The Plaindealer Endorses Cleveland Photographer's Best View of Cleveland.

If you've seen the Plaindealer today:www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion-0/1188203899186050.xml&coll=2#continue
Hal Stata you'll see that they have endorsed what Stata Productions has known for years. We shot the www.bestviewofcleveland.com image and web marketer Jim Kukral - http://www.jimkukral.com saw the image as the best view of Cleveland he has seen.... thus the name. We have been printing high end photographic prints and shipping them to transplanted Clevelanders all over the United States.

Product Photography in the Cleveland Photography Studio of Stata Productions

Just finishing shooting for rocketcalc.com. We've been shooting for Bryan Lewis and Larry McFarland for some time now. Bryan and his team build the supercomputer and Larry makes them look incrediable in his brochures, websites and promotional cards. We shot the product photography looking straight up and normal for the proper look and then we shot with a super wide lens to sex up the shot.
Of course Bryan wanted to see the inner workings of this supercomputer..... I told him it looked like tokyo japan in a godzilla movie. You can see what I mean.

Then the photoshop guru - Larry McFarland - takes the shot one step farther and wow.. Nice shot.

Commercial Cleveland Photographer Shoots Production Stills

I had the opportunity to shoot with a local production company recently.
They were shooting video B roll for a commercial. The idea was to use
available talent and show people enjoying the outdoor patio of a near by
restaurant. We had to start shooting after closing time so it was a late
night. Lot of fun and some great shots. If it looks like everyone was enjoying
themselves it's because they were.

The shots that I did will be used for print or website collateral. Much higher resolution then anything you could pull from the video.

Professional Photographer Shoots Event Opening

Just got back from a trip to Grand Junction Colorado. It was a mere 106 degrees outside but a dry heat. We shot for a major Cleveland Corporation that had store
opening that required my professional photography services. They didn't want to leave
it up to an unknown shooter in Colorado....so Stata productions was asked to fly out and cover the event. Nice to be thought of.

Flew out the nite before on a commercial airline and was back the following day after the shoot. This time I was able to travel lite with a camera bag and carry on suitcase.

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Senior Portraits in Downtown Cleveland Studio

It's that time of year when the phone starts ringing from friends and client's looking for something different for their kids senior portraits. Always fun and interesting to come up with new shots...especially if I shot their older siblings. It can't look like my sisters shots.




We typically shoot in the air-conditioned comfort of the studio and then work our way outside if that is what the student is looking for. Several clothing changes, hair, make-up, etc.







Sometimes the next sibling gets in the shot... but she'll have to wait for her shots.

For more details contact Hal Stata @ www.stataproductions.com 216-621-1977.

Cleveland Photographer Shoots Canton Football Hall of Fame

Once again we drove down to Canton Ohio for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement
weekend. We were helping out the Hall of Fame master of photography Studio 7 Shawn Wood. Always a pleasure to shoot event photography with such a great and talented group of photographers. Shawn would let us know our duties and off we went to cover all aspects of the weekend long event.

We covered luncheons, set-up of the stadium, Enshrinement, broadcasters,parties, cheerleaders, fans, and oh yea the game.

These are the shots when the sun was out. Game day was another story. It rained and rained and came down in buckets. The fans stayed in the fan appreciation tents for as long as possible.


Not that it was bad in the tents.



But then it was time to venture into the rain.... and did I mentioned it rained.



But it's football and the game will go on. We also covered the NFL Network. Bryant Gumbel and Chris Collinsworth.... I kind of spent more time shooting them since it was undercover.



Then it was time to get down to the field... the rain started to die down anyway.





The fans went crazy - the game was won - and the legends were remembered.