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Most Visited Pages 2011

2012-01-06T11:45:00.000-05:00

Being a numbers junkie it's always fun to look back at stats to see which pages had the most views and try to figure out why.That being said here are the ten most viewed pages on www.fjgaylor.com for 2011.

#1 - Stonehill College Fall 2010

#2 - Arizona State University

#3 - Stonehill College Fall 2011

#4 - University of Miami

#5 - Winthrop University

#6 - Imperial College Fall 2010
#7 - Assumption College
#8 - Lamar University
#9 - Arkansas State University
#10 - St. Louis University

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Fall 2011 Underway - Arkansas State University

2011-09-14T14:48:00.002-04:00

After a nice summer break, we are back at it again for the Fall semester, traveling all over the place once again.The semester is off to a great start after a great couple of days in Jonesboro, Arkansas at Arkansas State University.Here's a sampling of our trip: ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYWe hope you like them.

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2011-06-10T11:25:00.004-04:00

Images from a rare "summer" assignment at The University of South Florida in Tampa from earlier in the week.

Here's a bunch from the two days at USF

After a brisk Spring semester and spending the last couple of weeks NOT traveling, it was definitely not easy to get on a plane and head to Florida in June, now February, that's a different story. :)

Aside from being super hot, it was a great time, and hopefully we get to go back soon :)

Spring Images from CA, IL, and MD

2011-06-06T12:50:00.006-04:00

Just wanted to share a few links to some assignments at the tail end of the Spring Semester.

First up are from an Independent All-Girls School in Bethesda, MD - Holton-Arms School, MD

Next from Santa Clara University in Northern California: Santa Clara University

and finally shots from DePaul University in Chicago: DePaul University

Two more trips: FLorida this Week and Arizona in a couple weeks and then a quiet traveless (is that even a word?) summer.

To see all our recent work goto: Spring 2011

Stonehill College Spring Photos and Commencement

2011-05-23T12:32:00.003-04:00

Here are some images from early May at Stonehill College and a video from yesterday's Commencement

Stonehill College Spring 2011

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Arizona State, Winthrop University, Lamar University

2011-05-11T14:49:00.006-04:00

As the Spring Semester SPRINT is winding down, we are slowly trying to dig out from a mountain of files.

Here's some recent image galleries from Arizona State University, Winthrop University and Lamar University

Enjoy

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Saint Louis University - Spring 2011

2011-04-20T09:11:00.000-04:00

After a long winter in the Northeast, we finally hit the road for the sprint of the Spring 2011 Semester!

It started with a couple days in the Midwest at Saint Louis University.

Love that Midwest charm from college students "FER SHURE!!!!!!!!"

Here's a bunch from the shoot. and a quick little video mixed in.

Enjoy!!!

Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2011-03-11T14:30:00.004-05:00

Here's some from a quick one day shoot last week at Jacksonville University.

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University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

2011-03-07T13:38:00.003-05:00

2011 is now underway and where better to start the year off than in South Florida in late February?

We were fortunate to be able to spend a couple days at the always plush University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL.

Here's a link to some images that we like from the shoot.

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University of Miami

2011-03-03T13:56:00.002-05:00

We were hired to do stills at the University of Miami this week, took tons and tons of stills, but managed to sneak in some video. It's only our second stab at video, which I really like. Disclaimer: Not a video editor or music producer, those seem like entire professions in themselves.

Moving forward, there is an obvious learning curve, but I think we're on the right track. We'd love to hear what you think

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Campus Video - Stonehill College

2011-02-24T10:33:00.002-05:00

We had our first crack at campus video the other day at Stonehill College. With the exception of messing around with video at my son's wrestling meets over the last month or so, I had never even tinkered with the medium, talk about jumping in feet first!

We had a fabulous time and am excited to do more on the video side. We obviously have a lot to learn, but have to say other than the post production learning curve, it's just another type of paintbrush to use.

Let us know what you think.

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Adding some video this semester

2011-02-15T14:51:00.003-05:00

As we gear up for a busy Spring Semester, it is finally time to add some video to our game.

Haven't had any experience at the Higher Ed Level, but have been playing around this winter trying to get used to the medium.

Let us know what you think.

