{"id":78,"date":"2015-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2015\/2015\/01\/23\/meet-your-nysmusic-staff-photographer-thomas-f-sgroi\/"},"modified":"2015-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:00:00","slug":"meet-your-nysmusic-staff-photographer-thomas-f-sgroi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2015\/2015\/01\/23\/meet-your-nysmusic-staff-photographer-thomas-f-sgroi\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Your NYS Music Staff: Photographer Thomas Sgroi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Sgroi or Big Tom as most of his friends refer to him is an upcoming name in the music photography world. Tom grew up all over the Northeast and New York State, including living in Albany, Utica and most notably Buffalo. Tom graduated from Alfred State College and earned a football scholarship to Division 2 Gannon University where he finished out his playing days. He then relocated to Buffalo where he attended the University at Buffalo and cemented his roots in the Buffalo area to present day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-254492 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10504949_10154406895765089_91016173353281469_o-768x497.jpg\" alt=\"thomas sgroi\" width=\"768\" height=\"497\" data-wp-pid=\"254492\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" \/>Tom has been involved with photography for a little over a year when a friend in the business peaked his interest while shooting <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainjam.com\">Mountain Jam<\/a> in 2013. Since starting his shooting experience wherever he could, he learned the craft on his own and has photographed some of the biggest names in the music scene. He prides himself for having quite an open palette for musical tastes as he loves it all. 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