DiMattia Photography

Alex-Senior Session

November 25, 2009 by nikonianjoe

The senior sessions continue as the New England weather for this time of year is unusually warm. It was a bit drizzly today but not enough to stop the session. Alex is an interesting teen. He is a fairly laid back kid, and has lots of great ideas. I think someday he will become famous from some invention he has come up with! We did the session in downtown Manchester NH as I found some spots I really liked a few weeks back when I did another session there. I loved Alex’s look and had a great time doing his session. You can see the full gallery on my smug mug here

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Photo walk inRockport Mass

November 22, 2009 by nikonianjoe

Yesterday was a bit unusual day for me in that I actually took a day to just do some photography for pure fun. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE what I do. I derive great pleasure from each and every photo session I do. The day I don’t enjoy it, or have fun with my subjects, is the day I need to stop taking pictures. But yesterday’s shoot was just a relaxing walk around Bearskin Neck, in beautiful Rockport, Mass. wandering around all the little shops, and homes, and exploring various nooks and crannies in the town. No pressure, no time constraints, no deadlines. My friend Jenny from Mindstir Photography had asked me if I wanted to do this a few weeks ago. She had no idea where we should go, and knowing she had never been to Rockport before, I thought it would be a great spot. I used to go there a lot a few years back, and it hasn’t changed at all since the last time I was there. Its a very quaint, old New England town, very picturesque, and also very touristy. It has a lot of charm, and the shops are fun to wander thru, I actually got a couple of great deals on some ladies hats for future portrait sessions! We were joined by Dave of Mere Image photography (it was actually his idea to do something like this)and it was a lot of fun meeting another photographer and watching how he did things and talking shop. The place was crawling with photographers yesterday as the weather was unseasonably warm for this time of the year. I didn’t have to wear a coat all day! I am not a very landscape photographer, as people are my favorite subject, but I was challenged to look at some of the every day objects in the town a bit differently and try to come up with some interesting compositions. I was able to grab a few impromptu shots of the very lovely Jenny, but a full blown portrait session was not in the cards for yesterday! I hope you enjoy this little walk around Rockport Mass. you can see a larger gallery on my flickr.

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Mike Senior Session

November 15, 2009 by nikonianjoe

On Tues. this week I got to do Mike’s senior session in Downtown Concord and Rollins Park. Mike was a regular GQ model! He loved posing(who would have thought?!) I really enjoyed our session, Mike really was a natural in front of the camera. We ended our session at the State house as Mike is a political junkie and planning on heading off to college next fall and major in political science. A bigger gallery can be found on my fanpage.
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Molly Senior Session

November 14, 2009 by nikonianjoe

Friday morning I had the pleasure of doing Molly’s senior pictures. She was such a fun subject to shoot, and we had a lot of fun during our 2 hours session!. One thing I try to do during my senior sessions, (and really any of my sessions) is to make the time in front of my camera as fun as possible for my subjects. When my subject is having fun, they are relaxed and it helps me to capture a part of their personality. If a portrait session can’t be fun, who would ever want to get their picture taken? I want a portrait session with me to be a memorable experience for all of my customers.
We met in Livingstone Park in Manchester, NH after Molly had a makeup session at Kriss Kosmetics and started our session. We then moved to downtown Manchester in search of graffiti which I figured wouldn’t be too hard to find! we walked past a very narrow alley way that fit the bill. there was lots of light bouncing around it and Molly had a perfect outfit for it. She added a great little black hat which really helped make this session. I really enjoyed this senior session and had a blast as always. Having such an agreeable subject willing to try anything and even bringing some great ideas of her own to the session was a blast. A larger gallery can be found here on my fanpage 0009__DSC8691 0007__DSC8676 0012__DSC8715 0022__DSC8918 0024__DSC8952 0016__DSC8765

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Quadruplets plus one!

November 10, 2009 by nikonianjoe

Today I had the absolutely delightful experience of a portrait session with a set of quadruplets and their little sister Abby. The kids were so much fun, and had me laughing most of the session. They are home schooled and we were having such a great time doing pictures indoors that their mom decided to let them have the day off from school. You can just imagine how disappointed they were at that announcement! I had to do some group pictures for the LEAP pre-school at my church, of which Abby is a part, so we began the session indoors with a backdrop. I left the foot for my flash at home so I couldn’t use it with my zumbrella. Fortunately there was a tremendous amount of natural light coming in the windows behind me, and it was quite beautiful actually. I was so pleased with the pictures I was getting I asked their mom, Maria if she wanted to take them to Rollins park just down the street to do more photos in a more natural setting, and she was all for it. The kids never tired of getting their pictures taken and I probably could have stayed with them another 2 hours if I had the time! They certainly made my first experience with quadruplets a blast, and I am looking forward to doing other sessions with them in the future!
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Kara and Chelsea Senior Session

