Steph's Pics

Blog moving!!

2012-01-22T13:38:00.000-08:00

Hello there,

My blog has moved-- same blog different address.

Please visit www.stephanieveto.blogspot.com for all new posts.

Thanks!

Piper

2012-01-13T09:48:00.001-08:00

We tried twice, but little miss Piper did not want her picture taken. With the help of grandpa, pajamas, crackers, Matt Veto (that man is great with kids!), a giant teddy bear and Alvin and the Chipmunks, we snuck a few photographs in. She did not want to go outside and she did not want to change her clothes so I made the photographs near a large window-- hence all of the extreme closeups. Her beauty, spunk and strong will speaks for itself. She was a ball to spend time with and get to know. The bottom photograph is of Piper's Aunt Lauren, she got to be my test subject! :-) Thanks Brownells!

Roadside Memorials

2012-01-13T07:48:00.001-08:00

I have started a small project on roadside memorials. The following three were made while home in Pennsylvania with a FUJI INSTAX 210.

Miles

2012-01-03T14:33:00.000-08:00

Willow

2012-01-03T13:46:00.000-08:00

Calabro family

2012-01-03T13:28:00.000-08:00

Home for the holidays

2012-01-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

Never Give Up

2011-11-29T10:29:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving!

2011-11-25T19:20:00.000-08:00

Matt and I traveled home to Moline, Ill., to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Veto family. It was so nice to be back in the Quad-Cities and it was even nicer to see everyone. I spent Friday afternoon photographing my five beautiful nieces. We had a ball. I photographed my two muses, Samantha and Kayla. They're so used to me, so they act like seasoned professionals! It was my first time photographing Vivian, Lucia and Jillian and I made sure to take full advantage of it. They were excellent! Below are some of my favorites. Yes, they are that gorgeous!

BIG changes underway

2011-11-07T13:46:00.001-08:00

Big changes come with a new location and even bigger changes come with a new name. Slowly but surely I have been changing my photography business from Stephanie Makosky Photography to Stephanie Veto Photography. It is a lot of work, but it is also very cleansing. It is a chance to clean house and start-a-new; re-edit, refresh, rethink. Soon, I will have two new websites that will better integrate and also separate my editorial and multimedia work from my wedding and portrait work. New marketing materials are also being produced-- logo, business cards, brochures, promo cards and more.

My inspiration for my new logo design is lengthy and a bit goofy. Long story short, I love anything retro, hence the font, design and bright colors. I really like doilies and handmade/crafty styles. I wanted my logo to say something about me as a person as well as a photographer --without being too kitschy.

My color palette was inspired by my wedding colors, which are also my two favorite colors, and some vintage flair. I searched the internet high and low for color and image inspiration. The end design was actually inspired by husband's late grandmother's kitchen canisters from the 60s/70s that I now cherish in my own kitchen. Goofy I know!

The following is a little of my process and the last image is a mock-up of my new logo(s). The top for weddings and the bottom for editorial. The circle logo at the bottom will eventually be a watermark and will be used with promotional material. And I have no clue what I'm going to do with the thing at the bottom, I just like it. :-)

I started off by taking screen grabs of any color or pattern I was attracted to:

Then I searched for fonts:

Then I started on my name and the design:

Then I changed the font at the last minute :-)

Occupy Columbia Rally

2011-11-05T17:51:00.000-07:00

From the Archive: In the spirit of Halloween

2011-10-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

More Jessica and Scott

2011-10-11T14:55:00.000-07:00

Jessica & Scott -- Preview

2011-09-25T16:49:00.000-07:00

Matt & Steph Engagement (Yep I took my own pictures)

2011-09-25T15:22:00.000-07:00

The Greens

2011-09-25T14:17:00.000-07:00

Steve Stricker does it again!

2011-07-12T09:10:00.001-07:00

Lately

2011-07-12T09:05:00.001-07:00

Emma

2011-06-30T20:03:00.001-07:00

frogs

2011-06-30T20:01:00.001-07:00

Summer Camp

2011-06-30T19:45:00.000-07:00

Kayla

2011-06-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

The Fair

2011-06-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

Lately

2011-06-12T16:19:00.000-07:00

Jessica and Scott!!

