Category: Event Photography
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CONCACAF Gold Cup Event Photography – Part 2: Planning The Trip
I’ve said the words many times. I’ve heard many-a-person say the same. “I’m A Planner.” Well, I think everyone is a planner… to different degrees. Sometimes when I talk about my travel and event photography work, I see a lot of gaping mouths and a lot of ‘wow’ comments; the same as when I watch…
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Seattle Event Photography: Disaronno Mixing Star 2015
I love being challenged in a photo shoot. I love having to make fast adjustments – it keeps me on my toes. Back in 2003 I got my Private Pilot license. When I completed the test I was talking to my flight instructor about next steps and he asked me about my intentions. I said…
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CONCACAF Gold Cup Event Photography – Part 1: Getting the Call
I don’t know how they got my name initially. I wish I did. Octagon is a Sports, Music and Entertainment Marketing company based in Connecticut, with 68 offices spread around the world. Their team in Chicago, among other things, manages their Allstate Insurance business and their sponsorship of soccer events throughout the US. I first…
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Seattle Event Photography: Reyka Solstice at the Fremont Fair
What do I do? How do I help my clients? There are many other photographers – what does AShapiro Studios do differently? Short answer: We help event producers show value to people that spend money. That could be the sponsor of an event, a company’s customer or client, the people that attend an event, and…
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Seattle Event Photography: Bols Jazz and Genever
Great music – Check. Great crowd – Check. Great cocktails – Check! Good fun last night at The High Dive in Fremont with Bols Genever, Damrack Gin and music by Breaks and Swells for Jazz and Genever. See the entire gallery from Bols Jazz and Genever here!
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Promotional Video: Potala Place Everett
I’ve been working with Potala Place, a new development in Everett, WA, for over 8 months. First event photography at their Topping Off Ceremony, then again for a Farmers Roundtable Discussion about being involved in the Market at Potala Place, and again recently for a community open house which doubled as a fundraiser for Housing…
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Seattle Event Video: Macho Libre at Snoqualmie Casino
How close can I get? That’s the only question I needed to answer. I got the call from Snoqualmie Casino to create a video for an event they were holding on Cinco de Mayo featuring Lucha Libre wrestlers – Macho Libre. A ring, a ref, guys in masks leaping from top ropes – I wanted…
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Seattle Event Photography: Washington Cigar and Spirits Festival 2014
It just keeps getting better. The Washington Cigar and Spirits Festival is exactly what guests of the event hope it will be. Like a certain fruit-named computer company from Cupertino, CA, the guests don’t even know they want it until they see it, and then they realize that this year was the best yet, and…
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Seattle Corporate Event Photography: PAX Prime 2014 – The Next Level
If anyone ever tries to tell you that video games are ‘just a kids thing’ or ‘not important’ or tries to play them off in any way, just smile, nod, and run away. Quickly. They obviously haven’t been to PAX. It’s tough to call it an expo. Convention doesn’t really even do it justice. Really,…
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Event Photography: Bowling in Spokane with Bartenders and Sailor Jerry
About 15 years ago, bowling saw a huge rebirth. The Big Lebowski had just come out, there were 24 hour bowling alleys… and then things started to decline. Real estate developers realized the land under these bowling alleys was worth much more than the pines and lanes that sat on them, and long-standing bowling alleys…