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Quick Fall 2010 Recap

2011-01-05T13:16:00.003-05:00

As we start the new year, we just wanted to take a quick minute to reflect on the Fall 2010 semester with a quick video.

Take a look and hopefully enjoy: Fall 2010 Highlights

Fall 2010 was a great semester, starting out on the other side of the world in Australia and finishing up in London with plenty of stops in between.

As far away as the warm spring semester seems, it will be here soon enough.

Thanks so much and enjoy

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Fall 2010 Season comes to a close

2010-12-14T13:36:00.005-05:00

After a whirlwind of another Fall Semester we have FINALLY delivered all our photos and just wanted to update the blog with our last three assignments of the semester, two in Texas and one in London.

University of Texas at Tyler
Southwestern University
Imperial College

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Fall 2010 Continued

2010-11-08T17:02:00.002-05:00

Here's a couple of our recent shoot from this CRAZY fall semester.

MCLA, North Adams, MA
Stonehill College, Easton, MA
Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, IL

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Fall 2010

2010-10-15T16:22:00.003-04:00

Fall 2010 has been a blur since we began in Australia in late August. This is the first semester in a while that we have been neglecting the blog. Just wanted to put some links to our recent work since our last post..

Enjoy!!!!!

University of Indianapolis, IN
John Carroll University, OH
Simpson College, Indianola, IA
Navarro College, Corsicana, TX
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
University of New England, ME

Got about another month of heavy travel to finish up the Fall season.. Hope you enjoy

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Two New States: Minnesota and Tennessee

2010-09-17T16:16:00.003-04:00

It's been a very busy start to the Fall semester for us.

Just wanted to throw up a couple links to some recent visits to Minnesota and Tennessee, two new states on our list.

First off we spent a day in Mankato, MN at lovely Bethany Lutheran College, and then another day in Clarksville, TN at Austin Peay State University.

Heres some from Bethany Lutheran : Bethany Lutheran College

And here's some from Austin Peay: Austin Peay State

It's gonna be flat out for the next 8 weeks or so with visits to IN, OH, IL, TX, FL, ME, MA, IL, TX, and finishing up the fall semester in London...

Thanks so much for reading and have a great weekend

Central College, Pella, IA

2010-09-09T13:42:00.004-04:00

Last week we had a chance to go back to a great little school in Pella, IA, Central College. We were last there in 2006 and were thrilled that we were able to come back. Unfortunately Mother Nature put a damper on most of the day. For the most part this shoot was focused on faculty and students in the classroom at Central, so weather really wasn't a factor. It did come out late in the afternoon, allowing us to get outside for a bit and capture some sports.

To see some images from the day goto: Central College, September 1, 2010

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Fall 2010 Season Underway

2010-08-25T10:51:00.005-04:00

After a quiet summer, the hustle and bustle of the Fall semester is in full swing. We spent the last couple of days at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Here's some images from the last couple days: FJ GAYLOR Photography, Macquarie University

Spring 2010 Recap

2010-06-30T15:20:00.003-04:00

As we move into the dog days of Summer, just wanted to share with you some of our favorites from a VERY successful Spring 2010 Semester that took us to 19 schools in 11 states.

SO if you're bored and have a few minutes, we'd love you to take a look and let us know what you think.

Thanks so much

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Stonehill College Orientation 2010

2010-06-23T13:58:00.004-04:00

We spent the last couple of days at Stonehill College documenting the class of 2014 Orientation.

What a great time..

Take a look at some of our favorites: Stonehill 2014

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Suffolk University, Boston, MA

2010-06-11T14:04:00.002-04:00

Here's some from our recent shoot at Suffolk University in Boston.

Images from Boston for Suffolk University

We had a great time wandering all over the city on a gorgeous day.

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WPI, Worcester, MA

2010-05-18T13:56:00.003-04:00

Here's some from our third trip to WPI in as many semesters, Mother Nature was not our friend this time around. :(

WPI Spring 2010

Here's a link to a flickr set from our work at WPI the last few semesters also as well as a link to the Facebook album.

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PS: @epsteada thanks for showing us how to use flickr :)

Nichols College, Dudley, MA

2010-05-12T13:29:00.004-04:00

Here's some from a couple of unseasonably cold days at Nichols College in Dudley, MA.

