Wow, what a cool bash the staff at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen threw this evening. They wanted to have the theme based on the era the hotel was built so everyone came in costume including the staff and supporting vendors. Since I “shoot” people for a living I decided to be a gun slinger. If you want to see what you missed just Click Here.
Well, we closed out the wedding season with a bang! Margaret and Andy’s wedding was a grand gala, planned by Meg’s sister, Katie and it was superb! Both families were fantastic and so warm and caring. As usual, the staff at the Grand Hyatt was excellent! Our good friends, Lisa and Henry Mares provided the video services and I had plenty of help with my assistant, Brian Ness backing up our files and building the album we gave the couple at the end of the evening. The final slide shows how they felt. My good friend Steve Tinetti was my second shooter along with one of my associate photographers, Amber Conner. Fastlane Productions provided the lighting and projected our images as a slide show to entertain the guests. To see the highlights of this final wedding for 2009 click here.
A few months ago I was commissioned to photograph the wedding of Margaret Zarlengo and Andy Schwiesow (coming up next week). I later learned that Margaret’s family started the Zarlengo Foundation to help fund educational programs for children with learning disabilities, so I volunteered to photograph their annual fund raiser at the Grand Hyatt. It was absolutely wonderful! John Ferrugia from Denver’s Channel 7 news was the emcee and Danny Glover was the guest speaker. He has a special place in his heart for these types of programs, that’s why he was there. I never would have known it had he not spoken about his own difficulty with learning as a child since he has dyslexia. The evening wrapped up with a great performance by a band provided by Pro Entertainment. Below are a few images form last night.
Last night I had the opportunity to photograph the Gino Velardi fashion show that was a fund raiser for Dress For Success, an organization that helps women get established in the workforce with their wardrobe and training. Jenae Lopez, one of my associate photographers came along to help. This was my first fashion show style shoot and was challenging with the dark room and contrast with all the spot lights. Here are a few images. Enjoy.
It’s been a really great week in New Orleans at the Pictage Partner Conference. I had the privilege of giving my presentation today and tomorrow morning will be leading a group of 25 photographers to do a creative composition shooting session with 2 models and later in the day photographing families that lost their images during Katrina. I had the opportunity to hang with some old friends and create a few new ones. I also got the chance to meet and visit with the new CEO of Pictage, Jim Collins and it’s fun to see someone that’s so passionate about our industry. Wonderful things are on the horizon for Pictage!
