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DAMIEN: Good afternoon and welcome to the VTalk Radio's Photography Spotlight. My name is Damien Allen, and today we have with us via phone we have with us San Antonio, Texas, photographer, Julie Farivar, of American Photography and Video. Welcome to the program, Julie.
JULIE: Hi.
DAMIEN: How you doing today?
JULIE: Good, how about yourself?
DAMIEM: I have very few complaints other than it's a lot warmer where you're at then where I'm at. Anyways, I understand you have a nice little photography and video business down there in San Antonio. Why don't you tell us a little bit about.
JULIE: Ok. We're located at 11806 Warsmont. We do a lot of wedding photography. We have 3 photographers and 3 videographers. We do weddings every weekend. Sometimes even Fridays, and we do conceniaras, bar mitzvahs, we do birthdays, anniversaries. We do all sorts of different events. And also all sorts of different cultures.
DAMIEM: Are there any other photography services you offer besides family from beginning to end photography?
JULIE: We have done corporate for Kodak, Bicoat. We've done many events.
DAMIEM: Alright, now San Antonio is a large area in Texas. What other communities do you service?
JULIE: We do Austin, Houston, we've done Dallas, San Antonio, Victoria. We've done pretty much all over Texas.
DAMIEM: Doing so many family style events, wedding events, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs and such, are there certain facilities that you tend to use a lot?
JULIE: Yeah, we do a lot of bridal portraits at the McMayot Museum, The Mission in San Jose, we go all over the town. We do a lot. The interesting thing about our business is we offer all the pictures printed which is different than having it on CD which a CD can be scratched, you know, and we do, I don't know if you know about this, but it's called a coffee table book. It's the newest fashion. We send it out to Italy; they design the books, and they mount it, bind it, and they send it back. It's just like a book rather than pictures. Something that you'd see in like a magazine.
DAMIEM: In Deed. That's a great little service and it's the coming rage. It's a lot of photography studios and service have been offering the coffee table style books and it's a very great package. It's a great way to present somebody the images that they had captured at their event. How long have you been a photographer, Julie?
JULIE: I've been in business for about 16 years.
DAMIEM: So you've seen the change from film to digital.
JULIE: Definitely.
DAMIEM: Do
you still shoot film at all anymore?
JULIE: We do primarily digital.
DAMIEM: So you do all your editing in house?
JULIE:
Yeah. We do all the editing, color balance, everything is tracked in
house.
DAMIEM: If I'm a client, am I able to order my proofs or look at
my proofs online?
JULIE: Yeah, definitely. We'll have all the
pictures online so anyone out of state or out of the country can view your
pictures.
DAMIEM: Am I able to purchase online from your
company?
JULIE: Yeah, you can purchase online also.
DAMIEM: In
deed. Wonderful. So you're doing a lot of family style events, you
say you have three photographers and three videographers. Do you use three
photographers on every shoot, or is it pretty much on this is a larger event so
we need three on this one we only need one. For weddings are you looking
for more of a journalistic or more of a candid shot?
JULIE:
Well we do
both. The good thing about our packages, you will get photo journalistic
style and also you will get your formal pictures. So you get both.
You get the best of everything.
DAMIEM: Well as you're doing so
many different types of events, weddings, engagement parties, bar mitzvah's, bat
mitzvah's, and things of that nature, a lot of people don't like to have their
picture taken and when you're doing it in a photo journalist style where you're
not intrusive and right up in somebodies' face, they don't know they're getting
their picture taken, but if you're doing more of a candid shot, or if you're
doing something that's staged, what do you do to make you're clients more
comfortable for that session?
JULIE: Usually brides and grooms are in
the moment of their event, and we capture every moment from tears to the very
happiness of their wedding. So they're really living the
moment.
DAMIEM: Ok, we're going to have to take a short break here for
some commercial announcements, but before we go into the break, could I get you
to give everybody your phone number and website information
please.
JULIE: Sure our phone number is (210) 699-9687 and you can look
into our website to look at our style of photography and different packages at
www.american-photography.com
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today with Julie Farivar, of American Photography and Video located in San
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DAMIEM: Welcome to
the VTalk Radio's Photography Spotlight. I'm Damien Allen and on
the phone today we have Ms. Julie
Farivar, of American Photography and Video located in San Antonio, Texas. Welcome
back to the program, Julie.
JULIE: Thank
you.
DAMIEM: Well we've been talking about the types of services that
you offer out in San Antonio, and what I was wondering is do you have any advice
for a client who wants to have a photography event shot if, you know, I need my
sweet 16 or I'm getting married, or I'm having my bar mitzvah, you know, what
should I be prepared for to have that done? And why should I go to a
professional photographer instead of say having Uncle Joe come down with his
digital camera?
JULIE: Well, I mean, that even is usually a big
event. You have a lot of costs that you invest in to conduct that day to
be the best for you. And as a result, you would want the best pictures to
be reminded of your memories and to capture the right moments for
yourself. The thing about a professional photographer, you get everything
right then and there. You count on that person to capture those moments
and has experience. We've had over 16 years of experience and our work is
very much different from the average joe. If there is anything that goes
wrong with your pictures, then your memory of that day is kind of going to be
fade. I think if you're investing so much money on a special day that you
don't forget a photographer to capture the right moments.
DAMIEM: Now if
I'm having this large event, and I suddenly go, oh you know I kind of need a
picture of little Donny with great grandma Michelle, is that something I can
suggest to you to have done?
JULIE:
Definitely, I mean, the good thing
about our services is we give you unlimited pictures. We are the kind of
photographers that we have own creativity, our own imaginations, but we're
also willing to hear your ideas. If there's anything you want, we're
willing to work with you. We won't get offended like some photographers
will get offended, but, I mean, we're open. This is your special
day. We want to make sure your special day comes across well for
you.
DAMIEM: Are you members of any of the photo
organizations?
JULIE: Actually we are. We're a part of the
organization called PPA, Professional Photographers of America.
DAMIEM:
Julie, what's your most important goal when you're shooting a
client?
JULIE: Our main goal is to get our customers satisfied with our
work, because that's the way advertising works for us.
DAMIEM: If you
had dream photo shoot, what would it be?
JULIE: That's really a hard question
to answer, you know. You really want to get your customers satisfied and
enjoy your work.
DAMIEM: If you had the choice of if you had one thing
to shoot just for your own personal enjoyment, what would it be?
JULIE:
We definitely love shooting weddings. We love to see the very happy
moment. We love to share that with our customers.
DAMIEM: Now you
cover the greater San Antonio and Houston area, are you also available to travel
and do weddings outside of the state of Texas?
JULIE: Yeah,
definitely.
DAMIEM: What does the future hold for American Photography
and Video?
JULIE: Right now we're working on our Italian albums.
It's the most fashionable books and a lot of customers are really into this
book, because it's really you can't describe it's worth a million words.
If you look at the book, it's something that you're not going to have on a
shelf, but on your coffee table looking at it. It just captures your
eye.
DAMIEM: Are there samples of this coffee table book up on the
website?
JULIE: Yes.
DAMIEM: Ok, well before I let you go, can we
get your website and contact information one more time,
Julie.
JULIE: Sure our phone number is (210) 699-9687 and our website is
www.american-photography.com
DAMIEN: We've been in the studio
via the telephone with San Antonio photographer, Julie Farivar, of American
Photography and Video, and we'd like to thank you very much for joining us today
on VTalk Radio's Photography Spotlight, Julie.
JULIE: Thank you
for having me.
DAMIEM: You're very welcome. You've been
listening once again to the VTalk Radio's Photography Spotlight. I'm
Damien Allen; have a great afternoon.
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