Enjoy

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MCLA, North Adams, MA

2010-05-10T13:46:00.002-04:00

After a grueling Spring semester of travel, we finished up at MCLA in North Adams, MA on Friday. Some wonderful weather to finish off a great semester.

Here's some images from MCLA ENJOY!!!!

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Stonehill College, Easton, MA

2010-05-07T09:46:00.001-04:00

What a great way to start off our final week of the Spring semester, two gorgeous days at Gorgeous Stonehill College in Easton, MA.

Here's some from the last two days at Stonehill

Enjoy!!!!

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Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

2010-04-22T10:09:00.000-04:00

We spent the beginning of the week at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.. MSU has got to be the biggest campus on the planet. Feet are still screaming!!!

Here's some from Monday and Tuesday

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NC State University, Raleigh, NC

2010-04-16T13:44:00.002-04:00

Here's some images from the last two days at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.

Enjoy!!!

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A Sprint at The University of Arizona

2010-04-08T10:08:00.002-04:00

Here's some images from our ONE day shoot at The University of Arizona the other day.

Talk about a challenge: spend 9 hours on a flagship campus of nearly 30k students and capture as much as you can.

We are pretty happy with the RESULTS

Here's a bunch from the day

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University of Tampa, Tampa FL

2010-03-31T13:42:00.003-04:00

We finished up a grueling two week tour of Florida last Friday at The University of Tampa.

Here's some images from FJ GAYLOR University of Tampa

Hopefully you enjoy them.

We are digging out from nearly 100,000 images this week and then back at it next week on the West Coast.

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Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2010-03-26T11:32:00.002-04:00

After two long days of work in Pensacola, we drove the 360 miles East on I-10 for our North Florida tour stop in Jacksonville :)

What a day at Jacksonville University.

Here's a bunch from the day: FJ GAYLOR Jacksonville University

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University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL

2010-03-26T09:54:00.000-04:00

After a week in South Florida and a 38 hour trip home, We were back at it Monday and Tuesday at The University of West Florida in Pensacola.

Here's a bunch from UWF

To see our entire online portfolio of admissions photography goto: FJ GAYLOR Photography

Barry University, Miami, FL

2010-03-25T15:25:00.005-04:00

Here's some images from last week at Barry University in Miami, FL

We are in the midst of a 10 day run thru all parts of Florida, S, NW, NE and SW... It has been a grind, but couldn't ask for a better way to start off a busy Spring semester.

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Florida International University, Miami, FL

2010-03-05T15:17:00.006-05:00

We spent the last couple of days in Sunny South Florida at Florida International University, can't think of a better place to start our busy Spring semester. :)

Here's some images from FIU: FJ GAYLOR FIU

It felt great to get back in the swing of things the last couple of days in Miami at FIU. The first of Five Florida schools this month.

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Website Updated for 2010

2010-01-28T12:53:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to send out a quick post letting everyone know that our main site FJ GAYLOR Photography has been updated with new images from the fall 2009 semester.

It's always a chore redoing the website. After shooting what seems like a zillion images over a 12 or 13 week whirlwind, narrowing down our favorites is really tough. Also letting go of the older images is quite difficult. That's what Flickr's for right?

2010 is shaping up very nice, so hopefully we'll have the same problem come July.

So if you're into "real student life images", head on over to FJGAYLOR.com and let us know what you think.

Personal Work - Avon Falcons Football

2009-12-02T14:27:00.003-05:00

I guess all good things have to come to an end. Last week I wrote about some personal work i've been doing the last couple months.

I've been following the local High School football during a magical ride that included an undefeated regular season and a trip to the State Semifinals. After falling behind 28-0, the much smaller Falcons showed some real fight and came up just short 35-27.

What a fun experience photographing the emotion all year. Thanks so much for allowing me the opportunity.

To see more images from the entire season

Personal Work - Senior Day 2009

2009-11-24T13:25:00.005-05:00

Many photographers dedicate a portion of their time to working on "personal" projects that really inspire them, I've never really been that type of photographer until this Fall.

About a month and a half ago my, wife had asked me to take some pictures at the Homecoming game for our local High School Football team. Now keep in mind this was in the middle of our crazy busy season, the last thing I wanted to do was drag my camera out on the weekend and take pictures. Of course being the wonderful husband that I am :), I reluctantly took photos that day and to my surprise had an ABSOLUTE BLAST.

