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Recent
images, designs, and thoughts by AL BRODSKY..... scroll down
December 2007-January 2008
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Erin
and Kelly were married at the wonderful Arlington Heights Evangelical Free
Church and partied into the night at the Old Orchard Country Club. I was
hired for my 4 hour services where I was able to start with the ceremony
and end with the capturing of images taken during the couple's first dance.
The image below is one of about 20 designs created, so it appears as a regular
color image and again as this featherd edged, black and white image. The
design on the lower right was used to illustrate both the bridal party and
the full family group. A second version not shown, featured a similar image
but with the other half of the new family as superimposed against one of
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Jennifer
and Chad hired me for only 2 hours, yet their DVD has 295
high-resolution images, including 20 designs like the two illustrated in
the grouping above. They asked me to incorporate the wedding invitation
with an image of their hands and rings, and I created a few designs to accomodate
that desire, the one illustrated here uses a close-up image of the altar
flowers for the background, the hands and rings, and I scanned the invitation
when returning to my home office. By substituting the DVD for the proof
book, they have ownership of all the images forever, including the designs,
and can make their own prints via ink jet or they can take selected files
to a pro lab of their choice. The entire wedding attendance is on the right.
Almost everyone came from an out-of-town location. |
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In early December I was hired to photograph the
Chicagoland Mocha Sisters organization group and all it's sub-groupings.
I superimposed the entire group image onto a set of balloons as also photographed
at their December meeting. Visit their web-site listed below where soon
some of those images taken should be posted.
http://www.mochasisterschicago.org |
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Kim
and Jonathan came back to me 2 1/2 years later to personally custom design their
flush 8 x10 album. The image on the left is the opening page and above image
is the second to last, 2 page spread featuring images they chose and I designed
all together. To view their entire album as proofed for them on the internet,
click on the following link and advance to see the pages flip before your eyes
and turn your sound on too! I can do the same
for you too!
Kim
and Jonathan's Wedding Album |
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E-mail
received 5/7/08
Hi Al, We just wanted to say all went well with the mailing of the
album. We picked it up from my parents' house and LOVE it. It looks beautiful!!!
:) Thanks for all your hard work with it. We are very pleased with the
results. Kim and Jonathan :)
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I recently had these 2 montages printed and framed
and they are both hanging on my office wall. The montage on the left was
designed from images taken at the 2007 Kentucky Derby (winning horse,
Street Sense) and printed at 24" x 36". The montage on the right
was designed from images taken at the 2007 Arlington Million (winning
horse, Jambalaya) and printed at 11" x 14".
I am truly running out of wall space and I often have to revert to simply
replacing one image for another of the same exact size in an existing
frame. Anyway, what great fun to have these favorite images printed at
a larger size, framed and displayed.
Although I love sales of images of any size, what
a shame that more people do not order much larger images for framing.
I also have some of the wedding designs I have created printed at 16"x20"
or 24"x36" for potential customers to view when making personal
appointments with me. My living room has a vaulted cieling and currently
52 images are framed and displayed under 14 flood lights directed at the
walls. |
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The
entire proof book of images from the events on this page can be found
at the following link for 90 days once they're posted;
View Event Proofs
Come back soon to see more images posted on my image blog.
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