Tuesday, December 16, 2008

|| Lilly's 1st Day ||

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December 15, 2008 we were blessed with a brand new baby girl. Lilly Jane Arcara arrived @ 8:08am, coming in @ 7lbs 8ounces, and was 21" tall. Lovina is doing great and wow, she is truly amazing. She showed such strength and courage, she really made it look easy. I'm so very blessed and honored to have her for a wife. Lilly is doing great and is sooooo cute. Man she looks nothing like Molly either. When Molly came to the hospital she was introducing everyone to Lilly, and even telling people to give hugs to each other. thank you so much to all of our family and amazing friends for all the calls and comments both on facebook and in our emails. we love you all and are just so happy to have you.

Monday, December 15, 2008

|| anne + todd || 11.15.08 @ eagle oaks country club

Well Happy Everything to all of you!!! Now that most of the holidays are finally over we can all get back to whats really important in life... Blogging!!!
So here's a way cool wedding from last month. Anne + Todd had a wonderful day, There was Leopard print, Prada, Stewart Weizman, Melissa Sweet, and an awesome cake from Tinton Falls Pastry Shop that had some battle damage, no match for Ed and the fantastic staff over @ Eagle Oaks. They fixed it like it never even happened! Come to find out that also, my Dad shot one of her bridesmaids weddings back in 1993. It just keeps happening! Check out all the action in the slideshow below!

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

|| Family Stuff ||

So its been a while since we've posted family pics... It just seems like we are FOREVER on FaceBook! So here are a few with a surprise ending to boot!

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can you pick out Molly?!?!?

she just kills me!

call frikkin dyfs!!!



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Thursday, December 11, 2008

|| Jackie + Geoff || 11.08.08 @ Liberty House

With the crew of "Usual Suspects" @ this wedding, both vendors AND guests, we just knew it would be a radical time. We had a few brides & grooms there who we shot in the past couple of years, including the grooms brother Todd and his wife Jen as well as Jen's sister Michele and her husband Anthony, so we felt very @ home with everyone. And being that we had none other than Mike Simons ( Who makes a cameo in the slideshow, see if you can find him..) and Emil behind the video lens, as well as the famously amazing Brian Kirk on the bandstand!
Jackie wore a fabulous Reem Acra gown From Saks, and I just couldn't get enough images of the Jimmy Choos, and speaking of footwear, you should have seen our ring bearer Ryan in his tux and chuck taylor all stars!!! After the ceremony @ St Mary's (Same Church we were married in...Wow who knew 5 years, Molly AND another baby on Monday!!!) we headed right to the liquor store... hey need are needs man.. and the up to Libetry House in Jersey City for some foggy fotos. The fog didn't matter though because as usual you adapt and overcome and before you know it, it lifts, separates and you have an amazing view of the evening NYC skyline. Hey and great wedding song guys! Hope its ok we used it in your slideshow.

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Sunday, December 07, 2008

|| tracy + paul || 10.24.08 @ The Castle @ Skylands

I think "The Castle @ Skylands" is perhaps the northernmost place you can go for a wedding and still be in New Jersey! Its sooooo frikkin' far! But TOTALLY worth it. I mean its a castle, even I felt like it was a fairy tale! Tracy + Paul are a very fun couple, in love with each other & the Fall. She looked stunning in her "Kenneth Pool" gown from "Kleinfelds" . Check out the amazing flowers from "Dalsimer" out on Long Island. Paul the hopeless romantic that he is presented Tracy with a little blue box while we were making photographs on the grounds of the gardens. WOW Tiffany's! Dude, awesome!!! "Little Blue Box" is my favorite color, besides clear...LOL ! Well the whole bridal party was radical & fun as you will see in the slideshow below. As for The Skylands... Linda and her staff were impeccable, and really made us just love to shoot there, and we can wait to be there again.

