|| shawn + nick || @ the Molly Pitcher, red Bank, NJ

Can you say glamourous?!?! Well thats what comes to mind when we think of Shawn + Nick's beautiful wedding @ the always amazing Molly Pitcher in Red Bank. I was blessed with THE most glamourous photographer in the world to be with on this one, my wife Lovina & what a day we had. St Kimisis in Holmdel was great of course, we just LOVE greek weddings! Bring on the Ouzo huh Lovina!? Shawn & Nick looked so damn beautiful, we had to make a giant size bigger than life wall canvas of our favorite image from their wedding... Of course Lovina shot it! Well Lovina you said you wanted to hear No Doubt so I did this slideshow to a song for you... Love you honey & thanks Shawn & Nick for a "S'wonderful" day!

|| jen + jeff || FotoFusion @ the Pleasantdale Chateau

Check out another Pleasantdale Chateau wedding! This time a full length :A: List FotoFusion! Tell us what you think. This is a great little add on to your imaging for the day... Low cost, high WOW factor... Very hip!

|| stephanie + marc || @ the pleasantdale chateau

oh another awesome day, another awesome wedding! I'll tell ya, we get THE :A: list beautiful couples @ John Arcara Photography! Stephanie + Marc are a totally chic couple who's ceremony was right here in beautiful downtown Red Bank @ St James Church, on Broad St. check out the amazing classic thunderbird they drove up to THE PLEASANTDALE CHATEAU. So very... Always a pleasure to work with Laura, Santiago, and just the whole family at The Pleasantdale. Watch for my cameo towards the end of the slideshow & check out the slideshow debut of our now famous 100 year old antique chair. I actually carry it in the back of our car just in case we need to hang out on a railroad track, asphalt plant, or as you will see here, a back country road.

|| kathy + dan || @ the berkley plaza

WOW ! So sorry about how behind we are @ our blog. Well check out kathy + dan @ the berkley plaza! Lots more on our facebook pages!

Lovina gets credit for this shot, she did it last ear & told me to look for pumpkins for this.

See, just awesome colored shoes! with a matching umbrella!

Kathy & Dan are alot smaller than I remember them... P.S. check out Barbie's shoes... Kathy's Mom found this in the attic with these shoes on. She has been planning for a long time!

Nice breeze

I Loved the little red barn in the background

These rings were swinging away as I photographed them.. I can't believe its in focus. then again its a Nikon D3!!

I Love a couple that will hit the tracks & NOT look for a flowery park!

NIIIIICE boots!!! So PUNK ROCK COUTURE!

So we started to carry this awesome 100 year old chair around with us

It was my dad's chair in our studio when I was growing up & we keep it in the car for just such an occasion.

the ONLY way I'll use a gazebo!

The Swell Season featuring Jason Segel - Nov 18, 2009

this is so funny!

"a list" {wedding s t y l e } || Shoes ||

So Shoes! WOW! Well everyone knows its the little details that will make your perfect day memorable, & shoes are noooo different. Don't underestimate the power of the pump! We LOVE shoes, even more, we love creative shoes. No reason to stay boring under that amazing gown. A flirty splash of color will do wonders... Just imagine strutting down the aisle, like a super model on the runway, in a pair of glossy red peeky toe pumps! Ha that little soupçon of color is so stunning as it sneaks a peek from under the couture gown. Expensive? Listen we adore a pair of Christians just as much as anyone but you don't need need to spend a million to look like a million. Most times, its all about the color and style. You can match your bridesmaids gown colors, the season, your wedding theme, or your personality. You can even have a pair for the day to walk down the aisle, AND a pair for the reception to look even more haute! Plus it gives us more details to play with and opens up some awesome creativity for things like images of rings, jewelry, and of course sexy, flirty PUNK ROCK COUTURE WEDDING PHOTOJOURNALISM!

|| heather + chris || A list asbury park :E: session

Can I say WOW!

I just had to post this! Heather & Chris are a blast, and GORGEOUS! Can't wait until the wedding...

THE KNOT'S 2009 INDUSTRY NETWORKING EVENT

We were blessed with the opportunity to photograph THE KNOT'S 2009 INDUSTRY NETWORKING EVENT. Kathi from ALL THE BEST CELEBRATIONS & EVENTS put on the whole shebang & we just had a blast shooting it. Check it all out on THE KNOT & don't forget to pick up the new issue on newsstands in January!

|| jessica + mike || @ eagle oaks country club

Another beautiful day that I got to shoot a fabulous wedding with my perfect wife, Lovina! We feel like part of Jessica's family, since we had already shot her sister's wedding a few years ago AND my Dad shot her parents wedding! We always feel the most blessed when we can walk in his footsteps this closely, and be able to photograph the daughters of my Dad's friends & past brides & grooms. WOW! Just sooo humbled. And hi WOW, Jessica, can you say beautiful... Her whole family is just so damn handsome, its like they were cast for this part. What about Mike you ask, well yes where there is a pretty bride, there is a handsome groom. The ceremony @ one of our favorites churches, St Catherine's in Spring Lake, & we even treaded over to another one of our fav "A" list signature locations @ the asphalt factory... I wanna buy it so I can keep it looking the way it does now. I hope they never make it too pretty but I guess an asphalt plant is not meant to be pretty. EAGLE OAKS, perfect. Ed & his staff, flawless! Thanks for an amazing day everyone!

