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    Maxim Photo Studio is a Wedding and Lifestyle Studio based in Springboro Ohio. The Studio is owned and operated by Max Surikov and is comprised of an exceptional group of dedicated and talented photographers and cinematographers. We believe that our coverage should be personal, creative, and inspiring. We pride ourselves on our amazing customer service, dramatic images, and photographic offerings.

    This blog is dedicated to our wonderful weddings, after shoots, engagements, and family and senior portraits. Moreover, this blog is an extension of who we are and as you explore our posts, you may also find some personal photos that we share just for fun. The reason we post our personal images is because we do not just sell prints and albums, but we sell our selves through our unparalleled Studio experience.

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Sep 23 2008

Lance and Caitlin’s Cincinnati Wedding Photography -Drees Pavilion

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I photographed a beautiful couple on Sunday at the Drees Pavilion at Devou Park. This venue offers an incomparable view of the Cincinnati skyline as you can see from the slideshow by clicking on the image of Caitlin and Lance below. At the end of the reception, the newlyweds walked through a tunnel of sparklers on their way to a helicopter departure.

Recommended Vendors at the wedding
I worked with two highly capable professional vendors during the evening: Tim Fritts, the owner of Party Pleasers DJs and Larry Jensen, the owner of Forever Wedding Video. I’ve had the pleasure of working with both of these vendors before and I am happy to recommended them.

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Wedding Video of Ryan and Elise | Dayton Cincinnati Wedding Photographers - Maxim Photo Studio - October 12, 2010 - 12:32 AM

[...] was officiated by Lance Trester, whose wedding I photographed a couple of years earlier at the Drees Pavilion featuring the famous helicopter takeoff following the reception. Here is a link to the video by Larry [...]

Caitlin and Lance's Wedding Video at Drees Pavilion | Dayton Cincinnati Wedding Photographers - Maxim Photo Studio Columbus, Northern Kentucky - December 13, 2008 - 11:31 PM

[...] photographed the wedding of Lance and Caitlin on September 21, 2008. The videographers at Forever Wedding Video posted the video from the wedding. These guys do a [...]

Grace and Wesley's wedding video | Dayton Cincinnati Wedding Photographers - Maxim Photo Studio Columbus, Northern Kentucky - October 1, 2008 - 7:52 PM

[...] highly recommend them. I also worked with Forever Wedding Video on September 27, 2008 wedding of Caitlin and Lance at Drees Pavilion. I’ll post the video link when I receive the update. [...]

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Sep 21 2008

Jesse and Erin’s Columbus Wedding Photography – The Medallion Club

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We were happy to photograph Jesse and Erin at the Medallion Club in Columbus OH on Saturday. The weather was perfect as you can see from the light of the “Golden Sunset”. Click on the image of Erin and Jesse to see the slideshow.

Erin and Jesse

Erin and Jesse

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Sep 01 2008

Indianapolis Wedding Photographers | Justin and Fatima

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Fatima and Justin were married at Indianapolis Art Museum on Sunday August 31, 2008. I’ll follow up with more images later, but first I wanted to post the following pictures. This image on the left was taken at 6:17 PM with the sunset officially occurring at 8:18PM. Looks like a very ordinary image with the white of sky being clipped in the histogram. Settings for this image were 1/50 sec. f5.0, ISO 640.  Literally, no more than one minute later, I was able to produce the image on the right. Here, the images is well developed with the eye being drawn to the bride and groom being the brightest part of the image rather than the overblown sky.

So what happened?

Fatima, Justin and I lucked into being at the Love sculpture at IMA when another photographer was photographing his family using a White-Lightning Beauty Dish. He offered to let me use it and hence the beautiful result. The setting were 1/250 sec. f8.0, ISO 200. As you can see, the sky looks like it is about to set. In reality however in the first photo, we still had a couple of hours of light to go.


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Aug 30 2008

Ernesto and Jessica’s Wedding – Parador Inn, Pittsburgh

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I traveled to Pittsburgh to photograph Jessica and Ernesto’s wedding. The wedding was a very intimate affair with a handful of friends and both families present. The ceremony was held at a Carribbean-style Bed and Breakfast, “Parador Inn”. I put together a slideshow of the images, click on the image of Jessica’s flowers to activate the link.

