"Ian, I can't begin to tell you exactly how much your comments mean to me!!! I have been so very fortunate to be able to do professional photography for the greater part of my life and I love teaching people what I have learned through the years. So, when I'm reading your very kind and thoughtful comments, it is truly rewarding to me that you not only liked the class, but were able to learn some new things about photography.
Also, your photos certainly indicate to me that you certainly have a natural eye for photography. I really like the images you created and you definitely captured some amazing moments and expressions from Nadia. Your composition is really good and you caught some wonderful angles, too. That first shot is truly a first class, professional shot!! Could have easily been used for an editorial fashion layout!! You really captured everything perfectly... expression, selective focus from nice shallow depth of field (soft background - not too much...not too little), angle to the model, lighting ratio on the model compared to the background, all the colors complementing each other really well!!! Great job, brilliant....exquisite shot!!!
Please feel free to email me anytime you have any questions regarding what we covered (or anything else). I'm glad that you decided to "take photography more seriously" because you are a very talented photographer."
Gregg Cobarr, Master of Fine Arts
Gregg Cobarr has over thirty years of professional photography experience with such music industry clients as Columbia and Epic Records, RCA, Capitol, Universal Music Group, Curb and Warner Music. In the TV and movie industry, he has done work for 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. Gregg has photographed such music artists as: Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Ringo Starr, Led Zeppelin and many, many more. He holds a Bachelors Degree from Brooks Institute of Photography and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from California Institute of the Arts. Gregg's work has been published both nationally and internationally in addition to numerous awards for his photography. He has had several exhibitions in Europe and the U.S. and has given Master Classes at International Photo Fairs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Gregg does workshops both nationally and internationally for Nikon and continues to do Entertainment/Celebrity and Fashion photography both in the U.S. and in Europe. Recently, Gregg's photos have been featured on both the NBC Today Show and the CNN Piers Morgan Tonight Show.
"I love Hopkinson photography, he's very patient with my 4 kids, he has great ideas and is always open for suggestions. Great restoration work too!"
Alicia Cazares, February 2011
"My husband and I were so excited when we received our son's first birthday memory album.The book was absolutely beautiful!! We will definitely be ordering more memory books from Ian. This is also a great gift for Grandma & Grandpa."
January 2011: "Ian has again given us a truly amazing memory book of our Hawaiian vacation last summer. This time I provided him all our favorite photos and he has designed an incredibly unique album we'll treasure for many years. I even went out and bought the same Canon DSLR camera Ian uses as I like his photographs so much"
Lucia Mendoza, Fall 2010
"My husband & I asked Ian to do the photography and video for our daughter Julie's joint Quinceañera with best friend Brenda. Initially he did a studio shoot to get some great images to use on the invitations. We thought we'd have two or three nice photos to use, but Ian blew us away with the 10 designs he came up with. We ordered a selection of all ten in the end!
Then he came and took video and photos of the accessories before the big day to include in the final albums and video. Finally on the day, Ian and his assistant covered everything, while allowing to girls to enjoy their day, and has now provided us the most touching and beautiful albums and video you could imagine. The video particularly moved us to tears. Ian's attention to detail is exemplary and I will be sure to recommend him to anyone needing photos or video of an event or indeed a studio shoot."
Lupe Garcia, January 2011
