|| meredith + peter || @ the molly pitcher

well if you follow this blog at all, you know we just love red bank! so when meredith + peter said they just wanna hang around downtown red bank & do their photos, we were phyched... we even hit up zebu for some fun images! The ceremony was @ Elberon Memorial Church, which is just awesome for the architectural elements. If you're ever there, check out the coins in the chandeliers. Our beautiful bride, meredith, actually got dressed there. Well the rain was on and off so we actually had some fun getting outside and then running from it. I love when a bride and groom just say hey we're gonna hop in your car and drive around with you, just pull over when you wanna shoot. Perfect! We got a train passing by, an old red building, the middle of Broad street, even up to our studio overlooking the street. If it wasn't raining we could have headed up to our roof to get some great scenes, but I didn't want anyone to fall off... namely me! Ouch!

|| kiersten + kevin || the channel club

What a fantastic summer sunny wedding this was. The images on the beach were a blast, even though kiersten trashed her dress BEFORE the reception even started. Well I guess she didn't exactly trash it, I mean it was still pretty spotless after the frikkin' rogue wave hit us. I felt like the poseiden! Well kiersten was unharmed due to the chivalry of her shiny new husband kevin and the day went on like it never even happened. Fred, Nick, Liz and the rest of the wonderful staff @ the channel club were of course as perfect as usual. We are just so blessed to work places like theirs and have people who really belong to our little family here. And Oh My Gosh THE SUNSET! one of the best ever. Definitely stick around and check out the end of the slideshow for that!

|| corrine + erik || the hotel alcott, came may, nj

You know a wedding is going to be awesome when there is a bunch of dudes standing in a circle on the front lawn of the house that the bride is getting ready at, staring down at one of the other dudes laying flat out on the ground. Apparently they had kind of a radical rehearsal dinner. It was totally cool. like after the party in the movie old school! Well thats just how our day started with corrine + erik, and it only gets better. corrine + erik contacted Lovina when they were starting to plan their cape may wedding, and they hit it off perfectly. we just knew it would be a fun wedding and counted down the days. Boy was it worth it, what with the challenge of erik's broken ankle and all. nope it wasn't pole dancing at the bachelor party, it was kickball. looks like violent kickball to me. the only time I got hurt in kick ball was when I got beat up in third grade for not running for second when the next kicker rocked the ball out there! Well Lovina & I had a great time and have the pictures to prove it. corrine looked beautiful, and the whole time was just a total fun and rad day. The Hotel Alcott in Cape May was sooo amazing, we absolutely recommend it.

|| Graphi RoadShow 2009 ||

WOW! Check it out! John Arara photography is humbled & honored to make an appearance in the Graphi Promo Video with the famous team of Jim & Katarina Garner. We are on the roadshow with Graphi so come see us in Philly... Its free, fun and informative!
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|| Kim + Lou || @ the Leva residence, millstone

Holy details batman, where do we begin?!?! I guess the beginning. We knew that after a fun day shooting Kim + Lou's NYC :E: Session, they would have an awesome wedding, Erin, Alessandra and the girls from "Details of I Do" did a fabulous job of bringing it all together. Check out the slideshow and see if you can find their special cameo towards the end. Well Kim wore a fantastic pair of purple Giuseppe Zanotti shoes to match Lou's purple sock! haha funny... Oh and see if you can find my self portrait with the ring bearer! What a fun day we all had. The clouds were amazing. After the beautiful ceremony @ St. Mary's, where Lovina and I were married, we headed over to Deep Cut PArk, in Middletown for some of our signature "Punk Rock Couture" photos, where we had some fun with the POCKETS on Kim's wedding gown. I love pockets in dresses, so practical and radical... After the park it was over to the Leva Residence, where the most amazing backyard tent reception was waiting for us. Complete with Chinese globe lanterns, long tables with beautifully designed tall centerpeices and dark table cloths, and a purple lighting motif throughout the tent. Wait until you see the ceiling, it was clear and you really felt like you were in the open air under the stars.
Thanks for having us guys we had a great time and just loved your day.

