Here is an outstanding performance from the Miami based group called “The New Century Shadow Dancers” that my team filmed and edited for the ArtPrize Winners Celebration.
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ArtPrize Winners Celebration – “The New Century Shadow Dancers” Video
October 28th, 2009 by John under EventsView on Vimeo. Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite
ArtPrize Winners Celebration – “Bucket Boys” Video
October 10th, 2009 by John under Events, VideographyThis is the first of many video segments that I plan to post soon from the recent “ArtPrize 2009 Winners Celebration” here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The night was amazing, and I couldn’t be more proud of Rick DeVos and his team at ArtPrize for bringing so much talent and artistry to our wonderful city of Grand Rapids. The evening celebration was planned and coordinated by the ever talented Jodi Bos from In Any Event and, as usual was nothing short of magnificent.
Here is an outstanding performance from the Chicago based group called “The Bucket Boys” that my team filmed and edited.
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Modern Day Floral
January 27th, 2009 by John under Events, Videography, WeddingsMany of you may have already seen this on my “Coastline Studios” facebook group, but I wanted to post it here as well! My good friend Jen from Modern Day Floral hired me to capture the crazy week before a huge wedding to show what it takes to create all the floral arrangements for the day. It’s really incredible how much work it takes to put together something like this, and Jen is a master at her craft.
Enjoy!
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A Birthday to Remember
June 25th, 2008 by John under EventsOn Saturday last weekend, I was privileged to have been able to photograph an amazing evening honoring an amazing woman here in Grand Rapids. This brithday celebration was different from most in that this lady was adamant that the evening be about her guests, and not her. After interacting with (and photographing) her children, I can see instantly how well she has done as a mother… which is very impressive considering her packed schedule. God being first in her life, with family next… and then friends who are as close as family to her… its easy to see why so many people were in attendance.
The event was was decorated in great detail by the unmatched Jodi Bos of In Any Event. If you want the best event possible… you simply need to call Jodi. Hands down, her events outshine any other events I’ve ever been to… be it a wedding, birthday or any occasion worthy of celebration. Every detail is covered, so many in fact that is near impossible to capture each detail in photographs alone. But I’ll try… at least with a few images below as a small sampling of the amazing spectacle.
I should first point out that some of these amazing images were captured by my good friend Ryan Prins of Ryan Prins Photogarphy who worked as my 2nd shooter under the Coastline Studios name. Thank you Ryan for your talents and skills. We make a great team, and I always enjoy shooting with you.
Here are some great detail shots to tell the story.
A creative presentation of some Hors d’oeuvres. Another small detail courtesy of Jodi Bos.
After a cocktail reception, all the guests moved into the main dining area. Here are some details shots taken before the guests arrived.
Everyone had shrimp tail salads to start the meal.
One of the highlights of the evening was a private concert from John Ondrasik who is the lead singer from Five for Fighting. He sounds amazing live… just as if I was listening to the CD. Simply outstanding.
A view of the guests enjoying the concert.
After the concert the doors were opened to reveal a beautiful dance floor with numerous details and decorations… again Jodi shows us why she is the best.
And what would dinner be without dessert? How good does all this look! Wow!
It was am amazing experience. And I can’t thank my Coastline Studios team enough for their mad skills. Thanks Jay Irwin, Adam Kring and Greg Ohlman for doing the video, and of course Ryan Prins for photography. And one last shout out to Jodi… amazing job.
Weekend Review
June 23rd, 2008 by John under Events, WeddingsWow what a weekend I just had! I had a rehearsal dinner Thursday, a wedding Friday, a high-end birthday event on Saturday, and a Wedding in the Detriot area on Sunday. I did photography for all of them, and also video for the birthday event as well as the Detroit wedding… Whew! Much thanks to my 2nd shooters Holly Henderson on Friday, and Ryan Prins on Saturday and Sunday. And thanks to Jay Irwin, Adam Kring, Greg Ohlman, John Balyo and my intern Brandon Damon for your excellent video skills this weekend! I couldn’t have done it without all of your help!
In all I personally took over 7500 pictures in this past weekend! If you add in my 2nd shooter’s pictures on all these events, that number is well over 11,000 images! Thats a lot of post processing and editing to do!!!
So here’s the plan… with so many pictures to work through, I’m going to blog each event separately over the next few days… so lots of pictures are coming soon! So keep checking back. Today however (Monday) I took the day off… but tomorrow its back to work… and hopefully I’ll get some images up here soon!
Knowing my weekend was going to be packed, my wife Amy (along with my daughter Alexa) took advantage of a good last minute plane fair to Iowa to visit her parents. This is the first time I’ve not seen my daughter within a 24 hour period, so needless to say I miss seeing her cute little smile and happy noises and dance motions. So in honor of her 10 month birthday (which was Sunday), here’s a picture I took not long ago. A bunch of you have been bugging me for more pictures of Alexa, so here’s a quick fix for ya’ll… more will come soon, I promise.
I miss you Amy and Alexa!
