The Official Website of C.J. Watson launched!

For the millions of you that follow the blog, and by millions I really mean all 4 of you... you may have seen in the past some of the work I have done for NBA player C.J. Watson and his Quiet Storm foundation. My design background is mainly in print design, but I have been doing more web work, not a lot of programming and coding but mostly design work for web sites, etc. So to expand my abilities with a lot of what I will call "guidance" from a good friend Jerry Piscitelli (the creator of PortOpong) I took on the job of creating C.J. Watsons official website. 


The original plan was that I would design the layout and graphics of the site and Jerry would do the programming while teaching me along the way... well he is a tough teacher, he got the outline of the site started, gave me some of the basics and then told me to go for it... It was a lot of learning along the way, a ton of emailing Jerry to ask for "guidance" and eventually it all came together. The site is now live and running, my first official site, and as with many sites, it is a work in progress and will be getting better and growing over time. So please check out the site at www.cjwatson32.com and let me know what you think!


Also, I really want to thank Jerry for having so much patience with me and helping me out along the way, be sure to check out the portopong at www.portopong.com


This is just the beginning of me expanding my portfolio to include more web work!

Renee Montgomery's New Logo Design

So its been a while since I have blogged... I know, I know it seems like I start every blog off this way, but what can I say, its true...

Anyways, as you may have seen I have done some work for a few NBA players in the past (and there will be more work coming soon...) well here is the first work I have done for a WNBA player. Everyone knows how great the UCONN women's program is and has been for a while now and their program has produces some of the best players in the WNBA including Renee Montgomery. Renee finished up her first season playing back in Connecticut with the CT Sun last season and she recently launched her new website, R21M.com. So I offered to help out with the logo, she would need a new one since she had always worn number 20 and after being traded to the Sun her number was changed to 21. If you look closely at the logo you will see her initials and number all flowing together, RM21. We had gone back and forth on a few variations of this logo and the winning result is what you see above. 

Be sure to check out Renee's new site and even enter her ugly sweater contest, I'm sure thats just the beginning of what is to come from her site this season, right now she is playing overseas but will be back soon to start her second season with the Sun.

Magic "Tweet-Up"

It has been a while since the last blog, not that I haven't had a lot going on, just slow to update the blog.


So anyways, we were finally heading down to Orlando for our long awaited vacation. While we were there there was a little event planned, which according to google is called a "tweet-up". This was an event where I got to meet up with a lot of the people I have talked to on twitter along with a few players from the Orlando Magic showing up. Everything went great, it was set up at NBA city which is located at the Universal Studios City walk in Orlando. We had the top floor (for anyone who has been there before) and a few of the newest members of the Orlando Magic came as well, Quentin Richardson, Chris Duhon and Daniel Orton. They were all great, taking pics and hanging out with all of us, they even went downstairs to wish a happy birthday to a girl that was celebrating her birthday there with her friends/family.


Here are a few pics from the event, met some great people and had a great time, cant wait to get back to Orlando again soon!

In Las Vegas with the Quiet Storm foundation

It has been a while since the last blog, yes I've been slacking with the updates but I will try to do better.


A few weeks ago I was invited out to Las Vegas for another Quiet Storm Foundation event, those of you who do not know about the foundation please click here to find out more, its a great organization run by C.J. Watson and his family. This event was their annual back to school extravaganza, there was a lot of great entertainment for the kids, C.J. signed autographs and met with some of his fans, the UNLV cheerleaders stopped by as well. It was a great day with a big turnout. 


This also happened to be my first trip to Vegas, I wasn't there for long but in the little time I was there the Watson family did their best to show me as much as they could. 


C.J. also did a quick interview for eastbay/solecollector which you can read here.


Here are a few photos from the day, including one of the first pics you will see of C.J. in a Bulls jersey since he was traded from the Warriors this summer. Be sure to watch out for C.J. this year, he is now with a great young team that will definitely utilize his talents this season, his official website will be coming soon, I will make sure to blog when it is up and running, until then you can follow C.J. on twitter here or become a fan on facebook here and definitely become a fan of the Quiet Storm foundation on facebook as well here.


C.J. has a few contests coming up as well so check out all his pages for more information.

Quiet Storm Hoops for Hope Tennessee event

Well it has been a while since the last blog post but there has been a lot going on so I will slowly but surely catch everyone up. So first we will start off with the Hoops for Hope Quiet Storm Foundation event in Tennessee with C.J. Watson. For those who don't know who C.J. is now you will soon enough, he is currently playing for the Golden State Warriors. Now the foundation was started by C.J. and his family who are all great people. If you are near any Quiet Storm events I definitely suggest you check it out! This event consisted of 2 basketball day camps for the kids, a performance by Dean "HB" Vitale and also the ToeTag Monologues, those who are unaware of the ToeTag Monologues I highly suggest you check them out, its a great show with a great message to it!

