashion and hoped to catch some great images for myself. You never know tough, I might have generated sales in the future since I gave out at least 20 business cards and on top of it I post my images on www.IGotSnapped.com under Events, and sometimes the girls/models do order download or prints from the shoot. <br /><br />I'm very much against working for free, we all need to pay bills and we are killing our own market with giving freebies away all the time but I did go out shooting the Beverly Hills Fashion Walk because I love it second because it can generate leads. What I'm not doing is, I'm not giving those photos away for free. My Images are watermarked with Csaba Fikker Photography, and they are right Click proofed - sure you could do a screen capture but let hope not everyone knows how to do it. I charge even for web size downloads, its not much ($0.50 )but if it ends up paying my gas money and maybe lunch for that day, in this case it was worth it.<br /><br />To view the Pictures taken at the Fashion Walk please visit - <br />http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/Beverly-Hills-Fashion-Walk</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-4947885354385185249?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-2651840241816472412010-10-11T14:12:00.001-07:002010-10-11T14:12:23.775-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5070794605/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5070794605_a0c62492d0.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5070794605/">David Harrison Levi Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Walk In Beverly Hills</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>This Was unusual - Photographers were invited to pose with the models, David Harrison Levi and Shekhar Rahate Fashion Designer. Yeap,... that is me he sweaty bald man in the middle.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-265184024181647241?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-12821226661683896812010-10-01T12:04:00.000-07:002010-10-13T17:52:18.348-07:00Finally I just got my first cover Photo - this weeks Apparel News has my photo on the cover page - Yehawwwww.....<br />http://www.apparelnews.net/news/retailing/100110-Eva-Varro-Fashion-Show-for-Flagship-Debut<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLZUMrlJRrI/AAAAAAAAAB4/hNEBb8RindU/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-13+at+5.50.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLZUMrlJRrI/AAAAAAAAAB4/hNEBb8RindU/s640/Screen+shot+2010-10-13+at+5.50.49+PM.png" width="462" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-1282122666168389681?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-75751365156767126852010-09-30T02:57:00.000-07:002010-09-30T02:57:16.250-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have recently worked on a Fox Rental Car Commercial. We used 3 Puppets mixed with human characters. The puppeteers were one of the best in the industry, multiple Emmy award winners - <span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://redherringpuppets.com/film.html%20">Lisa Sturz</a> and <a href="http://www.puppetschool.com/michael.html">Michael Earl</a> . I have never worked with puppets before and I have to tell you it has posed some challenges. First, my camera ( Canon 5DMKII was connected to two additional monitors ( seen below on the first picture) so the puppeteers&nbsp; can see themselves in real time - Second positioning the camera in a way that I can not see the Puppeteers seemed more difficult that I have originally imagined. You don't really want to shoot up to the puppets in which case you can easily frame the puppeteers out, but than you have to justify the low angle - so it becomes a constant challenge to frame the action correctly. All and all it was a fun project to work on as a DP and the characters were way too much fun. Here are some of the Behind the scenes Photos so you can see the setup and the adorable puppets. I will be posting the commercial as soon as its out of the Post.</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRasMx38qI/AAAAAAAAABc/cMC7ua9Kn8o/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.41.59+AM.png" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRatprG96I/AAAAAAAAABg/gZv520hHrOs/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.42.09+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRatprG96I/AAAAAAAAABg/gZv520hHrOs/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.42.09+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRavZh1uUI/AAAAAAAAABk/ArgQPy0MDoM/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.42.23+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRavZh1uUI/AAAAAAAAABk/ArgQPy0MDoM/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.42.23+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRaxV4AUJI/AAAAAAAAABo/MQTrD_Mb27E/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.43.22+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKRaxV4AUJI/AAAAAAAAABo/MQTrD_Mb27E/s400/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+9.43.22+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-7575136515676712685?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-63068560535819152622010-09-29T03:55:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:55:58.687-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021564232/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5021564232_e2aed1e74d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021564232/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>You have got to love Eva Varros 2011 collection - <br />to see the rest of the photos captured at this even please visit<br /><br />http://www.igotsnapped.com/Event-Photos-by-Csaba-Fikker/EventsFashion/Eva-Varro-Fashion-Show</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-6306856053581915262?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-64711688887025453012010-09-29T03:52:00.001-07:002010-10-13T17:56:35.307-07:00<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021570498/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div>Rare sight - Actress Susan Blakely takes on the runway!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLZVNxn1c5I/AAAAAAAAAB8/G06XNpyfI_A/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-13+at+5.56.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TLZVNxn1c5I/AAAAAAAAAB8/G06XNpyfI_A/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-13+at+5.56.06+PM.png" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-6471168888702545301?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-17111067805254900592010-09-29T03:50:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:50:30.652-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020972139/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5020972139_9d83936442.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020972139/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Not sure who she is but you have got to admit it - this is a very pretty face!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-1711106780525490059?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-24367506457325226842010-09-29T03:49:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:49:01.259-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021581760/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5021581760_cb3c12cd7a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021581760/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Actress Julie Moran</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2436750645732522684?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-80874617587283863842010-09-29T03:46:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:46:47.527-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020970157/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5020970157_23124fe383.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020970157/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p> Actress Penelope Ann Miller</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-8087461758728386384?