We welcomed Colcorado based photographer David Tejada as our featured speaker for the first ULS Photographer Networking Evening last week.  There was a great turnout of Seattle photographers (and some from Canada) who had a chance to talk shop with colleagues, as well as learn from David.  His presentation focused on his extensive use of off camera speedlights for location photography.  David shared all sorts of tricks and techniques with the crowd, and then hosted a following day workshop where 10 photographers were able to work 1 on 1 with him.  We're pleased to have David as a friend of ULS and look forward to welcoming him back in the future.

We had a great response to our Photographer Networking Evening and will look to get another one scheduled soon, so stay tuned.  Feel free to email us if you would like to be included on our invite list. [..]

We are pleased to welcome David Tejada as the featured speaker in the first in a series of Photographer Networking Socials at ULS, Aug 18 at 7p.  David is a highly regarded Denver based commercial photographer well known within the national photographic community for his "Small Strobes, Big Results" website and workshop series.  He will give a slide show presentation of his work and discuss his transition to using small strobes for all assignment work.  Stick around afterward for refreshments and a chance to network with other photographers and explore our studio.

This event is free, tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis.  Please email info@urbanlightstudios.com for tickets.   Some spaces may also be available in David's day workshop at our studio on Aug 19, see davidtejada.com for details. [..]

We enjoyed a great 50s flashback photo shoot here today, thanks to the creativity of Nicole Laye and Heather Lynn.  Nicole has created a line of amazing one of a kind airbrush painted kitchen mixers, reminiscent of finely detailed automotive art.   Working with photographer Heather, they perfectly utilized our retro-modern studio kitchen to create a surreally stunnning look - we all felt like we were walking around in "Leave it to Beaver" all day.  Check out Nicole's mixer artwork at un-amore.com and Heather's photography at heatherlynnphotographie.com [..]

Our newest theme room - "The Library"- has opened.  Designed as a modern take on Grandpa's study, it serves as a cool retro-modern space in the heart of our upstairs.  We carefully selected a variety of rad lounge furniture pieces that look great in The Library, but are also versatile for creating a custom lounge anywhere in the studio for photo shoots or events.   The crowning piece is a light-up globe - a replica of one from our studio owner's Great-Grandma's house.  Be sure to "check out" (ha, witty) The Library on your next visit to ULS.
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We've been pleased to get to know and enjoy the work of Jan Klier during several recent shoots at Urban Light Studios.  He specailizes in fashion work and has captured some great images in our studio.  Jan is meticulous about his lighting and his backgrounds, always varying the many different textures in our studio to create striking images. 

We look forward to working more with Jan on future shoots at ULS.  You can check out his blog at photos.janklier.com . [..]

Excited to see the images we just received from a really cool phoot shoot at our studio a couple weeks ago.  We had the pleasure of hosting Aniela Sidorska of Elan Digital in San Fran working with Seattle photographer Nicole Raine
(nicoleraine.com) and their great team of models and hair/mu/stylists. 

They really utiilized the versatility of our studios, shooting in just about every inch of each studio and had some amazing wardrobe and hair/ mu looks that came out great.   It was a lot of fun having them shooting here, lots of creative positive energy everywhere.  Retouching is being handled by Elan Digital and we will post the final images in a couple months. [..]

Our fabulous log cabin green room is almost complete.  We started with the walls (from the set of Northern Exposure), and have been searching high and low for the perfect complmentary cabin decor.  A couple sets of antlers for the wall, a wooden mallard, and some great timber furniture to go with our yellow velvet loungers have done the job nicely.  The latest arrival, our overhead elkhorn chandalier, has taken its place as one of the finishing touches.  It's a cool environment for getting ready for photo shoots or weddings or as a nice little escape during evening events. [..]