Joe Sterne's Blog

Chelsea and Jason’s Engagement Preview!

I had the great honor of photographing Jules and I’s friends Chelsea and Jason engagement today. The shoot went off without a hitch and they were a blast to take pictures of. It’s so cool to capture the love these two share. I couldn’t wait to show them some of the photos- here is a…

Joe Sterne

October 23, 2011

Baltimore, Photography, Project Art, The Unique Project

chelsea and jason, engagement, engagement shoot, joe Sterne photography, maryland, photography, preview
Wow, this place is a zoo! (26.2)

Well, that isn’t entirely true. We only ran through an *actual* zoo for a mile or so during the 2011 Baltimore Marathon in which we were told to “watch out for the animals” (true story). Luckily for us marathoners, the zoo animals were kept under the watchful eyes of zookeepers while we all ran past.…

Joe Sterne

October 19, 2011

Baltimore, Better yourself, The Unique Project, Thoughts

26.2, baltimore, cancer, livestrong, Marathon, maryland, maryland double, Road running, running
BlackRapid RS Sport Review!

A couple of weeks ago I received an RS Sport strap from BlackRapid for our upcoming Fall Photowalk. I thought it was the responsible thing to do (wink wink) to test it myself beforehand in Europe before we had the photowalk. The photowalk cofounder, Zach, is a huge fan of their straps and after testing…

Joe Sterne

October 18, 2011

Europe 2011, Photography, Product Reviews, Social Media, The Photowalk Alliance, Travels

Arts, BlackRapid, camera, DSLR, Equipment and Services, europe, fall 2011 photowalk, France, gear review, photography, photowalk, prague, Strap, test, timbuk2, travel
This is a test…this is only a test (HDR)

So you may have heard I took a trip over to Europe recently. It’s true- I went to France, Luxembourg, and the Czech Republic. I brought my camera along for the ride with a lens I rented from Borrowlenses.com. While it will take weeks for me to sort through the 50+ GBs of photos/videos I…

Joe Sterne

October 7, 2011

Europe 2011, Photography, The Unique Project, Travels

Borrowlenses.com, Czech, Czech Republic, France, hdr, Luxembourg, photography, prague, test
My* Burger Shop!

*Not actually mine Today, Jules and I ran down to Tyson’s Corner to meet up with Ryan. He was lending me some travel adapters for my rapidly upcoming Europe trip and wanted to have lunch with me before I left. After making a brief stop at the Apple Store, we headed over to a place…

Joe Sterne

September 17, 2011

Photography, Project Art

Apple Store, Beef, burger, food porn, joe’s burgers, joe’s burgers mclean, Recreation, travel
You want me to shoot what?

Recently, my best friend Ryan asked if we could go on a shoot in Philadelphia, PA. He was commissioning me to get a picture of Boathouse Row for him (that would go on a canvas) and he also wanted to go on the shoot with me. I (of course) agreed and we wandered around downtown…

Joe Sterne

September 13, 2011

Better yourself, Photography

Boathouse Row, Pennsylvania, philadelphia, Philadelphia Metro, Philly.com, photography, photoshoot, ryan, United States
How I remembered September 11th, 2001

I still remember where I was on September 11th, 2001 when I found out about the attacks. I had just gone to my Latin class (which ironically enough my teacher is one of my only teacher Facebook friends) and she had the TV on. We saw the second tower get hit and that’s when I requested…

Joe Sterne

September 11, 2011

Thoughts

2001, ithaca college, memorial service, New York, New York City, Pentagon, sept 11th, september 11th 2001, the fountains, United States, vigil, washington dc
Flash…Gordon?

I was recently hired by one of Jules’ friends Chelsea for an engagement shoot. Since they wanted an outdoor shoot, I finally had an excuse to buy a flash (as I need one in general- especially for this shoot). Here is a couple of sample shots that I took this weekend at a wedding in…

Joe Sterne

September 5, 2011

Better yourself, Photography, The Unique Project

canon, Chelsea, flash, Flash Gordon, learning, photography, solon, Weddings
Juste B Shoot

My friend Ambra, who you may remember from this post, owns a nail salon in Federal Hill called Juste B. She asked me a couple of months ago to take some shots of the interior and exterior of the shop for a submission to a nail magazine. They have a gorgeous shop in Locust Point…

Joe Sterne

August 30, 2011

Baltimore, Photography, Social Media, Work for Hire

ambra, Beauty, Cosmetics, Flickr, Health, juste b, Nail Care, Nail salon
Random shots in Random times

Last week I brought my photo equipment into work to grab a product shot for one of our internal communications. While I was editing that morning, I looked up from my desk, out the window and saw a beautiful day. I tried to capture the essence of the moment in Baltimore that morning. While I…