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Saturday, December 06, 2008

|| meredith + darren || 10.25.08 @ the molly pitcher, red bank

Meredith + Darren had a wet day... Although you would never have known it from their excitement. These 2 exemplify what we tell our couples all the time. Just embrace what happens on your wedding day, don't fight it, adapt, improvise & overcome , and it will all work out. Well this day it totally worked out. Meredith looked fab in herLazaro gown from of course, Mustillo's in Red Bank. We just loved the theme of their wedding which was all of the "Benchmarks" of their lives together. Especially the fact that the "bench" they used for the motif, was the actual bench that Darren proposed on! All of the paper accesories were designed by her friend Danielle, who has a design company called "Sweet Dani B". Fantastic florals from"Anderson Flowers in Iselin. "Band Of Gold" had everyone shaking their tushies all night long, and of course the always amazing Mike Simons behind the cinema lens doing video is the perfect way to capture the action!

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

|| Mike + Gina Simons ||

So this ugly couple wanted us to take their photo, we told them we don't shoot funny looking people but they insisted... LOL !! Ha Ha, just kidding, Mike + Gina are great friends of ours. Mike is actually the areas premier videographer and we are so blessed that he asked us to take some quick pics for them. We actually shot it in our backyard. We had a blast, and I think they look fabulous. Dinner was great too guys SAWA rocks! Thank you so very much.
















Wednesday, November 26, 2008

|| Mariel + Dan || 10.12.08 @ The Channel Club

Mariel + Dan are an awesome couple who got married @ Mount Carmel Church in Beautiful Downtown Asbury Park, NJ. If they look familiar thats because they are totally famous. Lovina and I phtographed their engagement session on the beach in Asbury and it was published in "Brides Magazine" last season. From the fun we had @ the engagement session we just knew the wedding would be fab! Um hello can you say christian louboutin shoes! And we knew Mariel would look radiant in Novissima from Carolyns Bridal. Linda @ Sunset Florist just blew us away with all the flowers as well.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

|| Deborah + Patrick || 10.18.08 @ The Oyster Point Hotel

Dee Dee & Patrick met @ Donovan's in Sea Bright, so, it was only right for us to go there for pictures and oh man it looked soooo great. it was a little breezy but Dee Dee was totally a trooper. Better than the rain that was forecasted. They had a great 1931 Studebaker taking them to all of our cool locations. Christian and the Staff @ Oyster Point were perfect as usual, and Mission Dance rocked!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

|| katie + richard || 10.17.08 The Hilton @ Short Hills

On Saturday, August 13, 2005, Richard and three close friends were body surfing in Manasquan, NJ. Richard was a strong, experienced swimmer, but on this day, he was unable to successfully pull up and out of a very powerful wave, which drove him headfirst into the bottom of the sea floor, breaking his neck. Lovina and I are very blessed to be photographing his wedding to his longtime sweetheart Katie. Besides my sister's wedding this was perhaps the most emotional wedding we have been to. It was also one of our favorites. Katie + Richard are an awesome couple, I've never seen a Bride & Groom giggle sooo much @ the alter. When Katie walked up the aisle to greet her Groom, he stood @ the alter & I think the entire congregation, including Lovina & Myself, were in tears. Katie did the designing of the programs and much of the decor, even going so far as to carve the pumpkins herself! Check it out in the slideshow below!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

|| Liz+ Tim || 11.01.08 @ Ocean Place Resort

I know I'm totally blogging out of order, but Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch wanted these images so I figured I would go ahead and put it up. We also just blogged about Lizzie's parents wedding below, so check that out as well.
So Lizzie + Tim were just married this weekend on the beach in Long Branch, NJ. What a great day we had. Her Dad was very emotional, and I think I can definatly say, held himself together , stronger than I will @ Molly's wedding (in like 46 years!). The brides family used to own a florist in Middletown that my Dad did alot of work with. Her Grandmother Charlotte actually did the florals for the wedding herself. Lizzie's Mom even got into the craftiness and created the headpiece for her to wear. It looked great. Tim was very relaxed as well, and looked perfectly handsome. Calm Cool and Collected... Thats Tim. Lizzie's gown was a stunning Ramona Keveza ( one of my Favs ) from Kleinfelds, and she had these great little pumps with a pretty blue sole. The Staff @ Ocean Place are totally amazing man, I'll tell ya Atila had it all down, and it was great to finally meet with Audrey and getting a phone call from Stacy, right while I was shooting was hilarious!

