Jeff Dietz Photography

The New Blog Site!

2008-04-28T03:22:00.002-04:00

Hey Ya'll
I have moved on to bigger and better blogs haha. Well at least one that allows me to do what I want and post HUGE images for you all to check out.

Go on over to the new blog page at:

http://www.jeffdietzportraits.com/blog

The new portrait site will also be opening this week!!

I just posted new images of the Wascavage wedding so make sure you go over to the blog and check them out!!

Another from the parking garage

2008-04-05T01:55:00.002-04:00

Here is another quick shot for you from the shoot we did the other day at the steam town mall. I really love these photos!! By the way, check out Lainey as one of the Pioneers Arena Football Team Cheerleaders! I know she'd love it if you went out to a game to say hi.

What have I been up to ??????

2008-04-03T01:20:00.002-04:00

WOW
Where to start.
Anyways... I guess I will start by saying this.... I have never been so excited to edit a session after only having touched the first image. The first image is what you see in this post. Its from a shoot I did yesterday where we went into the parking garage at the steam town mall in Scranton! People of course were wondering what the heck we were doing haha, but the photos were worth it.

I did two shoots yesterday actually in Scranton. The first we even ended up shooting some of it in the rain. The rest of the day was nice and sunny for us though!

Today I shot another shoot in various Wilkes Barre locations with a Senior from Wyoming Valley West. I am SUPER excited abotu that shoot as well. So in the last two days... I have done 3 shoots that are just ready to blow my mind!!!!

I had a great engagement shoot this weekend too with Brian & Kate. It was worth the extra reschedules on getting some good weather for that shoot.

Tomorrow.... or later today I guess as it is haha. I will be posting a whole post of just a bunch of photos from recent shoots. I will also post a new engagement book, and a few other slideshows!!

Stay tuned!

Jeff

New Prom Shoot today!

2008-03-20T22:58:00.003-04:00

So I had a really amazing shoot today with Ivori from Wyoming Seminary. We went through various spots in Wilkes Barre and Ashley and had a lot of fun, despite the fact that it was crazy windy and crazy cold!! What a trooper she was. Anyways, enjoy the pic above. There are a bunch more to come soon!!

Prom Dress SlideShow

2008-03-15T14:11:00.005-04:00

Prom Fashion Shoot!!

2008-03-14T21:17:00.001-04:00

So today I shot with two lovely ladies from Lake Lehman High School. We did a fashion shoot outside in some of their prom dresses. It was definitely a lot of fun. I am going to post some of the pictures probably later tonight.

Tonight I also got to shoot a prom fashion runway shoot at Wyoming Seminar School. That was fun as well. They had outfits from David's Bridal at the Lehigh Valley Mall.

Ok... look for another post pretty soon with some more shots. I have to size them for the web.

Jeff

All New... New ... New... New!!

2008-03-09T00:30:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone
Ok... I am re-dedicating myself to my blog... yes I am serious people. Every day you will hear from me, so I want you all to come on in as well and feel free to leave comments and join the conversation!

Now we have PACKAGES!!

So in the past for weddings we offered only the ala carte pricing system. I have just added 5 new wedding packages, that I am super excited about! So now you can book either ala carte or with a package. I have also added three new engagement shoot packages as well as:

- Bridal Shoots
- Dress Fitting Shoots
- And the after Wedding Shoot!!

I have also added officially to the product line up, the very cool EPIC Albums. These are great compliments to the Storybook albums, and I am really really excited about them. I am still in the search process of which company I will be using to print those, so that they really have a unique and awesome look to them.

Still some spots open for 08. I think I will be spending almost an entire month at both the Highlands in Dallas, and the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes Barre. Which is great because I really enjoy their venues.

So much stuff in the works!! Its going to be fun telling you all about them!

WOW, Soooo much going on!

2008-02-19T02:02:00.001-05:00

Ok first of all.... I am so sorry its been so long since I posted. There has been so much going on its kindof crazy. I will attempt to cover some of it here.

