|| Molly's best time with a puppy! ||

So we went to my parent's friends Patrick + Sandi's home last night for drinks and take-out chinese...YUMMM! They have this funny looking pug named Little Face. When you see her photos below you'll see why thats her name. Her body is huuuuge and her face, not so much... Well some of Patrick and Sandi's kids came in and we all had a blast. And Molly was totally stalking Little Face...Oh My GOSH!!! Thanks so very much guys for a fantastic night. We will have everyone over soon. Ciao!






Here's Natalie feeding Molly crayons

And Uncle Greg feeding Molly everything on the plate!!!

of course Little Face!

Kristen got a ticket on the way home









Uncle Greg was still upset that the RedSkins didn't get in!!!

Patrick though it was funny that his sister got the ticket.





Patrick was showing us what he learned in dance class.

Congrats to Kristen and Joey on their engagement

|| pichurs ||

Sometimes I just like to shoot. Especially when its the with the Nikon D3.

I was in NYC this night and just thought these were cool. Just driving through Times Square




And all of these were shot at our cousin Vinay's cute little birthday party...
Lovina and Dylan...


This is what Ajay does when the wife and kids are away... Plays Nintendo Wii

Molly Playing Wii

Molly post Wii

|| Mike Colon + Bob Davis Master Your Craft Tour ||

So I truly believe that you can never know everything about anything, so , to learn a little more from THE industry leaders I attended The " Master Your Craft Tour" in New York. It was given by two of THE best photographers in the world!!! Mike Colon is a west coast wedding and fashion photographer who shoots some of the most high end destinations in the world. He just did Inez DeSanto's daughters wedding , and if you are a Bride you know that Inez is a huge fashion designer. Bob Davis just shot the wedding of Eva Longoria and Tony Parker , as well as Eddie Murphy in Bora Bora. He is also Oprah Winfrey's personal photographer. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me.









Check out Kenny Kim with the biggest equipment in the locker room!!!







Look who got to be teachers pet for Bob!!



If you look closely, you can see Eva Longoria's photo on the screen. Bob Showed us a bunch of her images...




Me and Mike!

Me and Bob!

Saturday With the D3

So we had a fun Saturday, and just went and took some images with the new Camera our Nikon D3. We were fortunate enough to be invited to our great friends John and Christina Decker for Their son Preston's 1 year Birthday party. It was like Red Bank Photographers dot com over their. Complete with John Decker, Bob and Liz Mckay , and even a rare and unusual Danny Sanchez sighting

|| Kevin + Laura's Punk Rock SuperBowl Party ||

Well as punk as it could be with all of our kids there. But hell man we had a blast and there were marguerites.

TO SEE THIS ALBUM, CLICK HERE.

|| 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.
TO SEE THIS ALBUM, CLICK HERE.

Whats in Our Bag!

So both clients and colleagues alike were asking questions about how we do what we do, and many of the inquiries were of course concerning equipment. So check out our
" john | arcara { photography } Whats In Our Bag" link on the side of this blog. Or just CLICK HERE.

Newest toy!

Oh Wow
Our newest addition to the CAMERA BAG is here.



can't wait to post some sample images from it...

Its Been a Rough Go Around...

Well as most of you already know, we've had it a little rough here at john arcara photography and beyond. My Dad is still in the hospital and has been since October.
SEE HERE
AND HERE
I know that alot of you out there are praying for him and I can't tell you how much we really appreciate it.
Well we've also just been through the funeral services of a very close friend of our family. Dave Tronco was 42 years old. I've known him for over 25 years. He was a d.j. with my Dad's business Cisco's D.j.'s , but really he was a like a brother. He would come on vacations with us every year since I can remember to Cape May. We would all get on stage and sing karaoke at Carney's. Dinner at The Merion, drinks at the Marquis De Lafayette pool bar. Dave and I had an affinity for anything 80s, Morrissey, The Smiths, The Simpsons. Man we would go on for hours reciting lines from Swingers or Star Wars, oh, and his near perfect Rodney Dangerfield impressions-(those were Lovina's favorite). We always looked forward to any weddings we'd be shooting that Dave would also be D.J.ing at. We would always talk about how he wanted to play "Meat is Murder" by "The Smiths" for the dinner service at weddings... He will be missed so very much.

Well as Dave would say "But Hey, Enough of My yakkin, lets rock!!!" (from the movie "This is Spinal Tap" )
or "Hey man its 10 to we gotta get outta here! excuse me miss can we have the check? hang on Voltaire!" (Swingers)

Be Careful...

Don't let this happen to you

CLICK HERE
AND HERE
And I’m going to admit I haven’t talked to the guy who owns the company but I can’t imagine so many people had that bad of experiences! We feel terrible for the name this guy is giving our trade!
If there’s ANY way we can help couples who are *going forward* without a wedding photographer, we’d love to help you if we have availability. Give us a call and we’ll discuss your options. Just mention that you were a Celebration Studios’ client and we’ll do what we can to help you get photography for this year, whether that’s us or a more local group that’s working on this same issue!
If you KNOW a Celebration Studios couple, please let them know this post is here. We’re trying to organize some photographic help for these couples and it would greatly help to let them know we’re out here.

Our Studly Studio

So we have been working on our loft in beautiful downtown Red Bank @ 12 Broad, and, while its still a work in progress, some of you wanted to see how its looking. We have been at this location for 5 years now and its been a long time coming.
Well here it is...
Our building. Those big arched windows...ours!



The light in here rocks











and what we see

We are Still Here!!!

Merry Holidays!!! Happy New Year. May The Force Be With You...
Oh Man!!! We are the Blogger Slackers! Well we are back and better than ever. We have been renovating our studio in Downtown Red Bank AND updating our portfolios and samples.
CLICK HERE for a sample album that we designed from Alicia and Ben's fabulous wedding at the Bonnet Island Estate!

We will also be posting up some photos of our studio upgrades, once I have our HUUUUUUUUUUGE computer monitors in place!
See ya soon and tell us what you think of the album!


And May all of you have Gods Blessings for health and happiness for this new year.