Check it all out below.

Monday, November 10, 2008

|| kathleen + Dave || 09.27.08 @ The Barclay

Oh My Gosh!!! We are sooo behind on everything! Blogging, editing, lunch...
Well Kathleen + Dave had a very shall we say ethereal day. Lots of romantic fog, like a London evening.. She looked awesome in her Mikaella gown. They even had our fav trolley, theLong Branch Trolley Company ... AND our favorite Cinematic Wedding Documentarian... Mike Simons! The Barclay in Belmar, for some reason ALWAYS proves itself perfect for a rowdy party, and speaking of rowdy... the rowdy Pat Roddy Band rocked the night away!


The Infamous Mike Simons in action!!
















Friday, November 07, 2008

|| sal, kiran, priya + dylan ||

its always great when you can share your love of phtotgraphy with your family, plus, they sure are cute for a few ugly people!

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

|| the Molly Monster Slideshow ||

So Halloween was lotsa fun this year! We had school parades, and trick or treating! Candy , candy candy... now Molly thinks that whenever she has her little basket it should be filled with candy!

Here it is folks! The long awaited Halloween Slideshow...

Monday, November 03, 2008

What THEY don't have!

All of you that keep up with this blog knows about My Dad's passing in February. I'll tell ya, this is exactly why we do this. This past weekend we photographed Liz + Tim's wedding @ Ocean Place in Long Branch. Well we don't have the images yet, but , what we do have for me, is priceless. Apparently this is another wedding that my Dad had photographed the Bride's parents wedding in 1979. Just the pride and honor alone we feel while photographing their daughter, is unmatched by any other photographer I would venture to say in the world. THAT, is what they don't have. And this time, we have the actual album. The lovely mother of the bride, Norma, was good enough to make a special trip to our Red Bank Studio to drop of the album that my Father did for them in 1979. You must see this. Its sooo cool. In one of the images in the album you can actually see his camera case in the background of the shot. Now for me this is important, as I remember in my teens , shooting weddings and I would every once in a while get a camera case in the photo , and man he would yell @ me and call me "camera case johnny". Wow, I hated being made fun of like that. Now I would give almost anything for it. Well there it is in print, now I really know that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, huh Dad, or should I call you Camera Case Daddy!!!
And check it out, the camera case that I used for the background is the one pictured in the actual album , and if you look closely you can see his 2 Hasselblads in the photos.
Hey Norma Lovina and I thank you so very much for this. It really means alot...

Saturday, November 01, 2008

|| Domenique + Kevin || 9.21.08 South Shore Country Club

Dominique + Kevin made this whole day so much fun right from the start. She is excellent infront of the camera and when you watch the motion in the slideshow you will find out why. She totally looked like she could be a model, and Kevin, man he even did an extremely deep dip at the alter for their kiss. Check out the 1949 Cadillac Fleetwood they arrived to their open air cocktail hour in. Soooo many dips as they danced the night away!

|| catherine + greg || 9.20.08 Bayhead Yacht Club

Catherine + Greg are going to have a great marriage. Why, because they have the same anniversary as Lovina and I. Yup , thats what I did on my 5 year anniversary, I shot a wedding. It was sure a very cool wedding too. Catherine already looked great , but when Kristen , from Luxe Beauty is doing Make-Up, you know the bride will look extra special. Her Dress is Rivini from Kleinfelds of course, and it was perfect. When we arrived we were so stoked that Emil from Michael Simons Video was there. Those guys rock! The Theme of the day was travel and it was apparent in all of the details. From the table names to the Bride + Groom arriving to the cocktail hour by boat.































Thursday, October 30, 2008

|| Just A tease ||

SlideShow to follow!



Wednesday, October 29, 2008

|| why I wake up each day ||

I'm just speechless...





there's no place like home







i can hear the Bollywood music playing now!!!



Molly-Diwali