|| 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.

|| 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!

|| 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!

|| 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.

|| 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!!

|| 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!

|| 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...

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...

|| 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.