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March 13, 2011

Sandpearl Resort wedding – Clearwater Beach wedding photographer

We were recently surfing the internet, revisiting some of the websites for past venues that we have photographed at. When we stopped to check out the Sandpearl Resort website, we noticed that they had recently done a whole new redesign of their site. We really liked the new layout and started checking out a lot of the new pages within the site. When we reached the wedding pages, we were VERY HAPPY to see that they selected two of our images from a wedding we photographed there on April 9, 2010. The Sandpearl Resort provided a beautiful backdrop to this fairy tale wedding.

As an experienced Tampa wedding photographers, we love photographing at the many beautiful venues located throughout the Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota area. It is such an honor, when one of these great venues selects our images to show off the beauty of their site. We want to thank everyone at the Sandpearl Resort for selecting our images and we look forward to photographing many more weddings at your beautiful hotel in the near future. If anyone is looking to get married on the beach and at a world class hotel resort, we highly recommend the Sandpearl Resort. The hotel is incredibly beautiful and the staff is very friendly and accomodating. They will do whatever they can to make your experience there, the very best it can be!

Below are the images that the Sandpearl Resort selected to use on their website:

There were many more beautiful images from that wedding. To see how beautiful the wedding and the Sandpearl Resort are, just check out the video below:

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March 10, 2011

David & Danielle – 1 year anniversary – Tampa wedding photographers

We just photographed an amazing one year anniversary photo session for Danielle and David. We cannot not believe that one year has already passed since their beautiful wedding at the University of South Florida last March. It feels like only yesterday when we were photographing them on that chilly March day. What a difference one year makes. Last year, the temperatures were in the 40’s but this year it was nice and warm.
During our planning discussions with Danielle, she mentioned that she wanted to capture some beautiful images of her and David. Unfortunately, on the day of her wedding it was just too cold and after braving the cold for the outdoor ceremony, everyone was too cold to capture all of the great picture ideas that we had planned. A few minutes after the ceremony, everyone jumped on the hotel buses and headed back to the warm reception hall.

We really wanted to capture some great images for Danielle and David, so we pre-scouted several great locations in downtown Tampa prior to the scheduled photo session. We had some great ideas drawn up and it all was scheduled to start at the new Curtis Hixon waterfront park, located next to the new Glazer Children’s Museum. One of the things that you come to learn as an experienced Tampa wedding photographer, is that no matter how carefully you plan, there will always be unforeseen issues to overcome. But we are always prepared for anything! As we were nearing downtown Tampa, we got a call from Danielle informing us that there was an art show at the park. We figured that it would be a few tents spread out across the park, and that we could work around it. What we didn’t immediately figure out until we arrived, is that it was the weeked for the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. The Gasparilla art festival is huge!! Cars lined up for blocks to get into the parking garages and the park was completely covered in both tents and people! But because we had already scouted many locations, we were totally prepared to start photographing in some other beautiful locations. Yes, there were still lots of people but we had some amazing backdrops to work with and captured some really beautiful images. We also had the opportunity to capture some great images at the beautiful Sacred Heart Catholic Church. After spending a few hours in downtown Tampa, we decided to drive across the bay to the beach, to capture some of the beach pictures that Danielle wanted at sunset. We bought a beautiful red balloon to symbolize their first year of marriage. As always, we had a blast with Danielle and David. Two of the most down to earth and fun people you could meet. We have enjoyed many opportunities to work with them in the past. We photographed their engagement session, their wedding and now their one year anniversary session. We love working with them and hope to capture many more of their future special moments for them.

Below are just a few of our favorite images from this session.

March 7, 2011

Apollo is back! – Tampa family portrait photographer – www.evaphotostudio.com

The boys are back! Jasmine brought little Apollo in for another one of his portrait sessions. Ever since she had her first child, Jasmine has wanted to capture the various stages of their childhood. As such, she has always signed up for the newborn session followed by a session every three months (3 months, 9 months and 1 year). It is amazing how much a baby grows in that first year and we are so happy that we have witnessed as each one of her boys has grown up in front of our cameras and lenses. Apollo is the fourth of her boys that we have photographed. By now they are all little pros in front of the camera. They are such a loving family and I think that it really shows when you see images with all of the brothers together!

Since the last time that Jasmine stopped by, we bought some new backdrops and props and we are thrilled with how these latest images turned out. But with little models as cute as her boys, we just knew that the photos were going to turn out amazing!!

