Unfortunately we are unable to update our web site often during busy wedding season. We will do our best to keep it updated every month. If you have questions feel free to call or set up an appointment at one of our offices located in northbrook or park ridge IL. Sorry for the inconvenience.

April 23, 2010

Unforgettable event for the wedding party, guests and our team. Wedding reception was at the historical villa/museum in Down town of Milwaukee. There were magic merge of modern cocktail/reception with old atmosphere of beautiful villa. Click here or on image above for the preview pictures from that fantastic day. More pictures will be ready in few weeks. Video will be here soon

March 20, 2010

Casino Night Party at Deerpath inn of Lake Forest IL, was shoot by our company. Pictures are in the Gallery section and video will be here soon. Contact party planner for the access code.

January 30, 2010

Amazing party at Double Tree roof top hall. Great atmosphere and fun guests. Pictures form the party are here

December 30, 2009

Party at the Pier with Chas. Grand celebration at the Navy Pier. Lot of fun. A lot of fiends were enjoying the evening. Rob Schneider, Neal McCoy and band. There were to many big names and famous faces to name them all here. Please click on image above to see short video. Pictures are in the "gallery" section. Congratulation to Chas form shykhert.com!

December 19, 2009

Destinations are always fun. Winter time tropical destination even more fun. Combining wedding with vacation makes this unforgettable. Relaxed beach ceremony and reception brought very special atmosphere. Click on image above to see HD video if you have fast Internet and computer. Click here to see same video in small size.

November 19, 2009

Corporate event at Salvage One. Beautiful and fun party with great entertainment. The place is a great location to spend a time. Beautiful design ideas and concept. The poem writer Zach Houston had a stage with "Poems You topic" show. Zach was kind enough to write a little poem for the photographer too:-)

November 15, 2009

Opening Night Cocktail Reception at Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel. Amazing decorations, music and lightening show for the event event.

October 21, 2009

Margaret and Edward engagement photo session. We were so lucky with the weather. It was raining the whole week before and became cold a day after. Nice couple, fun to work with. thank you guys!

October 18, 2009

Mazel Tov Jack! Great party at Bella Via, Highland Park IL. Multiple flashes techniques in combination with long exposure were used in this location to deliver special effects. Images will be posted in "galleries" section soon. Contact party planer or family for access code.

September 30, 2009

Here is another image from August photoshoot at Henderson Castle, Kalamazoo, MI. Few techniques (shooting and post production) were used to create the atmosphere of the image. Tutorials for light brushing and HDR image processing will be posted later on this site.

September 26, 2009

Congratulations to Amy, great party, fun and joy. Mazel Tov. Images form the party will be ready in few days. here.

September 13, 2009

Wedding Anniversary Party

Congratulations to Domenico and Maria Anna Gambino with 40th Wedding anniversary. Surprise party, real fun. Images form the party are here.

September 9, 2009

Hilton Hotel room shoot

This job would not be listed here if it would be done as the regular commercial photo shoot. But there is some differences that made this session special. The main photo shoot, with full set up, for advertisement was done by another company. I am not sure what was wrong with that but one image for magazine ad was need to be replaced. Hotel employees asked me to make the right one. It is easier on one side, because I know for sure what they want, and hard on other side because they cannot set up the whole room as it was done last time. they also asked for a "wide shoot". It took me a while to figure out how to compose the shot they want by having minimum set up.

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August 19, 2009

Henderson Castle Photo Session

We had great time doing photo shoot at Hendeson Castle, in Kalamazoo, MI. We had 3 gorgeous wedding dresses kindly given to us by Freyda's A Joyful Occasion in Naperville, IL. The place is great not only for photo shoot. Wedding ceremonies, receptions and more. If you are traveling great B&B as well. We stayed there 2 nights and had trully royal treatment by owners and staff. Everything is in a great shape combining old things and style with modern technologies. The phototshoot took us about 6 hours of non stop work and by the end of the day we were tired. We had a great evening with massage session, sauna and even rooftop hot tub. Unforgettable experience. Highly recommended to all who likes comfort and like to explore great places. Special thanks for Bob who served us as the royal family. More images are here.

There will be a tutorial about lighting on location posted later on the web site. VIsit us in a few weeks for the updates.

July, 2009

Deep Forest Photo Session

A few jobs were done in July around Chicago Metro area. We also had a destination event and I had a chance to do the photo session in a deep and wild forest. It was wild. While I was shooting we saw deer and wolfs. Some of the visitors of this web page were asking for the picture of the photographer... I do not like those "heads" that are usually done by photographers in the studio for the web pages and advertisement media. This time I have a shot of me doing my work... working HARD :-) trying to find the way for a best shot. The result is above and below. There is also a night shot of the resort at which we were staying.

