The power of RAW!

I had to share this before-after to demonstrate what can happen during a shoot. For some reason, the strobes did not fire. I knew I had a great shot as soon as I snapped it. But... when I went to the laptop and noticed a black image, I felt my stomach hit the ground! I missed it!!! Arrrgggggg &^%#$#!@@#$

After the shoot, I went and decided to visit this "dark" image and see what bumping up the exposure would reveal. I knew it... it WAS the look I was striving for with my son, Luke. I did ask him to get back in front of the camera for a quick re-take but as we both knew... it was a long shot so we just went on.

Call me stubborn, but I just cranked all the settings to the max and performed some magic... the above AFTER photo. I'm pretty happy with it, and so is Luke.

Big lesson for the day... shoot your images in RAW. You never know what spectacular image you would miss if you didn't.

Keeping busy...

We sincerely hope your 2015 has started out with happiness, health & progress towards your goals!  But don’t despair if you have not stayed on the path towards those goals whatever they may be! 

Many of us put too much pressure on ourselves to start something new on January 1st of the new year. Quite honestly it can be too much pressure to put that date as the only day you can start a new beginning.  We are now into the first week of February and if you have not stayed on track or even started- don’t worry! Every day is a new day! You don’t have to wait for morning, or Monday or the next month- just start! Live your life by the hour if you must! For example, maybe you ate a donut for breakfast (again) and you feel as if you ruined your diet already. Forget that mentality! This is a new hour! You can still choose to eat healthy foods:) Maybe you plan to write a novel, a movie, become an actor, singer, etc. Any day you start is the perfect day!

 Are you new to photography & planned (in the New Year) to learn how to finally take your camera off of “Automatic” and really learn what each setting can do? Again, every day is a new day! Go learn something new about your camera right now! 

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Behind the scenes at Aspire Multimedia & Photography, we may not be keeping up with our blogs, but we have most certainly been busy! If you’re following us on Facebook, you will see the numerous amounts of headshots filling up our portfolio. We’ve also filmed a few concept video’s for our local celebrity choreographers here in Orlando! Our son, Luke, has also done an amazing job editing photos & videos while also updating our new logo!

Check our social media sites frequently for updates, sales & of course new pictures! Find us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter.

Remember, each day, each hour, each minute is a new moment to start anything you want!

“Live each day as if your life had just begun.”

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Studio One Productions Presents: Anna Kendricks- "When I'm Gone (Cup Song)" | Choreography by Ben10

Another great production of some great, talented dancers here in Orlando, Florida.
Stills and video link to:

Studio One Productions Presents: Anna Kendricks- "When I'm Gone (Cup Song)" | Choreography by Ben10

Dancers:

Bianca Nobel

Carlos Suarez

Chad Frierson

Chloe Palmieri

DJ Schiller

Jacob Eaddy

Jhio De Guzman Jr

Julie Johnson

Kellina Rutherford

Manny Cuevas

Marco Cardiel

Matthew Gilford

Miranda Pelkey

Nathan People

Regine Quinain

Shawna Ambrose

Victoria Rodriquez

Choreographer:

Benjamin "Ben10" Phan

Editor:

Luke Palmieri

Film/Camera:

Tony Palmieri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B_3FFtopGc

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Photos:

Studio One's 3rd Concept Video by Nathan People and Kellina Rutherford

I had the pleasure this evening of capturing a concept video for an outstanding group of young adults here in Orlando, FL called Studio One.

Thanks Luke for being my left arm and everyone else that helped create this.

Click on photo to view Gallery

Concept Video Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=squLNuKb7Xw&feature=share

Here's Studio One's YouTube page

Choreography by: Nathan People and Kellina Rutherford

Music:  "So Beautiful" by Musiq Soulchild

Dancers:

Kellina Rutherford, Nathan People, Shawna Renee, Matthew Gilford, Dominick Rodriguez, Clarissa Crox Turner, DJ "DonnyRockem" Schiller, Bianca Nobel, Marco Cardiel, and Julie Johnson

Film & Editing: Luke Palmieri