This summer, while photographing Jolie’s Bat Mitzvah, her parents requested to have instant photos taken and printed on-site  in addition to having professional photographs taken.  I had never done both duties at a function, so I enlisted the help of my friend Vanessa.  While I photographed the event with my Canon 5D Mk II, Vanessa photographed each guest as they entered the party with my Canon G-10 and instantly printed the photos to the Pogo Polaroid printer.  The Pogo is a great little printer that prints out photos that are credit card sized, and have an adhesive backing.  The photos print fast, are instantly developed and dry, and easy to peel and stick!  Jolie had a scrapbook made with each page dedicated to Pogo photos where guests could stick their photos and write a special message!  What a fantastic idea!! I just HAD to share!

Just use a USB key to connect your camera to the Pogo, and instantly print photos!

On each page of Jolie’s scrapbook, there were place holders for each guest’s photo:

Here’s Miss Vanessa grabbing shots of guests:

Here’s a look at the guests writing something special to Jolie next to their photo in her scrapbook:

Last night I had the great pleasure of working with Maya, Christine and Siobhan of Allsop Home and Garden to photograph their latest and greatest products!  I always enjoy working with this great group of women, and the product is equally great!  Last night I shot three new products:  a ceramic light holder (this product has yet to be named as it won’t make its official debut until Spring of 2010!), a new Firefly, and a new string of Aurora glow lights!  Check out a few photos below:

Love Love LOVE the new ceramic light holder!

Did I say LOVE?

Introducing the new Firefly!

Here it is, clustered with other fireflies!

The new Aurora Glow!

Ok, while we were waiting for the sun to go down for our GLOW shots, I had to sneak a shot of Siobhan’s awesome dog, Finn!

Ok, back to the lights :)  Here’s some night time glow:

Ok, I URGE you to visit http://www.allsopgarden.com/ and check out their amazing line of solar-powered products!

As the founders of the concept “solar garden art,” Allsop Home & Garden is known for unique combinations of green solar technology, efficient LED lighting, artisan hand-blown glass and use of other creative materials with solar power.