Thompson Image Blog

Photographing Rob Koontz

2010-08-12T09:01:00.000-07:00

Don Thompson of Thompson Image Photography: Photographing Jeremy Scott.m4v

2010-07-14T16:05:00.000-07:00

Don Thompson Photography - Photographing Doreen P.

2010-07-14T16:04:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Heymann of Thompson Image photographing The Wollheim Family

2010-07-14T16:03:00.001-07:00

Don Thompson Stephanie Heymann Thompson Image Photographing Kalyn and Ta...

2010-07-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Thompson Image Photographing Weddings 2010.mov

2010-07-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

BP discusses oil spill with Glenn Rink of AbTech Industries Offering sol...

2010-05-16T11:07:00.000-07:00

Photographing the Marks Family

2010-05-12T12:45:00.000-07:00

I recently had the extreme pleasure of photographing the Marks family. The close friendship I share with them made it all the more fun. The parents were up for anything and got right in to the creative zone with me. Their 3 boys were adorable and playful...and perfect little models with the most beautiful eyes.

Photographing the Friedland Family

2010-03-13T10:46:00.001-08:00

I wanted to post some photos from Stephanie's shoot with the Friedland family. She was amazing at capturing some really amazing moments and i think the created some amazing images.

The Oxygen Network play Love Games and insist Bad Girls Need Love To

2010-02-22T07:28:00.000-08:00

Three women from the reality series Bad Girls have been given a chance at finding the man of their dreams while cameras roll, announced Oxygen. Amber (season 3), Sarah (season 3), and Kendra (season 4) will compete in a dating competition that will feature them casting nastily about in a pool of 13 suitors over an eight-episode run. The series will premiere in March.

Don Thompson and Stephanie Heymann had the pleasure of photographing one of the cast members, Amber Meade, come to find out this Bad Girl is as sweet as she can be not to mention stunningly beautiful.

Exciting Changes For Thompson Image

2009-10-23T19:30:00.000-07:00

I am so happy to announce that Stephanie Heymann one of my best friends is going to be my new business partner. She has an amazing talent that she will bring to Thompson Image and I am so excited that she will be a part of the company. I wanted to share with you a letter from her, I think once you read a little about her you will quickly understand what a value she is going to bring to the company. This is her letter she sent out to her friends and family. Both Stephanie and her entire family have been a complete inspiration to me over the years on so many levels.

Dear Friends,

I have included you in this mailing because you have all played an important role in my life and my family’s life at some point.

For many years I have been helping Tyler with his business, having children and raising a family. This has been the most wonderfully fulfilling time in my life. Now, the time has come to reconnect with my passion for the arts. As many of you know, I have always had a love for photography. I studied it in school and spent countless afternoons in the darkroom developing my own film (I know, I just dated myself) and I truly yearn to be back behind a camera again, capturing moments in time and creating photographic stories.

My good friend of over a decade, Don Thompson, has built his photography business-Thompson Image, from the ground up and I have had the pleasure of watching it grow. I have lived vicariously through him for years. We have always talked about teaming up, working together, and creating something fabulous and I’m excited that that time has come.

Initially I will be assisting with the day-to-day operations of Thompson Image, booking shoots, helping clients and expanding the brand.

My long-term goal is to support the company’s vision of being at the forefront of photographic journalism and artistic photography and to gain the attention of national magazines.

Time is our most precious commodity and I thank you for extending some of it to me to read my story and explore Thompson Image for yourself.

www.thopmsonimage.com

I will conclude with thanking you for allowing me to share my news. Please let us at Thompson Image know if we can have the extreme pleasure of photographing you or your friends and family. I urge you to check out the website to see some of the amazing work that Don has produced over the years. Capturing moments and creating true beauty through his lens.

Regards,

Stephanie Heymann

Photographing Ari Gold

2009-10-06T20:31:00.000-07:00

I had the great pleasure of photographing singer songwriter Ari Gold a few months ago. Award-Winning Independent Recording Artist Ari Gold, is turning the music scene on its head, rewriting the rules, and trailblazing a storm of political pop. With music that is as catchy as it is controversial, something that is unprecedented in R&B/Pop music. Ari has been seen and heard on TV and Radio on VH-1, MTV Europe, Radio 1, IFC, HBO Zone, BBC, FOX News, WOR, Sirius, XM, NPR . He has received critical acclaim from People Magazine, trade publications Billboard and HITS, and has appeared as a style icon in VIBE, W and V. He is the Grand Prize Winner (and 1st place in the Pop Category) of the 12th Annual USA Songwriting Competition, an Independent Music Award Winner.

