Top 21 Photos of 2021
This is our third annual Favorite Shots of the Year post. This year they are in chronological order. Each has a story to tell, an emotion to share, or a moment to freeze in time. They are comprised of wedding photos, senior portraits, school portraits, sporting events, and even some baby birds. We had fun putting this gallery of images together and we hope you enjoy them. For 2021, we present our top 21 photos. Throughout 2021, we photographed 372 sessions. These include everything from quick in-studio class photo makeups to all-day events like weddings. In all, this totaled just over 380,000 photos taken so to narrow it down to 21 was a challenge.
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Johnson City Wrestling V. Greene, Oxford, Maine Endwell, and Chenango Valley
Last night Johnson City Wrestling hosted a tournament for Maine Endwell, Chenango Valley, and Greene/Oxford. We were on hand to photograph the event.
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Johnson City Girls Basketball vs Vestal
Last night we were at Johnson City High School to capture the Girls Varsity Basketball team take on Vestal. In the end, Vestal came out on top 53-37.
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Johnson City Boys Basketball vs Chenango Valley
We were on hand to photograph the Johnson City Boys Basketball team hosting Chenango Valley. By the end of the first half, CV was down by 11 but battled back to keep the game close, even holding a lead for a bit in the 4th but in the end, JC came out on top 75-69. Click below for a gallery of shots from the game.
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Johnson City Boys Basketball vs Maine Endwell
We were on hand this afternoon to capture Johnson City Boys Varsity Basketball hosting Maine-Endwell. It was a tense game with a lot of lead changes but in the end, Avery Cunningham sunk a 3 (picture below) to gain the lead with around 10 seconds to go and JC won 69-66.
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Johnson City Girls Basketball vs Maine Endwell
Last night we were on hand to photograph Johnson City girls varsity basketball hosting Maine Endwell. M-E came out on top 58-33 in the end but it was a battle the whole way. Click below for a link to our gallery of 78 shots from the game.
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Johnson City Swimming and Diving vs. Vestal
We were on the pool deck last night to capture Vestal coming to Johnson City for a boys varsity swim meet. We have published a galley of images from the night and you can click the link below to view.
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Johnson City Boys Swim Meet and Senior Night
Last night we were on hand to photograph the Johnson City Boys Swim Team take on Union Endicott and the 2021 Senior Night. Click below for a gallery of images from the night.
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Alyssa and Cody
On December 11th, we were able to capture the wedding of Alyssa and Cody. The list of adjectives to describe them is never ending, sweet, kind, happy, loving, easy-going, humble, amazing…. We could go on for paragraphs…. Like all our couples who got married in 2020, they had to scale back on their plans for their ceremony and reception so the big party is going to have to wait until later in 2021. Here are some of their shots from later in the evening.
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Top 20 Photos of 2020
2020 is a year most of us will never forget, no matter how much we try. It has been a year of highs and lows. For our studio, it was not the year we’d hoped for, but we also have been able to weather the COVID storm and the temporary shutdowns. All told, we photographed 189 events including weddings, seniors, families, headshots, special events, newspaper gigs, sporting events, team photos and commercial projects. In total, we shot just over 215,000 photos. We went back and forth, trying to narrow those 215,000 shots down to our top “20 photos for 2020”, and it was a tough task. Please don’t take it personally if your photo is not in this list. We could have made a top 2020 for 2020 but we think that would have been a bit too much. So, with that said, here we go, in no particular order… our top “20 photos from 2020”…
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Sophia - Class of 2021 Senior
Sophia joined us recently in the studio for her senior portrait experience. We photographed a couple of outfits, cap and gown, and even did a few track related shots. Here are a few images from her session…
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Jeremiah - Class of 2021 Senior
Jeremiah joined us recently for his senior portrait experience. He recently committed to Alfred University to play football next year so we spent his session focusing on football in his JC uniform and casual shots in his Alfred jacket. Here are a few samples from his session.
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Harley - Class of 2021 Senior
Harley came to the studio recently for her senior portrait experience. We had a fun session using several of our different looks and ending in a cap and gown session.
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Taylor - Class of 2021 Senior
Get ready for the Class of 2021! Taylor joined us recently for her senior portrait experience. We started out at Cutler Gardens and then headed into the studio for her yearbook photo and some fun casual shots. Here is a sneak peak of her shots and there are many more in her gallery.
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How to See and Photograph the Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3
Here is your first and last chance to see the comet C/2020 F3 Neowise as it only comes by every 7000 years or so. It’s currently about 64 million miles away from the Earth and is the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since Hale-Bopp in 1997. Under the right conditions it can be seen with the naked eye and can be photographed fairly easily.
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CLASS OF 2021 - UNIQUE SESSION CONTEST
Submit your concept for a truly unique senior portrait session below. Entries will be accepted from now until August 15, 2020 at which point all entries will be judged by our team and the winner will be announced on August 16th.
The winner will receive a free Platinum Senior Session which includes a 60-90 minute session, smart phone app, digital files, and 15 prints (any size you would like, up to 11x14). A $300 value.
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Smoke Bombs and Pools for a group of Vestal Seniors
This weekend we had a fun shoot with 6 Vestal Seniors that started out with smoke bombs, went through a Coke add of sorts, saw a prince kissing a frog, and ended with some huge jumps into a pool. Click the video below to see how it all went down….
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Class of 2020 Profile - Meet Ashley.
We are closing out these profiles with Ashley for two reasons, first, we are out of filled out questionnaires but… most importantly, Ashley has done something so incredible in her sport that we want to finish on this high note. Ashley is a senior at Union-Endicott this year and will be attending Molloy College next year on Long Island to major in psychology and to be a member of their bowling team. Ashley bowled for UE all through middle school and high school and this where things get crazy….
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Johnson City Class of 2024 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony
On June 16th, the Johnson City Middle School hosted its annual 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony 2020 style with a drive through. At the end of the route around the school, the class of 2024 was invited to have photos taken by us, here is a gallery of those shots... (As always, you can download shots to share online for free and watermark free prints are inexpensive)
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Class of 2020 Profile - Meet Brandon.
Brandon is a senior from the Johnson City Class of 2020 and will be attending SUNY Onondaga next year where he will be playing Lacrosse for the 12 time national championship Onondaga Lazers. His favorite memory from high school was winning the lacrosse sectionals and then going on to win the first state qualifier game, the first time that JC has won in this level.
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