Marino Photography

New Client: Little Club Heads NYC!

danmarinophoto — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:55:47 +0000

I had the pleasure to do an event shoot for an exciting party and venue in New York City titled Little Club Heads; a very hip and interesting way to entertain your kiddies in the 6 month to 10 year old range! Little Club Heads puts on a once a month party with a live DJ spinning 80s, 90s and today’s music while your little ones shake what their momma gave them.

Additionally, they bring in young and budding talent to perform on stage and get the crowd going. Other fun things include face painting (not just for your kiddies!), clowns, ballons, Elmo, Sponge Bob, (ahem) photography, and retro 80s t-shirts for sale.

Click on the photo below to view the slideshow!

July 25, 2010 – Little Club Heads 1 Year Anniversary Party
Photography by Daniel Marino, danmarinophoto.com

The Marino Photography Viewpoint (aka – About the Opportunity)
I was hired into this new relationship as the portrait station photographer. It was quick to pickup that setting up a traditional portrait station with lights and backdrops was impossible due to a couple of hundred kids and adults swarming around, dancing, high fiving Elmo, etc. The shoot quickly became a mission to make portraits out of whatever I was able to view as an opportune foreground and background.

You think weddings are tough! Try this once . As a result, my plan to primarily use my 24-70mm wide to standard portrait lens went out the door in most cases. So did my 85MM 1.2 beauty of a lens. Enter beautiful lens#2 – the 70-200mm beast! What did this allow me to do? Hide! Sneak! Crouch down low in unforseen corners by the bar, a small elevated stage, and some other spots you will see when you visit me and Elijah from Little Club Heads next month!

I basically allowed the kids to do their “spontaneous thing” which was to enjoy themselves and have fun! Enjoy the photos and hope to see you at Little Club Heads for their next party. If you have children and they (and you) like to dance and get out, come try this at least once, and look out for your picture on our website soon thereafter!

More info about visiting Little Club Heads, including planning a bday party can be found here – http://www.littleclubheads.com

Until next time,

Dan
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Now Appearing in Starbucks Park Slope!

danmarinophoto — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:39:26 +0000

Hello out there! Over the past couple of months, alot has been happening although I have not supplied you with updates on my whereabouts or the exciting shoots I have participated on. Busy busy….

Well that changes today and going forward :–) . Let’s start with some coffee talk! Starbucks in Park Slope, Brooklyn located at 164 7th Avenue (click here for directions) has selectd my work for their store and it is now featured until July 31.

In addition to galleries, artwalks and the occassional flea, putting photography on display in local storefronts is a great way for added exposure. New people have the opportunity to see your work, comment on it, and email to let me know that they appreciate it. Sometimes this leads into an opportunity to land a new customer and always increases website traffic and gets more people continunally seeing all of my work.

It is interesting because when I do connect with a new contact this way (in this case, they would have seen my NYC landscape work), the people have usually visited my website, have seen my full portfolio and offerings and call to discuss pricing on things like portraiture and events. While I was hanging, numerous people came up to me to talk about the shots and I even had one sale.

If you are close to Park Slope or just driving by, make sure to stop in for a Venti Cafe Latte or in our Brooklyn lingo, “a large coffee (pronounced cough-eee),” and take a look at my Brooklyn themed photography up close and personal. I have included more shots below.

Enjoy!

Dan

Appearing at Brooklyn Studio Tours 5/22 & 5/23!

danmarinophoto — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:12:26 +0000

Hello friends,

I know I know – I have not been as bloggy as I used to be – that will change though! There have been alot of exciting things in flight with Marino Photography, Brooklyn Studio Tours & TopStar Gallery.

The past couple of months have been dedicated to making Brooklyn Studio Tours – Red Hook & Carroll Gardens the best possible event through phenomenal local artists that deserve praise, excellent sponsors to help us grow and get the word out, and our partnership with Prudential Douglas Elliman who has made space available and has helped us heavily promote as well.

We are now finally here – the studio tour is slated for May 22 & May 23 from 12PM-6PM. If you are free on Wednesday evening, May 19, we will be kicking off the festivities with an artist sneak peak and opening cocktail party – all are invited!

I hope to see you in Red Hook & Carroll Gardens this weekend to see some of my new work; as well as some of the new ways I am displaying my work. I will physically be located at 136 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231 with numerous photos hanging on the walls. My work is also over at BWAC, Brooklyn’s largest art gallery on 499 Van Brunt St.

Have a great day and be sure to look out for my new blogs soon – I have many stories to fill you in on!

- Dan

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-31

danmarinophoto — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:04:00 +0000

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-24

danmarinophoto — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:04:00 +0000

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14

danmarinophoto — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Celebrate the Snow Sale! 35% off this gallery (and all galleries) - use code "SNOW35" until March 12! - http://bit.ly/snowstormnyc #
Hey Families! The 3 days of nice weather has sparked Spring time bookings for outdoor photo shoots. Let me know the dates you are thinking #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

danmarinophoto — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0000

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Wishing You A Happy New Year!

danmarinophoto — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:44:32 +0000

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Hi again friends,Is it too late to say HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!I figured it was better to let everyone get settled back into routine after the holiday festivities before reaching out! May 2010 be a happy, healthy and wealthy experience for you and your families!It has been a pleasure being in contact with you throughout the year on many levels and I am excited about staying in touch in 2010. Please reach out and fill me in on your latest news and lets also plan on meeting up soon.

As a token of gratitude, I wanted to pass along a 20% off discount code that TopStar Gallery – http://www.topstargallery.com – is currently offering. The reduced holiday prices are still in effect until March 15 and this code expires on March 31.

