Dec
31
The Best of Two Worlds Collide: Impact and Value
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As we continue to raise the bar of top quality and untamed creativity, finesse our vision, and revamp our offerings, we build more and more value into our exquisite packages, inevitably reflecting on the prices.
While shooting high undoubtedly serves as the ultimate drive to excel and remain the industry flagship, it has a penitent potential [...]
Dec
29
Wishes for the New Year 2010!
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May the New Year 2010 be a year of materialized dreams. May your wishes, wildest and warmest, deepest and oldest, unbelievable and daring, come true! From all of us at Zorz Studios, we sincerely wish you and your loved ones the best and exciting things in 2010!
Nov
15
TrashEd: Free Trash-the-Dress Session Contest
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Calling for all adventurous minds!
This time has come again! After the smashing success of the free engagement session contest a year ago, I am über excited to announce Zorz Studios’ next contest, TrashEd, in which we give away complimentary trash-the-dress sessions, photo books, and even free wedding coverage to three lucky winners!
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Nov
3
The Wedding Salon Bridal Show Features Industry’s Best
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I’ve been eying The Wedding Salon’s prestigious bridal show for some time now, attending the salon’s networking parties. (One of them, by the way, led to an acquaintance with a turnkey effect.) So, having milled a substantial amount of flour required by this show, I signed up for New York Fall 2009 expo.
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Oct
11
Content for WedSpace “Did That Really Happen?” Book
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Following a recent approach by TLC station, which expressed interest in some of my weddings for a potential coverage on a national television as part of their new show Four Weddings, another media company, WS Publishing Group, invited me to provide content for their new book.
WS Publishing Group is the largest publishing company of wedding [...]
Oct
5
Alaskan. Russian. Tough. Pregnant.
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People heard I did it… A maternity session in Alaska. They hear the rumors of it being shot on top of an Alaskan mountain in unpredictable October, on her 9th month… They can’t wait to see… For now, I will only say it happened and the image above is real. The rest of this amazing [...]
Sep
1
Photographer’s Choice II - Bridal Session for Vanessa
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On the same day following a session for Daria, I shot another bridal session for Vanessa, a fine wedding photographer. Her wedding isn’t until December so I have to keep her bridal gown profile as low as possible for now.
I met this gorgeous young lady at celebrity photographers Mike Colon / Bob Davis’ workshop in [...]
Aug
31
Past Sunday generously offered me an honor to shoot two photographers, both young and kind, who both turned into brides.
I met Daria on Fotki, where we both were members of a closed group of photographers/digital masters. She’s been a long fan of mine and when she got engaged, knew exactly where to go. It felt [...]
Aug
2
This has been a relatively relaxing week-end, sort of… Well, I didn’t sleep on Friday night, working on putting together a slideshow for Mena and Ashwin 9 PM to 9 AM. Then took a nap, worked a bit, and went to shoot an engagement session for Anastasia and Robert. I’ll get to them in moment [...]
Jul
23
Another Double Engagement Session Day
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My summer/spring calendar got so booked up that I am having to combine some smaller shoots such as e-sessions in one day. Such was the day of July 19, when I enjoyed shooting Pamela and Steve, then Nancy and Brian, just following the day of big production for Julia and Gino.
Jul
22
Elements of Nature: E-Session for Julia and Gino
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What a power week-end the past one was… Three engagement sessions, one being quite a production — eight people involved, 150-mile trip on three cars, 22 hours with little or no sleep. And all that to cover just 3/4 of the session.
Julia and Gino are among the lucky winners of Zorz Studios’ free engagement [...]
Jul
13
The Escape: Engagement Session for Irina and Igor
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Another successful realization of a tough request… Meet Irina and Igor, a young couple whose wedding we are shooting early September 2009. They contacted me in May seeing if I can do an engagement session for them, initially not included in the package. A tough part was that they wanted “something a little more exciting [...]
Jul
6
Mena and Ashwin’s Wedding: Two Days of Indian Delight
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At the beginning of this long holiday week-end, we covered a two-day Indian wedding of Mena and Ashwin. Our connection was a perfect example of a long-distance booking. Mena, who is from California, found me about a year ago via one of the online listings that I employ and where I am periodically featured, WedPlan.net. [...]
Jun
14
Caught in the Act: Recent Spotlights
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We drew attention in a couple of places in the past week or two…
First, Sarah Johnson, the founder of Seeking Designers came across my mailing on underwater and body art maternity and immediately put us on the top of their Newsflash (not to mention an “advanced” booking). Seeking Designers is a service provided to both [...]
May
11
Top Wedding Professionals: Grace Ormonde Platinum List
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We are pleased to announce that Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine has chosen to list Zorz Studios on their invitation-only Platinum List, a directory of top wedding professionals from around the world.
Wedding Style, the wedding world’s premier magazine, is a breathtaking publication that showcases the “best of the best” of the wedding industry in the [...]
May
9
One Afternoon, Two Sessions, Four Clients
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The afternoon of May 9th, 2009, the Day of Great Victory, was spent in Manhattan shooting two sessions.
