Website Tune-Up: Portraits

As I've been gradually working on things around here, I'm actually working in 2 different realities. I'm working virtually with regards to trying to blog more frequently, grow my social media presence, and revamp my website, and I'm working physically with the actual renovation of my basement into a functional photo studio.

Holiday Availability

I know things have been slow here on the blog. Been doing a lot of thinking and re-organizing on the business end and I hate to admit it, but it takes away from the time available to really exercise creativity.

Anyway, I've gotten a lot of requests from people to do office holiday parties, so this year I'm officially making myself available for all of your holiday party needs. Whether you just want some candids of the boss doing stupid things while drunk, or you want a backdrop or step and repeat wall for everyone to have portraits taken in front of, I'm your guy.

This is only open to the NJ/NY Metro area, unless you want to add in an extra incentive ($) for travel ;)

Let me know what your needs are and when/where your company/party is going to be and I will get in touch with you privately with pricing and information.

I hope this won't be my last blog before the end of the year, but if it is, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you all.

More soon,
-Rob

Limited Time Portrait Pricing

Do you and your family send out new photos every year around the holidays? Have you had your portraits done yet this year? If not, and if you are from the NY or NJ area, I've got a special offer for you.

Instead of going to the mall and supporting the larger corporate chains that don't take the time to make sure everything is perfect, you can have an in-home or on-location family portrait done for $100. I'm running this offer until December 10th, so that you can rest assured you'll still have your files or prints in time to send out to friends and family.

Meetwood Flack

Recently, I sent out a few dozen (probably few hundred) marketing emails to entice some local bands in my area to hire me for portraits and live shots. I got a few replies, which would probably count to more than a 1% response (that's a pretty great ratio, for those who never studied business). One of the first bands to contact me back was a local Fleetwood Mac tribute band, Meetwood Flack.



As it turns out they needed someone for a show coming up that weekend. We went over the details quickly and I got the job. The basic idea of the assignment was to shoot their hour and a half set and to take some photos of the band as a group as well as individual portraits.

Everyone in the band was great and we had a fun time taking the posed shots. The backstage area was very tight and crammed with gear and other things, so we opted to take them outside, around the back of the venue. There was a great green brick wall there, so I set everything up, took some test shots with my assistant and the band came over and we knocked out a bunch of group shots and portraits in less than 20 minutes.



Inside they played a great set that included some of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs, here is an exact copy of the setlist:

THE CHAIN
DREAMS
SAY YOU LOVE ME
SECOND HAND NEWS
RHIANNON
OVER MY HEAD
BIG LOVE
WORLD TURNING
GOLD DUST WOMAN
LITTLE LIES
SILVER SPRINGS
OH WELL
LANDSLIDE
MONDAY MORNING
GYPSY
YOU MAKE LOVING FUN
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
GO YOUR OWN WAY
DON’T STOP


Click the photo to see the band's MySpace page

I was also able to take some video of the band's performance. I decided to post the video for "Go Your Own Way" on YouTube

There are more portraits in the Portraits Gallery on my site, as well as live photos from the entire set in the Live Gallery.

Be sure to check out the full galleries, video, and the band's page. Check their upcoming dates for when they'll be playing near you.

More soon.