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|| meredith + vincent | 03.28.09 | @ Seasons in Washington

So a few weeks ago we were blessed with shooting another Rapolla wedding. Meredith + Vincent were married in Suffern NY, and then had an amazing reception @ Seasons in Washington, NJ. Now we also photographed Vin's brother Dan's wedding to Melanie just on September 12, 2008, @ the Channel Club in Monmouth Beach. You may also not know this awesome little tid-bit, but my Dad photographed Vin & Dan's parents wedding in June of 1973, as well as their uncles wedding. So you can really say that we feel like a part of this family. Another little known Arcara fun fact is that Vincent and Dan's parents purchased their home in Middletown from my grandparents. My Dad was actually raised in the same house as Vin & Dan. AND Oh My God, LAST connection I promise, Dan does our landscaping @ our home in Tinton Falls. This is rediculous... The entire reason that we love what we do sooo much is that we get to share what we do with the people we love and have known since forever. OK enough of all that crap, the Rapollas are pretty funny looking too so thank goodness Vin had Meredith for a wife! ( Nice segway back to the real reason we're here huh?) She looked spectacular. We had so much fun and what a radical day. The entire staff @ Seasons we top notch and made sure everything went perfectly smooth. I was hoping to get Meredith in her gown on the Hog in the her Dad's garage, but time was not our friend that day. Even so , I think it all went off famously. See what you think in their slideshow below!

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|| Truly Humbled || the knot best of weddings !!!

I know that we talk about it all the time, but, we just have to say again that we are truly humbled and blessed to have so many brides and grooms hire us to perform a service that we hold so near to our hearts. I mean first you all voted us as " The Knot Best of 2007 AND now 2008/2009" which just makes us love what we do even more. The Knot Best of Weddings is a coast-to-coast guide to the entire country's top florists, venues, photographers, cakes, and everything in between. Whats really amazing about this is that The Knot really had nothing to do with it at all (well except for be associated with it, and the fact that it is their site that this is coming from) but that an independent company came in and polled brides. It was all the brides doing! Which to me is even bigger and better. There were something like 25,000 brides polled. Now our 2009 season is booking up faster than any other year. Its just so flattering. We are getting so many inquiries from some really exciting weddings, its really working out to be a fantastic year. Its just so much fun to see these things happen to our little studio here in Red Bank, and what is also so amazing is all the referrals we have been getting from our prior couples. I mean its all because of you guys talking about us that has really made it happen for Lovina , Molly, Lilly and I. If you are a 2010 couple please don't hesitate to call us. Our season is booking up quick and we want to make sure all of you are well taken care of.
We also have some other exciting things going on at John Arcara Photography. Lovina has redesigned our branding and logos, as some of you may have noticed on the newer blog images. We just want to portray a cleaner image and really let the photographs do the talking. we will be adding many new images to the website, so be on the lookout for that. Lovina has designed some new promotional materials as well, including, postcards, business cards, a newly designed simplified price list, and new note cards as well. We also have some radical new albums that we are designing sample layouts for that will be ready real soon.

|| amanda + nick | 03.14.09 | the stone house @ stirling ridge ||

Amanda + Nick had such an awesome wedding that we had to do not one but 2 different slideshows. The first one is the type that we always put here on our blog. Its to their wedding song making memories of us by keith urban. the second one is our newest offering called "FotoFusion". It's a blending of stills and motion using the mot cutting edge technology & techniques in photography. A revolutionary way to unobtrusively capture your beautiful day.
So Amanda + Nick had their whole day @ the stonehouse. Rebecca and her staff are just amazing and we always have a blast when we are blessed with a wedding there. Amanda of course looked radiant , and what a goof her handsome husband nick is. Dude you clean up nice... The whole bridal party as a matter of fact looked like a bunch of celebrities. Well check them out in both of our signature slideshow below.

