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- Maternity Photography
- Newborn Photography
- Baby Photography
- Children’s Photography
- HS Senior Photography
- Couples Photography
- Family Photography
- Pet Photography
- Professionals Photography
- Documentory & Lifestyle
Special Events
- Anniversary Parties
- Birthday Parties
- Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
- Baptisms
- Quinceañeras
- School Graduations
- Family Reunions
- Retirement Parties
- Engagements
- Weddings
Corporate & Professional
- Corporate Events
- Fundraisers
- Executive Portriats
- Relestate
- Award Dinners
- Banquets
- Website Photography
- Company/Team Portriats
- Corporate Meetings
- Behind The Sceces
Photographing people is what I love to do. It’s my way of taking interest in them. I always want that reflected in my work.
Step 1:The Coffee Table Session
Photographing people is what I love to do. It’s my way of taking interest in them and investing in their lives. I always want that reflected in my work.
I meet with each of my clients in person (whenever possible) to get to know them better, to learn about who they are and what their style is, and to get a better understanding of what kind of pictures we can make together.
I ask them beforehand to brainstorm the different elements they’d like to have incorporated in their picture that best tells their story. When we meet, we have what I like to call our “Coffee Table Session,” where we look through magazines, books and a few websites and begin to build the perfect picture as we select things like shooting locations and backdrops, time of day, attire and even special props or accessories.
Step 2: The Photo Session
I like to encourage my clients to have as much fun as possible, and make it the highlight of their week; in fact this is just the way they should plan for it.
It’s a fact that the best photographs made, the one’s you can’t wait to share with your family and boast on Facebook, are the one’s when everybody’s relaxed, feeling good about themselves and having a great a time. For them women, a trip to the spa and a scheduled appointment at the makeup counter does the trick every time.
For the children, their trick generally works best “post” photo session, with the anticipation of their favorite pizza galleria or local eatery. Some clients even like to build a playlist on their iPod with their favorite songs, and bring it to the photo session to play in my boom box. The bottom line is, our time together during the photo session is a blank canvas for fun, creativity and making the memories (aka photographs) that will tell your story for generations to come.
Step 3: The Pie Session
There’s no doubt this is the step all clients agree is their favorite! When it’s time to view your photos, you’ll receive an invitation via the US Postal delivery man, requesting you RSVP to your Photo Viewing Pie Session with a day and time of your convenience (the RSVP part can be done via email or phone call, the post man delivery is just a fun thing I like to do to make my clients feel special in today’s all digital eco system).
The Photo Viewing Pie Session takes place in my studio’s private “client viewing room,” a room the other six nights of the week my wife traditionally refers to as our living room. As the name suggests, using the freshest apples one can get their hands on, baked to that perfect density of softness, while still holding on to that “baked apple pie snap” that makes great apple pie – GREAT APPLE PIE; and the purest blend of sugars and spices generously fashioned into some serious carbohydrate, endorphin rushing slices of heaven; leaving the only possible match for your attention, your photos on display in a very simple presentation I use to help show off your new collection.
I step my clients through a very easy to follow slideshow presentation where I have organized all of their photos according to our original Coffee Table Session. Though I make all of the client’s photos available for them to have, here I prepare not only the best photos I believe my clients will be looking for, but also the best sets of photos that “play well” with each other when displayed in such things as: individually framed printed sets, a framed photomontage set, printed coffee table books and even fun combinations of photos matched together and custom designed for displaying on Facebook. Often times these photo sets will include “behind the scenes” photos or times when the client wasn’t looking at the camera or was in a moment; this way of matching “like” or sometimes even “un-like” groups of photos together go a long ways in creating memories and telling stories that many times are forgotten or over looked.
Before seeing my clients off, as a token of my understanding for their desire and anticipation to get their final photos as quickly as possible, I always prepare for them a couple of teaser photos for them to take and post online or email out to friends or family.