There will be tutorial about lighting on location and some DIY projects posted later on the web site. VIsit us in a few weeks for the updates.

June 13, 2009

Creating the atmosphere with color and techniques

Engagement Party of Elizabeth and Russell at Sushi Samba, in Chicago. Great place with friendly personal and nice interiors. Both families are fun. Dj Madrid did amazing job creating the mood of the party. This job was good example when photographer can use interior details and color accents to give to the pictures vivid look. Well, until it gets dark. After that it is really simple to finish with the rest of the photos with "famous""point and shoot look". That was the case when a few old and new techniques saved the atmosphere of the party on the pictures after dark.

Above are 2 images of bamboo background where I was planning "good bye" shot. The one on the left is straight flash. It looks unpleasant and would end up event worse with couple standing in a front of the camera. That was the case when "secret weapons" of remote and color gelled flash saved the shot. Congratulations to Elizabeth and Russell.

June 12, 2009

New series of pictures are in the ART gallery. For a last few month I am experimenting with pictures, shooting them with old fashion look in mind. It is inspired by my latest readings (most of the books form 1900-1947), and my favorite photographer Josef Sudek.

June 9, 2009

Commercial work for the EuroMaids Cleaning Services. Fun work with models on location. Remote flash is always handy for quick set up.

April 16, 18, 2009

Aron's US Open (Bar Mitzhvah photosession and BIG party) at the Pinstripes. A lot of fun and great company. Beautifull decorations by Creative Centerpieces. DJ Jazmine and dancers from (Hypeproductioninc) made that party rock and all adults and kids were having non stop fun. Sweet table (The Chocolate Guy) with chocolate fountains made that party complete :-) Here is just some random pictures and the rest of them ( 800+) will be in our Gallery section. Happy Bar Mitzvah, Aron!

March 22, 2009

Eli's Bar Mitzvah Party was real fun. We enjoyed to work with Eli's family and friends. Many activities and games in party room and beautiful decorations created a great atmosphere of the Party. Shooting conditions were not easy because of the room size, ceiling heights as well as reflective surfaces.. This was the case when off camera flash techniques became handy and helped to complete the job. Happy Bar Mitzvah, Eli!.

February 7, 2009

We apologize for not updating our web site for couple of month. There is a new season coming and we are finishing projects from last season in order to service future customers without any delays.

There was a few jobs in January and February that will be displayed later on in our Gallery section. For right now I will display just one picture from February Wedding. I did not shoot it ( I was part of the wedding), but for a moment I could not resist.... I grabbed the camera and made a shot. The result is on the left;-)

January 8, 2009

Commercial shoot for new "all green" company. They are offering new technologies and products for homes. Visit their web site greenlivingdesigns.info if you are interested in a new technologies, beautiful designs and want to save our planet. There is more images on their website. Here is the video advertisement project.

December 12, 2008

Corporative party at PRIMITIVE. Few images on left and below are not enough to show you how original and beautiful that place is. If you are planning to visit down town Chicago and you'd like to discover something new, give yourself an extra hour to visit that place. Time you will spend threre will turn to unforgettable experience.

November 15, 2008

Video clip on left was shoot with Nikon D90 still camera in HD video format. I was playing with depth of field and different lenses to get some cinematic effects for the video. Result is good except this camera is designed as a still camera and there is no manual controls to work in video mode. Manual focus, and exposure compensation are available (or ELock) in video mode. Also camera's controls are not comfortable for shooting video. But it is still handy toy for home everyday use. You can get both quality pictures or HD video to preserve family memories. Here is another version of video converted in SD to give the clip some "nostalgic" cinematic look and "shoot on film" feeling.

October 16, 2008

This evening I've shoot corporative event (500+) at Soldier Field in down town of Chicago. It was getting dark by the time I got there but I was able to develop some nice outside shoots. And there was a marching band too. Party was cool. Live Karaoke band was playing on stage inviting people to join. By the end of the evening UK team (guests) were singing "Sweet Home Alabama" Those people are fun.

September 13, September 14, 2008

This days where remarkable to me because of 2 reasons: It was raining almost non stop for 2 days.... well they say it is a good luck if there is a rain and you have to hit the road... Good luck to both Brides and Grooms. Another reason I was doing pj stuff helping to another photographer. It is really hard to refuse this kind of job for me because I have freedom in creativity. Saturday's Bride's Dress was huge.... I mean HUGE. It was may be the biggest dress I've seen for the last few years. And it was pretty too. Check some pictures on the left. and of course some cool shoot with umbrellas. There was a hard time to make a decision how Bride can make these 20 feet under heavy rain. But it looks cool on picture. Next day... still pouring. I had some ideas about shoots with mirrors and some lightening techniques.