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Dress - PJ Harvey

we used this song on out philly trash the dress slideshow. check out pj. harvey , she rocks

Morrissey - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

what a great song. We just got to see Morrissey in Montcair , he was awesome!

|| April Issue of TOWN AND COUNTRY Magazine ||

We are soooo totally excited and humbled! Check out Anne + Todd in the April Issue of Town and Country - Special Travel Issue on page 126, photographed by who you may ask??? Well take a look @ the credit in the sidebar below!

|| alice + mike || 02.20.09 @ the pleasantdale chateau

What an amazing couple alice + mike are. We had an awesome day over @ the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange, NJ. Alice looked stunning in her Amsale gown from Saks 5th Avenue, and those fantastic Vera Wang shoes! Whenever we are @ the Pleasantdale we are just so overwhelmed by the wonderful staff over there. Our go to girl Ivelisse NEVER disappoints, and wait until you see the cool shot of Santiago helping out with the cake cutting. I also would like to thank Lisa for everything she did for us with this wedding.

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|| 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.

Announcing "FotoFusion"

Keeping on the edge of technology and pushing the envelope even farther, as you all know, is what we at John Arcara Photography LOVE to do and "FotoFusion" is the newest way we do that. Its a multimedia slideshow complete with stills and motion. A lot of our brides and grooms don't feel comfortable in front of a video camera, but with the new Canon 5DmkII camera you'll never know you're being filmed! Hence no awkwardness in your video. And of course we are one of the very first to do it!
Call it photo, call it video....call it FOTOFUSION!

First check out Dani + Jacob's engagement session in beautiful downtown Red Bank!


|| dani + jacob || - red bank FotoFusion - from john arcara on Vimeo.

So now, lets talk about just how amazing Kate + Frank's wedding @ the Brooklake Country Club on Valentine's Day was. Kate is a teacher AND make-up artist , and Frank, well Frank is the singer in the wedding band NEW POWER SOUL
. So can Kate sing you ask... Like a frikkin' rock star. oh my God this was one of the most entertaining weddings and THE MOST entertaining Bride & groom. Check out the "FotoFusion" of their wedding below.

|| The Fine Art Album ||

Here is a video about our Fine Art Album.



john arcara photography, album design from john arcara on Vimeo.

|| Thank you Cards ||

|| dana + mike || 01.10.09 @ Addison Park

Well this one got put on our blog quick!!! Can we say Awesome!! Snow and weddings two great tastes that taste great together. Gown Pricilla of Boston! Shoes Stuart Weizman! The frikkin' list goes on and Dana looks perfect in all of it! Her Dad had a fantastic collection of guitars and a beautiful 69 Corvette Stingray to boot. Hey Dana call us in the summer we'll do a trash the dress and totally Whitesnake out on the Vette!!! Ed, Carla, Sal, and the rest of the staff @ the always stunning Addison Park were of course astounding!

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|| meghan + dominick || 11.22.08 @ the channel club

Well this is it... Our final 2008 wedding. We think we ended on the right foot too. what an awesome couple. Meghan looked perfect in her Demitrios gown, and Dominick is no slouch himself. Jeanine Mangan doing beautiful make-up and amazing florals by Petal Beach... And Fred, Nick and Liz @ the channel club always make the day amazing for us and everyone else. Also check out the cameo of Ozzy from Versatile Entertainment who had everyone out of their seats and on the dance floor all night long!

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|| Lilly's 1st Day ||

December 15, 2008 we were blessed with a brand new baby girl. Lilly Jane Arcara arrived @ 8:08am, coming in @ 7lbs 8ounces, and was 21" tall. Lovina is doing great and wow, she is truly amazing. She showed such strength and courage, she really made it look easy. I'm so very blessed and honored to have her for a wife. Lilly is doing great and is sooooo cute. Man she looks nothing like Molly either. When Molly came to the hospital she was introducing everyone to Lilly, and even telling people to give hugs to each other. thank you so much to all of our family and amazing friends for all the calls and comments both on facebook and in our emails. we love you all and are just so happy to have you.