Cleveland Photographer Blog

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.

We had a lot of fun and got some great shots of some exciting people at a recent United Way campaign shoot.  We set up a studio on location and just kept the people coming thru.

We photographed all ages and everyone brought their A game.

Just finishing up some interesting and nicely lite manufactured tool photography. We’ve been shooting in the studio for awhile. Mostly documentation product photography for the catalogue. Then we got a chance to shoot at the plant just outside of Cleveland.
We then shot quite a few close ups of product applications. Which will be cleaned up and adjusted to bring out the motion of the product with Photoshop.



I then finished shooting some beauty shots in the studio which turned out to be a big hit.

We were given the opportunity to photograph an honored employee of one of Cleveland’s many major corporations. He turned out to be quite photographic and a willing subject.
We had some tight spots but I believe the work speaks for itself.

Back in the studio. This time shooting test equipment of the automotive industry. Another cool product produced in Cleveland. It never seizes to amaze me the number of different products and services that are based in our home town.
It wasn’t easy taming these cords but with some magic wax and some fishing line we ended up with some pretty cool shots.

It was nice to have the creative director and the products show up at the studio when the snow and cold was hitting Cleveland. Nothing better this time of year to work out of our studio on the west bank of Cleveland’s “flats”. The side that actually has some activity on it. We were coming up with some interesting angles of a new line of lighting fixtures for a local client - lighted and unlighted. We naturally cranked out quite a few shots that day.

Jeff Slater from www.fridgeartcreative.com/ and I solved the client’s visual needs some cool angles and forced perspective shots.

It seems we’ve been working on quite a few different accounts working to clean up the environment. From high end sorters which pull cans out of the general trash to recycling and baling cardboard for publications. I’m just glad it was too cold to smell anything on these particular jobs. Good clean work at 15 degrees.
Summer time it wouldn’t be too much fun.
This last group of shots were done in Galion Ohio… yes we often travel to exotic
locations to shoot different projects. Akron, Columbus, Cinci, and out of state and on occasion out of the country.

These particular building shots were done for a firm that built on a large expansion in the great Cleveland area.
We then had an opportunity to shoot some promotional portraits for a spokesman for a local advertising agency. This guy was some character.

We shot with the understanding that various promotional cards would be dropped into his arms with photoshop.
The last shot I’m posting is a comparison of one of my portraits. My client had actually been told by her company to go to another professional photo studio in town and have her headshot taken there. The image on the left is what she had done there the image to the right was shot by Stata Productions. I think the comparison speaks for itself.

Since it’s been a month - I’m going to post this backwards. Just got back from another job in Chicago, and yes
it’s actually warmed up. Shot out to Chicago for a local company via United. I promised myself that I would drive but I found
myself in baggage hell again. The shoot went well and we made our connections with time to spare.

We also did some product photography on location in one of Cleveland’s thousands of manufacturing facilities.
Promoting the product in interesting places.

The middle of the month found us at cleveland’s IX center shooting a trade show for the conveyor company from Kentucky.
Quite the machine. Trade show and event photography can be interesting. Working fast with very little equipment.

I shot some executive portraits on location for a local software system firm. Client was new and there people knew what
they were doing. Believable portraits usually on the first shot.

We also did some new product photography for a local advertising firm. They have a client that produces protection for
car doors in parking garages.

I also throw in a sample of some artwork that we shot. This particular piece was from Paula Pindroh. Check her work
out at paulapindroh.com. Very interesting and talented artist.

Starting out the week attending the Marie Piscopo workshop (www.mpiscopo.com) put on by Tri-C and www.asmp-onc our local ASMP professional photography group. Interesting and enlightening. Jumped in to shooting some senior portraits both
on location and in the studio. Always fun.



Studio shots are even more challenging in that I have to come up with interesting angles and niches to pull out the best photos.

I received a copy of the new menu Rick Shaffer (www.shafferdesign.com ) and I had worked on in New York city. The piece turned out fantastic.

Towards the middle of the week we did some good old fashion Industrial Photography with sparks and all. Cleveland is still
loaded with plenty of manufacturing businesses that need quality photography.

This time of year I’m off as often as possible to follow another shooting love. Bird hunting.



I went back to New York State for
some pheasant, grouse and duck hunting for a long four day hunt.
We were very successfull starting out with 75 degree days
and turning into some of the worst rain storms I’ve seen this early in the season.

The last day the winds changed around and we had our limit of ducks in record time. Great Hunt.

The whole time I was out playing I had Jim Baron and Amy Weiser covering the Battle of the Corporate Bands at a place
I’ve shot endless photos from days gone pass. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They did an excellent job of covering
the event.