Saturday, June 06, 2009

|| 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!!!

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