Best Commercial Photographer in Albuquerque New Mexico Jason Collin Photography

March 06, 2019 in Business, Commercial

Top 3 Commercial Photographer in Albuquerque!

I was very happy to hear that the website Three Best Rated had handpicked me as one of the top three commercial photographers in Albuquerque, New Mexico!! I work very hard to make the best headshots, food photography, real estate photos, and commercial portraits for all my clients in Albuquerque. Each commercial photography shoot, I try and top the work I did in my previous shoot. It is very satisfying to be recognized as one of the best in my field in the city. Thank you to all my clients who chose and hired me to make photographs that allowed me to achieve this award!

NACWA Winter Conference 2019 Hyatt Regency Albuquerque Photography

February 14, 2019 in Event

Photos before the ceremony, great idea!

If that background above looks familiar, it’s because I just photographed another conference in the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque three months ago. This time it was the NACWA Winter Conference 2019. The conference was focused on clean and safe drinking water. I was hired to photograph the awards ceremony and a few other tangential events like 1-on-1 networking, and a reception after the awards, I liked how the organizers had me photograph the award recipients before the actual ceremony, so we could take our time and get the best shots possible, not trying to keep everyone together and looking at the camera in the split second on stage after receiving the award. You can see the lighting setup this allowed me to use below.

Albuquerque Convention Center Event Photography Airbus WEEF-GEDC 2018

November 15, 2018 in Event

Engineers have fun too!

What a great time at the Albuquerque Convention Center photographing the WEEF-GEDC 2018 conference for Airbus! They hired me to photograph happenings at their booth in the vendor space focusing on their hashtag of #embracediversity and their chief engineer Jean Brice speaking at a panel and lastly their big awards dinner! This was one of the most fun events I have ever photographed. Who ever says engineers do not know how to have fun?? Thank you so much to Alina and the rest of the Airbus team for letting me be a part of this!

AFRL Awards Albuquerque New Mexico 2018

October 18, 2018 in Event

Air Force Research Laboratory gives out awards in ABQ!

The AFRL Awards make the second event I have photographed in the Lobo Rainforest building in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first mostly featured politicians actually, while the second was all about giving scientists and engineers awards! However, I did see some of the same people at both events. It was interesting to learn just how many patents one person can hold in science and/or engineering! I never would have thought one person would have so many, and many of the award winners had multiple patents. It was impressive. In a side note, the catering at this event featured the best vegetarian food, and best variety of vegetarian options, I have ever had in my 9 years of photographing events! Thank you Tiffany for choosing a fantastic caterer and for choosing me as your photographer for this event!

TNTP Fishman Prize Winner 2014 Ruskin Florida Event Photography

May 19, 2014 in Event

Kelly Zunkiewicz wins the 2014 Fishman Prize from TNTP at Lennard High School in Ruskin Florida Event Photography - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 @ 1/4 power hotshoe mounted

It was a very early start to the week for me this morning as I was to be in Ruskin to photograph an award presentation for a high school teacher at 8am! Kelly Zunkiewicz is a high school calculus teacher at Lennard High School in Ruskin, Florida. She won the Fishman Prize presented by TNTP which brings with it much, much more than the trophy and framed letter you see above, it also brings $25,000!!!

A very happy Kelly Zunkiewicz receives the Fishman Prize at Lennard High School in Ruskin Florida Event Photography - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 @ 1/4 power hotshoe mountedOnly four teachers in the country win the prize so it is a great and prestigious honor. Kelly did not know she had won until a parade of people entered her 8am calculus class and then it was all smiles after that.

Kelly teaches calculus at Lennard High School in Ruskin, Florida - Nikon D80 Nikkor 80-200mm @ f/4 ISO 400 1/100th SB-600 @ 1/4 power hotshoe mountedI wonder if I had a teacher like Kelly would my own high school precalculus grade have been better?? My high school math classroom experiences began in summer school algebra (before I even started the 9th grade) with a bunch of seniors who needed to pass the class in order to still graduate. That was a very fun summer school class! However, finishing with pre-calculus in 12th grade things were much, much less fun.

A kiss from dad for winning the Fishman Prize and getting $25,000!!! - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 800 1/60th SB-800 @ 1/4 power hotshoe mountedKelly receives a kiss from dad who no doubt must be very proud of her. The same for mom on the right.

Fishman Prize winner Kelly gets a congratulatory hug at Lennard High School in Ruskin, Florida - Nikon D80 Nikkor 80-200mm @ f/4 ISO 400 1/100th SB-600 @ 1/4 power hotshoe mountedOne last hug as we all leave her classroom and things return to normal at Lennard High School.

St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner

June 25, 2009 in Event

The 2009 award winners.

This evening I had the pleasure of photographing the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce's annual "Outstanding Business of the year 2009 Awards Dinner." It was a major opportunity for me to photograph inside one of the premier locations in the city, the Don CeSar Hotel. There were several challenges in photographing this event. As is usually the case with indoor awards events, the lighting was not being used anywhere near full power. I had the added challenge this time of dinner plates being cleared by the wait staff and dessert being brought out while the first awards were being handed out. I was right in the path of the kitchen doors. Besides having to concentrate on the timing of the awards handshake, I had to make sure not to backup into someone carrying a mountainous tray of dishes or chocolate cake.

I was able to meet and have conversations with all the major players in the Chamber organization, including the president and CEO Mr. John Long, a very friendly person with a great, expressive face full of character with the type of personality that makes a photographer's job very easy.

I look forward to covering more of the Chamber's future events.

Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, John Long

The interior of the Don CeSar.