I've taken photos every game since and have truly LOVED it. The Falcons finished the regular season 10-0 and are headed to the State Playoffs.

I have been posting the images to the FJ GAYLOR Fan Page and have truly enjoyed watching many of the players become fans, tag themselves and make the images their FB profile pics.

I'm hoping the Falcons have two more wins left in the tank and become State Champions.

Fall 2009 Semester

2009-11-16T12:40:00.002-05:00

After a very successful fall semester that took us to 22 schools in 20 states, we wanted to share with you some of our favorites. So if you've got some time to waste, enjoy the video.

Thanks so much for everyone who made this a very successful couple of months. We are looking forward to what is already shaping up as a great Spring 2010 semester. ENJOY!!!!

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Avon High School Vs. Enfield HS Football

2009-11-08T12:55:00.002-05:00

The Avon High School Falcons moved to 8-0 as they defeated Enfield yesterday 51-12

Be sure to click options to enable full screen mode.

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Avon High School Vs. Windsor Locks HS Football

2009-11-01T10:15:00.003-05:00

Here's some from the 7-0 Avon High School Falcons game on Saturday

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Canisius College, Buffalo, NY - Day Two

2009-10-30T11:00:00.002-04:00

Here's some from Canisius College, in Buffalo from yesterday, our fourth day of rain and clouds this week. For the most part Mother Nature cooperated with us, but she tested us this week in Illinois and Buffalo.

Enjoy!!!!

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Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

2009-10-29T09:13:00.000-04:00

After two and a half months on the road we have arrived at our last trip of the 2009 Fall Semester.

After two rainy days in Illinois early in the week, there was no question that the rainy weather was going to follow East to Western New York. So when we woke up Wednesday morning to rain, we were definitely not surprised.

We're hoping for some sun tomorrow in Buffalo at Canisius College to show us how gorgeous the campus looks this time of year.

Here's some from yesterday. Enjoy!!!

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Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL - Day One

2009-10-27T09:14:00.000-04:00

After 10 straight weeks on the road this fall, we are in the home stretch finishing up our major travel this week, starting with a couple days at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL..

Grey, Rainy Day on Monday, Tuesday promises Blue Skies :)

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Avon High School Vs. Housatonic HS Football

2009-10-24T19:44:00.002-04:00

Here's some from the local High School football game this afternoon in a monsoon.

Enjoy

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Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC - Day Two

2009-10-23T13:51:00.002-04:00

What a week, 4 straight days without a cloud in the sky. We could definitely get used to this. :)

Here's some from yesterday at Winthrop University in South Carolina.

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Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC - Day One

2009-10-22T10:13:00.000-04:00

After spending the first couple of days in the DC area, we hopped in the rental car and headed 440 miles South to Winthrop University. Here's some from our first day there. Enjoy!!!

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Marymount University, Arlington, VA - Day Two

2009-10-21T08:58:00.000-04:00

We just arrived in Rock Hill, SC after another great day at Marymount University in Arlington.

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Marymount University, Arlington, VA

2009-10-20T09:00:00.000-04:00

Here's a bunch from a great day at Marymount University in Arlington, VA a stones throw away from our nation's capital.

A beautiful fall day, not a cloud in the sky. Hoping for another one tomorrow and then a couple more in South Carolina to finish the week.

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MCLA, North Adams, MA

2009-10-19T09:00:00.001-04:00

Fall is definitely here in the Northeast.

In our only trip to the the Northeast this semester we saw all kinds of weather, except of the WARM variety.

In a week that saw rain, sleet, snow and sun, It was an absolutely gorgeous fall day at MCLA on Friday.

To see our entire online portfolio of admissions marketing photography goto: FJ GAYLOR Photography

UCONN, Storrs, CT

2009-10-16T09:03:00.000-04:00

Well what can I say? I thought we had an in with Mother Nature, well it turns out we DON'T.

We've had a total of about 6 hours of sunshine all week in our only Northeast swing during peak foliage. Yesterday took the cake however at UCONN. What started off as a typical grey day, turned into about 7 or 8 hours of snow.

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SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

2009-10-15T09:01:00.001-04:00

Spent the day at SUNY New Paltz yesterday and for the first time we saw sun while in town..