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Jessica's Flowers

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Aug 29 2008

John McCain Rally | Nutter Center

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John McCain presented the next Vice President of the United States at the Nutter Center in Dayton on August 29, 2008.

John McCain and Sarah Palin

John McCain and Sarah Palin

At the conclusion of the rally, Dayton Bombers President, Costa Papista presented John McCain with a Dayton Bombers “08″ jersey…

John McCain and Costa Papista

Sarah Palin also received a jersey courtesy of the Dayton Bombers.

Sarah Palin receives a Dayton Bombers jersey

Sarah Palin receives a Dayton Bombers jersey

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Aug 03 2008

Cincinnati Wedding Photography – Amy & Bryan

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Amy and Bryan were married on Saturday August 2, 2008 at the St. Maximiliam Kolbe Church in Liberty Township, OH. The reception was held Cincinnati Marriott North in West Chester. I cruised with the ladies, the men, and then with the bridal party for additional pictures at the Voice of America Park also in West Chester.

Cincinnati Wedding Photography

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Jul 27 2008

Chris & Amy’s Engagement | Inniswood Metro Park

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Maxim Photo Studio photographed Amy and Christopher’s engagement in Westerville OH. We started the shoot in downtown Westerville, a quiet and quaint suburb of Columbus and then drove to the incomparable Inniswood Metro Park. The park had everything, beautiful gardens, sloping landscapes, scenic woodlands and numerous waterways throughout the park. We took so many great images that it was hard ti select the best of the best below. Their wedding is on December 14th and we are looking forward to photographing them. Click the image below for some of the choice selections.
Amy-Christopher Engagement

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Amy and Christopher Wedding | Maxim Photo Studio - Dayton Cincinnati Wedding Photographers - December 24, 2008 - 5:45 PM

[...] to Columbus to participate in the wedding ceremony of Amy and Christopher. I photographed their engagement earlier this year at Inniswood Metro Park in [...]

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Jul 19 2008

2008 Dayton Airshow

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I was privileged, as a member of the press, to get a 20 minute ride on the Huey Helicopter at the Dayton Airshow. The rides were provided by “The Sky Soldiers”, a demonstration, all volunteer team composed of former military aviators some of whom flew the original Hueys in Vietnam. Today’s Hueys were fully refurbished with brand new engines, all of the bullet holes were patched up and seats added for comfort. The original Vietnam versions were “bare bones” with the military personnel having to hold on for dear lives by little hooks on the floor and no seats or seatbelts. The sound of the rotating blades spinning at 324 revolutions per minute still made that familiar sound of the Vietnam war footage sound. Here is a video of a Huey ride along with other helicopter demonstrations with one of the Sky Solders’ pilots. Here is the Huey on which I flew and other images from the show.

 

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Cincinnati Wedding Photographers Maxim Photo Studio photographed this vintage Huey helicopter

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Jul 12 2008

Barack Obama Visits Dayton

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Yesterday I photographed Barack Obama’s speech on Energy policy at Stivers High School in Dayton. The speech was attended by over 500 supporters who began lining up to get their seat up to four hours prior to the event. Prior to the speech the crowd joined into spontaneous cheers of “O-Bama” and “Yes We Can”. To show that this is not a partisan venture, I also photographed President Bush’s visit to Dayton back in March. Check it out HERE.Barack Obama Speaks at Stivers High School

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Jul 06 2008

Ellen and Garrett’s Wedding – July 5, 2008

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing Ellen and Garrett’s wedding in Mt. Adams. Check out the pics and the slideshow by clicking on the image below.Ellen and Garrett Wedding Party

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Virginia Beach Wedding Photographer - July 10, 2008 - 4:09 PM

The light painting shot turned out awesome.  Some great spontaneous images, keep up the good work.

ericamay photography - July 8, 2008 - 10:09 PM

love the sparkler idea — and the photos that captured it! :) nice job! i love how everyone looks like they’re having the most fun of their lives in these photos!

--christine - July 8, 2008 - 9:25 PM

this wedding looks like a lot of FUN — love what you did with the wide angles and sparklers and a bride and groom happy to play.  very nice work!

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