Cleveland Photographer Blog

So it’s starting to be that time of year that we start photographing High school seniors for their headshots.  Always a lot of fun and we get some great shots in downtown that you would not get in the burbs.   Check out the video for some fun shots.

We were back for more fun photos at one of Cleveland’s area trade schools this week. Great shots, fun courses, real world training.

Or at least fish the Adirondack Mountains. Just came back from our annual trip up north…. northern New York state. Rain, wind, rain, snow - you name it … of course you would not know it from these photos.
Here is a shot of the key VIP’s - Jake Stata in the bow. Photo taken by Jeff James. Nice. Black canoe, loaded and on the move. Just coming into ST. Regis ponds. Check out the video for all the shots.

I just finished uploading a new video of still images I’ve been shooting in the studio.  Mainly to help people see the different shots we can shoot under one roof.  Check it out you might see yourself in here.

I just found the time to post a job we did on the runway when the leaves where on the trees and the weather was warmer… late fall but a beautiful day.  We were working with professional models from www.thetalentgroup.com.

We had a lot of shooting to do and the light was coming and going with the incoming clouds.  We ended up with some great images. Organization and direction was from another great talent  - Liz Fisher  http://www.lizfisherdesign.com. 

One of my favorite photography productions is photographing people… and professional models can give you any look your after.

Conference

We had the opportunity to photo an attorney’s office in downtown Cleveland Ohio.  The  job was to depict the people that work there and the environment all in several shots for their website and brochure materials.  We had lots of help with their employees standing in for models.  I believe it worked out great.

In this case we had a pre- production tour of the facilities so we could organize a game plan….

we were able to get quite a few shots done in a single shooting day.

In the past we’ve gone in and shot headshots for websites but I believe this show a lot more then the typical portraits.

Corner Law office Cleveland Ohio

It’s that time of year again when we find ourselves shooting some great senior portraits in Cleveland.

Senior Portraits

I’m often asked to photo friends, family and clients high school students in the studio or on location - the beach (huntington), or in Cleveland’s many metro park locations.  It give’s me a chance to shoot some different kinds of shots since the kids are always looking for non-traditional senior photos.  It gets real interesting when we start shooting  siblings since I’m not allowed to shoot any shots similar then  I did for their sister the year before.  Always pushing the limit.

We are actively booking senior portraits now:  so if you’re interested in scheduling a shoot

please contact me at 216-621-1977

Hal Stata

Stata Productions

It’s been awhile since our last post and I have tons of special photography projects that I’ve been working on.

We’ll start out with more school photography.  Students are great to work with and they love the projects  they are doing.

Then we were off to another fast shoot from one trade endeavor to the next at a school in Cleveland Ohio.

Students and teachers were great and once again we were able to pull out some great shots.

We stayed at the studio late last nite - not that late ! to photograph the executive board of Cleveland’s

20/30 Club. http://www.cleveland2030.org  Here are a few shots.  Great group.

We were commissioned to shoot some controversal photography for a current magazine in the Cleveland - Akron area last month.  The article was just published and here are a few samples of my work. 

I had done some testing before this shoot.  Coming up with some very grainy shots…. which you may have seen

on my facebook page…. I think it was a little to much and the final shots the artist used worked out well.