Arriving in Italia

Ciao Tutti!

Derailed, sidetracked, off the beaten path. These are all words to describe my workday. I awoke full of excitement, ready to tackle the task at hand. I sat at my workstation with a steaming cup of 'very vanilla' coffee atop my Beatles Abbey Road coaster in front of me and a plan to work out the final details of the new Flint Weddings Website.

"Before I do that, let me take a quick peek at a few images from our trip to Italy last Spring," I thought. ...and so it goes.

Upon our arrival in Rome, we dropped our things at the family villa and headed out to catch the last glimpses of daylight. It is a long running tradition of mine to take the B Line to the Colosseo stop before I do anything else. Since this was my first trip to Rome with Kelli, I thought that it might a nice way to say..."Benvenuto a Roma!". Walking out of that subway stop to witness the mighty Coliseum and Roman Forums staring back takes one's breath away every time. It is a powerful thing to behold. So much history...so freekin old!!!

After regaining our breath, I noticed a poorly violin player (shabby clothes, beat up intrument missing the chin rest) approaching a young woman waiting for her bus. She was immediatly aware of his presence, but didn't want him to know. The violinist walked up along side her and began playing. And although she did her best to ignore him, she was eventually broken. They exchanged a smile and she gave him some change. It was a brief interaction...easy to miss, yet when I saw that sequence of images this afternoon, I was immediately transported back. I was there again, and the smells and sounds and sights were as alive today as they were 8 months ago. That is the power of a photograph. They are not just ink on paper...They are reminders. They are the information that jog our memories and allow our past to live today. They are significant.

I've included a few images from that sequence below, but had to cut them down in the interest of image load time. If you'd like to see more, I would be ecstatic to share. The rest of the images are from that evening. Twilight at the Panteon, dinner at Piazza Navona...ahhh Roma. From there we traveled for two weeks and collected thousands of images. I hope to find some time to review those soon...you will all be the first to know :)

Roma, Italia (day 1/2)

After dinner we walked past a film crew shooting two really beautiful people doing something around a limousine. I snapped this and was kindly escorted away by one of the grips. As I always say...It's easier to ask for forgiveness that permission :)


Thanks for stopping by my friends.

love.laughter.light
t
tomas flint photographer - fired up for 2009!

Buon Viaggio Nonna

Hello All,
My grandmother on my mother's side, my nonna, is heading back to Italy tomorrow after a two month visit that culminated with my baby sister's wedding this past weekend (More on that coming soon :] ). While she was here, I promised her that I'd gather some images from our tour through Italy this past Spring to take back to friends and family. Sure enough, two months went by in a flash and with a heavy workload & travel schedule I never found the time. Booooo.
Nonna understood and lightened her request to images from the days spent with her sister, my zia, in the Northeastern mountain towns of Belluno & Cortina. Going through these images was a real treat, as I hadn't seen any of them since they were captured. I have over 60 gigs of photos from that trip and HADN'T SEEN A SINGLE ONE until yesterday. Again...Booooo. The following are a few of my favorites:


This is the vista of the Italian Alps from Belluno Centro. Not bad, huh??



My Zia...

...86 years young and wouldn't think of letting us help her tidy up the house.









The great Italian Renaissance painter Tiziano Vercelli was born in the town of Pieve Di Cadore, near Belluno. This was his kitchen...




There is so much more to share from this amazing adventure. Stay tuned as we ramp up into Blogvember!

love.light.laughter,
t

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

Lori & Erik Part Deux...The Ceremony.

Hey Blog World!!!

Here's the second of three installments from Lori and Erik's Wedding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico last month. This is the ceremony portion. Short and sweet...what a beautiful experience to re-live!! Thanks again, and a million times over, to all of you guys for making Erich and I feel so welcome and encouraged. Shoot me over an email, fire off a msg, or leave a comment if you want to view the entire event on my proofing page. I'll get right back to you with directions on how to do so. I think that it's worth a view (...but then again, I may be biased!!!).

Cabo, part deux...













Alrighty then...

As for other happenings in the life and times...

Just had a killer wedding in the Adirondack's this past weekend. As my good buddy Mike Lindacher says..."life is just better in the adirondacks". Mountain air, sunsets, tipping back a few cans of Utica Club at The Tap Room in Raquette Lake. Good times. Good times. I'll be writing about it in more detail soon.

After much frustration, I finally sucked it up and invested in new studio equipment. New computers, monitors...you name it. I even got one of those fancy wacom tablet writing thingies. It still feels strange, but I've heard that once you get used to it, you can never go without. Anyway, what was taking me weeks before is taking minutes now. Ok...I'm exagerating. But I do feel like I've entered a new dimension. Warp speed. Sky's the limit...I'm all sorts of fired up!!! I forgot how much I used to like tooling away on computers. Big ups to Pdoe for his hand in all of this...you are the most talented computer geek in the Universe.

Alright y'all...back to work.

Happy 4th everybody!!!
t