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Another month gone…

0 Comments January 29, 2009|Tony|General

…and I don’t know where it’s gone to. It was just New Year’s Day yesterday wasn’t it?

Starting a new year is tough, and a lot of it doesn’t involve shooting. Things like getting the taxes together, holding annual meetings, putting together this year’s business plan, putting new products together, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

With all of this stuff going on, you’d think I didn’t have time to shoot anything. Well a good photographer always finds some time to shoot and you’ll be happy to know that I did too.

Moda Spa and Salon had their grand opening this month with drinks, hors d’oeuvres, a fashion show and a live photo shoot. Guess who the photographer was. It was me! Their stylists did the hair for five models that modeled dresses from Lola’s Boutique, and they brought in a makeup artist. While the evening progressed, I shot each of the models in a Hollywood/dramatic lighting style while guests mingled in and out of the shooting area. The images created will be used by the stylists and the salon for their look book and some will even be hanging on the walls of the salon.

Later in the month I had the opportunity to shoot at a workshop. It was interesting and a few ladies were there to add to their portfolios. I was able to get some interesting fashion images and here are a few examples.

That’s it for now, don’t forget to check back often for updates or add us to your RSS feed to get the updates automatically.

What’s been happening at the studio?

0 Comments December 28, 2008|Tony|General

Wow! Has it really been two months since I’ve posted to the blog?! Either time flies when you’re having fun or I’m not very good at keeping you informed about what’s been happening at the studio. I prefer to think it’s the former.

Well here’s what’s been happening at the studio. Last month we started a new email newsletter that we’ll use as another way to keep you informed of upcoming events, specials and general news involving the studio. If you’re interested you can sign up by clicking this link. SIGN ME UP! If you like it, forward it off to friends and family that you think would find it interesting. Of course you may opt-out at any time if you wish.

The holiday season brought a visit from Santa Claus. Circa History Guild had an Old Fashioned Christmas party at their location and I was able to shoot Santa…with my camera of course. He was there visiting with the children for a couple of hours and this is one of the images from that shoot that we used on our Holiday Card.

Family Christmas images were busy also. The Diaz family was particularly enjoyable to work with. The girls, Kendall and Kayla, kept Ann busy while I shot Krystal and Mark. Here’s the image they chose for their Christmas cards.

We also had numerous business clients in during this time. Ivan Ruiz of Georgia Brace and Spine, who’s putting together a product catalog showing the different styles of back and body braces used after spinal surgery, is using a number of our images in their catalog which is being assembled by MMI Creative.

Melissa, Kelly, Chuck and Sam were in need of head shots for ads, new web pages, and business cards. This is Melissa.

I took part in a Fire and Ice workshop. Yes, fire and ice. On day one, we built an array of six propane gas burners that were set up behind a model. Then we lit them up. We got some very interesting shots and we were kept busy keeping the place cool so as not to set off the fire alarm from the heat created by the burners.

The next day we built a set to hold the ice and water. Two 350 pound blocks of ice were brought in and the models posed either in the water or on the blocks of ice or a combination of both. I’ll just say they were troopers and I’m glad I wasn’t in that water.

That just about wraps up the last two months around the studio at di Sogno Photography. As you can see it’s been busy. I’ll endeavor to update it more often in 2009. We’ll have some new things to talk about soon, so check back or add us to your RSS feed to get the updates automatically.

We hope you have had a great holiday and a safe and Happy New Year.

A Novel Exchange

0 Comments October 20, 2008|Tony|General

I had the pleasure of photographing an event this past week called A Novel Exchange. It’s a social, a book exchange and a fund raising event created and hosted by Dale Israel. Around 50 readers from the Roswell and Alpharetta area attended and enjoyed snacks, socializing and exchanging books as well as hearing local author, Brad Cohen, talk about his story and his latest book.

The event benefited the Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia. The guest speaker, Brad Cohen, author of the book “Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had” has been featured on Oprah and in People Magazine as well as other print and electronic media. Hallmark Hall of Fame has produced a movie based on Brad’s book that will air on CBS the evening of December 7, 2008.

Brad shared his extremely interesting story about living with Tourette’s for most of his life and how, after college, when given the opportunity to teach at a Cobb County elementary school, he not only excelled at it, but was named recipient of the Sallie Mae First Year Teacher of the Year Award for the State of Georgia!

To learn more about Tourette Syndrome and Brad, check out their websites by clicking on the links in the above paragraphs. To learn more about A Novel Exhange, contact Dale Israel.

A good time was had by all and here are some of the images from that night.

Dale Israel, Brad Cohen, Tricia Kardon
Dale, Brad, Tricia

Brad Cohen and his Wife Nancy

Socializing prior to the book exchange.

Brad telling his story.

The audience listening intensely!

That’s it for now. Take care and leave your feedback or questions in the comments section. Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed if you wish. Until the next time!

Fun, Fun, and More Fun!

