|| christine + dennis || @ the pleasantdale chateau

Holy Cow are we ever behind in blogging. Well this is our craziest year ever and blogging has apparently taken a back seat, but, we thought we owed it to all of our fans to put up something new!
Well Christine + Dennis had an amazing day out in northern New Jersey. The weather was great, the bride, beautiful, the groom, a blast, the bridal party, radical. All of the elements to make a nice day alot of fun.
The ceremony was held @ St Teresa's in Summit, which is a gorgeous church on Morris Ave. The Pleasantdale is always one of our very favorite places to go. They Do it perfectly right every time. The light outside in the gardens that day was exquisite, and Laura, Santiago, Iveliss, Natalya and the rest of the staff are such a delight to be around. Thanks for a great day guys! I loved Dennis' older brothers line about having 3 best men, " Dennis didn't get one best man, but 3 barely competent ones"... classic!

|| jill + gregg || @ the river house, brielle

WOW!
What a beautiful day jill + gregg had... We actually LOVED the river house soooo much that Lovina & I came back the very next day for mothers day. It seems like it was the last sunny day we ever had! When will this june gloom end??? Well jill got ready @ the home of her parents, um hi wait until you see their backyard, its like a frikkin' park, they have a LAKE! The ceremony was at the cutest little chapel right in the middle of allaire state park. We just love it there, every time we have a wedding there the images look fantastic. Then off to the beach for some fun and casual photos! Check out how great the river house looked as well... Its always sooo cool there.

Have Fun!!!

|| samantha + mike || @ waters edge, sea bright

As most of you know, we do this photography stuff all because of my Dad. He was a photographer , and showed Lovina and I how to make a life for each other and provide for our girls... We can never thank him enough and this is his legacy. Lovina and I are soooo lucky to have friends & clients like the Sabatos family. Here's is why... We are very connected to this family, they own a popular meat market ( no its not bar A) in middletown, and when my Dad was 13 or so, he had his first job ever, stuffing hot dogs and sausages for them. Then I think it was 1973, when he photographed Samantha's parents wedding... Mr. & Mrs. Sabatos created a beautiful clan of 4 daughters. Within the past 9 years we have photographed each and every one of those daughters weddings, ending with Samantha, the youngest of the four. What a great experience. We are so grateful, and just know that my Dad would be very proud. And you know we hate to brag, but really, who gets this kind of legacy... I mean to have a photo studio responsible for shooting the parents wedding and then, us , the second generation photographing the second generation of weddings from the original family... Who gets that opportunity? Not many, but I'm proud to say that WE DO! Thats what makes us different, and no one else can say that... Thank you Dad...
Well enough about that lets talk about the awesomness that is Samantha and Mike's wedding. I was blessed to shoot this one with the greatest photographer I know, my wife, Lovina. In fact most of the images in the slideshow are hers! Why the hell my name is on the sign I'll never know. Well, Samantha looked absolutely beautiful, and yeah I guess Mike is no slouch either. After a ceremony @ St. James in beautiful downtown Red Bank, we headed over to their butcher shop in middletown. Soooo funny! Check out Mike in the freezer! Twin Lights, after that, overlooking NYC, and the mighty Atlantic. Wow what views we had that day , and check out the cherry blossoms...perfect!
Oh my God this blog is turning into a frikkin' novella!
Ok... so after that it was right over to the Waters EdgeIn Sea Bright for a woderfully amazing reception. Sal and everyone over there just created such an amazing experience for the entire wedding. They are always nothing short of perfect... oh and Sal makes a cameo in the slideshow... see if you can find him!




An Arcara has photographer every married couple in this photo!!!

|| maryjane + sean || @ waters edge, sea bright!

WOW! It is outta control here @ photo frikkin' central let me tell you! Finally though I have found time to blog. Well Maryjane and Sean had a day that turned out amazing. It was a little iffy @ first but man when the sun came out and we got that beautiful storm light... Well see for yourself how fabulous they looked. Sal and the awesome staff from Waters Edge
were on top of their game as always, and You know that it will be a fantastic night when Jay from Elite is spinning the wheels of steel!