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Career Images Model and Talent Agency Inc
By mario1510 February 04, 2019
I can honestly say I have never worked with a man as humble, hardworking, and knowledgeable as Raymond LaPietra. He's wonderful to have as an agent. Really enjoyed the fashion shows and promoting the movie premiere for Isn't it Romantic. To name a few. He's been willing to put forth the effort to train, coach, and mentor me. Bookings have been the result of working with Ray and I would recommend him to anyone who would like to pursue a career in modeling. ...read more
Career Images Model and Talent Agency Inc
By evlin huang September 02, 2018
We all meet people for a reason. I cannot thank Raymond enough for the opportunities he has given me. Raymond L. LaPietra is a self-made man that speaks with opportunities and not limitations! He takes actions quick and follows through in a good timely manner, and because of him I was able to reach to my fullest potential. It is hard to find a self-driven man that achieves positive results like Raymond. I have enjoyed working with Mr. LaPietra and I will continue to do so indefinitely. ...read more
Career Images Model and Talent Agency Inc
By JULEZSheriWIlson January 06, 2018
This man has a life long reputation of being very controlling.. Initially he is very kind, genuine, seems godly and helpful. I was his somewhat partner for 9 long months. At which time he began with being completely genuine. Then he started showing his true self. Lying, screaming at people. Threatening to destroy them. He deletes his negative posts and that is why he can often get a 5* rating. DO NOT GO NEAR THIS MAN. HE IS NOT WHAT OR WHO HE PRETENDS TO BE. ...read more
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Old film offers a glimpse of history (St Joe News Press Article)
Full article: http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2009/aug/31/old-film-offers-glimpse-history/?localVintage footage of a company picnic doesn't seem like it should be anything of importance to St. Joseph residents. Unless it's one of the oldest films ever taken in the city. In a collaborative effort, two St. Joseph men are showing off a 1927 film of a Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. picnic Lake Contrary. Beyond being a historic capture of the past, the film reel was lucky to have survived so many years in the interim from when it was printed until its last month. David Hunt and his wife, Diane, bought the house formerly owned by the Fishers, a of Russian immigrants best known for donating a significant amount of money to the South Side Progressive Association, in 2006. Walking through the house, Mr. Hunt said he knew there were a lot of items they were inheriting from the . "When we bought the house ... there was a lot of stuff left in the closets," he said. "There was nobody to give them to because the didn't have children when the last one passed away." Mr. Hunt couldn't guess as to what they would find when they actually rummaged through the old stuff. "My wife ran across this film can, it was Kodak film — 16 mm, and scratched into the lid it said ‘St. Joseph picnic 1927.'" Curiosity got the best of him and he took off the lid to see what could be on the film, if anything, since old film is known to only have a life of 50 years. "I carefully took off the lid, and you could the film deteriorating from its age," he said. "I picked it up and held it to the light and saw ladies sitting on a bench." After talking with a few people over the course of 2½ years, Mr. Hunt met with Larry Flinchpaugh, a St. Joseph man known for finding 1954 footage of the city titled "This is Our Town," and Robert Miller, a member of the South Side Progressive Association. They agreed the footage needed to be restored, if the film still worked all. So Mr. Miller took it to the same person who restored Mr. Flinchpaugh's film, Steve Martin, owner of Accent Video Film Transfer Service in Overland Park, Kan. Mr. Martin said he was surprised the good condition of the film, but noticed its age was beginning to catch up with it. "What happens is that when film starts to deteriorate, it becomes brittle. So if you run it in, it could come out the other end in pieces," he said. In Mr. Martin's 47 years of experience, he said he has seen old films and this was one of the better ones. "It was in excellent shape," he said. "It had hardly any scratches. It was very clean." He said he thought there may be only one shot at transferring the film over to DVD. It was a moment of suspense for Mr. Miller, as the more than 80-year-old film was just as likely to tear up as it was to actually run. "(Mr. Martin) told me there was a 50/50 chance it would play or shred," he said. "When it started playing, I just fell over." The film Mr. Miller is presenting is what was captured and restored the first time it was played in a number of years. The film is silent, with some title slides, and doesn't show much outside of random, mostly unnamed people eating, conversing and playing games. Yet it serves as an important capsule of St. Joseph's history when the city had an amusement park where people could gather and let loose. At its first showing at East Hills Library in August, people young and old laughed, smiled and sat in awe of what some may consider a simpler time in St. Joseph. Mr. Miller stood in front of the audience afterward and summed up his feelings on seeing the film for the first time. "It was like Geraldo opening up the vault, but this time we actually found treasure," he said. Plans for the DVD, beyond screenings and possibly donating copies to the South Side Progressive Association and a few libraries, are still being decided, Mr. Hunt said. Andrew Gaug can be reached atandrewgaug@npgco.com. ...read more
By ACCENT VIDEO Film Transfer Services September 06, 2009
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By Home Theater 101 of KC June 19, 2008