Photographing James Brimeyer

2009-07-31T11:05:00.001-07:00

James Brimeyer could give Daniel Craig a run for his money.

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The Amos Family

2009-07-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

A very good friend of mine, Julie Amos has recently in this past year lost both of her parents. I cant even imagine what they are going through especially considering how amazing their parents were. The Amos family had such an impact on my life that my regret is that i never got to tell them that. The Amos family was one of those families that you wanted to go visit, and hang out at their house because there was so much love in that house. Sometimes the love was hidden in very competitive board games, or games of any kind, but Bob and Ellen Amos welcomed everyone to their house no matter what time of night or day it was and they were happy to have you.

I was around 15 when i met Julie Amos and I think we had a love, hate relationship in the beginning which quickly grew into much more. She is one of the most talented, beautiful and caring person that i know, and her parents were just as so. When i was 15 my own family was having very difficult times, my father with working very hard on his sobriety and my mother was working very hard to keep the family together and to maintain some sense of stability for us all. The Amos house was where i went to escape that. It was my safe place. I don't think i ever really explained to Bob or Ellen what was going on in my own personal life but they welcomed me with open arms and treated me like one of their own. Maybe somehow they knew that my home life was in trouble. Ellen was the constant supporter for her kids, Bobby, Gene and Julie, in everything that they chose to do. She loved them with every ounce of her being and just wanted to see each of them as happy as they could possibly be.

It wasn't until I went to see Julie in a high school play which she played the roll of Rizzo from grease, it was the first time i really was able to see just how talented she is. My other friend Anna was there and were recorded the play and as we watched the video mostly all you could hear was me and Anna saying Oh my god she is amazing, it was a great night and a great memory. A few years later we were able to see Ellen star in a local production of Nunsence, and we instantly where Julie's talent came from. Ellen was hysterical in the show and she loved the spotlight.

Bob Amos was a quiet and soft spoken guy, but when he spoke, people listened. I dont think i ever heard him raise his voice or say one negative or derogative thing to or about anyone, he was a good soul. I can remember being over at the Amos's until the early hours of the morning playing games and he would be in the other room just watching his programs being very content just to hear the noise, and chaos that was going on just in the other room. For me being in that chaos of love helped get me through some of the most difficult years of my life.

Its funny that with so much competition, and yelling and playful debating that went on in the family, there was so much love for each and every one of them. A love that will last longer than a lifetime and that will be instilled in everyone who had the distinct pleasure of spending any time with the Amos family. They were the real deal and i am a better man for having spent time with them.

The Amos house was one of those homes that just had the smell of a welcoming house. There was always something to eat, something being cooked, something be thawed out for us to snack on. The running joke that lasted forever is that Ellen would hide the good ice cream and offer us kids the ice cream that was in the outside cooler with frozen chunks of ice in it. We quickly learned where she hid the good stuff, but she would still offer the ice cream from the outside freezer, but we were on to her game.

Ellen would rollerblade with us, or try to, she would play lazer tag at midnight running around her back yard, she was present and involved, and I thought that was amazing. When she was with you, she really was with you and committed to being in that moment.

I use to spend a great amount of time with Julie Amos and Anna Ritgers, they were very much my friends and very much my family when i needed them most. We did not always agree on everything but we had a great time together. I think for me and Anna just being over at the Amos house was entertaining on so many levels. Bobby, the oldest son, gave the word competitive an entire new definition. He was aggressive and wanted to win any game he was playing. Gene the middle child was the peacemaker. She was always so put together and well spoken and always smiled. My friend Julie has all of them wrapped up in her. Being the youngest she has all their qualities. When she needed to be competitive you could see the light go on so fast, but so did the compassionate side of her. She listens and hears your stories of pain. I contribute their amazing qualities to the parenting skill of the Bob and Ellen Amos and they have all grown into what i think to be amazing, caring people.

Bob and Ellen will be missed greatly. I am not sure how many people they will ever know that they had such a huge impact in our lives.

My heart goes out to the Bobby, Gene and Julie. I know they loved their parents so deeply and to loose them so close together has got to be devastating to them. It's just another lesson that they have taught me that life is so fragile, they lived, they loved, they laughed, they danced, they argued, the made up, but most of all they loved. They loved, they loved, they loved and there was no mistaking that this family loved one another. They loved everyone and I personally feel like a better man just from knowing them!

