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.
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Catherine and Dimitri
March 19, 2008 – 9:39 pm
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
A moment in time
March 4, 2008 – 11:43 pm
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
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
Anastasia and Chris The Wedding
February 18, 2008 – 1:13 pm
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.
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
Father and Son day
February 13, 2008 – 8:54 pm
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.
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?
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
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.
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
Help Save A Life
January 7, 2008 – 8:57 pm
Four year old Michaella, a
This family is from the Cathedral of
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
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
 
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. ChristosÂ
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.
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