What Happened to Me?!?!?

Hey Everybody!!!

I can sum up the last 7 days in one 4 letter word: blur. It's hard to believe that so much time has passed!!!

So let's get down to it:

1. I hate that I left you all hangin on this for so long. I did, however enjoy what you guys responded with. My favorite answer would have to be Mike Mollosey's response: tom flint?? Now Mike, I don't spray...a little gel maybe, but spray...never.

So who said:
"I don't use a blow-dryer. I comb it. Once I have it the way that I like it, I spray it and it's good for the day."

None other than The Donald himself...Mr. Donald Trump.

2. Blog-vember - A wicked month it was!!! Thank you all for tuning in and participating. I will be tallying up the numbers this weekend and should have an announcement for the winner of the itunes gift card in my next post. If you missed out on the festivities or are simply suffering from withdrawal, no need to worry...I am have plenty of material (and antics) up my sleeve. I plan on keeping this steady blog-thing up for a long time.

3. This past weekend - AWESOME! More than 15 hours of shooting over two days were necessary to document the largest wedding I have ever photographed. Over 350 guests (including a 26-person wedding party!!) witnessed Rufus and Amy's Winter Wedding spread out over 7 locations in sunny (but bitter cold) Rochester, NY. A very special thank you to Kelli Marsh and Marc Pagano for your energy, talent and support on the project. It was a joy to have you both aboard. I'd also like to thank Kelli Berg from Simply Beautiful Wedding Consulting for her outstanding work as the event planner. Don't know what we would have done without you and your crew Kelli!!! I look forward to working together again!

Although I am nowhere near finished working though the images, here are a few that jumped out at me. Enjoy!

Here is a fantastic dress detail shot captured by the very clever Kelli Marsh.

And finally, I was up to my old shenanigans with the Polaroid. Here are some fired up guests "shakin' it like a Polaroid picture". Good Times.

4. Major updates are underway in the ol' Flint Marketing Department. You name it...website, myspace, slideshows, facebook, print ads and on and on. I will be sure to make official announcements when each of these renovations are complete. As always, I love your feedback...so keep it comin!!

I think that that just about covers it for today. Big weekend in the studio coming up...I'm sure there will be some time to post then.

Just a reminder that there is a signup box in the top right corner if you'd like to have new blog announcements sent to you via email. I can't think of a better holiday gift for your computer!!!


Stay Classy y'all!!
t

Back to Earth

Hey Everybody!!!

I returned to Rochester Friday night concluding a whirlwind tour that brought me through 3 countries, 8 cities, 5 weddings, countless shoots and even more hotel rooms & complimentary shampoo and conditioner bottles. Needless to say, I am psyched to be home sleeping in my own bed!!!

My shooting schedule is slowing down considerably in November so I am devoted to marathon photo processing and blogging to get you all caught up on what's been going on. My goal: at least 3 blogs per week during the month of November. There is no particular order or theme to these blogs, just random visual ramblings of images and insights that I've picked up along the way. As an incentive to my loyal friends (and readers), I am running an itunes gift card giveaway to the reader who is most interactive during this marathon. That's right, a $20 itunes gift card to whomever is most present (via comments) during the month of November. So get fired up y'all...leave your comments, send your shoutouts. ...this is gonna rock!!!

First things first...
Seeing as how I've just returned from the Rockstar Wedding Photography Workshop hosted by Corey McNabb in Asheville, NC, I will start there. My last post covered the arrival and first day there, this one tells the rest. It was such a great week...I was bummed to wake up this morning and not have it to look forward to.

Day one was an e-shoot with photographer Jon Leidel and his girlfriend Anna. It took place in the Botanical Gardens in Asheville. Thank you guys for your patience and energy...it was such a great afternoon:
tired photogs heading back to camp after a long afternoon (except for Sophia that is...she still has some spring in her step!!).
The next day was a wedding-type shoot at the fabulous Biltmore Estates in Asheville...the largest residence in the USA. If you haven't been to the Biltmore, do it and follow the link above to learn more before you go. It's easy to get lost!!!


Adam Linke was fired up!!!
...and so was Larry Crandall.
Jeremy Russell looked dashing in gate-framed 80's glory. What a handsome fella.
a special thanks to Hadley and Kevin for all of their hard work. You guys are stunning!
Wednesday brought about the night shoot. What a blast we had wandering around downtown Asheville on Halloween looking for light. A big shout out to Eric and Courtney for being out models that night.
Thursday was suprise headshot day.
Here's my new photog friend and fellow rockstar, Elizabeth Myers.

Ty Miller. Check out the amazing slideshow that Ty put together from the workshop.
Jon Sanderson
Christy Hatley
Sophia Jeckic
Amber Holritz
Amber again!!
my headshot taken by the talented Amber Holritz
time to move on...plane shot taken on my cell phone just before takeoff from Asheville.
another cell phone shot from inside the Charlotte Airport during layover.
and this one wraps it all up. An enthusiastic 'welcome home' from a boisterous troupe of boy scouts at the Rochester Airport. It was quite the homecoming!!!
There are some workshop buddies who are not mentioned above. My apologies for not having photos...but here are links.

Aaron Hogsed
Regina Holder
Vicki Kendall
Jill Schwarzkopf
Zac Thomas
Christine Tremoulet
...all awesome photographers...all awesome people.

Alright, so there is #2 of the November Blog Marathon...check back often. I hope that this finds you all well.

All the Best,
t

Destination: Asheville

Hey Hey!!

October is quickly coming to an end and thus concluding one heck of a two-month stint. Last stop before some much needed down-time...Asheville, North Carolina for my good buddy Corey McNabb's Rockstar Wedding Photography Workshop. My flight out here left super early Sunday morning which was bittersweet in that I had to get out of bed early (bitter) but I got to see the sunrise from 30,000 ft. (sweet) and arrived in Asheville early in the afternoon, which gave us time to go exploring (sweet). Corey, myself and my new photog buddies Amber Holritz and Zac Thomas loaded up in Corey's budget automobile and took a cruise along the majestic Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a beautiful afternoon spent with beautiful people. I'm really excited for this experience. Here are some pics from that morning and afternoon. The first two were captured using my state of the art cell phone camera:this one i call slanted sunrise #4...






what are they shooting at???

Tara Jordan put on a killer opening party at Corey's Studio. Her attention to detail was impeccable. She even brought in a rock n roll "rockstar" ice sculpture for a centerpiece...it was rad!!!

Looks like Parker Pfister is ready to get into the vino! This could spell trouble.

Time for fun with ice. Here's Sophia Jekic giving me the googley eye.


I told you that this could spell trouble! What is up with this??
This last one is worth sharing. It's from this afternoon's modeling session at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. I decided to go with the ol' lensbaby to shake things up a bit. A big thank you to Jon Leidel and the lovely Anna for giving us so much of yourselves during this shoot.
That's all for now. I hope that this finds you all well.

All the Best,
t