0 Comments October 10, 2008|Tony|General

Well it’s been another busy couple of weeks around the studio. A few models, a few family sessions and business head shots, some commercial work and one really fun shoot with a photographer friend of mine! Essentially it was a fun couple of weeks here at di Sogno Photography and here are some highlights.

A young lady and an aspiring model, Aura, needed some lifestyle images for a local agency so she could start her portfolio. The agency wanted at least five different looks and one formal studio style head shot. She has some really great photos from her session, don’t you think?

Aura was a pleasure to work with; she’s a natural in front of the camera and takes direction very well. I think she’ll go far and I know I’d work with her again.

Jay, owner of web design company Kapp Koncepts, contacted me because he was creating a new web site for a local company that makes turbine engine parts and needed fresh images. This project included head shots of the company leaders, images of four to five computer controlled milling machines while in operation, general images of some of the parts produced and images of the building.

I captured everything over a few days of shooting, did initial editing of the images and turned them over to be used on the site. I am happy to say that Jay was pleased with the results our collaboration.

Model Mickie Lynn was scheduled in the studio for some additional images for her portfolio and we wanted something elegant for her to wear. Stephanie, the owner of Lola’s Boutique, often allows me to borrow outfits for use by the models. This time Stephanie lent us a stylish black and white dress and a very cute white top. I shot Mickie in both of the outfits we borrowed and the images turned out great. In return, I printed two images from the shoot that Stephanie is using on the walls of her boutique.

This is one of the images. If you want to see the others, stop by Lola’s…and check out her selection of clothes while there.

Now for the fun shoot. Friend and fellow photographer, Valerie Smith, invited a few select photographers and models to her studio a couple of weeks ago for an “anything goes” fun shoot. Since the format was totally open, the photographers collaborated with the models to create scenarios and capture different images.

Sometimes they were casual…

sometimes they were sophisticated…

and others were just plain fun.

As you can see, the ladies dressed up in very loud and colorful outfits, made up their faces as small children, put their hair in pig tails, blew bubbles and licked oversized lollypops! It was a blast!

Well that’s about it for now. Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed and if you like, leave some feedback in the comments section. Until the next time…

Signature Images

0 Comments July 7, 2008|Tony|Commercial, General

The Dream Image

When choosing their images, our clients can choose an option that will make one of their images into a di Sogno Signature Image. The effect, that we call the Dream Effect, (goes along with the English translation of our studio name “dreamy”), gives the viewer a sense that they are seeing the subject in a dream, with a soft, light and airy feeling being applied to the image.
No Signature Dream Effect

As you can see, when caught in a thoughtful, contemplative or a playful mood, our Dream Effect provides an additional depth and imagination to an image that already captures the personality and beauty of the subject.

We’ve not yet had a client who hasn’t enjoyed the results of purchasing a signature image, so be sure to ask about it during your consultation.

June Re-Cap

0 Comments June 30, 2008|Tony|General

Blog and Web Site…

This blog and the new web site that goes along with it happened this month. We spent a lot of time getting the site ready and we hope you like the results.

Blogging is something new to me, I’ve never kept a diary, so I hope you’ll excuse a bit of my long windedness at times. I’ll also attempt to keep the jargon to a minimum when writing these posts. If you choose to subscribe to the RSS feed, I promise not to overload you with useless information. And I’ll post when something very interesting has happened or at least once a month.

History…

There is a history center in the development where my studio is located called Circa History Guild. They regularly have interesting speakers talking about various topics. This month the speakers’ topics revolved around the personal Signed Picture of Robert E. Lee

experiences of their duty during the Second World War.

I did some work for them again this month, and the reason I mention this is because most of the items for sale on their web site were photographed by me. It is truly amazing to think that I’ve handled documents that contain original signatures of our founding fathers as well as other artifacts.

Check them out when you get the chance; I have personal knowledge that there are many more interesting things to be posted in the History Shoppe web gallery.

Architecture…

The owner of XI Builders stopped by this month and asked if I had some time to shoot a few interiors for him to use in an upcoming client presentation. It turned out the Restaurant HQ

presentation was less than 48 hours away, so of course I did the shoot for him. Normally, we would meet a few days prior to the shoot so I could see and understand what was necessary, make the proper plans, and have the right equipment with me, but due to my schedule and time constraints, we went over the shots he wanted at the time of the shoot. In a few hours of onsite work, I managed to create eight images including the one pictured here. Later that week he told me that the presentation went exceptionally well and the images were just what were needed.

June Brides?…

We all know what most ladies think of when you mention the month of June, brides and weddings! Well at my studio, that seems to have been replaced with what happens next…maternity sessions!

I truly consider ladies that are with child to be beautiful; there is just a glow that surrounds them with an air of excitement and anticipation that goes along with having a child. During June the mother’s-to-be kept

me busy shooting maternity images of their third trimester. Some were very close to delivery. During the shoots we did some fun images as well as some in a fine art style to document this wonderful time of their lives. I had fun shooting these and from the feedback I’ve had, the ladies had fun too.

Well that does it for now. June was a busy month for me. I hope you have a happy and safe 4th of July! Enjoy the weekend!