Kaz Photography

Chrissy and John!

2009-06-28T02:26:00.003-04:00

Christine and John got married, and what a night it was! Beautiful ceremony, beautiful weather, and some Dave Matthews played during the reception! People who know me know how psyched I was for that. :) I'll be working on photos as time permits, but for now here are a few.

Waterfront tonight

2009-06-22T23:46:00.002-04:00

It was such a nice night, that after cutting the grass and eating dinner, Sue and I figured we'd take advantage of the late light and go check out the sunset at the waterfront. Of course, I took my cameras with me - the E3 and the D700 - and took some shots. The sunset was fair, though not the best I'd seen. I did get some keepers though - check them out!

Congrats, Laura and Trevor!

2009-06-20T01:45:00.006-04:00

I just got back from shooting Laura and Trevor's wedding - What a fun bunch! Trevor is Tyler's brother, from Kacie and Tyler's wedding back in December - so a lot of the same folks were at the ceremony and reception. It was a long day, but a great time - I'll have the photos up soon! For now, here are a few...

Vegas, Zion, and Page

2009-04-23T13:10:00.002-04:00

I just got back from a wedding in Vegas and a side trip to Zion National Park and Page, AZ. The weather was pretty poor in Zion, and getting good photos was difficult. I visited Antelope Canyon in Page, though, and things were much, much better.

I have quite a few images to go through - I'm hoping to get to them this weekend. And, of course, I'm having trouble uploading the sample from Antelope Canyon that I was going to attach - which was the whole reason for this post!!

Boys and Girls Club of WNY

2009-03-26T22:29:00.001-04:00

I'm going to be donating my services to the Boys and Girls club of WNY, and photographing their 2009 AkidEMY awards ceremony on May 8th. I can't wait!

New Portraits page!

2009-03-11T01:12:00.001-04:00

I just spent waaaaaay too long creating/updating my portraits page. Check it out here!

Duh!

2009-02-26T20:34:00.001-05:00

It's been half a week, and I never updated my blog!!! I went to the Sabres game last week and took my E3/50-200/EC-14 with me. I got some pretty good photos - check them out and let me know what you think.

New Lens :)

2009-02-21T11:03:00.003-05:00

Yeah, I'm a gearhead - I salivate when I get to play with new toys. I finally bit the bullet and bought a lens which I've been wanting for almost 3 years now - the Zuiko 7-14mm F/4.0. It's widely regarded as one of the finest ultra-wide angle lenses available. Its uses are specialized - it'll only help in certain situations for weddings, and won't help at all for portraits - but the landscapes when I travel to Zion National Park in a month or so are going to be spectacular.

I can't wait!

Front page update!

2009-01-11T13:18:00.002-05:00

You probably saw when you came in, but I updated the front portal today. It took quite a while to find the right mix of photos and the right button locations, but I'm pretty pleased with it.

I made the update primarily so I could include a link to wedding proofs, because Kacie and Tyler's photos are done now! Check them out and let me know what you think.

Kacie and Tyler

2009-01-06T20:16:00.004-05:00

I recently photographed Kacie and Tyler's wedding - congrats, guys! My wonderful girlfriend Sue helped me shoot the wedding, since my back was giving me trouble - thanks to the second shooter, we ended up with 2450 photos to go through! I've been going through them over the past few days, and I have it narrowed to about 600-700 photos. If you're looking for them, I'll have them up soon - but for now, here are a few:

Featured Photos

2008-11-19T21:18:00.004-05:00

I've decided to occasionally feature one of my photos - kind of a 'best of' listing for some of my favorites. The first one that I've chosen is Teton Stream, which is from my trip to the Grand Tetons in June of 07. There will be many more to follow!

Busy busy busy!

2008-10-04T12:32:00.003-04:00

I've been very busy over the last few weeks with a bunch of weddings, and the resulting late nights of editing photos. I decided to dedicate some time to finding a way to streamline my workflow, and I ended up signing up with a partner to create my new gallery site, Photos.kaz-photos.com! Check it out - I'm going to be adding content to it over the next few days, every chance I get. I'll have a mix of my Wedding and Landscape photos on here - but it's fully searchable, so you should be able to find what you're looking for pretty quickly.