There are over 10 new artists joining TopStar over the next month so you may want to check back as new selections are available.

The coupon code for http://www.topstargallery.com is “newyears20″

Once again, a happy and healthy 2010! Stay tuned for information on next photography and art showings including Tribeca, Chelsea, DUMBO, Red Hook, & an old savings bank gone condo someplace in the metro NYC area!

You Can Become A TopStar!Interested in contributing your photographs for royalty payments? Become a member of TopStar Gallery today. 60% commission rate – higher than the traditional agencies and art sites. Do you know artists who can benefit from this site? Make them a TopStar and receive commissions for life.Contact us for details here -> infoTopStar Gallery >>> join us.

Speak with you soon,

Dan

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Client Spotlight | A Family Plot Live! View my images inside!

danmarinophoto — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:26:37 +0000

Written by Michael MacIvor & Daniel J. Marino
Edited by Jennifer Marino Walters
Photography by Daniel J. Marino

I recently had the amazing opportunity to shoot a live set for an old friend and career rock n’ roller, Michael MacIvor, and his new band, A Family Plot.

MacIvor, formerly of the band Candiria, has stepped up from behind the bass guitar and become lead vocalist. As you will read below, A Family Plot is a different flavor than his past. These guys rock and I can’t help but pick out influences such as Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, and the Police; three of my personal favorites.

Enjoy the story and corresponding images! As always, we appreciate all of your comments. Look out for our overall special projects on music, stage, and clubs – think disco balls, microphones, bar tops, and a whole lotta music!

You can view the entire gallery by clicking here. Enjoy the photos!

A Family Plot Live – Thursday, October 22 in Brooklyn and Dan will be shooting it again. Click here – You are cordially invited to attend! We hope to see you there!

ABOUT THE SHOOT: The venue was a New York City spot named Ace of Clubs. We were dealing with an extremely dark room with some white flood lights accompanied by blue- and red-colored fill lights throughout the performance. Given the layout and the lack of usable shooting space, this quickly became a challenging assignment.

The keys here were creativity and drama. One of my main goals was to present and communicate the feeling of movement throughout the riffs, strums, rolls, and beats. Each band member came ready to play with tremendous inspirational chords and key strokes, firing off pure energy.

In order to create the desired effects, decisions were quickly made to shut down the flash, aggressively increase the ISO, and slow down the shutter. To me, this shoot wasn’t really about sharp, crisp environmental portraiture. It was more about motion blurring; intense, dark lighting and shadowing; deliberate grain; wide-angle, full-blown views; close-up instrumental detail; and well-documented rock n’ roll, baby!

I really wanted myself and my viewing audience to get to know the band members: their energy, passion, desire, and ability to deliver their style of musical perfection. I’d say, mission accomplished! These guys had the place going strong, and by the second song, there were moments when my camera trigger was firing in perfect harmony to the beat!

Come out to Matchless in Brooklyn on Thursday night, October 22, 2009, to hear A Family Plot and see Marino Photography in action – click here for the event details – you are invited! The band will be singing songs from its just-released EP, now available for purchase on iTunes. I will once again be behind the camera and shedding my viewpoint on the band and their fanfare.

You can view the entire gallery by clicking here- Enjoy the photos!

ABOUT A FAMILY PLOT:
After spending nearly 10 years as the bassist for critically-acclaimed jazz/metal fusion band Candiria, Michael MacIvor decided to take the risk of his professional life. “I wanted to do something that nobody would see coming at all. I got myself a guitar and started writing songs and singing,” he says. “What came out couldn’t be any further from what Candiria was.”

In the fall of 2008, MacIvor planted the seeds that would rapidly sprout and become A Family Plot . His intention was to get back to the roots of where he started. Drawing from all of the members’ formative influences, the band would touch upon the classic sounds of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, but also mix in influences such as the Police, Nirvana, and Jane’s Addiction.

“I could have hired any number of well-known musicians for this project, but it was important for me to assemble a band of people I knew well and considered family,” says MacIvor. “The music was so close to me and so personal, I felt I could only really share the experience with people I truly cared about.”

Enter MacIvor’s former Candiria bandmate and long-time songwriting partner John LaMacchia. LaMacchia had been working on super-group Spylacopa and his own record label, Rising Pulse, for some time. But eager to make music with MacIvor again, LaMacchia joined the fold when called upon. Longtime friends Wayne Schneiderman and Joseph Milazzo of art-rock group Black Pig would round out the rhythm section.

A Family Plot has set out with one goal in mind: to make music that is important again. Each member has stated that growing up, the most important thing to them was music. Their mission is to make music that will move people; that is as important to others as the music they listened to was to them.

“Today it seems that a lot of music is just a sidebar to the fashion or the style of the scene, and it’s sad,” MacIvor says. “By no means are we saying that you can’t be into fashion. You can! Just don’t make it more important than the songs.”

A Family Plot released its self-titled independent EP in early October 2009. In the short time since the EP’s release, it’s been getting great feedback. The disc is currently available through Rising Pulse Records and the band’s official website, www.afamilyplot.net. It will also be available worldwide through iTunes by the end of October.

You can view the entire gallery by clicking here – Enjoy the photos!

To learn more about A Family Plot, check out these links:

MAIN WEBSITE | www.afamilyplot.net

BUY OUR TRACKS | http://bit.ly/1yVLTh (Direct iTunes store link)

MYSPACE | www.myspace.com/afamilyplot

FACEBOOK | http://tinyurl.com/yjqnb9v

TWITTER | www.twitter.com/familyplot

YOU TUBE | www.youtube.com/afamilyplot

RISING PULSE | www.risingpulse.com

Upcoming Shows

October 22, 2009
Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11222
(718) 383-5333

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