2011-06-07T07:46:00.001-07:00

Jessica and Scott (Preview)

2011-06-02T21:42:00.001-07:00

The Backwater Gamblers

2011-05-31T10:30:00.000-07:00

The Vickers

2011-05-29T21:55:00.001-07:00

The Vickers (Preview)

2011-05-22T16:54:00.001-07:00

Slightly Crazy

2011-05-22T16:40:00.001-07:00

babies

2011-05-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

Pioneer Days

2011-05-11T07:23:00.000-07:00

Grave Digger

2011-05-09T12:47:00.000-07:00

Youth Boxing

2011-05-09T12:19:00.001-07:00

Civil Rights March

2011-04-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

Miles one week later

2011-04-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

It's been a little over a week since we got Miles. He's grown so much and constantly up to no good!

Meet Miles!

2011-04-13T20:08:00.000-07:00

We have a pleasant new addition to our little family and his name is Miles Francis Veto ( we call him Miles, Franky or Meu for short)! He showed up in the neighbor's front yard on Saturday. The poor kitten was so frightened. He's only four weeks old. Matt and I have been taking care of him and he's doing amazing. He got a clean bill of health from the vet and he's already grown so much since Saturday!

Lola and Matt are still getting used to the little guy, but they're coming around!

These are a few photos from the first day I took him home and after.

Rocky and all of their awesomeness

2011-04-07T10:56:00.000-07:00

These are some of my favorite photographs from covering Rock Island basketball throughout the super sectional, semi-final and state championship games.

Jake

2011-04-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Samantha Veto Portraits (so far)

2011-04-01T18:14:00.000-07:00

Soccer Portrait

2011-04-01T06:27:00.000-07:00

From the Honor Flight archive

2011-03-16T18:19:00.000-07:00

Journalist in the hall

2011-03-16T18:01:00.001-07:00

Church Organist

2011-03-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

Jail is scary --jail tour

2011-03-16T17:50:00.000-07:00

Nice day with Lola

2011-02-19T16:09:00.000-08:00

Playing with my new camera

2011-02-18T15:52:00.000-08:00

Some sports portraits from the past few weeks

2011-02-17T17:09:00.001-08:00

The night of the storm

2011-02-16T12:29:00.000-08:00

Whoa!

2011-02-16T12:24:00.001-08:00

Finding love after love

2011-02-16T12:09:00.000-08:00

A quick Valentine video I did for The Dispatch and The Argus. Music by Kevin Macleod: www.incompetech.com

Sunset

2011-02-14T13:18:00.000-08:00

Quad City MEG

2011-02-14T13:17:00.000-08:00

Snow Day

2011-02-04T10:51:00.000-08:00

Midwest Blizzard

2011-02-02T15:45:00.000-08:00

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

2011-01-18T11:52:00.000-08:00

Quad City Botanical Center

2011-01-02T13:34:00.001-08:00

WWII Veterans

2010-12-31T12:23:00.000-08:00

We See You!

2010-12-31T12:19:00.000-08:00

Never Published

2010-12-31T12:16:00.001-08:00

Little Vetos

2010-12-21T18:15:00.000-08:00

Fun with film

2010-12-21T18:01:00.000-08:00

Ahh the Holidays

2010-12-04T19:40:00.000-08:00

off season baseball

2010-12-04T19:39:00.001-08:00

Mike Hughes

2010-12-04T19:36:00.000-08:00

Meet Herman Bloom

2010-11-07T18:51:00.000-08:00

Jenn and Kate

2010-10-25T18:34:00.000-07:00

The Vetos

2010-10-25T17:56:00.000-07:00

Ken & Allie Preview

2010-10-25T17:47:00.000-07:00

Halloween is almost here!

2010-10-04T16:13:00.000-07:00

Full of Hot Air

2010-10-04T16:12:00.000-07:00

Visit to the Mausoleum

2010-09-27T11:56:00.000-07:00

Running and Running

2010-09-27T11:51:00.001-07:00

While waiting for anyone to walk by

2010-09-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Bluegrass Festival

2010-09-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

The End of Summer

2010-09-01T07:04:00.000-07:00

Jonell & Isaac 8/07/10

2010-08-25T09:25:00.000-07:00

Kristin & Will

2010-08-23T09:27:00.000-07:00

My First Cubs Game

2010-08-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

¿Cuánto es que cachorro?

2010-08-20T08:55:00.000-07:00

Primary Colors

2010-08-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Welcome to tugfest

2010-08-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

The Fiyah. outtakes

2010-08-12T19:44:00.000-07:00

Outtakes

2010-08-06T18:28:00.000-07:00

Well look at what we have here....

