Tuesday, November 29, 2011
“Snatching a moment to keep forever” is the way we wish to have memories of our children as they grow. This is why we photograph. Recently I photographed a family in Central Park, NYC. After I delivered the proof prints, they wrote: “Wow…You had BOTH of us in tears looking at these pics. What a [...]
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Tagged baby, black & white photographs, Central Park, children, comfort, family, happiness, joy, learning, love, memories, New York City, photographs, toddler
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
This Fall the leaves in New York City have turned to brilliant reds and yellows. One Saturday I photographed an engagement couple in their favorite haunts around Columbus Circle and Central Park.
Also filed in portraits, weddings
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Tagged autumn, Central Park, Columbus Circle, couple, engagement, fall leaves, New York City, NYC skyline, photography, portraits, skyline
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Portraits needn’t be stiff. I love to let my clients be with each other. This is true, after the wedding ceremony, when the bride and groom can start to relax. A series of portraits, like these, is part of their story. The bride, groom and I picked out this tree and field as the place [...]
Down the hill from the 1800′s church is the Woodland Chapel. A wonderful place, in the quiet of nature, for this marriage ceremony. The day was beautiful and the light in this space called for color for the green of the tall trees and the lovely decorations. I often use black and white, as I [...]
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Tagged , Bedford, bridal party, bride, ceremony, chapel, family, groom, joy, marriage, nature, NY, woodland
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Moment by moment a wedding day is lived in a whorl of excitement. However long the bride and groom plan for this day, to be in it is beyond one’s imagination. I love to be helpful and to be included in the planning. I had met with my clients on site in Bedford, NY before [...]
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Tagged , , Alice Garik, Bedford, bride, bridesmaids, dishes, dress, family, father, flower girls, flowers, grandmother, Martin Jobes Design, mother, Naomi Martin, New York, photography, reception, ring bearer, sisters, table, veil, wedding
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Actually, this was one of the few days this Spring that it did not rain. I will let this mom speak. “As a new mom I had never had professional pictures taken of my son. Lo and behold the day we decide to shoot he is the crankiest he has ever been. So you do [...]
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Tagged emotional, experience, expression, happiness, mother, personality, play, professional photos, son, story, water
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On Monday night, May 9th, the audience rocked with the wonderful performances of stars Storm Large, Ann Moller, Kate Northup, Elizabeth Stanley, Alysha Umphress, Christopher Hanke and Rebecca Jones. This concert benefited Choices In Childbirth. Awards for their outstanding contributions for women’s health were presented to Dr. Christiane Northrup and to Christy Turlington Burns. The [...]
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Tagged Abby Epstein, Alysha Umphress, Ann Moller, benefit, birth, Choices In Childbirth, Christoper Hanke, Christy Turlington Burns, concert, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Elan McAllister, Elizabeth Stanley, health, Kate Northup, NYC, performances, Rebecca Jones, Ricki Lake, Sasha Eden, stars, Storm Large, woman's health
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This is the first in a series that I will be writing from time to time. It is answers to questions I put to one of my clients where I had the privilege to photograph his wife’s pregnancy and about a month later to photograph them with their newborn son. Here is part of our [...]
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Tagged , Brooklyn, dad, Dads, family, father, fatherhood, infant, meet up, New York City, photography, portraits, pregancy, responsibility, role model
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Not only is a fund raiser for Choices In Childbirth coming up on May 9th in Manhattan but just this past Saturday, April 9th, a panel discussion titled “Men and Feminism” took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. What brings these two events together is that both [...]
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Tagged birth, collaboration, ecology, fatherhood, feminism, health, maternity, meet up, motherhood, stay at home dads
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