My Covered Bridge Project

When I was at the Professional Photographer Association of Pennsylvania Convention in State College, PA. last month, I attended a seminar on fine art photography. This is an area of photography that I always wanted to get involved in but never had the time. It's photographing scenics or places and things that are not people. I have always created portraits of people and said that I couldn't take a picture unless there was a person in it.

I was so impressed with the speakers and what they do that I decided to give myself an assignment. My idea was to photograph covered bridges. I went online and discovered that I lived in the perfect place. Washington County Pennsylvania has 22 covered bridges. So my project for the weekends this summer is to photograph every covered bridge in Washington County and turn each image into a fine art painting. My goal is to publish a book of "The Covered Bridges of Washington County". I'm going to print fine art prints of each bridge and mat and frame them into finished fine art pieces.

I started my project this past weekend on Sunday, May 16. I photographed the first three bridges. Pictured here is the first bridge. The Hughes Bridge built in 1889. I also photographed the Bailey Bridge and the Day Bridge. Next weekend I will continue on the covered bridge tour and hopefully get more. It's really turning into fun.

Brianne Roman BVAHS Class of 2011

Brianne was the second place winner in our Senior Portrait contest. She won her choice of three sessions and a five pose senior portrait package worth $1006. She sure is a winner! Wow! She chose to do the Classic Yearbook session, the "Loft", and next week she will finish with "Backstreets". You can her entire gallery on Facebook or on savarino-studio.com in the "Featured Galleries" http://savarino-studio.com/index2.php?v=v1#/featured/ .

It was truly a pleasure to photograph Brianne. Her clothing choices and her photogenic attitude made every image beautiful. It was a rainy, dreary day when we went to the loft, but you would never know it looking at the portraits. The light was magical. I have to take the credit for these fantastic images. I have turned "the loft" into my "special place" for creating some of the most beautiful all natural lighting. Believe it or not it's done with reflectors and a lot of them. Most of the reflectors that I use are my own special design. You can only get "Master" portraits like these at the Savarino Studio Photography. I sure would love to create special portraits for you too.

Prom Night 2010

Just wanted to tell all the high school people who are going to the prom to have a GREAT time! AND be careful! The prom should be a wonderful memory that you keep with you your whole life. Make sure it is a pleasant memory. Believe it or not, I attended 4 proms in my early life and every one of them is a treasured memory. I wish you all the same. Enjoy your prom.

First Senior Class of 2011 !!!

Wow! Let the games begin! The Class of 2011 has officially begun. It was really a fun experience to start the season off with Stephanie Powell from Ringgold High School Class of 2011. We started at the loft. It's the first time that I have ever photographed a senior with their pet (a cat) at the loft.

I love to try new things. What ideas do you have? I really want to do some really new and different things this year.

Let's give it a go!

A fantastic wedding on May 1st.

Wow! I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Kristen and Matt Cavanaugh at Jumonville. I really enjoyed it because it was the first wedding of the year and the setting was beautiful. What made it really fun was that I was trying new techniques that I had contemplated in the winter. Everything was a success! Except one thing! I took way too many images. Now I have to spend hours editing what I have done. The results will be awesome.

Senior Recognition Day at Ringgold

I had the pleasure of photographing senior recognition of the Ringgold senior baseball players this afternoon. What a great day for pictures .

You can view these images at www.savarino-studio.com Select "Client Events".

Facebook

We have been really busy on Facebook. I have been posting specials for high school seniors and showing the different styles that can be achieved with each different session. I sure hope I not overdoing it. I really like Facebook. It's really nice to see what everyone is doing.

I would really like your feedback. Please take a minute and post some remarks. Be kind please!

Class of 2011 Seniors We need your email address!

We will no longer use postal mail. In the past, we would mail to prospective seniors 4 to 5 times from April to August with different promotions. The cost was astronomical. Printing plus postage would cost us thousands of dollars throughout the season.

Now that email, facebook and our webpage is available at a much lower cost, we will place all of our marketing efforts in these new eMedias, as well as our mall display at Century III Mall.

Please email us at classof2011@savarino-studio.com or go to www.classof2011seniors.com and register for our $5000 contest. Also go to Savarino Studio Photography on Facebook and become our fan. We will offer email specials and DIFFERENT specials on Facebook.

We will put every senior session that we photograph this year on the webpage "classof2011seniors.com" and on Facebook as well.

SO. . . PLEASE SEND US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.


We will also be at the Belle Vernon High School Prom Fashion Show on March 5.

Class of 2011 Contest Kickoff !!!

We have kicked off our NEW "Class of 2011" contest as of today. We have mailed the contest newsletter to over 1,300 high school juniors who will be seniors next year in the Class of 2011. It's up to you now. All you have to do is email us at classof2011@savarino-studio.com include your address along with your email (that's most important as all of our specials will be sent out as emails). Then YOU MUST BECOME A FAN OF SAVARINO STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY on Facebook. Search "Savarino Studio Photography" in facebook.

You MUST do both to be eligible for over $5,000 in prizes. First prize is worth $1,500!

Good Luck!!!

My Favorite Family Portrait of 2009

I do many families throughout the year. The Stile Family came to me for Christmas cards. We had a great session, but this was my very favorite image. To me, this is what a family portrait should be. Coordinated clothing, great expressions, and FUN. . . all contribute to the perfect image for a large wall portrait to treasure.

Find us on Facebook. . Become a fan!

I just created the Savarino Studio Photography Fan Page on Facebook. I would love to have you as a fan. Please sign-up and PLEASE tell your friends.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Savarino-Studio-Photography/239785134205?ref=ts Click the link to go to our Fan page.

Class of 2011 NEWS!

We have something new and exciting for the Class of 2011. Watch our new web page "Classof2011seniors.com" and our Facebook page AND your mailbox.

After many years, we have discontinued our Senior Ambassador Program. From now on Facebook, email, and our dedicated SENIOR web page "classof2011seniors.com" will be our voice. We will be kicking off the new senior Class of 2011 with a fantastic contest that will feature THOUSANDS of dollars in prizes. So keep on watching.