Whats Up before the Holidays

Hello Peeps,

I can’t believe its Friday again and I have not blogged for a week. Shame :(
It really has been a hectic week. Trying to fulfill all orders and finish off business from 2008 before the holidays.

Sporadically:
Our Christmas tree is up and glowing. It has a funnly little tree top, but not all trees can be Super Model Trees.
Christmas lights outside are on dusk til dawn along with our sign finally working in sync.
Drain pipe is repaired. If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter, you would know there were some neighbourhood kids up to no good ;)
Speaking of Twitter, you can follow me ***HERE*** I jumped onto mobile tweeting once I got my iPhone. Even Barack Obama added me to his Tweets. Seriously check him out over ***HERE***

STUDIO UPDATE
We are extremely stoked and excited to have our Studio Lounge remodeled by early January. Can’t wait to meet our brides in there. Along with our Studio update, we are sprucing our online presence, infact adding a brand NEW WEB SITE dedicated to Weddings and getting a brand new BLOG designed in collaboration with Jesse from amazing MoxyWebWorks. We will be rolling it all out in early January. Keep your fingers crossed ;)

Our Wedding season 2009 and 2010 comes with New Options, New Experiences, New Client Education and New Prices.
As such, if you book us before Dec 31st at 1200hrs we will honour our 2008 prices. (Deposit required to secure your date)

All our past clients and future Brides should be receiving something in mail any day. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Happy Weekend everyone and careful driving and shopping this weekend, they are calling for additional 10cms

Friday Funnies and Some

So, its friday! Wow where does the time goes.

A little bit of updates.
We are working furiously to have all orders fulfilled before christmas (really hard) Thanks for your patients guys
Some of you might already know, my dear blackberry has died. RIP Berry! I was “forced” to get an early christmas gift: A new iPHONE. Yeay I love early gifts. Look what I was missing on. I am now twittering via twitter Become my friend ***HERE*** to see whats up in the micro-blogosphere of KostelPhoto and us generally. In fact the mobile apps, will update my facebook status as well. How cool! NO? And also hang out with us on facebook ***HERE*** I don’t think that many people comprehend the importance of such social networking sites. Many will discount them as toys or just waste of time. We on the other hand, think that such marketing tools are incredible and an awesome way to conect with others. Being a photographer and managing a small business is very dependant on networking. I said this many times before and always will believe that network is your networth.

Here is a quick pic of Somfalvi family that we did recently. More to come soon.

And as always enjoy this crazy awesome video
Happy Friday all.

Friends and Colleagues; Pictage Professional Members

Hi everyone,

Here is a little vid that was shot at our December monthly get together in Niagara Falls. Its awesome to see so many creative minds get together, talk, share, have fun and unite our industry and bring it to higher level. Currently, we are working mutually to put out a word on educating our clients. We are stoked to be part of if and we are looking forward to show it to you in the near future.
Happy Monday!

We Niagara Photographers + PUG November Get-Together from Bryan Caporicci on Vimeo.

Going PRO-5 tips for Wedding Photographes

Hi, photography enthusiasts and pros.
Recently I had number of inquiries about our business, how to start one, what to do, how to allocate your budget…et al. As oppose to answering it individually I have written a short article giving few tips how to go about taking your passion and hobby and making it your carreer, freedom and happiness. This will be a series that I will write over the next little while. Most likely after the holidays though ;)
Enjoy, and if you do have any questions in specific, give us a jingle!

The article can be found ***HERE***

Mysterious Lady

While ago, we had a gallery show merged with a theatrical performance. At end of the show, I found this picture on my table next to my images. No name, no number or message. Not sure if it landed there by accident, but if you are this beautiful lady, give us a jingle.

St John Ambulance – Outstanding Community Partner

Wow….

Today, I picked up a mysterious package from St John ambulance. I was going to wait for Anna, but curiousity got better of me after staring at it for full 10 minutes ;)

We are shocked and for-most honoured to be awarded and recognized as Outstanding Community Partner of SJA. As you might recall from a previous post HERE we have donated our time to a charitable event for St John Ambulance last year in a photographic capacity as I also used to volunteer as a Medical First Aid Responder for many years prior. This was our second annual participation in this gala to raise funds for a good cause, and we loved covering it. Thank you to Dianne and her staff, as well as the Board of Directors for putting up such a successful event that raised over $40,000 this year alone. We are humbled. Thank you for having us and giving us the opportunity to be your preferred choice of photographers for your undoubtfully successful Gala next year!

Butterflysquad Video

Recently we had a pleasure working with Ramesh and Shaun from ButterflySquad cinematography and got along very well. These guys are very professional, curtious, fun and mostly creative in their respective fields. Check out their site or call Ramesh for a conusltation. You will be pleasantly surprised. Don’t forget to view his recent video teaser from a wedding in Mexico. What a bomb!
Cheers