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Customer Spotlight: George Street Photo and Video

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

We are very pleased to have George Street Photo and Video as our Customer Spotlight for the month of August. Located in our hometown of Chicago, Illinois, George Street is run by photographers Dan Creviston, Michael McMahon and Tim Muller.

Here at Zookbinders, we always see photography from the George Street team pass through our production floor, we often enjoy their creative imagery. Learn more about George Street by reading our Q&A and don’t forget to view the slideshow of one of their sample albums.

Studio: George Street Photo and Video
Name: Dan, Michael and Tim
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Website: http://www.georgestreetpv.com/

Where is your favorite location to photograph?The church aisle right after a wedding ceremony when the bride and groom walk away from the alter. They have a unique expression of relief , excitement, love and just about every positive emotion you could imagine.

What excites you about being a photographer?Capturing the emotions of brides and grooms on the most special day of their lives.

What turns you off about being a photographer?Sometimes it is hard to keep creativity in check if we have time constraints.

What is your favorite marketing tool?Facebook, because we can connect directly with our clients.

What or who has inspired you?Movies and media are always a great way to see new lighting techniques.

What’s your favorite f-stop?F2.8

What is your favorite book?Ansel Adams: Classic Images

What is the #1 reason that clients hire you?Brilliant photography and great customer service

What do you do when you’re not photographing?Be a mentor to other photographers

If heaven exists, which photographer would you like to hang out with?George Eastman, founder of Kodak. Not only did he invent roll film, but he was a major philanthropist.

Thank you George Street for sharing your thoughts with us! Keep up the great work! Everyone, be sure to check out the slide show of George Street’s wedding photography below.

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Customer Spotlight: Nordmann Photography

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Nordmann Photography

We are very pleased to have Lisa Nordmann of Nordmann Photography as our Customer Spotlight for the month of July. Located in St. Louis, Missouri – Nordmann Photography is a family ran business by Master Photographer, Lisa – her husband and two sons. They are an extremely talented family whose photography business focuses on weddings, portraits, seniors, and sports.

Here at Zookbinders, we always see photography from the Nordmann family pass through our production floor will sometimes stop and take a look at the great finished product. Learn more about Lisa Nordmann by reading our Q&A and don’t forget to view the slideshow of a Senior book she created with us below.

Lisa

Studio: Nordmann Photography
Name: Lisa Nordmann
Location: St. Louis, MO
Website: http://www.nordmannphoto.com/
Senior Blog: http://www.nordmannphoto.com/seniorblog/
Portrait Blog: http://www.nordmannphoto.com/wordpress/

Where is your favorite location to photograph?

My studio outdoor garden. It is beautiful with a variety of flowers, fauna, and sets.

What excites you about being a photographer?

Everytime I pick up my camera I enter a whole new world. I can see the same thing daily, but through my camera I see things differently each and every time.

What turns you off about being a photographer?

I rarely have time to photograph just for pleasure. I am always photographing for my business.

What is your favorite marketing tool?

Facebook, my website, and blog.

What or who has inspired you?

Senior Portrait Artists (SPA). Mostly all the photographers that are part of this amazing organization photograph with such great lighting, posing, and color saturation. Also, they tend to view their photography in new and different ways.

What’s your favorite f-stop?

F2.8

What is your favorite book?

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

What is the #1 reason that client’s hire you?

They like my style of photography. I try and create something new and different with each senior I photograph. Also I think I am pretty easy to get along with and we have great customer service.

What do you do when you’re not photographing?

I love to watch movies. I also read a lot of magazines. These are two avenues that help me with posing and lighting.

If heaven exists, which photographer would you like to hang out with?

My two sons who are brilliant photographers. They see things in a different way than me and definitely keep me on my toes.

Thank you Lisa for sharing your thoughts with us! Keep up the great work! Everyone, be sure to check out a slide show of Lisa’s senior photography below.

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Customer Spotlight: Georgi Anastasov Photography

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Georgi Anastasov Photography


Our Customer Spotlight for the month of June is Georgi Anastasov Photography located in the city of brotherly love and home of the Philly Cheesesteak – Philadelphia, PA.

Georgi is a new customer of Zookbinders, we found him while our marketing department was doing the routine hunt for great images that we can use for samples and in our artwork for promotion materials. Here we found a horizontal album for a wedding of a young couple named John and Maria – we saw great photography and clean design. We gave Georgi a call and he was gracious enough to let us use his files.

A couple days later, we see a post on Georgi’s blog calling us one of the ‘best album companies in the world’! We thought to ourselves, “How awesome is he!? Let’s have him be our Customer Spotlight and Feature Photographer.” So here it is – read a little a bit about Georgi and view a slide show of his work below.

Georgi

Studio: Georgi Anastasov Photography
Name: Georgi Anastasov
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Website: http://www.georgianastasov.com/
Blog: http://georgianastasov.com/blog/

Where is your favorite location to photograph?

I don’t really care about locations. With interesting light and composition every location would work.

What excites you about being a photographer?

Shooting hot chicks (I’m not joking)

What turns you off about being a photographer?

The post-production…..agghrrrr!!!

What is your favorite marketing tool?

The happy bride

What or who has inspired you?

Did I mention The Hot Chick (now, I’m joking)

What’s your favorite f-stop?

All over the place.

What is your favorite book?

Facebook

What is the #1 reason that client’s hire you?

It’s still an enigma.