|| liz + t.j. || @ the fromagerie in rumson

We have been awaiting this wedding's turn to be blogged so very patiently, but, now its out! Well another one of our favs for the year, Liz + t.j. are a tre' chic couple who were married @ Holy Cross in Rumson. They got this great Cadillac to be driven around in by their event designer,Alan's Florist in Rumson, and although we didn't go anywhere except in the middle of the street there for our little fashion session, I think you will agree it was c'est chouette. Watch the slideshow for a cameo by none other than Josie from Face FX doing a fabulous job on make-up!The Gown of course from Mustillo's Town & Country right across the street from us in beautiful downtown red bank. Shoes by Fillipa Scott... gorgeous!
The reception was also in Rumson @ David Burke's Fromagerie.
John, our host for this fabulous evening was just amazing, and Jared, our star chef really outdid himself. Thanks for a great night guys... But wait there's more... More you say, prey tell what more, None other than the Frikkin' Nerds for the evenings entertainment, well that is after I was finished with my skit of course... Radical day, romantic night, beautiful times!

|| lauren + larry || @ bonnet island estate

Lauren & Larry are such a sweet couple. They had a beautiful day complete with summer sun, and an island all their own! Stunning, stunning, stunning is Lauren's winnie couture! gown. The pleats look sooo cool! We just loved it. Bonnet island of course is always a raging beauty herself as per usual. I think I'm going to just put a bed under the little rowboat in the back of the place. It just seems like we're always there, and thank goodness because it could be worse. We could be , well , somewhere else not near the beach, and the breeze, or on an island! The fantastic flowers and event design was done by MDS Floral Design. They are just soooo unique and awesome, we just couldn't stop shooting them. I totally loved the starfish escort cards! AND WOW! the Staff from Merri-Makers , as always was a dream to work with, Danielle ran the day just perfectly...And came in just in time, we're so frikkin' sick of Laura! HaHa Laura, just kidding! we like you too! Ashley is always suuuuch a help as well! Tell them all we said hi if you head over to the island anytime soon!

|| lori + chris || @ the molly pitcher

What a fun and relaxed couple lori + chris are. We had so much fun photographing their wedding, especially because we were @ a few of our favorite places and favorite things. For example Lori said she was actually inspired by our little website to grab a pair of Manolos for the wedding day. Well anytime we can inspire someone to make that kind of commitment to fashion we are just super pumped... well, unless of course your commitment to fashion comes in the way of your photography budget! HAHA! They did however, work perfectly with herAlita Graham gown from, none other than Kleinfelds!
So deep cut park in middletown is one of the first parks I remember going to with my Dad in the 80's to shoot , so we always love going there. Who knew we would run into the famous Mike Simons of Mike Simons Video video shooting another wedding there. I did not get his autograph, although he liked my Vans! Then off to the ever amazing Molly Pitcher in Red Bank. Get a load of the cameo of Richard with a bouquet of flowers someone brought for the beautiful bride. Yeah I selective colored it for that extra little... well HA! For you Richard!!!

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|| dani + jacob || @ the bonnet island estate

WOW! Holy Cow! What can we say about the awesomeness that is dani + jacob's wedding. We really feel like we have been planning this wedding along with them and boy was it ever a blast! Always an amazing time for me when my most lovely wife Lovina is along to get some terrific images! There are so many amazing details from this wedding, you just have to watch the slideshow like a hundred times to catch them all. Laura and the staff @ Merri-Makers
catering are always so perfect. Everytime we are at Bonnet we always look forward to working with them. Ginny, thanks for making us feel like we are right @ home everytime we are here! Flowers you say, wait until you see the centerpieces and all the floral designs by Katydid florals in Red Bank ps get a frikkin website Katie!!!. We absolutely look forward to each and every wedding that is planned byKathy & All the Best Weddings & Celebrations
Dani & Jacob you ask... Well dani of course looked fantastic, and her make-up byby Tara @ Hot Mess was beautiful. Jacob looked great as well and actually hand tied his bow tie, what talent. Well guys we can't wait for the aftershoot in Providence, sailing with wine and cheese sounds tre' chic to us!