My friends Katarina and George. We began this journey a bit over a year ago over a frappe at Athens cafe. Since then we have come to today, and today i had this wonderful opportunity to spend an afternoon with you. Tomorrow will come shortly, then i will be with you two for a day.
Keep it real
Christos
Hi friends, I know it has been sometime since my last post, so i figured I’ll share an image from my last engagement shoot. Now I haven’t had the time to edit all the images but come back in a few days to see some more.
Keep it real
Christos
Ok now what the heck do i do?
Hint search by my full name…… I think
Today i decided to take the family out for a late lunch over at Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Collage Point 132-01 14th Ave, Queens, NY 11356. I can tell you one thing they have the best damn burgers i have ever eaten. If you guys are in the mood for a quick bite and burgers sound good, you have to go and check them out. As you can see by the images below, no plates, no trays and a bunch of napkins. Hmmmm so goooddddd.
I wanted to share with you the look my youngest gave me when i told him that daddy had to go to work and couldn’t play ball with him.
Ok so i’m a bit late in posting this one. I’ve been sick over the last week and i didn’t have the energy to do much, the shipment of proofs that came in today are all out of order. I just spent the last 6 hours of my life trying to put the proofs in chronological order, it looked like someone at the lab decided to shuffle my proofs, not fun.But anyway, i decided to do something a bit different with this one. Instead of posting about 10 images, i decided to post a complete album design for you guys covering just about the entire day. No fancy stuff here, no look what i can do but rather an album design that a client will purchase, including all the traditional poses that clients expect. So about the wedding, well it was held over at St Catherine’s and George, hmmm i’ve been there often lately and will be going back at the end of this month for a baptism. And the reception was held at the Westbury Manor.
Keep it real
Little things in life are never noticed. Little things in life are sometimes ignored. Little things in life last a lifetime.
My favorite image from last weeks wedding, more to come in a few days.
Keep it real
As all of my clients know when I’m not photographing weddings I’m photographing baptisms. And since it has been a long time that I have posted a baptims I figured I would share my latest one with you. Thanks to Penny the mom for letting me post these wonderful images on my blog.
As time goes by and I photograph more and more baptisms, my clients are really looking for a more unique contemporary feel to this wonderful event. Not only are they looking for a story with unique angle, they want a lot of black and white images. And honestly i love them in black and white. Every event whether a wedding or a christening has a story, keep it real and I will try my hardest to capture the emotions behind your day.
Christos
Anastasias and Chris’s wedding day finally arrived and what an energetic couple they were. The day was stress free, stunning but the weather was cold. But their family and friends had such a love for the day that i don’t think that anyone really cared. The ceremony was held at St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church in Astoria, and the reception for the festivities at Leonard’s of Great Neck. Oh let’s not forget about Bravo Sounds that provided the entertainment for the night.
Happy Valentines Day everybody. Ohh this time of year that we share our love with that special someone, so what do we do for the other 364 days. LOL
Folks keep it simple, sweet and from the heart.
Congratulations to all the newly engaged couple’s that will be out there this week. I would like to announce that I’m currently accepting appointments and bookings for the 2009 weddings season.
Keep it real folks.
Christos
This past Sunday I decided to take a break from editing and spend some time with my oldest son. So I declared it father and son day. He wanted to go out to Nassau Collosium and see the monster trucks in action. And that is exactly what we did.
Now you have to know something about my oldest son, he is not very fond of anything that has to do with load noises, and for my clients that have met him know he is a bit shy. I told him it was going to be very loud but he still wanted to go, and this was a big step for him. And let me tell you, I was proud of him. I personally don’t think there is anything loader then a 1000+ horsepower monster truck with no exhaust system within an enclosed stadium. Since the venue does not allow and type of long lenses I had to make to with a mid range lens, I hope you all enjoy the next couple of shots.
Since we are in the off season, it’s a bit quite on the blog front, but I thought I would share with you a wedding day tip.
Your wedding day is going to be filled with many beautiful and emotional moments that will make your wedding like nobody else’s. One of these precious moments is the first dance, so I have a wedding day tip for you.
Let it be about you and your husband, after all its your day, it’s your time to shine so don’t share the first dance. Instead have a second song for the bridal party, the parents and your guests to join in the festivities. Now here is why, the average song that is played during the first dance is a bit over 3 minutes, from a photography perspective this is the amount of time I have to capture all of my images that will make your first dance yours. Now if you cut the first dance in half and permit the bridal party, parents and guests to join in, the average amount of time I will have is a minute and a half to do this in, think about it 90 seconds. Again this is just a tip, I always do my best for my clients no matter how much time I have during any portion of the day. So what do you guys think?
In my previous post I stated I will be heading on over to Saint Paul’s in Hempstead for the bone marrow testing for Michaella, and I did. Although we ended up getting there 30 minutes before it was over I was overwhelmed by the amount of people that were there. After speaking with one of the volunteers, she told me that it was packed the entire day with a constant stream of people coming in for testing of all ages. So naturally I had my camera with me and I grabbed this quick snapshot, nothing special but rather to illustrate the number of people participating 15 minutes prior to the end of the day.
Another testing site has been setup for January 22 from 2PM until 9PM at St. Catherine’s in Astoria. To verify the times and date call the church office at 718-728-1718. If you weren’t able to make it yesterday make an attempt to go on 1/22. Trust me the test is painless, and you will feel good about yourself when you leave. But most importantly just think if you are that one individual who is a match, what it will it mean to her and her family.
Christos
Sing along now, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear blog, happy birthday to you. It has been two years ago today I started blogging and what an interesting ride it has truly been. Now I have to wonder if my blog will be experiencing the terrible twos or not hmmmm.
I would like to thank all my super cool clients for spreading the word about Christos and most of all my wife Helen for supporting me. Now with the blog turning 2 and 2008 looking like one awesome year you should be checking the blog with regularity just to see what the heck I’ve been up to. And hell you never know when I may plant an Easter egg in one of my posts like this one about to come. For all current clients if you tell me you actually read this stuff you will be getting an additional 100.00 print credit for free, that’s right nada, zilch as in free……. Oh yeah you have 24 hours starting now….. tick tock, tick tock, the clock is ticking.Take care folks and thanksChristos
