Gaby!!!

Congratulations Gaby please make sure to send me a email! I can’t wait to talk to you for your free (4 hour) online Mentorship. Thank you Gina,Julie and Judie for participating!

With the holiday’s just around the corner I’ve been in a very giving spirit. So today’s announcement is….. a FREE (4 hour) online Mentorship.

The mentoring session is completely customized per person. It’s a 1 on 1 opportunity to learn and ask me anything about marketing, work flow, selling & pricing , search engine optimization etc.

Session will be for December 2011 or January 2012

How to enter:

•  Please “ Like ” Elizabeth Luna Photography Facebook Page
• Change your facebook status to @Elizabeth-Luna is giving away a FREE (4hr mentorship) And I want to WIN!!

• Come back here and leave a comment telling me that you “liked my page”  and changed your facebook status.

• Only comments on THIS post will be considered.
• I will pick the winner via (random generator by 11/14/2011) so look out for my blog post.

Those who mentor, conduct workshops or anything similar are not eligible to win

The room smelled like apple Cinnamon the sun was shinning it was going to be a great day! As all the attendees started to come into the location we were meeting at they all had a smile and the first thing they mentioned was Mmmm it smells good what is that.. I had little baskets for all of them with a scented pine cone. It was part of my teaching of making that first impression when it a client first comes in to visit you. We had a great time together and ended it with my favorite food Chiplote and a fun shoot at downtown Riverside! Here are some pictures down below of what you missed!!

If you are interested in attending one of my future workshops, I always post them here first or you can click on my facebook page. I am also planning to launch a different kind of workshop very soon I will post more in a separate blog post.

Thank you to all the vendors that helped put this together! And most importantly thank you all to the awesome attendees that came to hang out with me that I now call friends!!

Models: Stephanie & Josue Thank you so much for showing up even at the last min!
Make-up Artist: Yesenia Barnett
Hair Stylist: Ash-Leighsage Marin
Fascinator made by: Patty @Posh tots Bowtique
Gown: Hope Stanley
Flowers: Riverside Mission Florist

Quick shout out to my friend Cherise who helped me put this together as well thanks a million!

Last year I had the honor to play a little part for this amazing cause! This year’s auction will take place on Thirst Relief’s eBay account on November 14-16, 2011 so mark your calendars. I along with other talented photographers in our industry will be participating as well.

I will be offering 1:1 mentoring session and (1) prophoto blog license $199 value which I use by the way and it’s nothing but uh-mazing! Below is an awesome clip check it out for yourself!

To be notified when the Auction goes live, click here.

Last year, the sponsors and 90 mentors who participated in the Mentor Auction raised more than $40,700 which directly provided 8,147 people with clean water! 100% of the proceeds directly benefit Thirst Relief International, who provides at least 25 years of clean drinking water to the more that 1 billion people who don’t have it! Add to that the incredible wisdom and talent that is being shared in the one-on-one mentor sessions and you have better and more successful photographers/business owners! So, not only are lives being saved but the lives of many business owners are being made better! It’s truly a win win for everyone involved!

Well I thought I was going to be able to wait until at least until December but apparently I have no patience haha! I wanted to first share how my blog first looked like 2 years ago wow 2 years already whew !! where does time go?

So here it is! I know that when I first started doing research about ( branding myself ) I actually didn’t KNOW what in earth my style was at the time. I heard a lot of, you need to soul search you need find yourself type of deal… WELL I don’t think when I first thought of my color scheme for my blog  that I was in tuned with my soul haha. So here it is down below! The Logo has been the same thanks to my amazing friend Aurora who help bring my vision to life and  designed it!

And then there was last year’s idea….well technically this year 2011 I wanted to clean it up little. I knew that I wanted more white it seemed it bit more cleaner and elegant to me.  I started to look at my way of shooting my style per say. I always loved just crisp clear images without filters and extra stuff added to them.. So the color white said it all to me! Or should I say spoke to me in a way where I wanted to display my work with the white scheme.

And now here is my new look for 2012!! Doesn’t it look nice and clean? =)  I absolutely LOVE IT!! And I hope my viewers out there enjoy it as much as I do. I also love my new section on my  blog called ” my schedule ” here you can find new information about upcoming shoots.  I even added a new plugin called Flaunt books where you can now vote for your favorite image! Well that’s it for now.

Hello Internet! I am having yet another intimate workshop and would love to see you there! if you are interested in taking your photography to another level this is the workshop to attend.

This intimate workshop is open to only a max of 7 attendees and is a one day intensive workshop focusing on marketing, technical, work flow, selling & pricing , search engine optimization + blogging and finally a awesome live shoot! If you have trouble interacting with your clients this part of the workshop is key. You will have a chance to see how I interact with my clients and apply what you have learned during our workshop.

What your tuition includes: A 9 hour day & fabulous time with Elizabeth Luna and all the other attendees! Lunch & Dinner and a live shoot with full rights to use the images you shoot to use on your portfolio.

I want to take a quick minute to first thank the awesome organization Thirst relief that started this cause! I and so many other photographers and vendors donated our time and resources to the winning bidders and I can’t wait to meet the winner of my auction Lynne Sarao of Boston MA! Congratulations on winning me! hehe Talk to you soon!

I am beyond excited that I am going to be a part of next years 2011 Thirst Relief mentorship which goes live on Ebay January the 10th,11th and 12th! Every year a bunch of photographers and vendors donate their time and products for this amazing cause!  Please check out Thirst Relief website for more details. I will be posting my auction up next month so please BID on me!

Please click this to view Thirst Relief Promo!

Picture credit Jim Davis-Hicks

I was going to have this workshop next month but because of the holiday’s I am opening this to 7 attendees in January 2011 to start the new year, I hope to see you there! Please click on the following link to read a few reviews from my last workshop.

This intimate workshop is open to only a max of 7 attendees and is a one day intensive workshop focusing on marketing, technical, work flow, selling & pricing , search engine optimization + blogging and finally a awesome live shoot! If you have trouble with interacting with your clients this part of the workshop is key. You will have a chance to see how I interact with my clients and apply what you have learned during our workshop.

What your tuition includes: A 8 hour day & fabulous time with Elizabeth Luna and all the other attendees! Lunch & Dinner  and a live shoot with full rights to use the images you shoot to use on your portfolio.

Date: 1/20/2011

Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00

Location: Elizabeth Luna’s private residence in Riverside

Your tuition cost: $250

Registration instructions: Please fill out the contact form with your contact information  thank you!

Here are is a list of folks that I use to make my business complete along with thirst relief who I choose to give my time too once year for a great cause check it out!