chetsgroi

These are some very well done photos; thanks so much for sharing! :-)

Thanks for sharing your experience with us regarding this photographer; it is greatly appreciated! Being that you now have your photos in hand, would you mind sharing a few of them with us so we can better understand the quality of this photographer's work? Many thanks! :-) - Chester

Adriana, Thank you very much for the information regarding this photographer. If you don't mind, we'd love to see a few photos from your wedding/trash the dress session as well as your personal experience with him during and after your wedding. If you still pleased with his work *after* you get back the prints etc, then definitely there will be an interest on our part! :-) Again, thanks for sharing. Warmly, - Chester

Howdy! Wow! What a nice clear video you guys shot (and it looked like everyone had fun shooting it too). Many thanks for sharing this with us. While it probably won't compare with the professional grade quality cameras you guys and gals are using, I did purchase a few months back the Olympus Stylus 1030 SW for $399 which is a recent incarnation of the 8 megapixel Olympus Stylus 770SW that has been around a while. The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW that I purchased claims to be able to go up to 33 feet underwater *WITHOUT* an underwater housing although there is an optional underwater housing one can purchase for this model digital camera should one want to go deeper. This 10 megapixel camera's other claim to fame is that it can be safely dropped from six feet and frozen without it suffering any harm (not to mention getting it dirty and messy). I have yet to test out these features but hope to very soon (maybe even at our TTD session). If you wish, though, to see what kind of shots this camera takes in the hands of a rank amateur (such as myself) please see my regular NON-WEDDING/TTD Flickr photostream at: sgroi's photosets on Flickr My only complaint about this camera is that some of the regular dry pictures that it takes seem a tad bit noisy but again one does not buy this camera to take great dry photos; one purchases this camera to take pictures in places where a regular point and shoot simply can't safely go. :-) - Chester

Thanks a lot guys (and gals) for the warm welcome here! It seems that I have found a valuable (warm) resource on the Internet and I sincerely appreciate the greetings. Thank you all for this! :-) Warmly, - Chester

Howdy, Initially I had problems viewing the slideshow at the link given at the beginning of this thread but what I ended up doing was making the "S" in both Sarah's capital instead of lowercase and it worked for me like this: ProShow Web Show Maybe this will help out someone... Regards, - Chester

Howdy: My name is Chester Paul Sgroi here in Sherman Oaks, California. I am doing some research on wedding photographers with the emphasis on possible Trash the Dress/post bridal (and groom) sessions. The wedding location will be in San Diego and the date will be mid February 2008. I will try to stay out of everyone's hair and studiously use the "search" function as this site seems to have a lot of valuable material (not to mention a great vendor resource as well). :-) Regards, - Chester