http://www.brideday.com/index.htmlHot News!eninfo@brideday.comCopyright 2008 Kalim A. Bhatti2009-12-13T22:18:11-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:23:43 -0500info@brideday.comSports2009-12-13T22:18:11-05:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/4640d4d4240169ecd7bd4ab6edd10bdf-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/4640d4d4240169ecd7bd4ab6edd10bdf-12.html#unique-entry-id-12

Getting more famous every World Cup Season, Walter Bahr holds the shoes his sons’, former NFL Kickers Matt and Chris Bahr wore, in his Boalsburg, Pennsylvania home. Full New York Times story here]]>info@brideday.comArt and Painting2009-11-01T06:17:29-05:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/7cf7bf9077b1f09037420a5eb7aca1f6-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/7cf7bf9077b1f09037420a5eb7aca1f6-11.html#unique-entry-id-11here

]]>info@brideday.comBusiness2009-10-27T14:11:55-04:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/068ea8367e5360de8e07ae815cc31c22-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/068ea8367e5360de8e07ae815cc31c22-10.html#unique-entry-id-10Full New York Times story ran here
]]>info@brideday.comTravel, Fishing, Leisure, Photography2009-06-06T03:24:06-04:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/bcbbdd3c0137476e21a363776424478e-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/bcbbdd3c0137476e21a363776424478e-9.html#unique-entry-id-9
Arrived in Mauritius a few days ago and finally got out early enough to give a taste of what I’m experiencing.]]>info@brideday.comRecreation, transportation, alternative vehicles, economy2009-05-16T16:20:22-04:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/394f01ef73cc33eca4358f5dba2397cd-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/394f01ef73cc33eca4358f5dba2397cd-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Nearly completed a project on a gentleman who has invested several thousand dollars into a restoration of a Pulse Motorcycle. If you’ve never heard of them, not to worry, there’s only about 300 in the entire world. Quite frankly, it resembles something from the Jetsons but just cannot fly. It will reach high speeds, seats two and gets over 100 mpg. As soon as the project is complete and the Pulse is on the road, I’ll be pitching the idea to motorcycle magazines and other media outlets.
Stay tuned.... hoping to shoot some more images this weekend.]]>info@brideday.comLeisure, clubs, motorcycles, recreation, transportation2009-05-16T16:13:24-04:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/2ba897c023b35ad27529a3ed5137bffa-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/2ba897c023b35ad27529a3ed5137bffa-7.html#unique-entry-id-7Photographed Jim Ford, a motorcycle enthusiast who offers classes on riding motorcycles in Thurmont, Maryland for the New York Times today. Will update when the story runs. Best part of all, perhaps, I took images while riding on the rear of another motorcycle, just like a professional photographer.... wait, I am a professional.]]>info@brideday.comBlog2009-05-05T19:38:24-04:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/8cb8ac3a7e16e7a1857b88cc2d89e5d9-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/8cb8ac3a7e16e7a1857b88cc2d89e5d9-6.html#unique-entry-id-6Just got done shooting a story on shared parenting, published in today’s edition of USA Today. Please click here]]>info@brideday.comNews, Feature2009-02-27T17:24:22-05:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/2e9015e4a138fe33cd8966a999d95ac4-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/2e9015e4a138fe33cd8966a999d95ac4-5.html#unique-entry-id-5Dark lipstick, curly hair, bold earrings and authentic 1944 uniforms were just some of the sights seen at Fort Indiantown Gap a few weekends ago. Hired by the New York Times, I photographed a rather large WW II re-enactment of the Battle of the Bulge about 30 miles from Harrisburg. The feature published today, February 27th. The print edition includes a half page photo of the event while enhanced electronic online version includes a 12 image slideshow. Click here to see folks go back in time.
]]>info@brideday.comArt, Painting, Government, State, Politics2009-02-14T13:34:41-05:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/8a27520ee4207cd420655e078711a76b-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/8a27520ee4207cd420655e078711a76b-4.html#unique-entry-id-4 Twice now, I’ve had the opportunity to assist with the making of the Speakers’ Portraits in the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. Speaker John Perzel’s painting was created using an image photographed by me.
All of these paintings are mounted in the House hallway. Speaker Dennis O’Brien was photographed a few weeks ago for Artist Tina Reiley. It’s really an interesting process how different the information an artist requires for her work. Details of the subject’s hands and eyes are critical for a successful painting. Obviously, the end result has to be a great likeness hung for future generations to see and remember, just as we see the painting of Speaker Ben Franklin.
In photographing Speaker O’brien, I really wanted it to be unique when comparing other Speakership paintings. There are paintings of Speaker’s past that are holding a book, the gavel or a simple powerful gaze into the beholder’s eye. Photographing John Perzel, he chose to be photographed in the Speaker’s office.
While we started at the Speaker’s Rostrum on the House Floor, I gradually moved Speaker O’brien further and further away from it. Ultimately, I believe we got a unique prospective of former Speaker Dennis O’brien, with the rostrum and a portion of the Apotheosis in the background. I look forward to sharing more of an in depth feature here as the painting progresses onward.]]>info@brideday.comWedding, Photography, Wedding Photojournalism, News, Feature2009-01-04T12:02:17-05:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/029d2fcdc4499b2222c104d994d36cb0-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/029d2fcdc4499b2222c104d994d36cb0-3.html#unique-entry-id-3What is Wedding Photojournalism? Below is an interesting article published in USA Today a few years ago. Happy reading.