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SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY - Day One

2009-10-13T08:17:00.000-04:00

We woke up early this morning to the first frost of the season, but it was SUPER SUNNY, a great way to start our only week in the Northeast this semester. Unfortunately Mother Nature did not want to cooperate and the clouds rolled in just before 9:00 am and NEVER left, another GREY, GREY day, but successful nonetheless at SUNY Cortland.

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Lamar University, Beaumont, TX - Day One

2009-10-08T09:07:00.000-04:00

After a couple days near Dallas, we traveled 275 miles Southeast to the Lamar University in TROPICAL Beaumont, TX. 81 degrees at 6 am with about 900% humidity. The weather played games with us all day. Each time we went outside after being inside for any period of time we had to wait about five minutes for our lenses to defog due ti the humidity.

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Navarro College, Corsicana, TX - Day Two

2009-10-07T09:03:00.000-04:00

After a grey day of shooting at Navarro on Monday and the forecast for more of the same Tuesday, we called in a favor to our good friend Mother Nature for some sun.

It started off a bit rocky but for the most part she came through for us with some pockets of sunshine to make for a GREAT second day of shooting in Corsicana.

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Navarro College, Corsicana, TX - Day One

2009-10-06T09:01:00.000-04:00

We are back in Texas, our second home (4th trip in 5 weeks) this time at Navarro College in Corsicana Texas for a couple days and then down South to the Houston area for the latter part of the week.

Unfortunately we ran into some weather yesterday, no rain, but grey, grey skies that kind of hampered some of outside shooting. Hopefully the clouds blow east and there's some blue skies for Tuesday.

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WPI, Worcester, MA

2009-10-02T09:19:00.004-04:00

Fall is definitely here in New England. We got our first taste of it yesterday while at WPI in Worcester, MA.. Temperatures struggling to get into the 50's, grey skies, and some color on the trees, my kind of weather, with the exception of the grey skies. It was also very nice to be able to wake up in our own beds and be home in time for a late dinner.

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Adams State College, Alamosa, CO - Day Two

2009-09-30T12:10:00.002-04:00

Sitting here waiting on a plane in Chicago, here's a bunch from our second day of shooting at Adams State College in Alamos, CO..

Enjoy!!!

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Adams State College, Alamosa, CO - Day One

2009-09-29T09:32:00.000-04:00

What a great day of shooting at Adams State College in Alamosa, CO.. Beautiful campus, beautiful weather.

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Eastern University, St. Davids, PA - Day Two

2009-09-25T09:14:00.002-04:00

After a long week on the road we are home for a couple days before heading off to Colorado Sunday Morning.

Here's some from our day Thursday at Eastern University

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Eastern University, St. Davids, PA - Day One

2009-09-24T09:14:00.000-04:00

After a great couple of days in Texas, it was time to switch gears to the Eastern University in the Philadelphia suburbs. The weather held out and we were able to capture some outside campus life.

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Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX - Day Two

2009-09-23T09:16:00.002-04:00

Here's a bunch from an unseasonably cold Abilene Christian University yesterday.

It was kinda strange to get off the airplane in the wee hours this morning in Philadelphia to find it about 15 degrees warmer than it was all day in Texas.

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Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX - Day One

2009-09-22T09:00:00.002-04:00

We found ourselves back in Texas for the third time in three weeks, this time in Abilene at Abilene Christian University.

Great place!!

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Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2009-09-18T14:22:00.002-04:00

Finally home after a long week in NJ and FL, yesterday we fought the elements at jacksonville University (rain, clouds and some sun)

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University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2009-09-17T09:50:00.001-04:00

This semester is officially in full swing, we've been nonstop since August 27th with trips to TX, IN, back to TX, IA, NJ and most recently FL.

We started the week in New Jersey, spent a couple days working at Monmouth University, hopped on a plane Tuesday night from Newark to Orlando and finally a 3 am arrival in Gainesville and the University of Florida.

This is our third visit to Gainesville in the last couple years. We love going here, it's kind of self explanatory (geography, size, athletics, great people, etc., etc.)

Well anyway budget woes allowed only one day of shooting at UF, YIKES!!!!!! Talk about a sprint. Try getting as much as you possibly can in a ten hour day on a campus on ~50,000 students.. Not the easiest thing in the world, but we hope we were able to deliver.

