Wednesday, March 4, 2009

New Blog Coming Soon!

I am vigorously working on my shiny new blog. Everything about it will be better, including the image uploading (saving my tons of time, which will allow me to blog much more often), commenting, linking, subscribing and navigating. In addition, it just looks sweet!

For all my wonderful couples and customers, you will receive an e-mail to let you know when it is complete and on-line. Otherwise, please check back often.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

So, what is the StoryBook album?

I'm so glad you asked! It's big. It's beautiful. It's dramatic and colorful. It's durable, timeless, classic, elegant, custom, and a whole bunch of other things. But most of all, it's your wedding in motion (without video). It's the most important day of your life unfolding over and over again whenever you want.

The Storybook below is from Lina and Michael's wedding last July. It was beautiful and grand.


The Cover

The cover is totally customizable. Any color, photo and font will work. Whatever you desire. It's also very durable. There's no need to hide this book in the closet for fear of everyday wear. It was made for the coffee table, and that's where it belongs. But it does come with a satin bag for extra protection if you want to tote it around to show it off to your friends and family.

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The Pages

The spreads, are made of thick, museum-quality paper. The ink is archival quality as well, and decorates the paper with bold, beautiful colors.

My favorite thing about the StoryBook is the seamless spread. No gutter. No gap. Just photos. This means I don't have any rules or limitations when designing the spreads. It's simply a big, blank 12"x24" canvas.

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It's no problem to lay out one huge photo across the whole spread.

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And it's no problem to do several smaller ones. Whatever the story requires.

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Exact replicas of the 12" x 12" StoryBook can be made in smaller sizes for the parents. They come in 6"x6", 8"x8" and 10"x10". The one shown here is a 6"x6".


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Friday, January 23, 2009

Lil' Man is getting so big

My current B&Gs may have had the pleasure of meeting my pride and joy, or at least have seen his portraits plastered all over my walls.


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He'll be two in the beginning of March. I suspect he'll approach the cake in a much different way this year, considering he now knows how to use a fork (kinda).

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Anyway, I posted some photos of him enjoying the recent dumping of snow. He didn't want to go inside.

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Emily's Bat Mitzvah

Bar/Bat Mitzvahs are a lot of fun to cover. I've shot several and I always have a great time. The kids dance like crazy. Great DJs like Rock the House and Terry Macklin always keep people energized.


On January 24, I had the privilege of covering Emily's Bat Mitzvah party. It was at Maggiano's (always great food!), and Rock the House provided the entertainment. Laughing, dancing and partying carried on until the very end for adults and kids. The party had a great topical theme (much needed this time of year), and the decorations had me convinced I wasn't in Ohio anymore.

Here are some images from the formal shoot and the party.

Congratulations Emily!



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Nuts and Bolts

Every now and again I have the opportunity to do commercial work. Sometimes product photography can be a little dry because I have to represent the product in a very "honest" way. There's little room for getting creative with lighting schemes and colors. However, sometimes I'm lucky enough to get my hands on a commercial project that has no such rules!

The Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI) needed a cover photo for their Annual Report (and several other IFI publications) for their members. Once again, I had the wonderful task of taking it.

Since IFI is an association for manufacturers in the fastener industry, they provided me with some nuts and bolts for the cover. The cool part is these nuts and bolts aren't for sale, which means I can do whatever I want. Since IFI promotes American made fasteners, I figured I'd introduce a little RW&B to some of the images.

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