|| katie + nick || @ eagle oaks country club

This is a great wedding... Fun people, great weather, alot of liquor, & even an "A" list John Arcara Photography signature location for some real PUNK ROCK COUTURE WEDDING PHOTOJOURNALISM! We got some great action @ the asphalt factory! Check out the awesome lighting over @ EAGLE OAKS. If your a follower of this blog you'll know that we just did out very first
"a list" {wedding s t y l e } on || uplighting || actually used some images from Eagle Oaks. Ed and his impeccable staff as always were amazing...

|| jessica + pete || oyster point hotel

Well here is a great example of an "A" list wedding. MIKE SIMONS on video, DADDY POP rocking the night, and of course PUNK ROCK COUTURE WEDDING PHOTOJOURNALISM. All brought together by the updated, upgraded, new and improved luxury chic boutique, finally out of her shell, OYSTER POINT HOTEL in beautiful downtown hip city, Red Bank, NJ on the banks of the Mighty Navesink! Jessica Looked so very stunning and we just adore her creativity with her choice of footwear! And Pete, what a cute boy he is. HAHA! Rowdy fun, Radical Crew! Check out their first dance to a little 2 piece band in Asbury Park on the boardwalk, and check out 2, thats right 2 cameos of Mike Simons, one of them breaking countless motor vehicle laws!!!

|| Another amazing reason we do this ||

Ashley + Eric, thank you guys sooooo much! you are awesome!!!

"Hi John! Now that the dust has settled, and I am over the fact that I am not still in Hawaii :), Eric and I wanted to thank you for being one of the highlights of our wedding day! So many people raved about how incredible you were, and two of my engaged guests said they wanted to fire their photographers and hire you instead!! I personally have to thank you for your professionalism and setting a great tone for the day - as a typically calm person, I was trying to hide some nerves in front of the 15 people watching me get dressed, when you walked in and immediately helped me to relax and realize this was going to be fun! And we all had a blast! Not to mention what a treat it was to see some of the shots on a slideshow at the wedding - awesome! I have no doubt that the rest will be just as incredible! Thanks again, and enjoy some well-deserved days off! Talk to you soon, Ashley Morganti and Eric Romaglino p.s. - I am sorry I can't post this on your facebook page or twitter - I think I need to get with the times and join!! Feel free to copy it there so people can see it though!"

|| anisha + prince || an "A" list big phat Indian wedding!

I can't believe how behind we are in blogging! We are slowly catching up & thought we would share this amazing wedding. Anisha & Prince are a beautiful couple and had just an amazing wedding in North Jersey. We only put a slideshow up of one of the FOUR days of partying!!! WOW! Crazy man! Hey guys shukriya sooo much for having us, we had so much fun and as you can tell your images turned out to be some of our very favorites EVER! Bhadhai ho!!!

|| Published || on the FILIPPA SCOTT Blog!

WOW! So as some of you know, we @ Arcara Photography have a little obsession with shoes. So when Lissa emailed us a link To THE Filippa Scott blog and said we were featured there, we were totally psyched & humbled. Check it all out here! FILIPPA SCOTT

john|arcara p h o t o g r a p h y @ Graphi Studio

Photo Plus Expo @ Javitz NYC

Last week we were blessed with the opportunity of a speaking engagement with out fantastic album company out of Italy GRAPHI STUDIO. We presented at the biggest photographic trade show " PDN'S PHOTO PLUS EXPO" to 4 full audiences. We mostly spoke about and demonstrated their new software called LEONARDO, however we were able to also teach about workflow, marketing, & technique to other photographers from all walks of life, to better their own business, the way we have ours. What an amazing opportunity and an awesomely humbling experience, to be able to speak in front of other professionals in our field. Thank you so much to all of you who attended & I hope to see you all again soon. Thank you to everyone @ Graphi for this wonderful experience, you chicks rock, oh you rock too Dan!

Thank you soooo much to http://www.ahmetze.com/ for shooting these images... Sorry if my face broke your lens!

Here's Lisa bringing it to the next level!

Michele probably explaining Lisa's energy! HAHA

We are so humbled that they made HUUUUGE guestbooks of our designs!

More of our work on display @ the trade shoe booth

Here's Dan bringing it home under the Graphi banner!

Amazingly talented Bob & Dawn Davis with your truly... I have No idea why they would agree to be in a photo with me!

"a list" {wedding s t y l e } || uplighting ||

So we are going to be posting from time to time our " a list {wedding s t y l e }" articles about cool things we see @ our weddings. Since our brides & grooms are the coolest in the world , we thought we would show you some fun and chic details that can make your wedding even more hip.
Our first, is on UPLIGHTING...

Lighting for me is kind of a big thing. I mean ya know, I AM a photographist... So when I enter a room that has cool uplighting, it really gets exciting. Uplighting kind of paints the background of any space and gives it a dynamic edge over what is normal there. It gives us depth and adds another stylized dimension to your images later. Uplighting sets the mood up perfectly for a dramatic scene filled with romance, dancing, and adds another dimension of color to your day. You can use lighting to bring out the colors of your wedding, your bridesmaids dresses, your flowers and the aspects of the room to help create a truly unique and exceptional wedding aura. The secret lies in the type of lighting, where to place the lighting, and using it to enhance and boost the already beautiful aspects of your wedding.


Both images are of THE OYSTER POINT lighting & design by FLOWERFUL EVENTS
makes the cake look awesome!

these colors @ the Venetian just scream!

Eagle Oaks



The Molly Pitcher

It makes a great separation of the subject and background
the photographer was hot!