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Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA - Day One

2009-09-11T09:30:00.000-04:00

After two blistering hot days in North Texas we headed up north to Sioux City, Iowa and Briar Cliff University expecting some cooler weather.... Well no dice, it was a few degrees cooler but definitely much more humid. Blue skies all around, can't complain about that after all the rain this spring :)

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MIdwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX - Day One

2009-09-09T09:38:00.000-04:00

Back on the road after a great holiday weekend with family. This week we find ourselves in HOT, HOT, North Texas at Midwestern State University. Here's a bunch from yesterday. Enjoy.

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2009-09-04T14:33:00.001-04:00

Here's a bunch from IUPUI yesterday. A great finish to a long week on the road. Home for the weekend and then off to Texas and Iowa on Monday. Just realized we went to these same two schools in the exact same order last fall..

Any idea what two schools?

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IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

2009-09-03T09:44:00.001-04:00

Day three of our swing through Indiana found us at the campus of IUPUI near downtown Indianapolis. This is our fourth or fifth trip to IUPUI in the last two and a half years, and we are never disappointed. There is always lots of activity, great facilities and the PERFECT weather today didn't hurt.

Here's a bunch from Wednesday

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - Day Two

2009-09-02T10:00:00.000-04:00

Another gorgeous day at Purdue University!!!!!

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - Day One

2009-09-01T09:09:00.000-04:00

Here's a bunch from Purdue University yesterday. This is our second trip to Purdue in the last year. We've been to lots of big schools, but this has got to be the BIGGEST.... This time around we are working for the Housing and Food Services unit.

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Abilene Christian University Football Opener

2009-08-31T10:54:00.003-04:00

Well, the FALL travel season has OFFICIALLY begun:

Our first stop was in Abilene, TX at Abilene Christian University where we survived our first Texas Storm , and an experience it was..

Here's a bunch from the nationally televised football game the other night.

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Fall 2009 Semester Just Around the Corner

2009-08-18T14:50:00.004-04:00

And it's going to be a busy one!!!!!

Andrew Meyers from Hope College and Admittedly Dutch wrote a post today about the upcoming admissions travel season, and it got me thinking of ours as well.

How fast the summer goes, as we start up full tilt next week in Texas and are non stop until early November.

If we're in your area, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

2009-07-16T15:32:00.002-04:00

Here's a bunch from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY from the other day.

Having not picked up a camera in two months, I was a bit nervous, but it didn't take long to get back in the swing of things.

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2009-07-02T11:49:00.003-04:00

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Some FUN Personal Work

2009-06-05T13:02:00.001-04:00

One of the major downsides to this whole Higher Ed. Photography thing is all the travel in the Spring. Each spring I usually miss my son's first half dozen baseball games, and it kills me.

Well last night the playoffs started and my wife kindly reminded me that she didn't have any pictures of Zach this season. So off I went to the game with camera in tow.

What a great time, I always love shooting baseball...

PS... Can you guess which one is my not so little anymore Zach?

A Successful Spring Semester

2009-05-27T11:00:00.003-04:00

After a torrid seven weeks of nonstop travel and shooting, we are back in the studio slowly digging out from under several terabytes of raw files taken this spring semester.

Spring semester is always a sprint due to Weather, Easter, Spring Break, finals, etc.. and this Spring was no different. The weather was a bear everywhere we went, even California, go figure.

We've gotten positive feedback from all our clients this time around with the exception of a few who haven't received their pictures yet. So hopefully the trend continues with positive feedback, which would make for a nice summer.

If you've got a few minutes to burn, we'd love for you to take a look at some of our favorite spring 2009 images

Thanks so much to ALL our Spring clients, we hope to see you again in the coming semesters.

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA - Day Two

2009-05-12T09:18:00.000-04:00

Here's a bunch from our second day at Santa Clara University in Northern California

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Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA - Day One

2009-05-07T09:38:00.000-04:00

Here's a bunch from Santa Clara University yesterday.

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Bluefuego Fieldtrip!!!!

2009-05-07T09:10:00.001-04:00

The Bluefuego team, @bradjward and @fjgaylor were both on the West Coast yesterday.

So... We decided to go on a field trip to the Apple Campus and The Google Plex... We also went out to Palo Alto to the Facebook campus, but were unimpressed with the signage and security wouldn't let us get close.

SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY - Day Two

2009-05-06T09:10:00.000-04:00

Here's a bunch from Not So SUNNY, SUNY New Paltz yesterday.

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SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY - Day One

2009-05-05T08:15:00.000-04:00

We are on our final push of the Spring semester, first with a couple days at SUNY New Paltz and then off to the west coast for the latter part of the week.

After watching the weather all weekend hoping that Mother Nature would change her mind and drop some sun on New Paltz, we were disappointed when we arrived to a forecast that had a 90% chance of rain, And rain is what it did for most of the day.

This has been a tough spring for us with the weather. I'm beginning to get a complex.

Anyway here's a bunch from our first day at New Paltz.

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Stony Brook University - Day Three - Stony Brook, NY

2009-05-04T23:24:00.001-04:00

Here's some from a WET day three at Stony Brook University on Long Island

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Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

2009-05-01T08:15:00.000-04:00

Another great day of shooting at Stony Brook University ON Long Island.

Had to make sure I said "ON" Long Island as I was razzed by the staff for saying "IN instead of ON"... They've got a lot of nerve correcting me, considering how FUNNY they're accents are. Just Kidding!!!!

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Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

2009-04-30T08:26:00.002-04:00

Here's a bunch from Stony Brook University in Long Island, NY

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WPI, Worcester, MA

2009-04-28T08:00:00.000-04:00

A great start to another long week in our spring season.. Today we were at WPI in Worcester again, this time to focus on fun outdoor stuff.. The weather couldn't have been better.

We had a great day of shooting, the only downside to the day was that my iPhone finally died after months of abuse.

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MCLA, North Adams, MA

2009-04-27T09:15:00.001-04:00

After four straight days of rain last week, Friday was absolutely gorgeous!!!!! 80 and sunny up in the Northwest corner of Massachusetts at MCLA.

As I mentioned in previous posts, we find Spring such a tough time to shoot because of a few major variables that we have no control over. In addition to dodging the April showers, finding leaves on trees is also a road block that we frequently run into when shooting up north. Even though it may be 80 and sunny, when there's no leaves on the trees, it makes it almost impossible to get campus beauty shots (much better to capture during late summer or fall) without awful dead looking trees.

It was a long week in the car and on location, this week we'll see more of the same as we start off in Worcester, MA for a day, drive 400 miles to Buffalo for a day, fly to JFK, drive to Long Island for the tail end of the week and then start it all over the next week. :)

Here's a bunch from our two days at MCLA..

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Suffolk University, Boston, MA

2009-04-23T21:15:00.002-04:00

Wednesday we found ourselves at Suffolk University in the heart of Downtown Boston.

It's always fun to go to and work with the people at Suffolk. It's a bit of a departure from the way we typically work. As you can see from the images they look a bit different than what we normally shoot. (then again, maybe it's just me)

Suffolk is an urban school whose campus is essentially the city of Boston without a traditional campus. So Donald and Denise essentially run us ragged around the city to capture city scenes that depict Boston.

Other than the great city of Boston, we love it when they take care of us with food from Cosi :)

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Eastern University, St. Davids, PA - Day Two

2009-04-22T09:09:00.000-04:00

After a miserable rainy day on Monday, the sun FINALLY came out on Tuesday at about one pm.

After spending a day and a half shooting exclusively inside, we were getting a little fried, but thanks to the midday sun, we were able to get outside and grab some fun stuff at Eastern. For a school of less than 1,500 there sure was a lot of activity.

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Eastern University, St. Davids, PA - Day One

2009-04-21T09:16:00.000-04:00

Mother Nature was not in a good mood today, at least not in the Philadelphia suburbs. The forecast was calling for rain since late last week and that's exactly what it did ALL day at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA... Not only heavy rain, but a COLD rain. Eastern has a nice little campus, but by the images we were able to get today don't exactly show much of that at all.. Hoping tomorrow will clear out and allow us to show the campus.

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Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD - Day Two

2009-04-20T08:04:00.000-04:00

Here's some from Friday at gorgeous Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD.

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Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD

2009-04-17T09:15:00.000-04:00

Here's a bunch from Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD. The Mount was established in 1808 and is the second oldest Catholic College in the United States. Do you know which institution is the oldest?