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-5971404178143703952010-09-29T03:45:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:45:36.364-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020988805/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5020988805_1919795c58.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020988805/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>Lisa Ann Walter</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-597140417814370395?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-54847770681725181512010-09-29T03:43:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:43:07.190-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020985687/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5020985687_f7319f77c5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5020985687/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>the benefits of shooting this event is already great. I'm looking at being published for one, several publicist have called me and asked for the photos - and let me tell you that is a great feeling. Yes I'm giving these away for free but i have just expanded my network that i can put to work in the near future.<br />Not being an even photographer and doing this job for free I say I came out with some great contacts for about 8 hours worth of work.<br />How much time do you spend trying to expand your network of people?<br /><br />This is the beautiful Ashlan Gorse on the red carpet at the Eva Varro Fashion Show Charity Gala.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-5484777068172518151?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-30386735618640454072010-09-29T03:37:00.001-07:002010-09-29T03:37:44.158-07:00<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021587694/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5021587694_ee0545ac92.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5021587694/">Eva Varro - Fashion Show - Los Angeles - Photos By Csaba Fikker</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/csaba-fikker/">Csabastyle - Csaba Fikker Photography</a>.</span></div><p>As a freelancer you don't always have to charge for your work - sometimes for me shooting an event such as the Eva Varro - charity fashion show in Santa Monica on September 16th was a pleasure - <br />lots of great people, good vine, awesome water ballet and Eva Varros <br />2011 collection - I love her designs see some of the photos i'm posting from the show.<br /><br />This is Eva Varro with Susan Blakely</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-3038673561864045407?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-61428863574520312702010-09-29T02:29:00.001-07:002010-09-29T02:29:23.359-07:00My first mobile text blog Test, Test 1_2<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-6142886357452031270?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-54996896774952237122010-09-29T01:18:00.001-07:002010-09-29T01:19:34.004-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-5499689677495223712?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-25216904809245680062010-09-29T01:11:00.000-07:002010-09-29T01:11:16.621-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaba-fikker/5035163249/in/photostream/"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5035163407_64d1f0b5e8_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5035163407_64d1f0b5e8_b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035785578_580a1716cd_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035785578_580a1716cd_b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035163249_81c554e147_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035163249_81c554e147_b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-2521690480924568006?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-2162185304131303972010-09-29T01:01:00.001-07:002010-09-29T01:01:59.867-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKLybJdRBmI/AAAAAAAAAAw/hzoVBiIIP0k/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+12.52.10+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZlpPy9qxtUM/TKLybJdRBmI/AAAAAAAAAAw/hzoVBiIIP0k/s320/Screen+shot+2010-09-29+at+12.52.10+AM.png" width="213" /></a></div>Recent Photo Shoot - Fashion Fantasy - Strobist Style - 3 Canon Speedlites, 580EXII controlling a 550EX and a 430EX - slight color correction in Lightroom - No Photoshop! - <br />this jump is so perfectly captured she looks like she is connected to a rope - the shutter is 250 (max you can get with Canon Speedlites)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-216218530413130397?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-40910087949243906542010-09-27T03:56:00.001-07:002010-09-27T03:56:46.124-07:00<a href="http://tumblr.com/xzc3r0fyp"><strong>http://tumblr.com/xzc3r0fyp</strong></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-4091008794924390654?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-77866993944785910032010-09-27T02:17:00.000-07:002010-09-27T02:17:50.272-07:00Interesting things I have seen today at the <a href="http://photocinenews.com/expo/">PhotoCine Expo</a>. <br /><br />- JAG 35 - <a href="http://photocinenews.com/expo/">really affordable DSLR rigs</a>&nbsp; - the products look good and they are priced right.<br />I'm not crazy about their website, I hate that I have to click again to see more about the product - first thing i want to see is the price !!! - and it is behind a second click. Never the less the guys have some awesome products and seriously the prices are the best I have seen.<br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.camcaddie.com/">Cam Caddie</a> - wow, I would never consider buying this product before I have put my hands on it. Why - because it looks funny, and because I'm used to "if its cheap its probably bad". What a surprise, I played with it for several minutes and I have to tell you this little $69 stabilizer is probably the best bang for&nbsp; a buck period! - Everyone should own one, its not going to break your piggy bank so just go get one - it really helps in smoothing your movements with your HDSLR, gives you a nice handle bar and its cheap. I say if you use it only once and never again, but that one time you shot for 2 hours and you got decent looking footage instead of hand holding your HDSLR it was already worth it.<br /><br />- and finally my all time favorite <a href="http://www.litepanels.com/">LitePanels</a> - always loved their product lines, I own a Mini Plus kit myself, and I just saw a new light that just blew me away - the <a href="http://www.litepanels.com/lp/products/sola_led_fresnel.html">Sola ENG</a> - man do i want a couple of those!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-7786699394478591003?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838275918486444855.post-91391336246116877472010-09-27T01:54:00.000-07:002010-09-27T01:54:47.283-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5022218706_f77d286389_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5022218706_f77d286389_b.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5022226468_9e2377bd22_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5022226468_9e2377bd22_b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5021620323_0a8a19e7e6_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5021620323_0a8a19e7e6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I have recently got into the Strobist Style movement, tricked out my camera bag with 3 Canon Speedlites and I have been doing quite a bit of shooting. Generally when I see strobist style photos they are extreme examples of what you can do with these setups. I think i have past that - in this case you can see i have tried to use my 2 Canon Speedlite flashes in a way you cant really tell they are being used. The window and the subjects face has close to 5 FStop difference. I have a 580EX with a ring flash in front of it on My camera and I&nbsp; also have an EX550 on the other side of the window at full power - you can see it on the hair light and the legs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5838275918486444855-9139133624611687747?l=freelance-lifestyle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Csaba Fikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299160395213776409noreply@blogger.com0