|| 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...

|| amy + patrick || red bank -E- session

Amy called me on Sunday and had me totally excited to shoot her and Patrick's red bank -E- session in the snow on monday. WOW what fun we had. I so cannot wait for their wedding in June.

|| Stephanie + Marc ||

John Arcara Photography gets the best looking brides and grooms & stephanie + Marc are no exception. These 2 were sooo great together. The chemistry between them was unbelievable. We cannot wait until their wedding. Lots O' Danger @ this engagement session starting out in Red Bank treacherously dangling from a railroad overpass high above the traffic on West Front Street! Then over to visit our fav character in any Photo session, Asbury Park. Back to the scene of the now infamous squirrel attack.



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|| Jackie + Geoff | Asbury Park ||

Asbury Park to me feels like another character when we shoot there. She is pretty and colorful.. she is dark and sultry.. she can be playful... she can be ultimate sadness... She is however one of our very favorite places to shoot. You have it all there, sooo close to home yet seemingly so otherworldly.
Jackie + Geoff chose Ms. Asbury to be the backdrop for their engagement session. WOW... worked out great. What a handsome couple. WHat a bunch O' fun we had too. We were even almost mugged violently... by a sociopathicl... squirrel ..

|| humbled, humbled, humbled ||

WOW! Thats all that I can say about the true nature of some people. I have to tell you how again, our clients feel way more like friends or some times even family than a client. We are shooting Dani and Jacob's wedding, and we shot their engagement portrait not too long ago. Today, I arrived early at the studio to find a box at my door packed perfectly and bearing their name as the sender. After opening it , and to my great surprise , I found it to contain a card, that was just an amazing thank you, for what I don't know I mean they are awesome and as for giving us the credit for making them look great, well, all I did was push a button. The card is soo cute, a little Pug saying "woof..." "Thanks"... The box also contained a cool little antique camera sculpture that we will proudly display. Again WOW... Talk about feeling humbled...

WOOF... to you guys!

|| Natalie + Greg || GuestBook

So Here is another guestbook design this time for my little sister Natalie and her dude, Greg. they are getting hitched on April 26th, at The Lakeside Manor in Hazlet. Um Yeah your all invited so I'll see ya there right!!! Tee Heee... Well Natalie I hope you set up for all of us!!! LOL!
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|| Jamie + Phil ||

Another hip guest book for a really awesome couple. Jamie and phil came to beautiful downtown Red Bank, the John Arcara Photography home base to do their fabulous engagement portrait. We got to use alot of little hidden nooks and crannies around town.
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Minna and Charlie!

"I'm Just wild about Tiffany's!"
Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's

I just can't wait until May 16, 2008!!!
You have to check out this engagement portrait. CLICK HERE.

Jaclyn & Stephen's Engagement Session

So we had a BLAST walking around downtown Red Bank, photographing Jaclyn and Steve. I can wait to shoot their wedding in two weeks. As you can see they sure are a beautiful couple!

A.J. , Stacey, and Joe!!!

Ok So its been so long since we've posted and I have soooo many Summer weddings to put up here, I hope you don't mind if they're a little out of order later.
So I had a hilarious Pre-Wedding session here at our studio and around Red Bank. Joe and Stacey are getting Married next year and wanted to include their 11 year old Shi-Tzu, A.J. Of course I thought that would be great. Oh My God you should have seen Joe with her. He's got these cool tattoos and a shaved head, but he was a teddy bear. A.J. , The "Pup", she had all this attitude, and Joe and Stacey just sat back and let her shine. They even have a stroller for her because she has a little heart murmer. Well she was a trooper and we had a great time. Oh Yeah and Joe is writer you can find his books on Amazon.com under J.A. Pinto. After we did the Pre-Wedding Session we did some family images of Stacey's family with Kyle, who is 4, and Corey, who is 16 months. They were awsome. What perfect little personalities. Our own Molly is starting to get her own little "Personality" herself.

A Little Bit Of Heaven!

We started making these cool slideshows that incorporate alot of timing and music in them. They sort of look like a movie of whatever it is the photoshoot we did was of. So We shot a really fun Pre-Wedding photo session this week. The couple's names are Erica and Keith. We went down to the beach at Point Pleasant, NJ and took some pictures in the surf and on the sand. They really are a rowdy couple. Keith is a NY firefighter, and has some really cool tattoos. He has one on his forearm that you can kinda see that reads "Never Forget". I should've done some images of it but I think I would rather save that for later, at the actual weddind day . If these images represent some of what we can get the day of their wedding then I can't wait to shoot it! I thought it would be cool to try the movie slideshow software out on them. I like the whole " Little Bit of Heaven " thing, because the bench on the boardwalk that Keith proposed to Erica on, had that written on the side of it. I thought that was a nice touch on his part. Props for the great detail Keith, I bet it would be hard to say no to that. Although I'm sure no was not even near Erica's Mind that day. The music that I used is a local band we are really good friends with called "Kid With Man Head". They were a fun surf punk band from the Jersey Shore. So please feel free to click and enjoy " A Little Bit of Heaven".
I will definatley be adding a movie of our daughter Molly very soon as well. Its just we have over 400 photos of her already and its hard to pick my Favorites.



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