One more day here on Friday.

Enjoy....

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SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

2009-04-15T09:05:00.001-04:00

On our last day off until Mid May, we found ourselves at SUNY New Paltz yesterday afternoon. We weren't scheduled to work at New Paltz until the beginning of May, but in a call to Rachel Reuben, I asked her if it was alright for us to come down for a few hours to capture some labs and art classes to make sure we got them prior to our visit in a few weeks.

The reason I asked her was simple: We are going to be back at New Paltz during the last week of classes and in prior experience, most, if not all science labs and art classes pack up a couple weeks before the end of the semester. Now we could go back in a few weeks and "set up" some fake labs and art classes, but as the majority of you know, that's not how we do it. :)

Rachel was flexible enough to allow us to come down for a few hours. She told me that the Fine Arts were a big part of the New Paltz scene, and she wasn't lying. We've been to a ton of schools, big and small and I can honestly say that aside from Indiana University's Herron School of Art, we have yet to see one as thriving as SUNY New Paltz.

It was definitely kind of weird to focus on only a couple specifics, as we usually roll through campus in two days capturing anything and everything that moves to build image libraries.

I can't wait to go back when there's some green and the weather's a bit nicer, great little campus..

Hopefully the New Paltz community enjoys them.

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USC, Los Angeles, CA - Day Two

2009-04-08T09:05:00.000-04:00

Another great day in Los Angeles at The University of Southern California

Enjoy!

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USC, Los Angeles, CA - Day One

2009-04-07T09:00:00.003-04:00

Well the season is now in full swing as we arrive in Southern California Late Sunday night, for a couple day at USC

The place is gorgeous, the weather on Monday was equally as gorgeous (with the exception of the sunburn) Oh by the way, we've been to a lot of places and I shop at all the bookstores, but man the USC bookstore is the BEST... (I'm pretty partial to Nike Gear)

One more day in LA and back home on Wednesday for the easter Holiday.

Here's a bunch from today, Enjoy.

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WPI, Worcester, MA

2009-04-02T02:15:00.003-04:00

April is here and so is the start of our busy spring season.

It kicked off at WPI in grey, chilly Worcester, MA Wednesday.

This time around was focused on classrooms, labs, faculty, we'll be back in a few weeks when the weather warms up to grab some outside campus life.

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Ready for Spring Semester 2009

2009-03-30T14:12:00.004-04:00

Time to hit the road again!!!!

After a quiet few months in the office (quiet in terms of travel, going a zillion miles an hour in other directions) it's finally time to hit the road for the next 7 or 8 weeks.

We start off in Worcester, MA on Wednesday and then off to Vegas on Saturday for a quick mini getaway on our way to Los Angeles, before we really start cranking.

With the exception of a couple days sandwiched around the Easter holiday, we are COMPLETELY booked until mid May.

Spring semester is always such a short window with Spring Break, Easter, and Mother Nature playing a large role in scheduling, it'll be over before you know it.

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Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ - Day Two

2009-02-26T11:45:00.001-05:00

Another great day at Monmouth University yesterday.

It started off a bit shaky as we found ourselves stuck in an elevator in a hundred year old building, but other than that it was great, always a blast working with the team at Monmouth.

As usual got a little punchy towards the end of the day (last photo)

Fun fact: Total coincidence but we were at Monmouth last year on Ash Wednesday too, Link to Blog

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Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ - Day One

2009-02-25T09:27:00.003-05:00

Monmouth 2 24-09

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Great day of shooting at Monmouth University on the Jersey Shore.

Winter shooting is always a mental grind, at least in the Northeast, but we had a great time, thanks to the great folks at Monmouth.

Got a little punchy towards the end of the day in the theatre dressing room (see last slide)

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What People are Saying

2009-02-24T06:10:00.002-05:00

During the last week we decided to add a few minor changes to www.fjgaylor.com by adding some callout buttons to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIN.

We also decided to put together a book of recent client references:

Fjg References

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Ave Maria University - Day Two

2009-02-12T12:31:00.003-05:00

What a great couple days in Florida at Ave Maria University

Ave is such a neat little place tucked in the middle of nowhere in Southwest Florida, great kids, faculty and staff.

Here's a bunch from yesterday.

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