Let me know what you think!

Bishop Fallon 50th Reunion

2008-08-25T21:05:00.003-04:00

I recently photographed the 50th reunion of Bishop Fallon High school, class of '58. It seemed that everybody had a good time - they even had one of their old teachers there, which blew my mind!It was quite a bit of fun to photograph my first event that wasn't a wedding or hockey game. You can see the photos at this link, and they're available for purchase here.

New lighting!

2008-06-30T22:23:00.002-04:00

In order to improve my portraiture, I've started to get into studio lighting. I just picked up an Alien Bees 1600 strobe for my home studio, and I spent some time today playing around with off-camera lighting, now that I can use a PC-sync cable and actually use a strobe. It was pretty fun - check out the pics!

Orange Crush Spring House May 31st game

2008-05-31T20:38:00.003-04:00

I sure have been shooting a bunch of these lately! Today's game was pretty fun - a hat trick and a tie game! It got pretty exciting - these kids are definitely advancing!

Here's the gallery.

May 25th Spring house game

2008-05-26T11:43:00.003-04:00

The Spring House team had another game yesterday, and I went along to practice. Shooting with available light has been made easier by the 35-100 F2.0, but I think I may have to rig something up with remote flashes. They're not cheap, but I'd get much better results.

Here are the photos!

Orange Crush Hockey!

2008-05-14T23:52:00.001-04:00

This past weekend, I got to work out my new F/2.0 constant zoom at the first Orange Crush hockey game. See the photos here!

Leonardi's hockey

2008-04-22T01:49:00.003-04:00

We had a game tonight and I took a few pics afterwards. Lighting at Holiday and Leisure is pretty drab, and it's tough to get good exposures without flash. Some of them came out pretty good though - check them out.

Buffalo Central Terminal / Dyngus Day

2008-03-24T22:59:00.004-04:00

I'm going to be shooting a wedding in the central terminal at the end of August, so I went there this evening to meet up with the bride and groom, check things out, see how lighting would be, and so on. It was a pretty good time, and a lot more crowded than I thought it would be! Please check out the photos and let me know what you think.

Roadrunners Youth Hockey game

2008-03-23T15:51:00.007-04:00

I was able to photograph the Roadrunners youth hockey game yesterday - very cute kids, and it reminded me of my own days in youth hockey. Freezing at 5 AM practices, not really knowing what to do until the coach tells you, that kind of stuff.

I made two galleries for this - The main flash Gallery is here
Parents - I've recently partnered with Shutterfly.com - You can order prints here.

Another trip to the Botanical Gardens

2008-03-23T15:40:00.003-04:00

The Erie County Botanical Gardens always has a great spring flower show. I've been looking forward to going back this year, and I had the opportunity to do so last Friday. A Few samples are included in this post, and the main page is here.

Montreal!

2008-03-17T22:29:00.002-04:00

I went to Montreal this weekend just for fun, but I couldn't pass up the chance to take my camera along to a city I've never been to. Click Here for the pics!!

New Child portaits

2008-03-11T00:02:00.003-04:00

Just yesterday I had a shoot with two lovely and lively children - It was quite a fun experience! One of them hammed it up whenever I pointed the camera at him, and the other wasn't really having that great a day. :) We did capture some pretty good moments, though!

Buffalo's new baby tigers

2008-02-25T12:51:00.002-05:00

The Buffalo zoo was fortunate enough to have two baby Amur tigers born in captivity - Thyme and Warner. They are, obviously enough, sponsored by Time-Warner. I didn't know animals could be sponsored like Carubba Collission, but whatever- they are CUTE! Let me know what you think of the photos.

New Digs, new Studio!

2008-02-12T21:31:00.000-05:00

So, I haven't been posting very much at all. But there's a good reason for it! My girlfriend and I are buying a new house - this new house has a room that is perfect for a studio!! So, in a month or two I should have a workable studio for portraiture and general photo work. I really can't wait for it - In fact, the first person to contact me regarding this post gets a free portrait session! I'm going to need to break in the new studio. :)