Teaching

It gives me joy when I get a chance to give back some knowledge that I have learned from other photographers through the years. I recently had the chance to spend a week with 14 photographers at Triangle School of Photography in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The class was receptive to my ideas, and we had a great time. I love to teach, because I learn just as much from the class as they learn from me.

The week before I was honored to be a judge at the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International convention. I , along with some of the top wedding photographers in the world, judged over 1200 wedding images in two days. The images were from all over the world. INCREDIBLE experience!

Here are sdome images from my Pittsburgh class.

The Bunnies were here!!!

We had such a great time photographing the children with the bunnies last weekend! The children really enjoyed themselves and we captured great smiles and memories for their families. We look forward to having the bunnies back next year.

The Bunnies are coming!!!

The bunnies are coming to our studio March 7 and 8, 2008! Portraits of children are a gift from the heart and always appreciated - especially for the holidays. CALL NOW for our Easter Specials and to reserve your time for your children to be photographed with the bunnies!

A chance to relax!

Every once in a while, it's good to just "kick back". I have an incredible extended family, and this year we were all able to get away for Christmas. In fact, I am still on the way back, and this is the first time I have been on the internet since December 23! We spent the time together at a wonderful cabin in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Of course, I had to capture some images while I was there. I had such fun climbing the hills (and sliding around a bit), with my son Dean, and brother-in-law Scott Maurer.

My wife's parents have "adopted " me since my parents passed away some time ago. I appreciate all their support in my profession. I treasure the moments with her and her family. I hope everyone had as super of a holiday as we had. It even snowed on Christmas!



Enjoy!

New Hire into the Gordon Family

We have a new employee, Nanette "Nan" Scofield. She graduated from Daytona Beach Community College with an AS degree in Photographic Technology. Her daily duties at the studio are endless in addition to keeping us on track and organized with production and client orders. We are thrilled that Nan has joined our studio staff and look forward to the years that follow. Welcome aboard, Nan!

Wedding at Ringling

I think I have photographed nearly 1000 weddings. Every one of them is special to me, but every once in a while one comes along that exceeds expectations. We recently photograped Julie and Sean's wedding at Ringling. They were incredible people to work with! We had a blast!

The surroundings and food were absolutely phenomenal. The weather could not have been better! Everything was PERFECT. All the vendors worked together to make the day an event to remember. I want to take a moment to list all the vendors that helped make Julie and Sean's wedding day special.















































Coordinater- Bobbi Hicks- www. weddingsbybobbi.com
Caterer- Michaels on East- www.Michalsoneastcatering.com
Flowers- Flowers by Fudgie- www.flowersbyfudgie.com
lights and other decorations- Affairs in the Air www.affairsintheair.com
Cake- Beautiful Cakes by Ron- www.beautifulcakesbyron.com
Video- Creative Video Productions- www.cvpexperience.com
Venue- Ringling Museum- www.ringling.org

Local and National competition

Al has done extremely well lately in competition, both locally and internationally. Out of over 7000 images from all over the world that were submitted, Al had two selected for the American Society of Photographers Travelling Loan Collection. There are only about 150 images chosen for this honor. These are the best of the best! The two that were chosen are the two on the right. The one on the left was selected as Best of Show in local competition last month. This image will travel to State competition next!

Al loves to enter competition, to keep his creativity always up. That way he is always on the cutting edge to keep our customers happy!

Thank you to our loyal customers!

Thanks so much for voting us your FAVORITE photographer in the Manatee County area! It means a lot to us that you took the time to vote in the Bradenton Herald poll this year. It means even more that we never asked any one to vote for us. We never brought it up. That must mean you REALLY like us!

We won't let you down!

PS.. Photo taken by Dean Gordon! Our High School senior at Manatee High school!

Al, Deanna and staff

In the Family

HIYA!

I got the chance to see my sisterJudy, and my nephew, John the last couple of days, John has a camera, but he rarely gets the chance to really photograph. He grabbed my camera and I was very proud of the images he created. He definitely has a talent for seeing great shots. I just wanted to post a few of the photographs he created the last few days. I took them into Photoshop and added some cool effects.

Enjoy your family as often as you can!

Al

A challenge

HIYA

I was attending the Florida School in Daytona a couple of weeks ago, and had a desire to challenge myself creatively and technically. I asked a few of my photographer friends to help (Thanks, yall) and an incredibly beautiful and talented photographer to model (Thanks, Cherilyn!).

I challenged myself by not bringing a flash, and seeing how many different images I could get in 15-20 minutes. These images were made with the ambient light, and some had a
flashlight added.

We started at 5:30 AM, and I was done by 5:50 am. I am extremely happy with the images. Its great when you have friends that will get up for you at O dark thirty!

I apologize for not updating my blog lately. I will make it up to you!

Al