Sep 29

Photographer of the Week

Gerard Tomko

Gerard Tomko, owner and founder of Gerard Tomko Photography, is our featured photographer this week. You can view some of his work in the below collage.

What is your primary camera body?

Canon MKII

What two lenses do you use the most?

24-70 mm & 14 mm

Do you shoot RAW?

Yes, I shoot RAW.

How would you describe your photography style?

Artistically and fashionable candid

Do you normally employ assistants or 2nd shooters?

Yes I have one 2nd shooter, and a third "Production Assistant”

What do you remember about your first (or one of your first) wedding?

It was my sister- in law's wedding, and they did not want much, so there was no pressure - I was already married into the family at that time!

If you were getting married this year, who would you want to shoot your wedding?

I would definitely demand 2 photographers, AND an assistant - the Trio of Jerry Ghonis, Yervant, and Becker - all three I can refer to as Friends.

What advice would you give to someone just beginning their career as a wedding photographer?

CRAWL BEFORE YOU WALK! Just be yourself, and take your time, This industry is not as easy as it seems!

Photographer of the week- Gerard Tomko
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WPPI 2006 Giveaway

We finally got around to sending out the prizes to the WPPI giveaway winners. Sorry for the delay and we hope everyone enjoys their prizes. Please look to win more cool stuff both here on the blog and at future conventions.
Prize: one (1) iPod (30GB)- Winner: Gisela Prishker
Prize: one (1) copy of Adobe Photoshop CS2- Winner: April Rocha
Prize: one (1) Lexar 1GB CompactFlash card- Winner: Dan Pettus
Prize: one (1) BIG Folio site + 12 months of hosting- Winner: Jason Tykac
Prize: one (1) 12 month BIG Show subscription (unlimited shows)- Winner: Brendan Carlson

Sep 28
The redesign of Joe Buissink's website is almost complete. We cleaned up the interface to allow Joe's breathtaking work to have all the attention. Once again we allowed Joe the ability to sell his DVD's from his site and this time even add a video clip from his DVD to his Biography page. Joe will continue to have the luxury of adding/ removing images, changing colors, and updating text as his wishes via the sites online site control tools. Joe is going to feature 2 recent events which will give us all a nice look at his newest work. Stay tuned as the new site should go live within a week or two.
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Apple Releases Aperture 1.5

Apple today (9.25) released Aperture 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers. click here>>>

Sep 27
Bigshow
BIG Show feature leaked. Cat is out of the bag. One of the new, great features of the new BIG Show is not only that you can have 50 images instead of 20 but that now you have a number of upload options. You can upload one image at a time, chose to create a zip file of your images and upload the zip file or use the new Firefox extension to drag and drop upload your images.

Photokina

Photokina is under way in Cologne, Germany. here are some images from the Canon booth and Nikon booth.

Sep 19

Brief Disruption

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