So thank you Bob and Ellen Amos for so many things that you may never know that have changed me as a person. Thank you for accepting all the craziness that we all brought into your home. Thank you, thank you, thank you! The entire Amos family will always have a very special place deep inside my heart!

You will be missed by so many!

Photographing Josh Burns

2009-06-28T01:40:00.000-07:00

Josh Burns in an aspiring actor. I had the great pleasure of working with him to update his portfolio and i think we captured some really amazing images.

Photographing Paige Heymann

2009-06-22T11:15:00.001-07:00

Paige Heymann turns 2 years old this year, its hard to believe. Here are some of the photos from her shoot.

Photographing Julian Nicholas

2009-05-31T12:29:00.001-07:00

I had the pleasure of photographing Actor/Model Julian Nicholas. Julian Nicholas is a commercial and fitness model based out of Los Angeles, as well as an actor. He was great to work with and hopefully we will be collaborating on a calendar for him in the upcoming months.

2009-04-23T11:00:00.001-07:00

I had the great pleasure of photographing Zander. He is an aspiring model that is making a name for himself fast.

Photographing Victor O Lopez

2009-03-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

I had the great pleasure of photographing Victor O Lopez of AZ again. We are working to build up his portfolio with a variety of different looks. He is a great guy willing to try anything with always makes for a great photograph.

Photographing Johnnie Sessa

2009-03-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of photographing Johnnie Sessa once again and i think we captured some really great images for his portfolio. Johnnie is living and working in LA as a model.

Don Thompson Photographs Amber Meade of the Oxygen Channels Bad Girls

2009-03-02T11:58:00.000-08:00

Don Thompson had the pleasure of photographing Amber Meade, at Thompson Image Studios, a member of the Oxygen Channels Bad Girls television reality show from creators of the Real World. I found her to be one of the sexiest, funniest and photogenic person i have had the pleasure of photographing in a long time.

Bad just got good on Oxygen with the third season of the hit reality series from the producers of The Real World. This season takes bad behavior to the next level with a cast of young women who are independent, spirited, and endlessly entertaining.
Bad Girls Club brings seven self-proclaimed "bad girls" together in a beautiful Los Angeles mansion, and drama reigns supreme. All the girls, ranging in age from 21 to 25, have a unique story, point of view and attitude -- as well as some kind of personal issue that makes them far from perfect. Will living together help them move forward and turn their lives around -- or will chaos rule? (courtesy of oxygen website)

To find out more about Amber M visit http://www.oxygen.com/tvshows/badgirls/meet/

Photographing Lea Haben

2009-02-20T09:22:00.001-08:00

Lea Haben has been in Corporate America for 20+ years in sales roles in various industries. She was extremely successful in building her own sales career and often mentored new account executives. After years of helping companies meet their goals she decided to create and pursue a few goals of her own. She began her own company Lasting Impression in April of 2005 and it took off. She had MASSIVE success in such a short amount of time as a Marketing and Relationship Expert. Lea’s unique approach to relationships is a time-proven system that truly works. The same techniques she teaches her clients are the exact ones she uses personally with her own personal relationships as well as that of her professional ones. She has been retained by several companies and by executives, entrepreneurs and sales exec's who were looking to improve their bottom line. Her strategies to marketing is an all-inclusive plan with measureable results in a short period of time. Lea's speaking company came as a direct result of her incredible success. Lea’s many publicized articles and columns in magazines such as So Scottsdale, PW, and 101 North, (to name a few) and her many local T.V. appearances on Fox 10, Channel 12, Channel 15, and Channel 3, have catapulted this amazing woman to local ‘celebrity’ status. Lea is also a proud member of NSA . Lea recently finished her own radio show "Looking for Love with Lea," in order to pursue her speaking career. For more info call 480-283-3414 or send an email to lea@leahaben.com

Photographing Matthew Delly

2009-01-25T20:39:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of photographing one of my friends Matt Delly. He is one of the greatest guys i know with one of the biggest hearts on the planet. He is putting together a portfolio to do some work out in LA.

Photo Session with Johnnie Sessa

2009-01-11T21:50:00.000-08:00

Paige Heymann's 1st Birthday Bash

2008-07-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of attending Paige Heymann's 1st birthday celebration this past June.