2010-08-03T17:54:00.001-07:00

Summer Fun

2010-07-28T20:12:00.000-07:00

We got a new park on the Mississippi River front in Rock Island. It has this really nice fountain area that kids from all around come to play in. However, little to everyone's knowledge the fountain was not created to actually be used. SO, they had to shut the fountain down in order to figure out a way to keep the water clean and safe for constant use.

Bix Porch Party

2010-07-28T20:11:00.000-07:00

Harness Racing

2010-07-28T20:04:00.001-07:00

More Golf

2010-07-28T19:57:00.001-07:00

Squeaker

2010-07-22T17:13:00.000-07:00

Today, while walking to our near-by coffee shop to purchase my usual-- a giant rice crispy treat and a bottled water-- I found a stranded duckling in downtown Moline not anywhere near the river. The poor little duck was walking along the street squeaking and searching for its family. They, nor a nest, were no where to be seen. Its size is smaller than my fist and I was worried about it getting hit by a car so, I knocked on a local business's door got a box, put the duckling in it and took it to work.

We quickly found a home for my little buddy on a farm with a lady who has raised ducklings before. She said there's a pond, other ducks and plenty of food. Still, I hope Squeaker is alright and that I made the right decision by taking it.

It was fun having a duck in my office for a few hours too, even though it stunk.

Consent

2010-07-19T12:02:00.000-07:00

"By submitting a photo to the contest, the Contestant affirms that he or she has obtained written consent from all individuals whose image or likeness appears in the photo and further affirms that he or she is prepared to provide reliable documentation to that effect upon request (or from the individuals’ parent/legal guardian if any such individuals are considered a minor in their country of residence). The Contestant further affirms that he or she has obtained the necessary rights, licenses, consents and permissions to use all material in the photo."

This has stopped me from entering so many contests. These are requirements to enter certain photo contests, but you look at some of the entries and I will put money down that the majority of the people in the photographs signed no kind of consent forms given by the photographers. I can bet many did not even hand out a consent form.

Maybe they did?

I don't have any written consent forms from the people of I have photographed. What do you do, enter the contest anyway? If you're in a public place at a public event don't you have to right to make and use your photographs without any kind of written consent from the person being photographed?

In newspapers we don't ask for people to sign something before we publish the photograph. Is verbal agreement of giving out your first and last name and city considered a kind of consent? I mean if someone asks not to be photographed or for their name not to be published I respect that 99.99 percent of the time. For instance, a child going through a parents divorce, undercover police, witness protection, certain children in school, calling in sick from work and he or she is hanging out at the park, whatever. If someone asks not to be photographed just because they don't like their hair or something, it ticks me off, but I still respect it. What would happen if you published a photograph of the person anyway? Is it considered libel?

But this is different. What I get from this is you need actual signed documentation from say that street vendor in New Orleans that you made picture of during Mardi Gras.

My favorite is "from all individuals", so if you're at some kind of protest or major event.... well you get the idea.

I'm so confused.

Golf

2010-07-15T13:49:00.000-07:00

For the Love of Vinyl

2010-07-14T17:23:00.000-07:00

A short video I did on Ragged Records for The Dispatch and the Argus:
Bob Herington, owner of Ragged Records on Brady Street in Davenport, has between 50,000 and 60,000 records in his store alone. That does not count CDs, DVDs, and music memorabilia. "It's kind of filling a nitch that no one else is doing in the area, " Mr. Herington said about his store. "It's got more of a head-shop feel without being a head-shop, it's still just a record store."

Tasha Williams: Polk and California

2010-07-05T19:11:00.001-07:00

Blues Fest

2010-07-05T17:01:00.001-07:00

futbol

2010-07-01T10:01:00.000-07:00

Larry and Shirley

2010-06-29T17:42:00.000-07:00

I met my two knew friends Larry and Shirley while walking out of work the other day. We chatted about.. we'll I'm not sure what exactly, but we chatted for a while. They are a delightful couple and it made my day to talk with them. I made a quick photograph of them before I went on my way.

Perch

2010-06-24T06:08:00.000-07:00

Zombies

2010-06-22T05:44:00.000-07:00

Two more with Jonell and Isaac

2010-06-16T08:44:00.001-07:00