I started with driving to our studio on Broadway where I soon met Alina and Radion whose wedding I shot two months ago. Hmm, that was also a notable holiday, International Women’s Day. The guys must love holidays… [...]
May
3
On Tour: Underwater Maternity Photo Sessions in CA
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The world of divine mother in the harmony of water…
Pregnancy is an exceptional time in woman’s life. Now you have the ability to empower your experience on this path and bring your image to the new depths. We invite you to step away from the ordinary and submerge yourself into the ancient source of life [...]
Apr
9
Now Appearing on Broadway!
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It gives me a great pleasure to announce the expansion of Zorz Studios’ presence and opening operations in the heart of New York City, Manhattan’s Flatiron district. In a special collaboration arrangement with virtuosi and celebrity makeup artists Anne DeMarco and Charles Douglas of Rouge Makeup Studio, we now offer a new convenient location to [...]
Apr
8
Attending Brides New York Cocktail Party at NYPL
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I was invited to attend Brides New York networking and cocktail party last night at the New York Public Library. The magnificent ballroom gathered top wedding professionals for an opportunity to network and meet Julie Raimondi, Editor of Bride’s New York Magazines. Thanks to the crew for an amazing night! The food by Sterling Affair [...]
Mar
29
Wedding of Alina and Radion
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Two recent destination weddings offered an opportunity to do first quick edits right at the airport, unfairly stepping over a cool wedding that took place right before them, of Alina and Radion, a beautiful Russian couple. Here are my highlights of the day, happened to be on International Women’s Day, March 8. (Ironically, this global [...]
Mar
28
Wedding of Maya and Stan, Jamaica
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Writing while in Albany attending Professional Photographers Society of NY State convention. Here’s a glimpse of my 3-day trip to Jamaica to shoot the wedding of Maya and Stan. The length of stay and the environment offered a plethora of photo ops, from picturesque to risky… there went trash-the-dress and a local variation of their engagement [...]
Mar
22
Wedding of Erica and Elkin, Palm Beach, FL
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Just returned from Florida where I shot a spectacular wedding of Erica and Elkin, whose engagement session in Miami last year caused some locomotion… Below are just a few quick picks, lightly processed. More details and properly done photographs will follow.
Mar
17
“Cinemateur”: 1930s Retro Love Story (E-Session)
Filed Under Artistic, Contest, Engagement, Equipment, Post-Processing, Tutorial | 4 Comments
This is a sneak preview of an elaborate retro photo session shot past Saturday. I am so ecstatic to be able to organize and pull it off! The session, based on our own script, develops a dramatic love story in 1930s’ Brooklyn. A great amount of effort, passion, skill, equipment, and investment was put into [...]
Mar
9
Stocking Up on Prime Lighting Equipment
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As if I didn’t have enough of Hensel… I already have a 4-head monolight studio set with Hensel’s lightboxes and softboxes, sized from medium to huge. This set has been serving me great in studio and on location indoors but here comes my first project requiring same studio quality outdoors. I’ve been eying their [...]
Feb
28
Committing to Giving Back: “Feel Bigger” Program
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I want to leave a trace in this world… through photography which may turn into a historical record or a work of art, inhabiting someone’s heart — beating faster and feeling warmer, outliving mine… through my volunteering for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS), a national group of elite photographers healing trauma of [...]
Feb
3
Receiving Bride’s Choice Award 2009
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It is with great pleasure that I announce being chosen to receive a 2009 Bride’s Choice Award from WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings franchise provider. The following is the press release.
WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Zorz Studios, Inc. has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards!
Feb
1
And the Winners Are…
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More than two months of anxiety are over. I am excited to announce the winners of Zorz Studios’ EngagEd contest, opened on November 15, 2008. Dozens of entrants with their vision of an engagement session, four finalists, more than 600 of voters, and now, the Grand Prix winner and two runner-ups!
Jan
25
Iwona and Lukasz’ Wedding
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The owner of Molto Carino hair salon referred one of her patrons, Iwona, to me. Iwona is a sweet young Polish lady whom, I have a strong feeling, I had met somehere before. We could never figure that out but she and her fiance Lukasz still booked me. The wedding was very small and easy-going, [...]
Jan
22
Joining the i.c.e. Society
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While at the Digital Wedding Forum (DWF) convention in Phoenix, AZ past week, I chatted with Jerry Ghionis, a renowned Australian wedding photographer. He leads the i.c.e. Society, an educational and creative group of professional wedding photographers. While there could be many such groups, his whole credo fits perfectly into my own vision of a [...]
Dec
8
Engagement Session of Erica and Elkin, Miami, FL
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…I am writing this as I’m sitting in a Florida resort… Just cannot hold the result of today’s engagement session to myself. Meet Erica and Elkin, a beautiful couple whose wedding I will shoot next March in West Palm Beach, FL. Fashionable, hip, and sexy. That’s them. That’s the theme of their session, shot in [...]