Well my excuse for not writing more lately is because I fell on the lovely PA ice and almost broke my elbow. So I have been getting the full use of that back.

There are so many new things that I am going to be implimenting in the next month that it really is staggering... exciting, but it is lots. Whats great about it is that almost all of it are things that you can take advantage of if you are a current couple with your wedding booked or someone that is thinking of booking.

I am going to make a quick list of some of these things, and in the coming days I am going to try to announce them each in more detail.

You can go to the website now and already see the brand new website that I have spent so much time on.
http://www.jeffdietzphotography.com

1. All new engagement packages!
2. The new "Epic Album" - the perfect companion album to our very popular Story book albums!
3. A second album company. Very similar to what we use now, but now with triple the cover options.
4. All new senior portrait packages and policies
5. New wedding packages to add to our Ala-Carte type of booking system. Choose which way works best for you!
6. THE BRIDAL SHOOT!! - I am super excited about this one and what we are going to come up with here!
7. The after shoot - a more casual after wedding shoot
8. New print sizes - up to 40" by 10ft!! Wowsers!
9. A new approach to engagement shoots
10. The VisionArt Engagement albums/guest books. Ok well these are already available.. but they are sooooo cool, and couples are really loving them. You will see these folded into the engagement packages even more.
11. THREE WEDDINGS BEING PUBLISHED!! - Oh yes thats right. Three weddings from my 2007 season are going to be published in the next few months!

I can't wait to catch you all up on all the exciting things coming down the line.

Don't forgot there are still dates left for the 2008 wedding season and I would love to get you booked so you can enjoy all these new things in the works!!

Jeff

Tw of my images featured at Trashthedress.com

2008-01-17T21:57:00.000-05:00

Yuppers.
I was excited to see that two of my images that I shot in Tampa you can check out on their site. Its a neat site with some really awesome images, you should definitely take a look over there.

Here is the link to where they used my images:
http://trashthedress.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/ttd-tampa/

Cool... check it out!

Tampa Slideshow

2008-01-13T15:21:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone!!

I have my photos finished from the trip to Tampa!! Wow, I had such a great time, and I hope these images just give you a glimpse into some new cool things to come.

Here is the slideshow link to check out

http://www.jeffdietzphotography.com/tampa

I hope you enjoy!

Please post and let me know what you think

Jeff

Tampa Rocks!!

2008-01-07T20:27:00.000-05:00

Ok ..... So let me just start by saying... the picture above is me with one of the greatest wedding photographers in the world. Yervant. His work just completely blows my mind.

For those of you that don't know, I have spent the last half week in Tampa Florida studying with some of the best wedding photographers in the world. I had a one on one mentoring session with The Bebbs, which was really amazing. For those of you that don't know the Bebbs, they were listed as one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world!! In total...on this trip, I met 7 of the top 10 photographers in the world. How can you beat that.

In addition, the surprise of my convention, and probably the most inspirational thing for me was my seminar with Jesh de Rox

Jesh is probably one of the most innovative photographers out there in the wedding industry, and has won countless national awards including image of the year. The real shocker is, he really didn't even talk about how he takes his photos. He just really talked about how to connect with your clients. Connecting with my clients is something that I really pride myself on. And this is really just going to take that to the next level. I really can't wait to get started. I think you will see an immediate result in some of the ways I do my shoots from what I learned with Jesh.

In addition to these wonderful people I got to meet and shoot with, I also participated in a live shoot with 12 different people, as well as ran my own shoot in the city at night with 7 photographers.

I can't wait to show you some of the images that we were able to get. I will have some up and running when I get back into town on Wednesday.

I will definitely be posting more about this great conference as well as some really HUGE news about new products, new offerings, and more!

Some of the things are so huge that I can't even talk about them yet, but they are going to blow your mind! You are very lucky to be a current wedding client that is booked with me right now, as you will immediately get to see some of these new things in action. If your not booked yet, get on board!!

I can't wait!