The day flew by and was a great time for everyone, I know we enjoyed ourselves and look forward to doing more work with the foundation. Above are a few pics from the day or C.J. with the kids and the performances.

Hoops for Hope Las Vegas with C.J. Watson

Recently I have been helping out with the Quiet Storm Foundation, which is is C.J. Watson's foundation, if you don't know who C.J. is yet do your homework as he is an up and coming PG in the NBA. I am doing a lot with the foundation so you will see more blogs to come with other events and information so stay tuned for that!
Above is just a quick flier I worked up for their Las Vegas Hoops for Hope event that will run from July 15-17th this year. If you are in the area be sure to check it out and for other upcoming Quiet Storm events be sure to check out their website at www.quietstormfoundation.com 

Rashard Lewis Playoff T-Shirts

Well for those of you who don't know I am a huge Orlando Magic fan and through my Twitter obsession I  have had the honor of doing some work for Rashard Lewis. You may have seen some of the Twitter backgrounds in the past that I have done for him but recently I was able to help out his friends at RL9 Sports & Marketing with some T-Shirt designs as you can see above. The money raised from the T-Shirt sales will be used for a Youth Basketball camp that Rashard will be involved with this summer, so each shirt you buy is for a good cause and if you buy all 3, or just spend $75 you will get a Rashard Lewis autograph for free!
So go to RL9sports.bigcartel.com or just click HERE and order your shirts today and support the Magic as they start the playoffs this Sunday!
Also if you are on Twitter and you are a Magic fan, contact me on Twitter for some playoff backgrounds for your page!

Aaron Brooks Foundation

So as you all know I have been busy on Twitter, I have made some great connections on there with some great people and have been working with some of them on things other than their page design. I am now going to start to show a few things I have done so far, there will be more coming as I am working on a lot right now!

Well the first item I will share is the Aaron Brooks Foundation logo, if you don't know who Aaron Brooks is then you obviously don't follow the NBA at all, well click on his name/link to find out more about the Houston Rockets PG... should have been an All Star this year too! I have been helping his foundation out with some design work besides the logo, maybe I will share some other work later on, but as you know I have been bad with the blogging so I need to spread them out.

For now be sure to check out the Aaron Brooks Foundation by clicking the link, become a sponsor, help out wherever you can!

Been a while...

Ok I wont deny it, it has been way too long since the last blog post... but that is good in a way, it means a lot has been going on!


As you know I have been doing a lot of things with Twitter and keeping very busy with that alone. I have been doing a lot more design work lately and will be posting some stuff soon, I have to try and space out the blogs and keep everyone in suspense since its been 2 months since the last post!


Well just checking in for now, stay tuned for more posts coming... and don't forget if you need a design for anything or need photography for anything please contact us! Wedding season is right around the corner so contact us now to guarantee your day is available!

Barbara and Morris' Wedding at the Woodwinds 12-4-09

On Friday December 4th, 2009 we were honored to shoot Barbara and Morris' wedding at the Woodwinds in Branford, CT. I personally have never been to the Woodwinds but I can say I can't wait to be back, its a great location with some great scenery indoors and outdoors for photos! Since the wedding was at night and it was cold out we were a little limited outdoors but still got a few great shots! We were previously warned about Morris' closing his eyes for the camera and we were able to defeat him this time! It was a great night and they were great to work with, congratulations again!

Dean "HB" Vitale PCX Posters up in the Store!

Well as you know from the previous blog Dean had some photos taken for PCX clothing store, about 2 weeks after the shoot the posters arrived in store! I wasn't the designer of these but the photos still look great! So we went with Dean down to the local mall and just snapped a few pics of him in front of the store, no one asked for an autograph... yet!


Dean will be heading out on our very soon so if you follow this blog and arent local to Connecticut here is your chance to check him out, for more information click HERE

Dean "HB" Vitale PCX Photo Shoot

Well as Dean is moving up in the world I have been doing more and more work for him. So the newest item on Deans accomplishments was being chosen to be a store model for PCX clothing. Above are a few of the shots we took for the photo shoot, Im sure you will be seeing more and more as they came out great... even the ones where Dean was showing his personality off!

Be sure to check out Dean at www.deanhbvitale.com

Halloween at the Ivy Lounge with Platinum Ent.

Well it may be the New Year already but hey why not talk about Halloween again... well I have been slacking with the blogs again so Im getting all caught up so stay tuned for a lot in the next day or so!


So after Halloween with the little ones we went down to the Ivy Lounge in New Haven, where Platinum Entertainment was throwing a big Halloween party. I was there to take some photos of the guests and performers as always, above are a few pics from the night. As you can see there were some great costumes and even better looking crowd as Platinum Entertainment always does! Be sure to check them out for more great upcoming events!