Event Photography in Texas

As the last guest heads home from the USA Film Festival, I think it can be said without question that the 42nd Annual USA Film Festival was a huge success. The festival had full houses for almost every screening -in fact a lot of them had waiting lists. We are still trying to catch up and will post more soon, but we wanted to share some of our favorite shots taken by Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber for Lisa Stewart Photography. You can also see some of our images on The USA Film Festival Facebook page.

Tonight was the first night of Savor Dallas 2102, and we have over 1,200 images to sort through! Be sure to check out our page at Lisa Stewart Photography.  At first glance here are some of our favorites. For information on how you can attend tomorrow’s events, check out the Savor Dallas website.

What a busy weekend this was in Dallas! The opening festivities of the new bridge, a wine tasting at The Workroom, The Giants parade and the perfect way to end the weekend – attending the Raiser Grazer – Dames in the City.

This event is the annual event for the Dallas Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier – a group of professional women with outstanding careers in the fields of food, beverage, and hospitality. Their mission is to provide professional support to women beginning their careers in these fields through educational programs, mentoring and scholarships.

How can you have anything but an exceptional evening when you get to enjoy the finest food and wines, a wonderful auction and a a cake raffle all that benefited this amazing organization. We not only loved the event, we loved the chefs and people involved. Thank-you for a wonderful evening that we are already looking forward to attending next year!

Residents of Oak Cliff love a good party, and what is a better reason to celebrate than Mardi Gras? We saw this mask along the parade route and had to share.

We are so proud to be the official photographers for the USA Film Festival, and we are honored to have been involved with this great organization for over 10 years.

They recently had a screening of “The Help”, and Octavia Spencer was a guest along with director and screenplay writer Tate Taylor. There has been lots of Oscar buzz about this film – fingers crossed!

One of the great things about being the official photographer of the USA Film Festival is the amazing people I get to meet and photograph, and the films I get to experience.

Tim Hetherington will always be one of my favorites, and I was saddened to hear that he was killed today in Libya doing what he loved doing – taking pictures. He made me really understand the sacrifices that our armed forces make every day for us, and the visions that he shared with us of what life is like for our soldiers will always be with me.

I love these photos of him laughing, and he seemed to have a great sense of humor. If you haven’t seen Restrepo, please do now and think about this courageous man who gave his life as the soldiers around him have to protect us.

It’s hard to believe that Savor Dallas is less than a week away! This will be the 7th year that I’ve attended and styled the shots for photography – each year seems to be better than the last. As a Lifestylist®, I appreciate the fact that Savor Dallas is all about Living your Life with Style, and eating well as you do it!

With over 200 chefs, mixologists and winemakers typically bringing goodies that always not only look good enough to eat, but to shoot as well. I have to get with their team, style the item on a pretty plate that I bring along or a beautiful glass, then hand them off to photographer Lisa Stewart of Lisa Stewart Photography. We only have a few hours on each day to accomplish this so I’m always amazed at what Lisa is able to get photographed.

Today I pulled some of my favorite shots and made a video with them -great memories and inspiration on what I want to accomplish this year. Which is your favorite?

For more information on this fantastic event, contact Jim and Vicki at: www.savordallas.com

Most of the photography on the site is shots that Lisa and I did as well, so enjoy!