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CONCACAF Gold Cup Event Photography – Part 5: Data Management

With gigs and gigs of data from 9 event photography shoots in 7 cities in less than a month, how do I manage the workflow to make sure I don't loose images? Event Photography ©2015 Ari Shapiro - AShapiroStudios.com

7 Cities. 9 Events. Still Photography and Video. Gigs, and gigs, and gigs of data.  As I write this, we’re barely over half-way through this run of 9 shoots, and – including the transcoded and rendered video files – we’re already over 1 TB of data.  How to manage it all is a big question. […]

Making The Shot: Yamazaki 18

Yamazaki 18 Single Malt Japanese Whisky - Tabletop Product Photography by Ari Shapiro - AShapiro Studios - for The Whisky Guy

You may or may not know; in addition to being a commercial and event photographer and corporate film-maker, I also own a Photo Booth company (PartyBoothNW – also on Facebook) and am a whisk(e)y educator, blogger and podcast producer.  Sometimes I cross-pollinate a little and get to take photos for one of these other ventures.  […]

Seattle Real Estate Photographer: Phinney Ridge Craftsman

The final finished photo of a kitchen in a home in a Phinney Ridge Craftsman-style Nice Seattle Home - Listing soon! ©2014 Ari Shapiro - AShapiroStudios.com

Today’s real estate market in Seattle is brisk.  There’s very little inventory available; houses don’t stay on the market very long.  I’ve been working with Cynthia and Mack – a husband and wife team with Nice Seattle Homes – to photograph their real estate listings, and today’s was a treat.  Seattle may not have homes […]