Event Photography Florida Resources

Naples Make-A-Wish fundraiser a shining success
A soldout gala brought supporters and some of their recipients together at the Make-A-Wish Foundation gala Jan. 20 at the Naples Hilton.

Kids shoot zoo animals — with cameras — for contest
Maybe they didn’t smile and pose perfectly for the camera, but the animals at Zoo Miami were the best subjects for almost 100 eighth-grade students who participated in the 2011 Zoolens Photography Project sponsored by Mercantil Commercebank, a Coral Gables-based arm of Venezuela ’s Mercantil Servicios Financieros.

BACKSTAGE PASS: Behind-the-scenes news in the arts
There's a lot going on in the arts this month in Southwest Florida.

Vote online to curate Orlando Museum of Art photo exhibition
Amature and professional photographers have that chance to be part of a curated exhibit at this month through a competition at Orlando Museum of Art.

Monster trucks invade the Citrus Bowl | Video
Crews work to prepare the Citrus Bowl for 16 of the biggest names in monster trucks. The Monster Jam at the Florida Citrus Bowl will be one of the best ever, with 16 of the biggest names in monster trucks taking part in this year's competition. The Grave Digger, perhaps the best-known monster truck ever, will be there as part of the trademark truck's 30th anniversary tour.

Jan. 28: UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
Experience a favorite end-of-the-month event from 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 28 in galleries, antique stores and shops along San Marco Avenue, between Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum and the Mission of Nombre de Dios.

Chilemba-Miranda quotes
A press conference was held today to discuss the Warriors Boxing and Sampson Boxing ESPN Friday Night Fights-televised boxing event entitled "Superbrawls", scheduled for tomorrow, (Friday, February 3), in the Dallas Events Center at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas.

Edison Miranda vs. Isaac Chilemba on Friday Night Fights on ESPN
Miranda (35-6, 30 KOs) is responding to pre-fight interviews with South Africa's WBC #6, WBA #13, and World Boxing Organization (WBO) #14-rated Isaac "Golden Boy" Chilemba, whom he will face in the 10-round light heavyweight main event of this Friday's (February 3) ESPN Friday Night Fights broadcast from the Dallas Events Center at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas.

Winners of 2011 Zoolens photo project announced
Mercantil Commercebank, one of the largest banks headquartered in Florida, announced the winners of the 2011 Zoolens Photography Project during a recent awards ceremony at the bank’s headquarters in Coral Gables. The photography contest, in partnership with Zoo Miami and the Zoological Society of Florida (ZSF), was open to all Miami-Dade County eighth grade students, [...]