J Cogliandro Photography - Houston Wedding Photography, Miami Wedding Photography, Destination Wedding Photography

WPPI Print Competition 2009 - Las Vegas

02.17.09

Greetings From Vegas Baby!!! Every year we spend a week in Las Vegas for the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International Convention. We do love the trade show and the cool seminars put on by some of the world's best photographers... However the main reason that we go is for the international print competition. We get a chance to put some of our favorite images from the past year in front of 30-40 of the worlds most esteemed photographers and let them go at them!!! It is like a personal portfolio review in front of 12,000 photographers. It is quite humbling and very rewarding to hear feedback from these photographers on our work. This year there were six different rooms with judges going through 1000s of prints from photographers all over the world. Our goal is to learn and be better at what we do and push ourselves to provide first rate imagery for our clients.

This year we had 14 images win Accolades of Excellence. Only a handful of studios worldwide had more images score as consistently high as we did. The credit goes to our clients as they are the ones who allow us to have a medium in which to work! Here are the images that received honors!!!

And here are a couple that were discussed at some length by some of these judges: Jesh de Rox, Susan Stripling , Bambi Cantrell, Kevin Jairaj, Adam Finch, Eddie Tap, Rachel Niesen, Cliff Mautner, Dennis Orchard (I am sure there are more but I am forgetting right now) thanks for your feedback and insightful critique. You guys make me want to work harder!!!

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ChristyV says:

That's so awesome you guys!!! Congrats on the accolades! LOVE the pp on ALL of them. Have a great time in Vegas!!!

(02.17.09 @ 05:16 PM)

Lisa says:

I'm simply speechless! These are absolutely incredible, I'm so happy for your success and rave reviews! Keep up the amazing work.

(02.18.09 @ 12:45 AM)

Mike owen says:

Man if you don't win anything, you got jipped. you have a really impressive collection here.

(02.18.09 @ 12:28 PM)

Matt says:

Pics are outstanding...congratulations on the recognition...well deserved.

(02.18.09 @ 06:29 PM)

chipgillespie says:

Dude -- these are amazing! Congrats on your success!

(02.23.09 @ 09:16 AM)

brooke schwab says:

next year i need to have you make me submit some prints! i think it would be fun to sit with you in the room and watch the judges talk about them. these images are amazing too! great job!

(02.24.09 @ 11:22 PM)

Eric Hoffland says:

Congratulations on recent success with your awesome prints Joe. Some of the best work anywhere in the world. You are becoming a worldclass photographer. When are you going to start teaching classes?

(03.15.10 @ 03:43 AM)

Hurricane Ike + Rachael Ray + J. Cogliandro Photography

01.27.09

Yet another past due post! Marco and I had the pleasure of teaming up with the Rachael Ray Show along side a few other Houston Wedding Vendors to help take care of some 50 couples who got married en masse at Minute Maid Park in the fall. These couples had their wonderful wedding plans shattered by a combination of Hurricane Ike and the closing of several prominent wedding venues. Here are a couple of our bride and grooms and some that show you the size of the event Rachel Ray Hosted.

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brooke schwab says:

beautifully done! i am so glad those brides and grooms got something special out of that mess! your images are stunning.

(01.27.09 @ 10:33 AM)

Matt says:

EXCELLENT shots! I love the shot of the couple standing alone in the aisle between all the seats!

(01.27.09 @ 10:33 AM)

janet grey says:

this looked like it was a lot of fun - who knew minute maid could look that nice

(01.30.09 @ 09:02 PM)

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Jenny and Tim - Engagement Session

01.25.09

The blog is on FIRE! thanks to Joe's blistering blogging pace...

She's a dancer / financial manager... He sells BMWs. She wanted to buy a BMW... The rest is history...

Jenny and Tim are getting married later this year in Cabo san Lucas and found us to do their engagement shoot. It was the perfect day for photos, and they sure made my job easy! Enjoy their totally sweet lifestyle session...

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clint says:

what's up with all the kissing??? ha ;) love the shoot man.. love it!

(01.17.09 @ 05:27 PM)

Dianna says:

Love them! Your lighting looks amazing, too.

(01.17.09 @ 09:38 PM)

Ashley K says:

dang, mr. wang. you rocked this session. post processing is SWEET.

(01.18.09 @ 05:01 PM)

table4 says:

you rule, mr. wang.

(01.19.09 @ 12:40 AM)

chipgillespie says:

You absolutely killed this, man. Unreal.

(01.21.09 @ 08:19 AM)

Joanna Garcia says:

Sweet session! You rocked out this night shots!

(01.21.09 @ 05:25 PM)

chipgillespie says:

Hey -- did you see that you guys were nominated? Check it... http://www.ppmag.com/fresh-blog-09/

(02.11.09 @ 08:41 AM)

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Engagement Shoot in Chicago - Silky and Pratik

01.22.09

Well this post is a long time in coming. We have already shot Silky and Pratik's Wedding down in the Galveston area (San Luis Resort - Post coming very soon) I flew up to Chicago for their session and we spent the better part of an entire day gallivanting all over the Chicago area in an attempt to see all the places they went the day Pratik proposed to Silky. We started with a very comfortable shoot in their apartment overlooking the city and ended on the streets at midnight in downtown.

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Laura Muehlendorf says:

WOW! beautiful Joe! REALLY nice shoot!!!

(01.22.09 @ 07:48 PM)

AshleyK says:

way to rock it, Mr. J! awesome shoot... incredible color!!! you're a bloggin' machine!

(01.22.09 @ 08:48 PM)

Dan says:

wow, that last shot is money.

(01.22.09 @ 09:32 PM)

Adam Nyholt says:

Dang Joe! These are amazing. You should enter some of them into a print competition or something :)

(02.24.09 @ 10:23 AM)

Eric Michel says:

I am new to photography and love taking pictures as a hobby. I came across your pictures and absolutely love the picture above with the couple on the bridge on Michigan Ave! I was wondering how you got the picture to have such a perfect red tint to it? The image is very dark, which I love, and the red tint makes it perfect. Would you mind telling me what settings you used to take this and if you used an image program, what you did to it. I love it!! Great job.

(08.11.09 @ 09:38 PM)

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Weddings in Houston Bridal Soiree!!!

01.22.09

Come and see us this weekend. We will be at the "Before You Say I Do" show at the Houstonian and at Briscoe Manor's open house this weekend!

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