Just put up a new video page on my website. Please check it out at http://ping.fm/ygfgj

Christina and Daniel's wedding in LA on Sunday. Stylish, elegant and yes I fell in love with both of them. Pix soon at http://ping.fm/nkcxp

I shot a beautiful Christian Wedding in Chino on Saturday for Krystina and Jake - included a very moving foot washing ceremony. Pix soon on http://ping.fm/G5J3h

Ok this is funny, this weekend your friendly LA Wedding Photographer is shooting TWO, count 'em 2 weddings and they're both for Christinas! Well Christina and Krystina - so close. I'll put pix up on http://ping.fm/rf7BQ asap.

Hey there, I'm upgrading my site with some new video on the home page - feedback is welcome! Courtesy of the great peeps at Livebooks.com for their brief snafu. Wedding Photographers delight, I love it when people make up for an honest mistake. My site. http://ping.fm/QjEQE was down for a day last week ;( but all is well now. Your local Los Angeles Professional Wedding Photographer is back in full swing.

OK, so I fantasized about the Canon 5D MK3 forever, then I was going to buy the Nikon D800 - being a good LA Professional Wedding Photographer I figured I really did need a full frame wedding camera but in the end I wasn't impressed with the 5D MKIII or the Nikon D800 so grabbed the Canon EOS 7D - yah it's an AP-C sensor but it takes great photos and the video is wonderful. Check out my site at http://ping.fm/g5463 under "Park Wedding" for some samples taken with this great camera.

Apologies for anyone who's trying to get on to my main site today: http://ping.fm/IFAws according to LiveBooks: " networking infrastructure failed today...". They're a good outfit, it happens.

Just changed the title page of my wedding photography page on FB:
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I'll be updating my main site http://ping.fm/V6Fyu soon.

Just added a new cover to my Facebook wedding photography page for www.marklaing.com. Enjoy!

Sandy and Julio just gave me the nicest wedding photography review. Kinda makes it all worth while... :) http://ping.fm/sfgBK

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Just added a new California Wedding: Sandy and Julio at: www.marklaing.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=18&p=0&a=0&at=0

I just posted photos from the LA Valley wedding of Sandy and Julio - they are so cute! Check them out at http://ping.fm/zFkHb - more pix soon on my blog and Facebook site too.

Mother's day! A fun assignment where, although working, I did actually get to enjoy some of the excellent grub for a change. Thanks to Tracy and Caroline and the excellent staff at this fine hotel. Best Western Posada Royale. The food was swell, the families were glowing and I got to do one of those "this is the first time in years the whole family has been together" kind of group shots. Spur of the moment family photography gig if you like. I'll post them soon but it was the wonderful Trudi Friedman and family. I've posted some pix on my blogs and will also link on Facebook. I'll put them under Events or Family Photography on my main site at http://ping.fm/iIFxK soon.

Just putting the final touches to the glorious LA wedding photographs of Sandra Santiago and Julio Flores, now Mr. and Mrs. What a delightful couple! Pix up soon... at www.marklaing.com

I'm loving the guys at LensRentals.com - they always deliver on time and seem like great folks to get camera gear from! I use them on my site, www.marklaing.com for pix!

Just got through using the new Nikon D800 for a wedding, an event and some family photos - busy weekend! I'll give my quick comments over the coming days. Overall a superb camera but I'm not crazy about the ergonomics. Too many mini buttons crowding the shutter release for starters. www.marklaing.com - I'll put up my LA Wedding Photography pix soon.

OK, I just added some more "bumpf" (an old English expression) to my family photographypricing page on my website www.marklaing.com - hopefully this will make it clearer for folks who aren't looking for Wedding Photography but want great family photos! http://ping.fm/lTpwN

I just redid my "About" page on my website -more info for my wedding photography for brides -
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Some thoughts on Wedding Photography:

Wedding photography is perhaps the gold standard for photographers.

Yeah, I know - shooting riots and models and sports is tough but this is the most important day of someone's life and, unlike sports, there is usually only one (professional) person capturing the images.

I take it very seriously.

I dream about wedding photograpy and how I will make the next wedding even better than the last one I shot.

I plan the shots and fantasize about the images you and I will create. It's a collaboration after all working with a professional wedding photographer.

Taking photos of brides and grooms has to be the most pleasurable experience for a photographer - you're crazy in love, glowing and full of life. How can I not get caught up in all that passion?

Traditional, Photojournalist (Candid) and Contemporary style photography. You choose but you know I love to catch the "moment".

For a bride and groom the wedding photographer is very often the longest lasting relationship among all the vendors. The venue is never visited again, the food eaten, the dress put away and the fancy invitations put in a drawer.

But you stay close to the photographer. You go over the proofs, "ooh" over the video montage and (maybe) back and forth on which amazing photos become the final 300.

Then you become a family, have a little one and now we're talking baby and family photos...it's a relationship which can last years. Choose wisely.

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I found this really useful site for seeing how your own website performs. http://www.semrush.com/ I used it on www.marklaing.com. Very cool.

I just became the official preferred photographer for David's Bridal in Northridge! http://ping.fm/rhnPx I get to meet the brides as they choose their dresses. How cool is that! www.marklaing.com

We're pining for more pins. I love Pinterest... http://ping.fm/uoloK

FREE engagement shoot with my top three packages - that's the three Ps - Premiere, Premium and Preferred. Please mention you found me on WeddingWire! www.marklaing.com

My baby Kyla Laing goes for gold in her first commercial - for Hallmark! http://ping.fm/uXvId

Hey cool news! We won the WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards 2012! That means we are in the top 5% of Wedding Pros nationwide. www.marklaing.com

http://ping.fm/1X7Mj - my friend Brendan Moore in France is such a superb artist and way too modest but here's a link to his amazing artwork.
Brendan Moore of Wine Liaisons - Wine Art and Sculpture