It's a whole new bag.

Be a Part of my New Years Resolution

2007-12-25T01:53:00.000-05:00

So.... First of all Merry Christmas. I am writing this at 2am Christmas morning haha. No not because I have kids that got me up there early or something, just because I am bored haha.

I have some new things that I am super excited about. And guess what, you can be a part of them. As many of you might know... I am lucky enough to be a pretty successful wedding photographer. This really frees me up to work about 20 days a year (yes I know.. don't kill me) and be able to do what I want the rest of the time. What have I done with this freedom? Well.... pretty much watched tv and slept in.

My new years resolution is to change that!!

There are several ways that you might see yourself getting involved in this.
1. "The Model Consortium" - The idea is to have a large collection of girls, almost like a club of people that are number 1: RELIABLE, number 2. Available for spontaneous shoots, 3. Having amazing attitudes and energy.

My major resolution is to push myself to shoot something every single day. I don't care what it is, but I will be shooting something. Of course I love shooting people the most. So I want to have people readily available that I can just call up and say, hey... throw on something fashionable and lets go try something new!!

You will be a guinea pig.... thats for certain. But you will no doubt get some great shots as well.

Is there a fee for this? No not really. However... I am considering charging an initial "membership fee" good for at least one year, maybe longer, to be a part of the "club". Do I do this to make money? Hell no. If you know me, you know my fees are about $150 an hour, and you would probably be paying that or around that for a years membership into this models club.
What this does is make me assured that you take this seriously. People take things a lot more seriously when they have invested some money into it.

So... if your fun to work with, I might use you multiple times. Of course the cooler you are to work with, and the more flexible you are in your scheduling, the more times you'll probably be used, duh.

Anyways... if you want to be a part of that, please let me know. My initial thoughts is somewhere around the $150-200 mark.

Do you have to be cute/pretty/beautiful? Well sure. Appearance does matter, but personality and how nice you are is just as important. I'd be able to tell you before you joined if I think it would work out for ya.

2. "The NEPA Photographers Club".
I will be starting a new photographers club for people in and around the nepa area. This will be a group that we get together at least twice a month and just really open up the doors of creativity. Going out on location, with models (i.e. the model club members) and just really learning from each other and trying new things.

There will be a fee for this as well to join the group. It will go towards many things. Maybe towards some models, but probably mostly hair and makeup artists.

3. My Photographers Forum - I will be starting a paid membership forum where you can join and learn from me in regular posts, video posts, and live posts. Pick my brain and each others on everything from shooting to especially business and how I have quickly become one of the highest paid photographers in the area. This is something that anyone can take part in all across the country.

So as you can see. Some really really cool things happening, and I want YOU to be a part.
Message me if you are interested in any of the above and tell me what you would be interested in.

Thanks!! Look for more posts to come soon on this topic.

Jeff
www.jeffdietzphotography.com

Image of the Year

2007-12-21T12:52:00.000-05:00

So.... while I have been going through the very long process of getting my site up and working, there has been one image this year that I just keep coming back to as my favorite from the whole year.

It's a shot of Jan & Keith. We took it on the steps of a church in down town Wilkes Barre. Its so awesome because I almost didn't even shoot it. It just happened to be a church that was on the way of us walking back to the reception site at The West Moreland Club. We stopped there and just did a ton of great pics that turned out to probably be my favorites from the session.

But this is the one image that really stuck out with me:

Its just such a simple image but it tells a great story. He can't take his eyes off of her.

I thought about naming my favorite's from different parts of a wedding day for the year, but I didn't want to slight any weddings, as I have really been blessed this year with some great clients.

Look soon for a very exciting post coming about the brand new website. It is being launched as we speak!

"Reign Over Me" Amazing Movie

2007-11-25T02:22:00.001-05:00

I watched this movie tonight, and I have to say... One of the best movies I think I have watched this year. Adam Sandler is in this one. Its definitely not his normal role, and probably some of his best work to date. If you are not a Sandler fan, you should probably watch this movie and I think you might change your mind.

