Charity Luau 2012 Part I (click any image to see the full version) My parents invited me to the charity luau again and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to brush up my event photography skills. This was the third…
Scythian The past few weeks had been absolutely dreadful, as far as the weather in the Dayton area was concerned. But this particular Saturday welcomed a break in the oppressive humidity and scalding high temperatures. I had a portrait…
Stranger at Riverscape After work last Friday, I headed down to Riverscape MetroPark to take some shots of Stranger at First Friday before the Light Up Dayton event downtown. Of course, just like the rest of the summer, it was bright,…
Multiple Myeloma Research Walk/5K at Wolfe Park in Columbus, Ohio Multiple Myeloma is a cancer of the blood. This cancer occurs in the bone marrow. The marrow is found in the center bones. This is where red and white blood…
Zombie Walk 2012 October 20th, 2012 was this year’s Yellow Springs Zombie Walk. Ghoulish fun for the whole family. It was the fourth year for this fund raiser for Home, Inc. There was a recommended donation to benefit Home, Inc…
Yellow Springs Artist Studio Tour and Sale 2012 Here are more shots from this year’s YSAST. Part one is here. Below the images there is a full listing of the artists that took part in this years event. Naysan McIlhargey…
Family Photography – Fall Colors Fall is always a great time to get some family photos done. The colors are warm and the temperature is usually pleasant and cool. This session was held at George Rogers Clark Park in Springfield,…
Family Photography – McMasters Shoot I had the pleasure of doing a family photography shoot of an old friend, her sister and their children at Taylorsville MetroPark in Vandalia, Ohio. About the Park (from their website) Taylorsville MetroPark contains exceptional…
My First Trip via Amtrak I decided to take the Amtrak for my vacation about two months before I left, just to be able to say I have done it. My trip from Cincinnati to DC was to be about…
Dayton Greek Festival 2012 Part III The Dayton Greek Festival is one of the best fall festivals in the Miami Valley. The people are always friendly, the music is always good, and the food is incredible. One of the greatest…
Dayton Greek Festival 2012 Part II OPA! The Dayton Greek Festival is always teeming with the sounds, the sights, and the smells of the Greek isles. The Greek Tycoons are the longstanding “house” band of the Dayton Greek Festival. They…
The Dayton Greek Festival 2012 Part I Every year on the weekend after Labor Day, the air around Grafton Hill is filled with the savory aromas of the Mediterranean. These emanations are all due to the annual Dayton Greek Festival….
Worldwide Photowalk – Cincinnati, Ohio Time is speeding up as the days fade into the fifth annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk on October 13th, 2012. Last year I went on a walk led by Keith Keiser of Keiser Photography in Milford,…
Downtown in Focus 2012 – Dayton, Ohio I had the privilege of taking first place in the 2011 Downtown Dayton Partnership’s Downtown in Focus photography contest in the Amateur – Abstract category last year. I have started to whittle away…
Charity Luau Part II (click on any image to see full version) Fire Dancers incoming… In case you didn’t see the first part here is a link to it. These are the rest of the shots from the Spirit of…
Dayton Celtic Festival 2012 Scythian at the Dayton Celtic Festival These guys were great. The whole post is over at band.alexsablan.com. They were very entertaining and the girls loved them. You can get more info on them at the…
McGovern Ceili Dancers After Scythian rocked the house, the McGovern Ceili Dancers came out and rocked the house again. They are a local Irish dance group that performs locally, nationally, and even internationally and have brought home over 300 medals….
Local News Station Purchases a Photo for New Set So, I can finally talk about what happened. A couple of months ago, around mid May, I was contacted by the creative director at Dayton’s WDTN about how they were going to…
Funky G at the Oregon Express – Band Photography Funky G, aka Greg, also does Karaoke at W.O. Wright’s, and will soon be starting a Tuesday show down at the Vue. They asked him to get a shot for their…
Butterflies and Sprinklers A break in the heat wave came just in time for the opening of the Butterfly House at Cox Arboretum MetroPark one of the Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton, Ohio. I decided to take my lunch down…
July 4th Fairborn Fireworks by Alex Sablan This is just a sneak preview of the shots I took last night of the Fairborn, Ohio fireworks show. I probably should have used a wider lens, but I like the way they…
Blooms by Dayton Photographer Alex Sablan Taken at Wegerzyn Garden MetroPark in Dayton, Ohio The sky was clear, the flowers were blooming, and the park was empty. That day seemed like the perfect opportunity to capture some color to add…
Band Photography – Funky G at the Greene Towne Center in Beavercreek, Ohio About the Shoot Band photography always has many challenges in normal settings, when you put a band playing under cloudless skies midday one needs to find creative measures to…
Band Photography Funky G at the Greene Towne Center in Beavercreek, Ohio About the Shoot Band photography always has many challenges in normal settings, when you put a band playing under cloudless skies midday one needs to find creative measures to overcome…