Stride invited me in to capture the inter-workings of their collaboration at this off-site event. They have a few of these each year to keep things fresh and the ideas flowing.
People talking and collaborating...
They had a great space for this event and was able to capture some of the amenities.
One final "fun" image with the entire group.
Something I strive for in my business is to please each client so above expectations that they want to hire you over and over again. I work hard to achieve this and have been fortunate enough to be able to do with Bottle & Bottega. They are a wine and art party business, have a local studio and host events like this on-location for organizations that want teambuilding activities.
Two overall goals here: 1) Capture the event, venue, and give a sense of what it was like to be there and 2) Select key images to end up in a slideshow video to showcase the type of work Bottle & Bottega does.
The first set of images here are of the crew responsible for helping each of the tables: the artists.
I captured people at various stages of painting; here are a few...
Some tables as they finished (love the guy with both hands up)
A sense of the overall space, the finished result and people gathering in front of the paintings to admire the work.
An additional component of this shoot was to produce a video slideshow from the images that can be used for Bottle & Bottega marketing efforts for the holidays. Here's a link to that video.
Host: Bottle & Bottega NJ
Venue: Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick
What’s not to enjoy about events where people are getting together and having fun? I’ve done a few events now for Bottle & Bottega and its always a great time! Its interesting how there’s consistently trepodation as people enter the room (especially for corporate events since they are sometimes not told what their activity is until they arrive) and fears are quickly alleviated as the activity is explained by Rupa and her team.
There’s lots of preparation that goes into planning the event. Here are some shots of the preparation in progress.
The painting instruction begins and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
Rupa, the owner of the North Jersey Bottle & Bottega pulls double-duty this time and is teaching in addition to overseeing the event.
There were about 50 people at this event. Here are a few taken while “working” on their art.
Each of the three tables gathered to present their final masterpiece. I’m sure they’ll be hung throughout the offices shortly.
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Special thanks to:
Tanya @ the Basking Ridge Country Club
Rupa and her team
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve recently teamed up with Bottle & Bottega which is a paint and sip studio where you can bring some wine, food, friends and they have artists on hand to help you create your own masterpiece on canvas.
I tagged along to a team building event with Bottle & Bottega for Bayer at the Skytop Lounge in the Poconos. The plan was for me to shoot video with the goal of capturing the event, featuring the painting and teamwork and ultimately the final mural the group put together. In addition, I planned to interview as many people as I could get to sit down with me to give a sense of what their experience was like. It all went even better than expected.
Upon arrival, I noticed one thing that was missing for me: a space to interview others. I scanned the property and what I ended up with was an outside setup that unless I would have told you it was outside, you wouldn’t have known any different. It happened to be a pretty hot/humid night so that was a little tough but everyone made it through the interview without a hitch.
After a couple of rounds with Bottle & Bottega, I have a finished product that they love and I’m proud to show. I look forward to more events with this group!
Music Licensed through Marmoset: Love and Oceans (Instrumental) by The Dimes