February 19, 2011

Marli is Here!! – Tampa baby portrait photographer

It is so amazing that only three weeks ago we were doing a beautiful maternity photo session for Mindy and less than three weeks later, we were photographing her little daugther. On Sunday we photographed this precious little angel. We welcomed Mindy and her sister (who was visiting from frigid Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and little Marli to our studio. Mindy and her sister helped us get little Marli into all of the precious little outfits and poses. Her sister was such a proud auntie, constantly “ooohing” and “aaaahing” at all of the cute poses we were capturing and giving her peeks at the images on our camera. I have a feeling that she will be making excuses to visit her sister and Marli many more times in the future.

Below are some of our favorite images from this session. For those of you that follow us on a regular basis, you will notice that we have added some wonderful new little hats and baby outfits. Added a new backdrop too. We are always looking for ways to keep our images fresh and exciting. As one of the premier Tampa baby portrait photographers, we at Eva Photo Studio are thrilled at how beautiful these images turned out and look forward to capturing more images of Marli when she returns for her 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and her 1 year baby portrait sessions. So keep checking back as we photograph this beautiful angel over the next year!

February 13, 2011

Proud member of PPA and WPPI – Tampa wedding photographer

Even though we were recently recognized as one of the top 5% of wedding photographers, we continually strive to offer the highest quality images and best possible experience for our customers. To achieve that goal, Eva Photo Studio is a proud member of PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). These associations provide a wealth of important information that help us stay up to date on all of the latest developments in the photography industry, particularly those that relate to wedding and portrait photography. We subscribe to some of the most influential magazines in the industry (Rangefinder, Professional Photographer). These magazines contain a lot of information on what other world famous photographers and photo studios are doing to provide an unforgettable client experience. Whatever we aren’t already doing, we try to incorporate into our own daily process.

An additional benefit of being a member of these professional associations is the opportunity to participate in their annual photography conventions. These conventions offer many classes that are given over the course of several days and range in topics from Marketing, Photoshop, Lighting techniques, album design and many others. These are a great opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of the latest tools and techniques that we can implement right away to improve the look of our images. These conventions also have trade shows where all of the best vendors in the industry display their latest products and offerings. From camera and lens manufacturers (Canon, Nikon, Sigma, Tamron, Sony), the best album manufacturers (GraphiStudio, Finao, PictoBooks), and the best photo labs in the nation (Black River Imaging, Bay Photo, H&H Color Lab, Nations Photo Lab), we are always impressed at the vast array of new and exciting products that they present every year. Being able to try out and examine all of the latest technology and products allows us to stay at the forefront of the industry. It can be expensive to fly out to Las Vegas for a week but we see this as an investment in the future and in our clients. All of this hard work and investment allows Eva Photo Studio to be one of the best Tampa wedding photographers and we will continue to push to get even better!

February 4, 2011

Upcoming venue scouting trip – Hindu Temple of Florida – Tampa wedding photographer

Couples always compliment us on how creative our images are and how we can possibly always have such beautiful locations to photograph. They want to know what is our secret for consistently having fresh new ideas and great backgrounds for our images. Although a lot goes into creating great images, one of the key ingredients is: lots of preparation and scouting of locations. Sure, you could show up to a location an hour early but we prefer to scout locations months in advance and often more than once. Why? Because we feel that by visiting a location with plenty of time to walk around and find unique and beautiful backgrounds is worth it. We take test pictures and take notes about which location would work best for just the bride and groom or which spot is best suited for the larger group pictures. By scouting the location prior to the event, we already have some great ideas to share with the happy couple. The day of the wedding can be very fast paced and having already thought out where to take those special images is priceless and makes the photography flow a lot smoother. As experienced Tampa wedding photographers, we have already photographed many of the most popular wedding venues in Central Florida. But for those times when we will be photographing a venue for the first time, we definitely schedule time to scout that venue prior to the wedding day.

Below are images from one of those venues. In November, we will be photographing at the beautiful Hindu Temple of Florida,which is located in Tampa. Although the wedding there won’t be until November, we scheduled some time recently to scout this location. We were totally blown away by how beautiful this temple is. As we always do when we scout a location, we took many “test” shots to get ideas of what will be the best angles to photograph from and which locations will make for the best backdrop for some gorgeous and dramatic images. We loved these test shots so much that we have decided to publish them for everyone to enjoy.

