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March 8, 2009
Portraits of the 2009 New York Mets at Spring Training
The shoot was on Picture Day at Tradition Field, when the typical head shots are taken by Major League Baseball, The Mets, and the press for use on TV, the Jumbotron, fan photos, baseball cards, etc.
What's different about this shoot is that SNY wanted pictures of the players that showed much more character and personality, capturing unposed photojournalistic moments. What a terrific assignment for Jane who loves to….keep it real. : }
The shoot itself went from 7:30am-9am, one player after another for a total of 69 players and coaches…that's about 90 seconds per player. The players were great—loose and funny—and were a pleasure to shoot. Jane remarked that she could really see the boyish side to the players. An excellent shoot all around. Special thanks to Julie from SNY and the Mets…a great picture is always a team effort!
As an aside, I want to say that I'm really proud of Jane for photographing another high profile commercial job for the NYC market (on top of the TIME 100
Most Influential People and Swarovski's Sputnik Chandelier installation
at the NY Metropolitan Opera).
The Mets play their inaugural opener on April 13 at the new Citi Field. So………Ya Gotta Believe….Lets Go Mets in 2009!!! For more Mets pictures, go to our commercial website www.photojane.com.
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Carlos Beltran:
Carlos Delgado:
Johan Santana:
Daniel Murphy:
Mike Pelfrey:
Alex Cora:
J.J. Putz:
Carlos Muniz:
Brandon Knight:
Oliver Perez:
Jose Reyes:
General Manager Jerry Manuel:
February 12, 2009
West Hartford Mayor’s Charity Ball
Mike here…Jane and I had the opportunity to photograph the 10th annual West Hartford Mayor's Charity Ball last Saturday night–we had a blast along with the attendees. The highlight of the evening was the emcee himself: John O'Hurley from Seinfeld, Dancing with the Stars, and Family Feud fame.
John was born and raised in West Hartford, and attended Kingswood-Oxford School. He is very involved with a variety of charities and his dead-on comedic timing–and, of course, dancing (he auctioned off dances…see below!)–added so much to the event.
The Mayor's Ball benefited two West Hartford organizations, The Grounds and HopeWorks. The Grounds is "a place for West Hartford High School students to chill" and is housed in the old Barnes & Nobles building in Bishop's Corner. HopeWorks provides counseling and outreach services to young people in West Hartford.
Highlights from the night are below…hats off to a great evening and great cause!
John O'Hurley spins West Hartford Councilwoman Shari Cantor around the dance floor:
The kids from The Grounds dressed up as movie stars (Audrey Hepburn in the background below) and The Grounds paparazzi had lots of fun greeting the attendees.
The group shot of the West Hartford Mayor's Ball Organizing Committee–including Scott Franklin, Ronit Shoham, Karen Connal and Kathy Lommele:
John O'Hurley and Mayor Scott Slifka:
Lisa and John O'Hurley and our friends Adria and David Giordano!
The current and former Mayors (from left Rob Bouvier, Scott Slifka, Catherine Reynolds, Kevin Sullivan and Jonathan Harris)…"Puttin' on the Ritz"….
We loved this dress and cocktail combination by Ronni Newton, Managing Editor of Living in West Hartford Magazine:
The high bidder for the Red Sox tickets right behind home plate….
State Senator Jonathan Harris announced his engagement to Lucy Morin at the ball:
John O'Hurley as auctioneer….
To view or purchase these pictures, you can visit the gallery by clicking here. All proceeds will be donated to the West Hartford Mayor's Charity Ball to support HopeWorks and The Grounds.
February 6, 2009
Hartford West End Civic Association (WECA) Dinner
We recently had the opportunity to shoot a great group's biggest annual fundraiser, Hartford's West End Civic Association's (WECA) Progressive Dinner. We shot the cocktail party before 240 guests went on to numerous different houses for a nice dinner, to get back together at the end of the evening for dessert at another West End home.
Living in West Hartford, about a mile from the West End, I saw some familiar faces including John from the Town & Country Club:
…and then here are my friends Ken and Sally (who I met by shooting their wedding 4 years ago) shaking hands with the Mayor of Hartford, Eddie Perez:
Great to see neighborhoods working on improving the local community!