I recently had the pleasure of photographing the son of a good friend who used to work for us at Thompson Studios back when we did hundreds of senior portraits each season. Stacy brought her son Calvin to us after having had the typical school senior portraits done, which, as they often do, fell short of expressing the real Calvin.… Read more →
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Marketing Photography Case Study #4 – MacDonald Training Center
MacDonald Training Center – MTC is a not-for-profit organization that provides adults with special needs productive paying jobs and a work environment that promotes contribution to society in a friendly, supervised workspace. I was recently working an event for Bank of America at MTC when I got to know the Director Rita Hattab. I’d noticed the photos on the website… Read more →
Marketing Photography Case Study #2 – Winters and Yonker
Winters and Yonker is a highly prominent Law Firm located in downtown Tampa that specializes in personal injury cases, and which has enjoyed for many years robust success behind a very comprehensive marketing and ad campaign that presents this firm as “The Aggressive Attorneys.” This has served them very well, and you can’t travel far in Tampa without seeing their… Read more →
Buddy and Lindsey – A Very Special Senior Portrait Session
As a photographer who has photographed literally thousands of high school seniors, there is one session that now stands out above the rest – my very own son’s session! Eric, affectionately known as Buddy, is about to graduate in June, so his girlfriend Lindsey, who’s also graduating this year, came over and we had the loveliest of sessions right here… Read more →
Thompson Studios to become Thompson Brand Images! – Marketing Photography Case Study: Cross Creek Ranch
Hello! Regarding the first part of this post’s title – yes, we are re-branding and couldn’t be more excited about it. You will be the first to know when we release the full new identity and logo. AND, as if that weren’t enough, we will soon be announcing the grand opening of our new home studio in Lutz, which is… Read more →
Augustine Family Beach Portraits
We hit my favorite spot on Clearwater Beach for a family session before the Augustines sent their oldest off to college, a common scenario. Does it apply to you? Augustine Family Beach Portraits. Read more →
Michelle Collazo – Maternity Photos
Michelle is a dear friend of our family. She stayed with us in our home while she finished her PhD awhile back, and she has become like a daughter to us. Her pregnancy has been as exciting for us as it has her own family, so I shot these images during a recent visit at our home. Marco, Michelle’s Mini-Schnauzer,… Read more →
Special Project – Portrait Series
Many of you know that I am the proud father of what we like to call a Special Needs son. Not crazy about the label, or any label for that matter, but from time to time I get the honor and privilege of photographing special needs kids. Why is this a privilege? Because once you get past either the physical… Read more →
Edible Tampa Bay – Spring Issue
We are proud to be the exclusive photography company for Edible Tampa Bay Magazine. Our latest issue is on the streets! Click and check it out! http://edibletampabay.com/ Read more →
Mary Lee’s House – Marketing Photo Project
Images I shot for Mary Lee’s House ,a child advocacy not-for-profit organization that provides medical and mental health services for victims of child abuse. Although in some of these images the children are happy, some are not, for obvious reasons. This was a hard hitting project that points to some pretty daunting realities for some children. Glad to be a… Read more →