ME

Hello Digital World (thanks for listening),
If you live alone then you will probably die alone. I say that because I want to be ready when my time is up here on this earth. I don't want this to be a downer post. I actually want the exact opposite. I want the readers to hold me accountable of the things that I am going to say that I want out of life. I have a bucket list and I have a lot left to do. Here are some reasons I do what I do.

I love... I have been trying to love selflessly because the people that I have chosen to love are safe to love. If you love selflessly or to love at all it is risky. If you do it right and do it without hesitation then the risk can be well worth the reward. I love my kids without any reservation because I can not understand anything but love when I see, hear, hug and even just talk to them. I love my wife because she is amazing. She is all that I have ever wanted out of love.

I fly... I am working on getting my pilots license and not everyone that cares about me likes it. I fly because I want to. I fly because it is amazing. I fly because it will expand my territory a little. I fly because I want to live.

I dance... I dance because I feel the music. I love to dance with or without someone. I prefer with but I can dance alone. I dance because when there is good music on I can't help but shake by groove thang.

I photograph... I photograph because I am good at it and I can document great times in peoples lives. I love to photograph people and share with them a picture of how they look at each other. I love the thought of being a photographer. I am proud to put that on the line of occupation. I love to photograph real life and I love getting paid to do it.

I joke... I joke because I love the sound of laughter (most of the time). It is great to laugh with good friends. I joke not to escape real life but I usually joke about real truth and that to me is funnier than most things.

I KISS... I own KISS Wedding Books with Kevin Swan. I am thrilled to be a part of KISS because we exist to help this wonderful industry. I feel that we can help photographers have a simpler life. We have traveled tons of places to help photographers simplify their business and focus on what they are good at. I KISS because simple is hot.

I am Shaun Austin. Thanks for being a part of my dash.

WPPI Vegas 2009

We are having another "Get simple" workshop at the WPPI tradeshow in Las Vegas
This is a great opportunity for all of you photogs that want to come to a "Get Simple" if we have not visited your area yet. We are looking forward to a great Vegas trip. We got the KISS house again so there is always good times there.
Shaun Austin

Get Simple Chattanooga

I will be heading out of town again. In December we are putting on another Get Simple. Check out the details below or you can check it out on the KISS BLOG


Nathan, Mike, Shaun, and Kevin will all be there to knock you out! 5 hours, including a photoshoot and some giveaways.

Nathan: Simplify your editing.
Are you trapped behind the computer for days after a shoot? Are you using Lightroom or are you still stuck in Photoshop? What would you do with the extra time if you could edit a wedding in 3-4 hours instead of 3-4 days?

Mike: Simplify your shooting.
Are you leading your clients or are you waiting for them to move? How can you make your clients more comfortable, more beautiful, and more excited about you and your work? How can you demonstrate confident leadership in the middle of a shoot? How will doing something like that affect your entire business, or even your community?

Shaun: Simplify your client management.
Are you turning your clients into evangelists? Do you surprise them, wow them? Do you know how to under-promise and overdeliver? Do you have it built into your standard workflow? How does something like taking your clients to dinner impact your bottom line?

Kevin: Simplify your album sales.
How much money are you leaving on the table? How can you double your income through album sales? What can you do to make sure every client gets an album? How can you efficiently and quickly get albums designed?

Fierro Wedding.

Jaime (My HOT wife) and I shot a wedding on Saturday and we had a great time with this small intimate group. If I had to explain them in one word..... I really could not do it. They were fun, they all had accents from all over, good friends with eachother and they were just good people to be around. Here are a few of my favorite pics.
The bad A%# boys.

The HOT girls

Lots of fun Laughs

The beautiful bride

Love the backlight

Two CUTE flower girls

The promises

The feeling we strive to get back to

The support

Sealed with a KISS

And they lived........Happily ever after is my prayer.



CRAZY FUN CREW

WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT

And the crowd goes wild

KIDOS are what it is all about

I had a great time this past Sunday with my kids. Usually it is my son Noah and I going to rock out at some christian concert but my daughter Hailey is now at the age where she want to do some ROCKIN herself. We went down to Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach. Another dad that was living it up without mom brought his two daughters with us.

Here is our friend Faith (RIGHT) with my daughter Hailey (LEFT) after the face painting.



My daughter rockin out ON STAGE with Jana Alayra . Hailey impressed me so much with how she rocked out. My son went up there as well but he is a little more timid than my daughter. I have said this before but he is going to change the world and my daughter is just that IT girl (She just has that thang).



Here is my son and daughter with Jana.




Jana Alayra is a great kid entertainer. She has an amazing testimony and really leads these kids to a place of worship. Thanks Jana for serving God in this amazing way.

Flying

Since the last post I have been figuring out a way to get caught up. I don't think that is possible so I will go back to some shoots and blog but my goal is to start today and try to keep you updated about present life as it unfolds.

I have been working on getting my pilots license lately with the world renowned pilot instructor Elisabeth Murillo. I am going to be slowing down due to the focus that the business needs. I am absolutely in love with flying. I never really dreamed about it as a kid but when I recently tried it I fell in love. I have now flown solo two times. Once just in the pattern and the other I flew to Chino and back. It really sinks in when I am flying by myself that I am actually flying. The feeling of freedom is priceless.

When Kevin Swan (my business partner in KISS Wedding Books) was out from Indiana we went flying and he took these pics. Thanks for shooting these Kevin.

Here is the beautiful plane. Oh how I love 9964L (Tail number of the plane)


Preflight


Soaring over Chino


Kevin in the back seat.


Here we are safely on the ground :)

BUSY LIFE

WOW!!! Where do I start.

I want to apologize for the lack of updates to the blog. We have had a ton of change here at InLight right on top of a very busy shooting season. I am going to take the helm for the most part on updating the blog as much as I can.

Lately I have found great inspiration in so many things that I have recently experienced. I am a blessed man. Yesterday was fathers day and I had a perfect day. As some of you know I have to beautiful kids and a truly amazing wife. I got a BBQ and some backyard furniture for fathers day so we decided to have both (Jaime and my own) families over to our home for fathers day. I cooked these crazy hamburgers and everyone brought side dishes. It was a beautiful day. I was able to relax quite a bit and I even watched golf (not something I usually do). We have been so busy at InLight that days like this are few and far between. So thanks you Noah and Hailey for being such amazing kids. Thank you also for the great cards that you made for me. Thank you Jaime for helping make my day so fun and relaxed. Thanks also for my new BBQ. Thanks to both families for just hangin with us and showing us Dads that we are appreciated.

For the future I am going to try to bring you the photo shoots that I have but I also want to bring a part of my life and my heart to this journal about InLight Photographers and Me.

Shaun Austin Gordon