You really feel the emotion in every bit of this movie. Sandler should have been nominated for awards for this movie. But of course they can't do that. In fact, I was shocked to see that almost all the critics hated this movie. I really believe that critics have no idea what they are talking about, including Ebert and Ropert. These are the same people though that thought that Babel was a good movie, and I believe it could have been the worst movie I have ever seen.

So the listen is... don't listen to critics. This is definitely my pick of the week.

On other notes. There is soooo much going on, on the photographic side it just really blows your mind. I am going to make a post here coming up, probably later today about a new headshots series that I am going to start doing, inspired by a recent show about Albert Maysles, and old time photographer. I am really excited about it.

Bookings are almost full for the 08 wedding season, which is really awesome. I am enjoying some much needed time off.

Oh!! And, the studio is finally painted!! How exciting is that! I hope to have pics up soon of the newest develops.

Talk to you all later!

Vote for me? (yes shameless self promotion)

2007-11-10T02:21:00.000-05:00

Hey ya'll
Yes, Shameless self promotion, but hey... someone else has to win besides the same studio for like 5 straight years.

If you are familiar with the Diamond City/Electric City newspaper you will know that they hold their annual best of Reader's Poll Awards

I would love it if you all showed your support and gave little old me a vote haha.

To vote please go to:
http://www.ecweekend.com/bestof/?bestofid=3

And Enter: Jeff Dietz Photography

There are two sections where you can add me:
Under Arts/Entertainment: Who's the best local visual artist?

And of course most importantly under the section
Love And Romance: Who is the best wedding photographer!

That would be super cool of you.... Vote 100 times each hahaha, just kidding... but no seriouslly... vote 100 times each hahah

Thanks again ya'll

Fissler Album

2007-11-07T17:17:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone,
This is just a quick post as I am knee deep in editing and need to hit the road soon.

I have posted the wedding album for Jen & Rich and it can be seen by going to:

www.jeffdietzphotography.com/fissler

I hope you enjoy it!

I am almost finished with the smith wedding! I will also have two engagement albums to post soon as well.

Stay tuned for:
- Proof ordering site for the Fissler wedding
- Wedding album for the Smith's
- Engagement albums
- And soon the announcement of the brand new website!

Recent Movie reviews

2007-10-30T22:48:00.000-04:00

So many of you know I have the movie theater/showroom at the house here. Well I just watched two movies during editing breaks and thought I would share thoughts.

Transformers is the first one that I watched. I have to say I think that it was probably done the best that it could have been done. The only thing that I didn't really like was that everything was always a tight shot so it made it hard to watch some times. But I know why they did that. It was to make the robots seem even bigger by having them fill the whole screen.
The story was a little weak. I'd have to say that the best part of the movie was just seeing this in real action as opposed to animation. It was just neat to see. There were a few characters though that I wish would have made the movie but didn't.

The other movie I saw recently is: Evan Almighty
If you didn't know this was kindof a sequel if you will to Bruce Almight with Jim Carey. I have to say that this one was ten times better. Maybe its because I like physical comedy or maybe it was Steve vs. Jim, but I found it really good. The story was unrealistic of course, but yah know thats ok. I think its definitely a must watch, plus its a good family movie as well.

Next on my list to watch is: 28 days later & Spider-man 3. I already watched spiderman 3 but thought I would give it another shot now that its on DVD.

Later!

Smith Wedding

2007-10-26T00:39:00.000-04:00

Good times good times.
Well it was definitely a very busy weekend but it was a great close to the 07 wedding season. The Smith wedding was in Montrose on Sunday. It was great being back to that church that I had shot at about a year earlier.

We then went up to bingahmton, NY where we had the reception. The place was really great actually. I got to check out the couples room with its amazing balcony and view. Its definitely on the list as a nice get away spot.

Anyways. I am hard at work at the images from both weddings from this weekend.

I will also have the Yanuzzi album to post coming up later this week.