Wedding photos, hold the cheese
Life magazine are hot. Videographers are adopting the photojournalism style. And advances in digital photography are bringing down costs, putting the style in reach of budget-conscious brides and grooms.
For many couples, photographs and videos are among the most expensive items in a wedding budget. That makes it all the more important to shop carefully.
Fees charged by professionals range from about $800 to well into the thousands. Prices depend on the time the photographer spends snapping photos or making a video and the number of prints and albums ordered.
The Internet is a good resource for advice and lists of professionals.
Capitalizing on the trend, photo giants Kodak and Fuji sell disposable cameras that brides give to guests to capture candid moments — with interesting results after the liquor flows. "You hear about some of the pictures they get under the table," says Los Angeles photographer Robert Evans, hired by Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston for their $1 million wedding last July.
Kennedy style spreads
Reggie — who charges $20,000 per assignment — says wedding photojournalism went mainstream in 1996. That was the year he was hired by the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette for their wedding.
Reggie's iconic photo of Kennedy spontaneously kissing Bessette's hand was plastered across the front pages and covers of more than 1,000 newspapers and magazines — further spreading the style's popularity to middle America.
Driving the trend:
- Popular culture. Today's brides and grooms grew up in an age of People magazine, 60 Minutes and, now, reality shows like Survivor and MTV's The Real World. Couples demand a more authentic, less varnished look.
"Reality became king," says Reggie, who photographed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's 1997 wedding to TV journalist Andrea Mitchell.
Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University, worries the trend reflects the latest stage in a media-saturated American culture. "You are now not hiring a wedding photographer — you're now hiring paparazzi," Thompson says.
- Technology. Digital photography makes wedding photojournalism more affordable because it is less costly to process and edit than conventional film.

By Jim Hopkins, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — Popular culture and technology are upending the $3 billion wedding photo industry — turning traditional pose-and-say-cheese photographers into paparazzi-for-hire. Experts call the trend "wedding photojournalism." It's a style that rejects photos of brides gazing demurely at bouquets in favor of the edgier look of news magazines. "A slip showing, or a hair out of place, or maybe the little flower girl running across the altar in the middle of the ceremony," says Denis Reggie, one of the nation's most highly sought wedding photographers. Statistics on the number of weddings that get photojournalism treatment aren't kept. But experts say the trend began in the early 1990s among the wealthy, then went mainstream about 5 years ago. Elizabeth Beskin, a partner in Sarah Merians Photography & Co. in New York, says about 90% of the 600 weddings her studio shoots annually include photojournalism — up from 10% in the mid-1990s. Wedding and Portrait Photographers International, a trade association, recently boosted the number of seminars on the subject. And an Atlanta company, the Wedding Bureau, was launched 3 years ago to represent photojournalists — including Pulitzer Prize winners — who want to get into the field. Wedding imagery is big business. As many as 100,000 photographers compete for 2.2 million weddings a year. Add a videotape, and the average cost is nearly $1,300 per wedding, about $2.9 billion a year. Black-and-white photos in the manner of

By Amy Deputy
After the wedding ceremony, Carol Lynne and Greg Howard spend a few moments alone together.

The average U.S. wedding costs about $19,000, excluding honeymoon, says Bride's magazine. Photography and videography average about 5% of the total — the third most-expensive item in the budget. Kodak wants photographers to push for closer to 10%.
Capturing real moments
With consumers willing to take more risks, traditional news photographers are drawn to a business once snubbed as cheesy.
Gary Higgins, 41, a former TV reporter in Lafayette, Ind., shoots videos in a style that combines the reality TV shows 48 Hours and The Real World — complete with interviews of family and guests. Armed with the latest technology — a $43,000 camera — Higgins says his work captures everything, including "the bumps and bruises."
Amy Deputy, 38, quit her job as a picture editor at the Baltimore Sun 2 months ago after snapping her first wedding photo last year. Greg and Carol Howard hired Deputy for their wedding last October in Columbia, Md. They didn't want generic "cookie-cutter" photos, says Greg Howard.
"We wanted somebody who had an eye for that unscripted moment."]]>info@brideday.comArts, Exhibition2008-12-27T16:49:39-05:00http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/37c23de9c18d074ef44936d5a3b0daa3-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.brideday.com/page4/files/37c23de9c18d074ef44936d5a3b0daa3-2.html#unique-entry-id-2Please contact me for prices. Many of these images are featured in this website and would look great in your living, dining or hallway of your home.

Speaking of the Capitol, featured in this year’s Calendar are 14 images taken by me of our beautiful Capitol Complex. It is widely accepted as the country’s most beautiful Capitol Building. The Rotunda is nearly 275 feet high and laced with gold trimmings. For free copies of this calendar, contact any PA State Legislator.

Happy Viewing.

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