ribbon cutting
If you are having a grand opening ribbon cutting event at a donut shop, it is wise to have it at 9am in the morning, which the new Donut Mart location on San Mateo Blvd in Albuquerque, New Mexico did! Thus, there was a huge turnout. I was there with my Nikon D750 representing the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event.
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I photograph a lot of ribbon cutting, grand opening events in Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, the one at ClearLink Skin & Medical for Dr. Rachell Davis was one of the best! From the energy and atmosphere, to the actually healthy food on hand to the generous door prizes given out, this was an outstanding grand opening ribbon cutting event! This was organized by the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce whom I have recently become a member of!
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Photographing another grand opening ribbon cutting event for The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce at the new Triumph Motorcycle on the west side of Albuquerque made me want to get on a motorcycle and feel that particular sense of Freedom one gets with a vehicle with just one headlight! Photographing ribbon cutting events is one of my favorite things to do in my professional photography work as everyone involved is exciting and I get to meet a new local business.
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The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce organizes great ribbon cutting events. Their latest was for the new restaurant Seasons 52 in the Coronado Center. I love doing event photography for them here in Albuquerque, New Mexico because the energy at these events is always contagious and I love to make candids, and Business & Membership Development Director Luis Hernandez always provides great candid photo opportunities! Check out the ones in the gallery below!
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The Remax ribbon cutting event in Rio Rancho was the first event I attended as an official member of the ABQWest Chamber of Commerce and the first to photograph with my awesome new Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 VC lens! I needed that ultra-wide lens to get everyone in frame in that tight space (had not much room to back up myself). Then it's just timing the ribbon cutting just right!
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A festive ribbon cutting at 211 Tampa Bay using many pairs of scissors! - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 on hotshoe @ 1/4 powerOne of my favorite types of photography jobs I get our ribbon cutting events. This Wednesday I got to photograph no less than two ribbon cuttings for 211 Tampa Bay as they held a morning event and an afteroon one too. The morning was hosted by the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce so I got to see some old friends from there and other networking regulars. It was really tight quarters for where they wanted to do the ribbon cutting. I had to stand about 4 feet up on a ladder to get high enough to clear a wall of cubicles to make the above shot.
There were a lot of iPads and iPhones featuring the 211 Tampa Bay app to try out - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 on hotshoe @ 1/4 powerI immediately saw that 211 Tampa Bay utilizes a lot of tech access via apps for the iPhone and iPad. They had some staff members giving demonstrations with chances for visitors to get hands on with the apps themselves also.
The Mayor of Largo Patricia Gerard (center) - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 on hotshoe @ 1/4 powerThe Mayor of Largo Patricia Gerard attended the morning ribbon cutting ceremony along with 211 Tampa Bay board members. Everyone wants a photo op with the mayor!
Sharing laughs at the 211 Tampa Bay ribbon cutting event - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 on hotshoe @ 1/4 powerThere was a lot to do at this event from using tech like the iPad to taking a tour of the call center, and of course eating and having laughs with friends. Everyone with 211 Tampa Bay was very friendly. It was a good atmosphere to shoot in.
I resisted using an iPad so I did not feel the need to get one of my own! - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 on hotshoe @ 1/4 powerI look forward to continuing to be the photographer for 211 Tampa Bay. It is always nice to be able to photograph a fun event, expand my business network and of course provide the client with images they will enjoy for years to come.
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Ribbon Cutting at Ivy Ridge Living St. Petersburg Florida - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 400 1/60th SB-800 @ 1/4 power on cameraPhotographing a ribbon cutting event like this one at Ivy Ridge Living (official website) in St. Petersburg creates a unique feeling inside me since I am more covering the event with photography than making set shots. It is a free-flowing style of photography and when you have an event like this one that went indoors to outdoors several times, you really have to be on top of your settings, especially when using two cameras at once as I was. It all makes for an exciting and challenging photography job.
Flag raising ceremony at Ivy Ridge Living in St. Petersburg - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/8 ISO 200 1/100thI also switched between using external flash on camera to using available light like in the above shot when the situation called for it, although had I left the external flash on it would have had no effect on the shot anyway. The biggest challenge for this shot was trying to get all the crowd watching in the frame as well as the complete flagpole without infinite space to back up into (I was almost in the street).
Giving a speech at Ivy Ridge Living in St. Petersburg - Nikon D80 Nikkor 80-200mm @ f/4 ISO 400 1/200thIvy Ridge Living has a very friendly staff who were all very welcoming to me and made sure I got something to eat (3 cookies, one chocolate, one cupcake, a dozen crackers) and I saw several familiar faces in the guests who attended the event as other networking event regulars.
Ivy Ridge Living in a brand new building - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/40th SB-800 @ 1/4 power on cameraIvy Ridge Living is in a newly built building customized specifically for its time of memory care services. The festivities for the afternoon ended with a concert for Brett Eldredge that really got everyone excited and also emotional as he has personal connections to the treatments the facility offers.
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