From the entire Arizona Republic Graphics Desk!

Awkward Family Photos got nothing on us.
UPDATE: Keri (@khegre) called me out on it, that she also does graphics at the AZ Rep…

From the entire Arizona Republic Graphics Desk!

Awkward Family Photos got nothing on us.
UPDATE: Keri (@khegre) called me out on it, that she also does graphics at the AZ Rep…

Even though I’ve lived in this country for a while now, I’m still rather unfamiliar with Thanksgiving traditions. The holiday itself can’t be too complicated, right? Giving thanks — a concept generally understood worldwide. As I get ready to attended some gatherings that I’ve been generously invited to, I think: so what do you wear to celebrate the action of giving thanks? Should I wear something nice, super-nice, casual? Then I worry about the pumpkin pie I made, in which I substituted two egg yolks for egg whites, and wonder what disastrous consequences it might have.
Anyways, off to get ready.
But for you my Lapadula-ites, Christmas has come early because I finally sorta-finished putting together a separate photo website, which I hope to market to The Peoples of the World who might be in need of affordable, good photography. If you or anyone you know need a family portrait taken for their Holiday cards or whatnot, send ‘em over to Patricia Lapadula Photography and tell them to contact me. They might be able to declare their expenses as a charitable donation (maybe not technically, but it’ll definitely get them some Awesome Points in heaven).
The Travel section of the website is not up yet because going through all my travel photos and picking the better ones is a daunting task. Also, let me know if you’re experiencing any problems with the site. I’ve tested it in most browsers and everything seemed fine, but I’ve learned the hard way that just because it works on my (Mac) browsers, doesn’t mean it’ll work everywhere.
Thanks, and hope everyone has a happy gobble gobble day!

Happy Late Birthday, Talat!

I’ve never really done any wedding photography, so I just did my best trying to capture moments. As far as posing goes, yeah, not sure about all that. I have to apologized to Talat and Korey (the girl doing T’s hair) for my tyrannical ways and just overall bossing around… must be how I react when I don’t know what I’m doing. I changed up the watermark/logo because they other one didn’t seem very wedding-ish. I felt like these photos called for something a bit classier.
Photo-wise, I didn’t have anything other than my SLR (which I almost didn’t bring. Too much space in the suitcase!) and natural light. That’s usually the best anyways, right? Plug in Photoshop, add some filters that look like what I’ve seen in wedding photos, and voila. Did you know that a photographer can get paid multiple thousands of dollars to shoot a single wedding?
I’m in the wrong business.
Back to reality here in Phoenix, and I’m already missing the cabin life in Georgia. Just hanging out by the river, the fire pit, and the hot tub. Not the humidity though. Here are just a few other photos. Editing everything will probably take me till next year (that may or may not be a joke), but instead of waiting for that, I’ll just post ‘em little by little.
Matt and Brian trying to navigate the river. Check out the video below.
I really wish I was back there. Got to work to more bad news, as always. Rumors of layoffs running rampant, again. It’s so demoralizing after a while.
In other news, while I was at home in NC for a whole 36 hours, I found tons of old photos that I took for various projects back in that life where I was a bonafied photojournalism student. So look for those coming up soon. I really had some good stuff there, but it’ll take me a while to comb through that.