Professional Services in Georgetown

Anthony Maddaloni was a shy kid who naturally avoided the spotlight. When his mother became concerned about his shyness, she bought him a camera, and at 10 years old Anthony found his calling. Nowadays, when the State of Texas isn't using his photography services, Maddaloni is showing students the ins and outs of using film cameras, digital cameras, and darkrooms. In addition to setting up shots, his talents also extend to teaching the alternative printing processes prominent in his portfolio's vintage-style cyanotype, black and white, and sepia images. During classes, students can expect to experiment at a number of wandering classroom locations, such as BookPeople and the grounds of the State Capitol, where human subjects and photogenic landscapes bloom before shutters.

When she's not peering through the state-of-the-art lens of her Nikon D2X camera, Brenda Ladd is snapping wide-angle, black-and-white masterpieces with one of her pinhole cameras, which have no lenses at all. "I'm not normal and neither are my images," Brenda boasts on her website, and she's right. Mixing candid shots with casual poses, Brenda's portrait work bursts with boldly colored shots of families and young ones and expertly framed black-and-white images of brides-to-be. More than 25 years behind a camera has given her an expert eye for beauty, whether during a studio shoot or an outdoor event, and her keen editing skills have caught the eye of local businesses, performers, and musicians too shy to grow their own mohawks. Her work has also found a home in several publications, such as Food & Wine, Austin Chronicle, and Texas Parks & Wildlife.

The Amala Foundation aims to inspire youth to become peaceful and compassionate leaders through local, national, and international humanitarian service projects. Many of these projects are directed at helping to connect underserved youth, including refugee and immigrant children, with opportunities to take leadership roles and serve others. Youth participants have often experienced religious persecution, child labor, extreme poverty, gang violence, or war, and Amala's projects are aimed at helping them to achieve inner peace as well as peace within the communities where they work. Programs include the One Village Project and the Global Youth Peace Summit, which unite youth from around the globe to help them heal and connect with others. Over the last decade, the Amala Foundation has directly impacted the lives of thousands of young people in Austin and around the world.