Dawn Giarrizzo Photography

Tennille & Mike July 11, 2010

dawngiarrizzo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:44:23 +0000

July 11, 2010 – I watched my good friend Tennille marry what appears to be the man of her dreams. I was honored from the very beginning when they asked me to be their photographer for the day. These two are such fun, loving people and you can see from the moment they are together that they are a perfect match. Enjoy some of my favorite picks from this beautiful day!

Great Minds think alike…

dawngiarrizzo — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:55:25 +0000

Recently, I got an email from a stylist I work with regularly, telling me to check out the new Oprah Magazine issue. As I flipped through the pages I came across a very familiar scene. About a year ago I did testing with this stylist, Mai Tran, titled Beauty Tools. This was one of my favorite projects to work on, but one shot didn’t quite fit in with the group, and ended up on the cutting room floor. You could imagine my surprise when I opened up to this page and saw such a similar image staring back at me. I guess this Guerlain compact gave us both the same inspiration in two different studios.

Beauty Tools

Bonobos Ad

dawngiarrizzo — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:17:15 +0000

Today became a day of photo re-organizing and I came across this Ad I did with RubberFish Art for Bonobos.

It was the first time I made images solely for the purpose of being pieced together. I guess I’m a little old-fashioned when it comes to that, I’m still used to creating the entire image in camera. It was a challenge to make my brain think a different way when shooting… but the end product came out amazing! What a great opportunity to work with such talented people!

Thanks all!

Sarah Elizabeth Pheonix Singh

dawngiarrizzo — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:22:38 +0000

Here is the newest edition to our family. My sister adopted her two weeks ago in Virginia after long process of paperwork and patience. She is too cute for words and her big brother Michael loves her more than you can imagine. Welcome Sarah!

Leaf Gallery

dawngiarrizzo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:08:16 +0000

So I just saw that the Leaf Gallery has featured my “beauty tools” project in their latest newsletter. It’s pretty exciting for me… check it out!

http://www.leaf-photography.com/news_en0909_dg.asp

I do love my leaf back; I’ve had clients look at the screen when I’m shooting and be amazed at the details you can see like the texture in fabrics and scratches on metal that you can barely see with your eye. I started my career just as digital was starting to replace film in the commercial world, it’s been amazing to watch the progression. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

Memorial Day 2009

dawngiarrizzo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:46:33 +0000

My husband and I went back to my birth-land of Rochester, NY for Memorial Day to visit my family, whom I wish were closer. A 7 hour car ride and we arrive to fresh air, warm hugs, and energized kids. I taught my niece how to hang from her knees on the monkey bars that day, which was all I wanted to do when I was her age. And I learned that my older nephew was too cool to have his picture taken so I had to paparazzi him. It’s nice to enjoy the simpler things in life…

May 11, 2009 – Oldies but Goodies

dawngiarrizzo — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:59:28 +0000

Sometimes when I shoot I don’t always love the results right away. This happened a lot when I shot film. I’d send the film in for development and would be so excited to see the prints, that when I got them back I was usually disappointed. Maybe it’s like seeing a movie that’s been built up so much you end up not liking it, or maybe it’s the artist critic in me. But usually I could put them away for a week and when I took them out again, I loved them!

So, I came across a shoot I did about a year ago. I liked the images ok then, but now I’m really digging them. Lilli Rubinstein, the stylist I worked with brought in these great doll house kitchen utensils. We combined them with some jewelry pieces, and we created some interesting images. I hope you like them… I’ll have to start digging through the archives again

New Website

dawngiarrizzo — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:08:54 +0000

Hi all! I’ve recently re-designed my website and added more recent work up there… check it out at

www.dawngiarrizzo.com

web-design by Justin Dickinson

Justin was a breeze to work with.

I’m always worried about annoying web designers because I will make a million changes; change my mind, add images, change the color scheme, etc.

But Justin was great, he really knows his stuff and was extremely helpful with the decision making.

Thanks Justin!

Spring ’09 InStyle Weddings

dawngiarrizzo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:01:24 +0000

Celebrity Weddings seem to be all over the media these days. Here is one of the new stories I worked on for InStyle Weddings for Spring, about how to get the same look as some of the more unique celebrity weddings. Make an extra note of the dresses… hanging mannequins plus heavy wedding gowns = creative thinking! Thanks to the amazing styling of Kate McCann, it turned out beautiful.

InStyle Weddings Winter ’08

dawngiarrizzo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:44:49 +0000

Here are some stories I worked on with InStyle Weddings for Winter ’09. Thought the text was appropriate after the grammies this week.

Invitation set by Elum Designs