February 3, 2011July 28, 2011

Video of Kristen maternity portrait session – Tampa portrait photographer

The following is the Hi Quality video slideshow presentation of our favorite images from the maternity portrait session we did of Kristen. We look forward to photographing her little baby boy once he is born sometime in March of this year.

January 31, 2011January 31, 2011

Eva Photo Studio ranked in the top 5% of Tampa wedding photographers!

We have been very busy with a lot of Client meetings and booking many weddings for 2011 that we almost didn’t notice the fantastic news that arrived in out email inbox a few days ago. Eva Photo Studio has just been chosen to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards 2011 for wedding photographers! As a Tampa wedding photographer we are extremely honored to receive this award and proud to share this great news with you.

Below is a copy of the press release which announces this great honor!

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Eva Photo Studio has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Photographers!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Eva Photo Studio stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Eva Photo Studio for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Eva Photo Studio is among the very best wedding photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/eva-photo-studio-new-port-richey/63fc9ad2a66e1271.html

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

At Eva Photo Studio we pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality of service for all of our Clients. It is so rewarding when we get positive feedback and great reviews. Definitely makes all of the hard work worthwhile. Please feel free to browse some of the great reviews that we have received on WeddingWire and which we also have published on our blog: https://evaphotostudioblog.com/testimonials.

We want to thank each and every couple who has recognized our exceptional service and our great photography. We also look forward to the many Clients we will be working with in the future. We look forward to capturing the many precious moments at your special event. Whether we are photographing a wedding, a family portrait session, a maternity portrait session, a newborn baby portrait session or anything else; we promise to always work at giving you images that you and your entire family will treasure forever!

January 27, 2011

Tampa family portrait photographer – www.evaphotostudio.com

As a photographer, it is always good to constantly practice our craft and fine tune our skills. We are lucky that we have a beautiful model living with us. Yes, she is only five, but she is readily available, if not always thrilled to model for us. But promises of McDonalds or a new toy will often turn a reluctant model into a happy and willing subject!! This recent photo session had the added benefit of us trying out our newest lens. We like to buy new equipment, when we feel it will improve our pictures. We recently purchased a new Canon lens. It is the wonderful Canon 100mm f 2.8 macro lens. It is an incredibly sharp lens that we are now using to augment our portrait and wedding photography. Another benefit, that you will see in our upcoming weddings, is that this is a true macro lens. As such, we will be able to photograph small object, wedding rings in particular, with amazing detail and clarity. As a Tampa wedding photographer, we are super excited by being able to add this new tool to the other lenses we already have at our disposal. We have already been testing those macro capabilities with flowers, small rings, coins and other small objects. It is amazing how much detail this lens captures and you won’t ever look at small things in the same way again after shooting in macro mode!

The images below showcase some of our recent work with our new lens. Again, we love the sharpness of the images that this lens produces. In the coming weeks we will try to publish some macro images that will showcase the amazing ability of this lens to capture the smallest details of even the smallest objects. As a Tampa family portrait photographer, we are always pushing ourselves to always deliver new and creative images, using the latest tools and technology at our disposal. We hope that you enjoy the images that we post and always look forward to showing off our latest image creations!

January 22, 2011

Maternity portrait session – Tampa maternity photographer – www.evaphotostudio.com

This has been a busy month for maternity portrait sessions. We just did another lovely maternity portrait session with Mindy. We were very excited to photograph this session and spent many days preparing and dreaming up some great ideas, both indoors and outdoors. Unfortunately it rained and was very cold the day of the session, so we had to photograph entirely indoors. Luckily, we still had a lot of great ideas and Mindy was very open to try all of the posing suggestions. We spent a few hours doing a lot of different poses and talking about a variety of different things. Time just seems to fly when we photograph our clients.

We were able to talk a lot about her pregnancy and booked a baby session once her little angel is born. She doesn’t want to know if it is a boy or a girl until the day of the birth. This is so exciting, as we are really looking forward to finding out if we will be photographing a little boy or a little girl. As a Tampa maternity portrait photographer, it is so exciting to capture these beautiful mothers as they prepare for their newborns, and later to photograph those little ones and watch them grow up. We wish her a safe pregancy and look forward to seeing her and her little angel very soon. In the meantime, we have captured many beautiful images from her pregnancy that she will be able to treasure forever and pass on to her little one later on.