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to the VTalk Radio Photography Spotlight with your host, John Bentley.
JOHN:
Today
on VTalk Radio's Photography Spotlight we
have Hicksville, New York, photographer, Dimitrios Panagos, of Dimitrios Photography and Video. Welcome
to the program today, Dimitrios.
DIMITRIOS: Thank you, John.
JOHN: Now you have a unique
service out there in the New York area. Tell our listening audience, what
the bulk of your business is about.
DIMITRIOS: Well I'm a photo
journalist. I cover news events from public relation events to presidents
to hand shakes to we cover multiple segments. We cover the United Nations
in New York, diplomatic coverage. We also cover events that are happening
in the White House concerning the Greek-American community. As you know, the
Greek-American community is a large community in the United States. We
have a million and a half plus that we know of Greek-Americans, and the
Greek-American community has a need for this type of service.
JOHN: Now are there newspapers in the area or magazines in the area
that...
DIMITRIOS: Yes, we have various magazines and newspapers in the
Greek market. We have daily newspapers. We have weeklies. We
have magazines, and we also have internet based businesses.
JOHN: So
are you supplying the photos then for these kind of outlets?
DIMITRIOS: Yes,
we supply photographs to these outlets to newspapers, to magazines.
Sometimes they are picked up worldwide by various newspapers and
magazines. Like, for instance, the wedding of George Stephanopoulos,
everybody remembers George Stephanopoulos. It was a Greek wedding done in
a Greek Orthodox church in New York where all the photographs were picked up
from People Magazine to Time, Life, Newsweek, New York Times, all the big
newspapers and magazines in the world that pick the photographs up. So we
have a range of receivers of the photographs in Greece.
The Greek daily newspapers and over ten newspapers always call us and those
are interested in the Greek-American life in the
United States.
JOHN: So it must be kind of interesting to be on
the inside of a lot of these political meetings then, especially United Nations
or the Presidential visits and stuff like that.
DIMITRIOS: The General
Assembly at the United Nations every year we cover all the world leaders that
attend New York and also the various events that they attend in New
York City every year. So we photograph anywhere from ten to fifteen events
a week depending on who's in New York and what is going on.
JOHN:
Now that is not all you do. I understand that you also do some weddings,
is that true?
DIMITRIOS: Yes, we do wedding photography we have a video
service also so we do a package of wedding photography. Our specialty is
the Greek weddings. Greek-American weddings, Greek Orthodox weddings are
very, little bit different than an American or wedding. We have to obey by
certain ways of doing things in the Greek-Orthodox church so we have a
special.
JOHN: Now what are some of the predicaments or problems that
you have to solve when doing a Greek-Orthodox wedding as opposed to just a
general American wedding?
DIMITRIOS: Well you have to be personally
respectful in your church. You know, you can't step here, you can't do
this, but other things are that you have to be aware of the events as they
happen. The Greek Orthodox wedding starts off with an engagement which is
happening. It's officiated by the priest within the sacrament. It
begins with the, actually, the engagement with a priest blesses the rings and
puts in the hand of the bride and the groom, and then you have the rest of the
wedding ceremony which is very different than other weddings. So you
have follow-up and usually it lasts about an hour; 45 minutes to an hour normal
Greek wedding.
JOHN: Now we're going to take
a break here, Demitrios, but before we do that, could you share your website address and contact
information with our listening audience.
DIMITRIOS: Yes our website is www.panagos.com and also www.dimitrios.com. We have two sites
that give all the information about our services.
JOHN: And
what about phone number that people can reach you by?
DIMITRIOS: Sure our
phone number is (516) 931-2333 and we have a new phone number in the Long Island
city area, Astoria, New York, which is (718) 721-8788.
JOHN:
We are speaking
with Hicksville, New York, and Asteria, New York, photographer,
Dimitrios Panagos, of Dimitrios Photo and Video, and you're listening to VTalk
Radio's Photography Spotlight. We'll be right back after these important messages.
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ANNOUNCER: We now
return you to the VTalk Radio's Photography Spotlight with your host, John
Bentley.
