Valenca Photography

New Year time for a new begining.

Administrator — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:02:13 +0000

Well it is a new year, 2012 wow, so it is a great time to open Valenca Photography back up. I was able to stay busy doing a few fun shoots for friends while I lived in Italy, but now that I am back living in the states and I am looking forward to getting the business up and going again. If you live in the Charleston, South Carolina area and are in need of high quality and fun portrait, senior, maternity, or intimate photography please feel free to contact me for information. Also watch my blog for specials I will be running over the next couple months. I look forward to having a great new year. I hope everyone out there has one as well.

The Barclay’s

Administrator — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:05:42 +0000

I have been slow posting to my blog again. I don’t get very many opportunities to shoot over here. When Ido though I take full advantage of it. I recently had one of those times and had really fun time doing a family session with the Barclay’s. Nadine use to work with me at Nellis before we both received assignment’s here. We had a really fun session and got some great images.

Sierra and Beau

Administrator — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:38:42 +0000

I had a chance to do a session with Sierra and Beau recently. We went down to Sacile and had a great time. The weather was kind of rainy that day, but it stopped for us and started up again just as we finished, just like I planned. : ) Here are a couple shots from the session.

Maegan

Administrator — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:08:05 +0000

I recently had the chance to do a photo session with Maegan. I put a call out for a couple models to help me with some new samples for the beginning photography class I teach on base on Tuesday and Thursday nights. She answered the ad and boy am I glad she did. She was so much fun to shoot with that I ended up treating it more like a modeling session and forgot about most of the specific sample shots I wanted to do with her. She is a great heathl sucess story. She has lot over 100 pounds and looks incredible. She is a great example for everyone out there working hard to get a healthy body. It takes so work, but she is proof it can be done. Here are some photos from the session.

Florence, Italy

Administrator — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:38:58 +0000

Well again I have been slacking on keeping up with my blog. Between work and travelingback and forth to the states for conferences I have been pretty busy. We have managed to get a couple trips in though. Over a long weekend we decided to take a run down to Florence. How great is that to just be able to jump in a car and drive down to Florence for a couple days. It is a very beautiful city with a lot of culture. We were able to go and see the original statue of David. I was able to sneak a photo real quick before the guards came over and got on my case. We also went out to the square where the David use to originally stand before being moved to the museum. They have a replica in it’s place now. We stayed in a nice little bed and breakfast and had a wonderful time. I look forward to going back and doing some more looking around. Below are a few shots from the trip.

Studio in the Garage

Administrator — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:37:49 +0000

I had to do some Christmas/School pics of my kids so I turned my garage into a makeshift studio. Yeah I know, “and your just now uploading them way to keep the blog up to date”. Anyway, I brought out a couple popup backdrops and set up my studio lights. I even rigid a Canon 580EX flash with a snoot and set it up overhead as a hair light. All in all I think they came out pretty well. I wouldn’t be able to do large groups of families or anything in there, but if I had to do individual head shots, pinups, maternities, or children I now know I have a place to do them indoors. What do you think?

Katelyn

Administrator — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:46:06 +0000

I have a high school senior who is working as an intern at my Radio and Television studio this year. We got together and went out and did a senior session recently. As with all my sessions we had a lot of fun. If you know her make sure to ask her about Beyonce. I tried some different lighting with a couple of her shots and I think they came out well. Here are a few from the session.

My Christmas/New Years Present

Administrator — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:43:31 +0000

Well I came across a deal I just could not pass up last week. I have wanted a Mini Cooper for ages, but they are just too small to fit anyone in. Well in 2008 Mini came out with the Clubman version with a suicide door on the passenger side and a little over nine inches in extra length. I never had a chance to really look at one until I saw a used one for sale recently. Just for curiosity sake I called about it and took a look. I took Devin with me because that is the main issue, fitting him in the seat behind me. Much to my surprise he fit back there with plenty of room. She is a 2008 model and was a great deal with only 11K miles on it. She is pretty much loaded with everything Mini has to offer; Hot Chocolate exterior paint, “S” version with sports suspension, Sun roof, Premium Stereo, heated seats/mirrors, Bluetooth/USB, Hot Chocolate upgraded interior, Xenon headlights, Fog Laps, and the list goes on. I am sure you are thinking, all that is nice but how is the drive?

She is like a little rocket. The car pulls away in every gear, and just grips the road through the turns. Mini says it is like driving a go cart and I have to agree. It makes me feel like I am back racing the streets of So. Cal. again. Agreed it is not the most practical car in the world, but wow it was a great deal and it is going to be so much fun to drive I just couldn’t pass it up. If I lay one of the 50/50 split seats down in the back it will fit all my photo equipment or golf clubs in with no issues and that’s all that matters right? Besides the gas mileage is phenomenal in it, so far tracking around 28 MPG in the city, so that makes it a little more practical. I can convince myself of anything. I have attached a few photos of it below. After a couple weeks of driving I will do another post with more details about the cars performance.

Chelsey

Administrator — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:35:42 +0000

I photographed Chelsey for her senior session a while back. She was fun to work with and we got some really nice shots. I love going on location to do photo shoots. Shooting in a studio is great, but I like the different scenery and lighting challenges when shooting outside. I feel like your subject can be more relaxed and a little looser during the shoot as well. If you have the right equipment and experience you can even make shots look like they were taken in the studio. We did her cap and gown shot outdoors and I think it came out rather well. Below are some shots from the session.

First snow of the season

Administrator — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:03:16 +0000

Well we had our first snow of the year this weekend. It was a pretty good dosing as well. We do not get a lot of it here at Aviano. We are at the base of the Alps so we have plenty on the mountain right behind my house, but it usually doesn’t reach down here. That is one of the things I love around here. I love to ski, but being a Southern California boy I am not a big fan of living in the snow. This place is perfect because I can drive 30 minutes up the mountain to our local ski resort and be back home at my nice dry and warm house that night; can’t beat it. Here are a few shots of my children playing in the snow and some shots from around the area. A couple of them were taken at the Chrome Dome church just a few minutes from my house. They have a path in the woods below the church and as you walk the path you will find a few mosaics along the way. I am not sure about the religious significance of them, but they look pretty cool.