November 9, 2009 by nikonianjoe

Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing Kara and Chelsea’s senior photos. Kara had to be rescheduled at least 3 times due to either inclement weather or illness. I think it was for the best as yesterday was another beautiful fall day. It was more like spring actually with temps in the 60’s. Our original plan was to go to downtown Concord and do an urban session, but Kara’s folks have a great piece of property with a variety of settings and the light was just fantastic yesterday too! I have been friend’s with Kara’s parents for 25 years! I don’t know how time flies so fast! The girls were an absolute delight to photograph yesterday, they were game for anything, and they knew how to work the camera. I particularly loved their “fierce” look, and Tyra would be proud! These 2 kept me laughing the whole time with their antics, my biggest problem with this session is the amount of pictures I took and how to get them down to a manageable number since there are so many great ones to choose from. Enjoy these 2 delightful young ladies! Larger gallery on my fanpage
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Turner Family Session

November 7, 2009 by nikonianjoe

I met up with Chris, Kristi, Emma and Jake at Greeley Park in Nashua today. The last time I saw Kristi she was probably Emma’s age! The family just moved back from AZ and facebook reconnected us. Its an amazing thing. I always enjoy doing family sessions because no matter how tense or uncomfortable the adults may be when getting ready to have their portraits done, you can always count on the kids to loosen things up a bit. Jake was in rare form today from what I gather and helped to liven up things a bit. Emma looks like her mom did all those years ago.(we won’t say how many years ago!) Bigger gallery on my fanpage
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Brent-Senior Session

November 7, 2009 by nikonianjoe

Last week before I left for New Orleans I had the pleasure of doing Brent’s senior photos. He was a great subject, very easy to work with, pretty comfortable in front of the camera and was willing to try any crazy stuff I could come up with(his words!) Unfortunately I couldn’t think of any crazy stuff, but I know I have a willing subject for when I do! We wandered around the downtown Concord NH area and found some great spots. I really enjoy the urban setting of a city, no matter how large or small, and if you are unfamiliar with NH, Concord is not that big! Brent is a huge soccer fan, and plays goalie for Trinity Christian School. Enjoy your sneek peek, a larger gallery can be found on my fanpage.
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Scarlett Lillian and Stephen Knuth

November 5, 2009 by nikonianjoe

I spent this past week in New Orleans for Pictage’s Partner Con. It was a great week of workshops and talks by some of the top wedding photographers in the country, if not in the world. It was definitely information overload for me! I felt like a kid meeting some of my favorite photographers. I had a special thrill finally meeting Scarlett Lillian. We have been email buddies for awhile now, and she really puts herself out there on her blog, so I felt like I knew her even without meeting her. Needless to say I never thought I would actually get her in front of my camera for a portrait session! Scarlett, her boyfriend Stephen Knuth, and my new friend Susan from Partner Con all hopped on the Charles Street Trolley and rode it til we found a neat park that looked like a good spot. It had beautiful light and water, and it seemed to be the golden hour for nice warm light! The park was right across the street from Loyola University. It seems to get dark fast in New Orleans, but we were able to shoot for about an hour or so. Its great having subjects that are not camera shy and in Scarlett’s case, can embrace her inner diva! Fun stuff, here are just a few of my favorites! larger gallery on my fanpage. 0001__DSC2603 0001__DSC2369 0001__DSC2639 0001__DSC2796 0001__DSC2918 0001__DSC2678 0001__DSC2739

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New Orleans day 3

November 5, 2009 by nikonianjoe

Got up quite early on Weds. morning to explore the city in the daylight since the first session of PartnerCon wasn’t til 8am. I met up with my friend Susan again at 6am and we headed down Royal street towards the water. The golden early morning light is beautiful. I met a cameraman filming some stuff for a new reality series based in New Orleans and chatted with him for awhile. It seems he worked on Survivor for 2 years, which I thought was pretty cool. nice guy. Just behind Cafe Du Monde is the Moonwalk, and there were a lot of marines doing their running drills down the boardwalk with packs on. I felt safe needless to say. And proud to be an American. We had breakfast at some hole in the wall, which wasn’t anything spectacular, but I did get to experience grits, and once I put butter and sugar on them, they were actually quite tasty. After about an hour and a half it was time to head back to Canal street and begin a day of workshops. Joe Buissink had a powerful and passionate presentation. He had many in tears with his words and his images. His work is full of emotion and the special moments of the wedding day and is just jaw dropping too. He has quite an interesting life story too. very touching. We then got to hear Zach and Jody Gray, and I can see why this husband and wife team is so successful. They have real charisma and work well together, and their humor was infectious. A lovely Christian couple to boot, and they are completely debt free thanks to Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover! They had one of my favorite sessions of the week and it was fun running into them later in the evening during a street corner concert consisting of an 8 man brass group! It was the one time I left my camera in the hotel room, so I have no pictures of them. One of the highlights of my day was getting to spend the afternoon with Scarlett Lillian and Stephen Knuth. We hopped on the Charles street trolley and started riding it and found a great park and did a very fun photo session along with my friend Susan. The ride back was also a blast as we had quite the colorful trolley driver, and we even had a newly married couple hop on, so I asked if I could do just a few pictures. Day 3 was an extremely fun day. One day left and its going to be a fast one as my plane leaves at 2pm to head back to NH. Looking forward to a shooting workshop this morning though. I have learned so much and it has been a thrill to sit and listen to some of my favorite wedding photographers. I have been truly inspired and moved, and learned a lot. I have forged some new friendships, and getting to meet some of these icons has been a real thrill for me. Partner Con returns to New Orleans again next year, so I am already planning on a return trip! Bigger gallery here.