GlossyFinish.com -- Combining Amateur Sports and Professional Photography

Glossy Finish was founded in the Spring of 2006 by Haim Ariav, a professional photographer with over ten years experience in website development and stock photography. Haim's vision of combining amateur sports and professional photography came from watching and coaching his young children play sports, while never having much more to show from it than the 'overly posed' team photo and some 'snapshots' taken by another parent trying to document the action of the game. With this void in his family photo album, a simple idea, with a huge opportunity, began.

Using the power and speed of digital photography, a team of Glossy Finish professional photographers and customer service specialists cover the action and capture the passion of amateur sporting events. The photos are then uploaded in near real time into a US Patent Pending Mobile Photo Lab that allows the families and athletes to come inside to view, purchase and take home their products that same day!

Haim graduated from the Brooks Institute of Photography before moving to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming a fashion and beauty photographer. After assisting several well known and highly respected photographers he moved to Milan, Italy for a couple of years to start his own career as a shooter. Returning to the United States in the early 1990's, Haim continued shooting both editorial and advertising assignments before joining the Internet craze that was just beginning. To meet the new-media demands of his fashion and beauty clients he founded Muffin-Head Productions, an award winning website development company, in 1994.

Having successfully grown Muffin-Head, he sold it in late 1998 to DVC, a marketing and promotions company. Haim stayed on with DVC and ran their interactive creative group until early 2001, when he left to help start a21, a leading digital content marketplace for the professional creative community. a21 is now the parent company of several image based companies, including SuperStock, a US based stock photography company, where Haim was the President and Chief Creative Officer.

Our fully digital operation, including the professional equipment of all of our sports photographers, will come to your events and tournaments to capture the best possible images. We do this with a passion for the work we do and for the love of the art we create. We strive to have a solid freelance network of sports photographers and photojournalists who have covered professional sports and news events around the country and the world. They all also share a passion to cover amateur sports, like yours, and that is why they have joined our team at Glossy Finish. In addition to our excellent network of professional photographers, who will always strive to create the best images possible, we also pride ourselves with everything else we have and do. Fully enabled and secure ecommerce website Fast and friendly customer service Highest quality prints and products Our full-service Mobile Photo Lab Full money back guarantee and satisfaction If you ever have any questions or just want to know more, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@glossyfinish.com

We got some more great coverage on the local Jacksonville station, First Coast News. Haim sat down for an interview on the morning show and talked about the Glossy Finish process, showed video of our 32-foot Mobile Photo Lab at a recent event at Disney and showed off some samples of action posters that Haim brought with him to the studio. Have a look and tell us what you think.

Our President, Haim Ariav, was interviewed by PDN Online about youth sports photography and the ongoing competition created by the high quality digital cameras that are readily available to the average consumer. Can a good camera replace the art and eye of a great photographer? Click here to see what Haim has to say on the subject. We've included the entire article and bolded the portion where Haim was quoted.

We recently got a nice plug on a local Jacksonville television station, First Coast News, with some great shots we took at a local charitable event. Have a look and tell us what you think.

Check out the latest promotion running on 1010 XL Jax Sports Radio. We highlight all that Glossy Finish can bring to your corporate events, as well as your teams, leagues and sponsors. Take a listen and tell us what you think.

We recently got a great write-up in PMA Magazine giving us a chance to update our fellow photographers and other industry professionals about exactly what we've been up to. Click here to find out what's been going on with Team Glossy Finish.

SEP's Action News recently made contact with us regarding an article about Sports and Event Photographers in Florida. Click here to read an excerpt by Mary Kay Stein as she talks about how Mr. Ariav developed Glossy Finish and how the concept and the business strategy is ironclad.

The Ponte Vedra Recorder came by the Mobile Photo Lab for a visit and an interview. Click here to read the full article by Chuck Day of the Ponte Vedra Recorder as he discusses Glossy Finish and how Florida is the perfect state in which to plant the Glossy Finish seed.

We were recently featured on the cover of the Jacksonville Business Journal. Click here to read the full article by Tony Quesada of the Jacksonville Business Journal and find out more about our road to franchising.

We were visited by The Florida Times-Union at one of our recent onsite events with the Mobile Photo Lab. Click here to read the full article by Mark Basch of the T-U and get some well-written insight into our well-planned onsite business model.

Haim Ariav, our President, was recently interviewed on The Shutterbug Radio Show talking about our business and the bright future it holds. Take a listen and tell us what you think.

If for whatever reason, and within 14 days after receiving your order, you are not completely satisfied, please contact us directly and we will make it right. If we cannot, we'll simply refund your money, less shipping costs. It is that simple!