Have fun!

Jen & Rich Wedding!

2007-10-21T01:59:00.000-04:00

Well it was another great wedding today in Hanover. Jen & Rich were great to work with. We then headed on over to Irem Country Club for the reception and portraits.

This was wedding one of a two wedding weekend. Its time for bed. Tomorrow's wedding is in Montrose and New York.

Alrighty, keep checkin back for more pics to look at !
Jeff

It's Raining Dogs out there!

2007-10-19T20:10:00.000-04:00

Sorry, I thought that was a fitting title since it is raining buckets out there, and with the photos I am about to post.

GREAT NEWS though is that the rain is suppose to go away for this weekends two weddings. Thats right... I said it.... I have two weddings this weekend. Saturdays will be at Irem Country Club in Dallas, and Sundays is in Montrose, PA. It will be fun to go back to Montrose as I shot a wedding there last year and now I am shooting what of the groomsman's wedding.

So the other day I shot my first pets shoot. We are going to start offering these stylish type of pet shoots in the near future. So if you got a pet, definitely sign up.

These are two dogs that were brought to the park by one of my friend's Nikki who I shot her modeling photos a year or so ago.

I had real fears that the big dog was going to eat that smaller dog haha. She did survive though so thats good haha.

More of Jan & Keith!

2007-10-03T14:56:00.000-04:00

Hello ya'll

I am so happy to show you this next set of images from Jan & Keith's wedding. And for those of you waiting to see the Hernandez wedding album it is almost done!

These are photos from the portrait session from Penn State Wilkes and down town Wilkes Barre.

I hope you enjoy!

www.jeffdietzphotography.com/yanuzzipreview2b

Jeff

Jan & Keith Wedding Photos!!

2007-10-01T23:06:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone

I am busy busy finishing up the wedding album from the Hernandez wedding.

I had a GREAT wedding on Saturday with Jan & Keith. The band Picture Perfect played at the West Moreland Club and I have to say, wow, they were really great and got the party going!

The groom even sang us all a nice song haha. It was great!

There are some really great photos to come that I can't wait to show you from this shoot.

Here is a teaser trailer for you to check out from Jan & Keith for now. Enjoy!! Let me know what you think
www.jeffdietzphotography.com/yanuzzipreview

Hernandez Wedding Part Duo!

2007-09-29T00:04:00.000-04:00

Here is the link for the second set of photos from last weekends wedding. These photos show the getting ready shots, formals session, and ceremony.

Keep checking back for even more! If you were at the wedding and signed up you will be receiving an email shortly about where you can go if you want to purchase prints from the wedding!

Talk to you all soon

Click below to see the show!

http://www.jeffdietzphotography.com/hernandezpreview2

Welcome to the New Blog! And the Hernandez Wedding!!

2007-09-28T22:57:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!!
And welcome to the first post of the brand new blog site that I am now using. If you still want to access some of the old posts you are able to still do so by going to: http://www.xanga.com/jdietzproductions

I really hope you come in here daily, participate in talks, make comments, and enjoy the photos. I am knee deep getting ready for tomorrows wedding at PSU Wilkes Barre and can't wait!!

I also have a lot of other excitement coming soon to talk about, including my convention trip to Florida and info about the brand new website in the works!

Check out the very first slideshow! Thats right I can embed them now right in this blog! Cool huh. Well I will be posting the link for the full screen version and the versions to watch them right here as well.

This is the GLEN & THERESA Wedding from last weekend. Such a fun couple! These are photos from the reception. I will also have one up soon of the rest of their day.

I will also be posting the 3 new wedding albums in the coming days as well!!

To see the full page size version go to: http://www.jeffdietzphotography.com/hernandezpreview

New Blog New Blog New Blog

2007-08-17T11:46:00.000-04:00

So as you can probably tell.... this is a new blog spot for me haha. We are trying this newer provider out as it will allow me to more easily post slideshows etc.

So definitely check it out and let me know, I will be posting some things later today!