We cater to all our clients needs, from photos to videos for all their needs, With the best price! your happiness is what fuels our work. We capture the moment, your photo tells the story.
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Wallich's main competition on Staten Island was a similar operation down in Stapleton called Weitzmann's Photo Shop. At the time they were the oldest Kodak dealer still in existence and, unlike Wallich's, leaned more towards the newer Japanese camers like Nikon, Canon, Minolta and Pentex. In the late 1060's, Sal Marino started working there part time - first in the retail store as a salesman and later on as a photographer. In the early 1970's Sal started a mail order company specializing in model trains. His SMC Model Railroad Center grew to become one of the largest operations of it's kind and in 1974 he purchased part of the old Stapleton Service Laundry to open a retail store. At the time it was the largest train store in the country. Even though Sal was busy shipping model trains all over the world, he still did some photography, but never forgot his love of working in a camera store. During the summer of 1984 The Advance ran a story --"End of a era -- Wallich's to close". After over forty years in business, Al Wallich's three sons had pretty much run the business into the ground and were throwing in the towel. Sal Marino decided to buy the business and move it into his train store. What he got for his money was the Wallich's name and phone number, 3 showcases and a box of processing that customers had not picked up even after weeks of phone calls telling them the store was closing. From these beginnings Wallich's has grown into what is now the only custom lab left on Staten Island. In 2000 we installed a Fuji Frontier processor to help move us into the 21st century. We were one of the first labs to be able to print true photographs from digital files and the first to install a wide format poster printer on site. We started using scanners, computers and Photoshop when most photographers never even heard of them.
Left something at home? Need an urgent passport photo? Want a print out, copy, or fax? Notarize something? Or do you just want to get a candy bar and play a scratch off or two?
What we do well at John Flowers Photos Inc. is customer service, we listen to our clients and give them an experience they will talk about forever and to their friends and family. We are not hard sellers, we give our clients what they ask for as well as more than they expect. What makes us stand out from the rest is our signature style, quality and turnover time. Why make someone wait 4-6 weeks to get back their final images? We can get them back to you in 4-6 days.
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We are an event videography company videotaping and editing all social and corporate events specializing in weddings. Every event is videotaped & edited in high definition. Your finished product is completed on DVD,Bluray or Flash Drive. We also offer photography and high end photo montages.