What do you do when you’re not photographing?

Drawing and painting (at least trying)

If heaven exists, which photographer would you like to hang out with?

Terry Richardson, no doubt we’ll both go to heaven!

Thank you Georgi for sharing with us! We love that you love hot chicks! Keep up the great work! To see a sample of Georgi’s great photography, check out the slide show below of John and Maria’s Wedding.

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Customer Spotlight: Candy Apple Photography

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Candy Apple Photography

Our Customer Spotlight for the month of May are a husband and wife photographer/designer duo based in Denver, Colorado. Let us have the pleasure of introducing you to Jen and Rich Evans, owners of Candy Apple Photography.

Jen and Rich are long-time customers of Zookbinders and have some of the most creative and artistic work that we’ve seen. Their images are brilliant and picturesque, it seems they can make the dullest of images come alive through their unique photography style and design technique.

Read on to see what we learned about Jen and Rich Evans. Also, don’t forget to check out our slideshow sample from a PhotoBook entitled ‘Pin-Ups’, this is a great boudoir book that has a unique 1940′s vintage theme.

Jen   Rich

Studio: Candy Apple Photography
Name: Rich and Jennifer Evans
Location: Denver, CO
Website: http://www.candyapplephotography.com/
Blog: http://jenniferevans.bigfolioblog.com/

Where is your favorite location to photograph?

Jen: A gorgeous beach at sunset, because it is something unique for us, being based in Denver, Colorado.

Rich: Any place that has rusted metal and dilapidated buildings.

What excites you about being a photographer?

Jen and Rich: Being able to create a beautiful image and making our clients happy.

What turns you off about being a photographer?

Jen and Rich: Difficult people.

What is your favorite marketing tool?

Jen & Rich: Word of Mouth

What or who has inspired you?

Jen: Other photographers and my husband.
Rich: I find inspiration in everything I see and everyone I meet including my brilliant wife.

What’s your favorite f-stop?

Jen: 3.2
Rich: 2.8

What is your favorite book?

Jen: The Poisonwood Bible, The Red Tent, or anything by Dr. Seuss
Rich: The Stand, or anything by Christopher Moore

What is the #1 reason that client’s hire you?

Jen and Rich: Our unique imagery and our personalities

What do you do when you’re not photographing?

Jen and Rich: Spend time with our new baby boy, Kol.

If heaven exists, which photographer would you like to hang out with?

Jen: Yervant and Elizabeth Messina
Rich: Parker J. Pfister and Mark Seliger

Thank you Jen and Rich for sharing a little bit about yourselves with us! To see more work from Candy Apple Photography, please take a moment to browse their website and blog, you won’t be disappointed!

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Customer Spotlight: Robin Pesa, Busy Bee Boutique Photography

Thursday, April 1st, 2010



Our Customer Spotlight for the month of April is an extremely talented and successful photographer, designer, and business woman. Let us introduce you to Robin Pesa, the owner of Busy Bee Boutique Photography which offers boutique photography for babies and pets, Bellissima Photographic Artistry for weddings, DoodleDo Inc. – an album design company, and the up and coming Plan Bee, a resource website strictly for photographers! Robin is one busy lady and we love her work.

Below we have posted some samples of Robin’s photography and design work with a slideshow from Busy Bee Boutique Photography of Baby Gavin and a streaming video from her blog describing Zookbinders frames. Also, if you would like to see samples of her work from Bellissima Photographic Artistry you can click here:

Sarah and Rich’s Wedding
Ali and Matt’s Wedding


Headshot: Bruce Erik Steffine, Photographer www.steffine.com

Studio: Busy Bee Boutique Photography
Name: Robin Pesa
Location: Sewickely, PA
Website: http://www.busybeephoto.com

Where is your favorite location to photograph?
Anywhere with great light! I live in Sewickley, a little village just outside of Pittsburgh and the overcast skies can be like a big soft box.

My sessions are all ‘on-location’, at my clients’ homes or location of choice, so I scout the light when I get there. For weddings, I have never been to a more beautiful church than St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh.

What excites you about being a photographer?
I love that what I do makes people happy. I’m always nervous when I release a gallery to a client – I want them to love it!

What turns you off about being a photographer?
Software upgrades, unless they are really significant.

What is your favorite marketing tool?
Social networking, including blogging, Facebook, and I even Tweet a little bit. Word of mouth and professional networking are also high on my ‘results’ list.

What or who has inspired you?
People and animals. I’m lucky to be able to use a camera to make people happy. That is inspiring.

What’s your favorite f-stop?
Wide open.

What is your favorite book?
The Bible

What is the #1 reason that client’s hire you?
I think it’s because they want a fresh approach to their portraits and weddings. They know that we always strive to exceed their expectations. I shoot for an album – always! – and my clients look forward to that.

What do you do when you’re not photographing?
I design wedding albums! Bruce Erik Seffine and I own DoodleDo, Inc. (www.wedoodledo.com) and when I’m not shooting or editing or processing, I’m designing. But after all that, I love to walk my dog, Alexander.

If heaven exists, which photographer would you like to hang out with?
Anyone who has a camera! I’ll bet the light is great up there.

Thank you Robin for taking the time out of your busy schedule to share a little bit about yourself! To our readers, please be sure to view Robin’s work and see for yourself what a talented woman she is!

Baby Gavin, Busy Bee Photography

Robin explains Zookbinders Frames Concept:

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