AShapiro Studios – Commercial Event Photography

Category: Tips and Tricks

  • CONCACAF Gold Cup Event Photography – Part 5: Data Management

    CONCACAF Gold Cup Event Photography – Part 5: Data Management

    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

    Making The Shot: Yamazaki 18

    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

    Seattle Real Estate Photographer: Phinney Ridge Craftsman

    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…

  • Camera Buying Tip: How Many Megapixels Do You Need?

    Camera Buying Tip: How Many Megapixels Do You Need?

    I was at a photography industry event recently and brought along my newest camera (the Panasonic GX7 which I still need to write about).  It was an informal, social gathering and I was helping the social media efforts of the group, so I pulled it out to snap a couple pics.  One of the other…

  • Quick Hit: 2 iOS Tips to Make Your Life Easier – Short Names and Signatures!

    Quick Hit: 2 iOS Tips to Make Your Life Easier – Short Names and Signatures!

    Some people follow every software update and can tell you in which update a certain feature appeared.  I’m not that guy.  There are some features that I wish existed, and I get excited when they appear!  2 have recently surfaced for me that I’m pretty jazzed about – Email Signatures by Account and the “Short…