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E mail of the day

June 5, 2008 – 10:03 pm

I would like to take a moment and share an e-mail with you that i have received, hopefully Theresa wont get to upset with me posting it. I did remove any personal information from it.

It truly is touching when a potential client does her research and finds something she truly admires and she knows what she wants. The way I’m reading this e-mail is a bride that is not a follower but a leader, she is not following trends but sees the meaning inside of an image. So can a destination wedding in Greece be in the future? well let’s hope my schedule can accommodate one.

Name:Theresa
Address:Greece
Phone:long distance
Date of Event:not set
Email:private@.com
Hi Christos. I\’ve looked at your galleries and have been very enthused by your photography. I\’ve moved to Greece recently and was wondering if you have ever come to Greece for photography or are willing to. I have not seen any photographers work like yours here in Greece and it would be an honor to have you. Right now nothing is set as we recently got engaged. Please email me if you would ever consider coming to Greece to shoot a wedding and from there when we have a date set we can talk about working together. Hope to hear from you..

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Coming Soon Jessica and Jong’s Wedding

May 14, 2008 – 11:25 pm

Think old school.

Think vintage.

That’s all I have to say for now.

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Michaels Baptism

February 27, 2008 – 10:46 pm

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

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Love is in the air.

February 14, 2008 – 11:30 am

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
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Wedding day tip The First Dance

January 31, 2008 – 1:43 pm

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?

Christos

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Huge turnout yesterday.

January 20, 2008 – 11:34 am

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

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Happy Birthday to my blog

January 14, 2008 – 8:00 am

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.twos.GIFI 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

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Help Save A Life

January 7, 2008 – 8:57 pm

Four year old Michaella, a Franklin Square resident, was diagnosed with MDS leukemia 2 months ago. This brave little girl needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible. Just a quick swab of your mouth and you may be the perfect match!

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This family is from the Cathedral of Saint Paul and at this time they are dealing with a situation that is a parent’s worst nightmare. Their youngest daughter Michaella (just turned four years old) was recently diagnosed with MDS Leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible. Her parents, siblings or relatives are not a match

therefore we need to find a candidate as soon as possible. As you can understand the expense through this ordeal is so great, that the family also needs our help with money. Please help save Michaella by getting tested. Just a swab of your inside cheek can determine if you’re a match. The procedure is a simple process of just giving blood.

Bone Marrow Testing

Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Paul Bone Marrow Testing

Saturday January 19th 2008

10:00AM to 5:00PM

110 Cathedral Avenue

Hempstead, NY 11050

Hellenic Room

Ages 18-59 Eligible

For further information please contact the church office at 516-483-5700.

Update an additional test site has been setup.Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

2:00 PM to 9:00 PM

St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church ( School auditorium)

22-30 33rd Street, Astoria, NY

For further information

Please contact the Church office

718 728-1718

I will be there with my wife so let’s make this happen

Christos

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Elaine and Tom

January 6, 2008 – 3:00 pm

In closing off the last wedding of the 2007 season, I had the opportunity in shooting Elaine and Tom’s wedding. Now this wasn’t your usual huge Greek wedding but rather a smaller but yet extremely elegant affair. Now that we are 2008 my first wedding will be in February so until then i will share some specials moments from this years baptisms in the next couple of posts. Until then, keep it real.
Christos
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Happy New Year 2008 is here

January 1, 2008 – 8:01 am

Happy New Year everyone! 2007 has finally come to a close and I photographed my last wedding of the season this past weekend, all i can say is what a ride 2007 has been. Now with 2007 behind us it’s time to start looking into 2008, and what a year 2008 is shaping up to be thus far.   Now what is in store for 2008? New product offerings, cool brides, cool weddings and some great venues. To give you some additional information I’ll be taking on more portrait clients, hopefully and time permitting. Day after shoots, if you or someone that has recently been married wana go out and have some fun let’s schedule it, if you would like to receive additional information call me. And some more stuff that I wish not to make public yet. As for New Years resolutions let’s see.

  • Stop smoking
  • Lose some weight, you guys don’t make this that easy with those yummy desserts at your wedding
  • Spend more time with my kids and wife
  • Take a vacation
  • Capture the essence of your wedding
  • Give back more
  • New Blog design
  • Spreading the word.

I think that about does it. So I hope 2008 will be a great year for us all. Until next time. Christos 

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Christos sporting a pair of D300s

December 30, 2007 – 12:00 am

This afternoon I was browsing the net looking for places that had the D300 in stock, typically I check B&H but they were out of stock. So i checked the website of a local reputable camera store called Berger Brothers. Guess what they had these bad boys in stock, so I took a ride out there and not only did I purchase one D300 I ended up getting two of them. It’s actually a good thing they didn’t have the D3 in stock because I would have bought that as well. Now here is Image number 38 from this camera shot at 3200 ISO with no flash, this is the first time i’ve ever shot at this ISO with a digital Nikon body. So i will be shooting a wedding tomorrow and I can not wait……….If anyone is interested i’m selling a D2H, D2X and a D200.ch3_0038.jpg 

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Have a Merry Christmas everyone

December 25, 2007 – 10:00 am

I think for this post i will keep it short sweet and simple to all of my family, friends and clients. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Christos

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Eirini and Iraklis Uber Greek Wedding

December 22, 2007 – 11:53 pm

On the coldest day thus far, I had the opportunity to shoot the wedding of the uber cool couple Eirini and Irakli. Their wedding ceremony was once again held at The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul in Hempsted. And when it was time to get down and wiggle it we had a cool time over at the North Ritz Club in Long Island.


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Well now we can’t forget about the Jimmy Choo’s

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My clients love me so much, that they even order pastries with my initials on them. :-)

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And yes, we want some cake……

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Why I love what I do

December 16, 2007 – 8:21 pm

This Saturday i ended up going to pick up my mail at my PO box and what a surprise, Christmas cards for me. As I read the cards from my clients I can tell I did something very special on their wedding day.I would like to share such a card with you, I thought it would be fitting that the card I should show you is from the bride that is directly below this post.webimg001.jpg

On another note my wife and two boys decided to give me one of my Christmas gifts a bit early. Say hello to my spanking new holiday coffee mug.

 

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