What is the only thing better than photographing an event for Porsche?? Photographing TWO events for Porsche!!
The first event was Porsche North America’s VIP release party for their new four door sports sedan (a first for Porsche), the Panamera. The event was held at the home and super-fly event venue of Christian Ruffin of One Stop Productions – black tie unveiling for 225 guests!
Chef Tom Colicchio of Top Chef fame was on hand to host the event along with Suchita Vadlamani of the Good Day Atlanta Show. Many celebs and notable guests were in attendance to see the AMAZING new offering from Porsche.
I would not be a photographer in Atlanta if I didn’t notice one of our industry icons was in attendance – gotcha Dennis!
After a cocktail reception enjoying the current models offered by Porsche, it was ‘out with the old and in with new’ – the new Panamera!
After guests had the opportunity to check out the new four door Porsche, it was time to head down to enjoy a fantastic evening meal and entertainment!
Dana Dabruzzi and the incredible Affairs to Remember team headed up the effort for catering and event design – point man William Fogler made the timeline decisions and onsite coordination a breeze – the event was a HIT! Thanks to the ATR team for pulling me in on this amazing evening and to Melissa for persevering through a poor shoe choice to be my assistant for the night!
Thanks to a wonderful conversation with Jaclyn Schnirring of Audio, Automation & Theater, Inc. I found myself shooting another grand Porsche event just a few days later. This time we were capturing the Panamera launch event for Hennessy Porsche in Alpharetta.
Julie Kleinschmit of Luxe Marketing welcomed me to the event team for this evening that included a fire dancer, Grey Goose ice luges, amazing eats, displays from Bloomingdale’s, live cigar rolling, lounges, models, and LOTS of razzle dazzle for a packed house!
Thanks to Peter and Shauna for heading up the onsite printing and real-time slide show, Adam for being my man on the step/repeat logo wall, and Kevin for being right where I needed him to be with equipment, a helping hand, and for listening to me ramble on about how and why I do what I do on the photo beat!! Oh yea – and thanks to the models for having their pic made with little ol’ me!