JOHN: We are in the
studio with Hicksville, New York, and Asteria, New York, photographer, Dimitrios Panagos,
of Dimitrios Photo and Video .
Welcome back
to
VTalk
Radio's Photography Spotlight, Dimitrios.
DIMITRIOS: Thank you, John.
JOHN: Now we've been talking about the Greek-American
news photos you've been doing and also some of the Greek Orthodox weddings that
you photograph. You talked about engagements. That's not all you
do. You do also baptisms, is that true?
DIMITRIOS: Yes, we do baptisms
which is another sacrament in the Greek Orthodox church. We have various
packages that people can pick from...different albums. Albums come in all
different sizes. We do the new digital albums. We do coffee
table books in various sizes and this is something new that has started in the
last couple of years and it's a big trend so every baptism or engagement or
wedding involves in the making and creation of a beautiful album which people,
you know, cherish forever.
JOHN: Now why did you decide to become a
photographer in the first place, Dimitrios?
DIMITRIOS: Well, I don't know. I mean, I was given a
camera when I was 11 years old in my homeland, Greece. I was put on a boat
as they say and sent right over to America to join my father who was here
already. So since eleven, I've been photographing. I have
photographed for various newspapers, American newspapers, Greek Newspapers.
I love it. It's an expression of, you know, how I live every day. It's
24/7 for me.
JOHN: Alright. Now how long has the Dimitrios Photography
and Video been around?
DIMITRIOS: Since 1978.
JOHN: Oh
wow.
DIMITRIOS: Maybe 30 years...
JOHN: Yeah, you've got some
history behind you there.
DIMITRIOS: I've photographed many weddings and
many baptisms and engagements and news events and fires and accidents and I have
done everything, but our main sustenance right now is the news and the wedding
photography.
JOHN: Now let's talk a little bit about the Hicksville
and Asteria, New York area. What are some of the cities and communities
around there that you are doing your photography in?
DIMITRIOS: Well we
cover the tri-state area right now which includes Long Island, Nassau, Suffolk
Counties, Queens, Brooklyn area, the Brooklyn Bay Ridge, and Manhattan, Queens,
Long Island City, parts of Connecticut, eastern Connecticut. We go all the
way up to Bridgeport, Connecticut. We cover also parts of New Jersey all
the way down to Haramos, New Jersey. These are the areas that are mostly
concentrated by Greek-Americans.
JOHN: Now what about any
facilities, banquet halls, anything like that in your area that you do a lot of
business at or would like to do business?
DIMITRIOS: We have quite a few
places that we deal with and one of them that caters to the Greek-American
community is the Terrace on the Park in Queens and the other one is the Sand
Castle in Floral Terrace which are Greek owned businesses. Very well known
caterers, and we deal with these people on a regular basis.
JOHN: Now
as a photographer doing these type of events, what exactly are you looking
for? What are you trying to capture?
DIMITRIOS: Well we like to
capture, you know, the expressions of the people. We do a story telling
album. We try to, you know, when somebody picks up the album and looks at
what's going on, you'll be able to tell who is who and what is happening from
the beginning to the end without asking, you know, what this is and what that
is. The main thing is to capture expressions, facial expressions, you
know, over all situation of the rooms, of the area that we photograph.
Whether it's a wedding or a baptism, or an engagement or a sweet 16. We do
sweet 16's also, I mean, this is a big thing on the east coast. It all
depends on expression, capturing the right moment.
JOHN: Well I want
to thank you for joining us today, Dimitrios, on VTalk Radio's Photography
Spotlight.
DIMITRIOS: I thank you. I thank you very much.
JOHN: Before I let you go, why don't
you give your website and contact information one more time for our
listening audience.
DIMITRIOS: Sure our
websites that anybody can look at is www.panagos.com
and our phone numbers are (718) 721-8788 and (516) 931-2333.
JOHN: We've been in the studio with Hicksville, New
York, photographer, Dimitrios Panagos, of Dimitrios Photography
and Video, and you've been listening to VTalk Radio's Photography
Spotlight. I'm John Bentley. Thanks for joining us today. Have a
great afternoon.
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