Joe Sterne

August 19, 2011

Baltimore, Better yourself, Photography, Social Media

@baltimoreMD, Arts, baltimore, black and white, Business, Business Services, city, cityscape, color, Communications, peace, photography, print
Playing around with HDR, part I

I’ll admit it- I haven’t posted in over a week (two weeks to be exact). While this is for a myriad of reasons which some I can disclose and some I cannot, rest assured I haven’t been sitting still. One great example of this was 2 weekends ago when my buddy Ryan hired me to…

Joe Sterne

August 19, 2011

Better yourself, Photography, Travels, Work for Hire

Adobe Photoshop, commission, Digital single-lens reflex camera, High dynamic range imaging, PA, philadelphia, philly, Photograph, photography, Techniques and Styles, work for hire
How to sell yourself on the Internet

Recently I have gotten a few requests to advise on social media strategy and how to promote yourself or your business on the internet. Here is a basic primer that I mentioned to a couple of my interns, who have different interests and goals. Both of them are in college and will be soon entering…

Joe Sterne

August 8, 2011

Social Media, Tech

Business, concepts, facebook, google, Google Profiles, help, hiring, ideas, LinkedIn, photography, promotion, recruiting, Search Engines, Searching, SM strategy, social media, strategy, twitter
How I found an untapped market by accident (and made some friends in the process)

A couple of months ago, after a few conversations with my friend Zach Egolf, I was very close to a new concept that I hadn’t tried yet. Over the last 6 months as my skills and questions grew I would often ask Zach for advice or ideas. He had been behind a Canon DSLR longer than…

Joe Sterne

August 7, 2011

Baltimore, Photography, Project Art, Social/Group, The Unique Project

#2011photowalk, amydpp, baltimore, baltimore buzz brigade, canon, CustomInk, Digital camera, Digital single-lens reflex camera, Eventbrite, Google Talk, Inner Harbor, jules11127, maryland, Otakon, photo avengers, photowalk, Point-and-shoot camera, theappletech, World Trade Center, zegolf
What I’ve learned from Marcy

This week my awesome and wonderful dog Marcy turns 5. I’ve had Marcy since I was in college- I was turning 21 (birthday gift to myself) and she was 2 months old. I knew instantly that she would change my life in ways I couldn’t predict. She has been with me through many different events…

Joe Sterne

July 26, 2011

Photography, The Unique Project

dog, GSD, marcy, marcythedog, Pets, retrospective, what I’ve learned, white german shepherd
30 years and a giant metal “ManWomen”

This past weekend Jules and I rounded up some friends and headed uptown to Artscape. This year of Artscape marked its 30th anniversary of the alternative art festival and this year did not disappoint. Held luckily a week before a serious heat wave on the east coast, Artscape usually suffers from high temperatures while you…

Joe Sterne

July 24, 2011

Baltimore, Buzz Brigade, Photography, Project Art, Social Media

ampollokoff, Art, Arts festival, Artscape, artscape 2011, baltimore, Baltimore Grand Prix, Ferrari Enzo, joe Sterne photo, light rail, photography, Public art, ryanatmgh, Visual Arts
How BGE tried to kill my dogs

We’re BGE Peak Rewards customers. Which shouldn’t be a big deal- we knew from the beginning in exchange for savings money on our bill that BGE could cycle our compressor (not the circulating fan) for the duration of an “event”. We chose the 100% cycling because our basement in our row home is very cool and…

Joe Sterne

July 22, 2011

Baltimore

AC, baltimore, BGE, Business, Customer, Netflix, peak rewards, power
Hanging in Annapolis

Last weekend Jules and I headed down to Historic Annapolis for a change of scenery. Even know Annapolis is less than an hour away from our house in Baltimore, we rarely visit. We decided to spend an afternoon wandering around and taking pictures. Here is a sample of the day-for the rest check out my Flickr…

Joe Sterne

July 18, 2011

Photography, Project Art, Travels

Annapolis, Annapolis Maryland, baltimore, fun, jules11127, julia, maryland, outdoors, photowalk, PicTrip, Recreation
Light the fuse!

Even though Jules and I spent the weekend at Lake Anna, we still made sure to get back in time for the annual fireworks in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. After some deliberating (since the weather almost didn’t hold out), we decided to make the trek back up to our friend Richard’s rooftop deck to view them. This…

Joe Sterne

July 10, 2011

Baltimore, Project Art

baltimore, canon, DSLR, Firework, Independence Day, Inner Harbor, long exposure photography, photography, Pyrotechnics, t2i