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Christine and Steve

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:15:20 +0000

New York City

Scene One

hristine and Steve's wedding day started with the bride in New York at the Plaza Athenee Hotel. Christine was looking exquisite and in some kind of zen like state. I rarely see such calm and confidence in a bride. You can see and feel her self assurance in the photos especially the portrait session. Christine really gets it! She truly has a talent for relaxing and being herself in front of a camera. Meanwhile, Steve was getting ready in Westbury and was photographed by my second, Rob Lowell. To view more photos ,click here.

The bride in her limo.

The ceremony took place at Old Saint Pat's on Mott and Spring Streets. I am told that Old Saint Pat's is 200 years old and well kept up. A celebrity unto his own, Saint Pat's is an amazing place to have a wedding! The photographs come out extremely well and the colors, wow, warm and rich as you can see.

Ceremony at Old Saint Pat's, Mott and Spring Streets NYC.

The portrait session was done near the water at Battery Park New York City , as a host of tourists provided us with the needed attention and encouragement.

Bride and groom in Battery Park.

The Bride at Battery Park.

Russo's on the Bay

Scene Two

Ballroom at Russo's on the Bay.

C hristine and Steve's reception took place at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach New York. Russo's, one of the older established wedding venue, has been bringing pleasure to brides and grooms for many years. For those of you not familiar with Russo's on the Bay. Its Italian (as if the name doesn't give that away), the food is exquisite , and they are well know for their killer cocktail hour. The staff is friendly, helpful and downright unpretentious. And the room...well, take a look for yourselves.

Wedding reception at Russo's on the Bay.

All in all, I think we did a killer job for this wedding. We hope you think so as well. Thanks Alfonse

Seema and Nat

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:56 +0000

A few weeks before the wedding.

..."the grooms arrival is a pretty raucous affair, he is accompanied by musicians, and drummers"

eema and Nat's wedding is going to be a traditional Indian wedding this June 25-27th in Detroit. They are expecting nearly 500 guests to attend this two and one half day wedding extravaganza. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Indian weddings the Baraat is when the groom and his family and friends arrive to meet with his bride then both families bestow blessings on the bride and groom. Well... the grooms arrival is a pretty raucous affair, he is accompanied by musicians, drummers and dancing and singing is the rule . The groom usually arrives by horseback

H ere are a few of the engagement portrait session we had just the other day here at our studio at South Street Seaport in New York City. Even though it was a perfectly sunny day we spent most of the shoot in the studio coming up with some pretty different and creative ideas. On her wedding day coming up in June, Seema and Nat will be dressed mostly in traditional Indian wedding garb so they brought to the shoot something they would not be wearing on the wedding day. The proofs from that session is in my proof site , so if you want to see more just click here.

What We Do and How We Get There

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:29:53 +0000

From Studio Photography

and how we get there.....

To Wedding Photography

Rowe Bound

O One of my favorite things to do is portrait photography, I feel it offers the most opportunity for one to be truly creative. Candid or photo-journalistic style at a wedding is the bulk of the work, the documentation of the day-extremely important and valuable, but for great candids, there is a certain amount of luck and stamina involved, oh yeah-experience don't hurt either. In portrait photography, being in the studio or on location has nothing to do with timing, luck or being in the right place at the right time. It has everything to do with experience, lighting, concept and knowing what you want. My favorite type of portraiture is what some may call editorial...having a concept or theme, perhaps building a set and lighting to create a mood.

Fabrice Bound

These particular portraits are studio set ups with a white box as a set... they are part of an ongoing series called "Bound". After shooting a number of models I decided to see what I could do with a bride. The young woman is Marie and she is an actual bride whose wedding I photographed this year in New York. The possibilities are endless and I plan many many more like this.

Hollywood 1940 Style

F or the near future... I would like to take brides and grooms and make it all even more special and give even more... I propose a separate day shoot of the bride and groom in a real editorial style photo shoot. Holly wood portraits, sets, vintage cars, whatever ideas and fantasies that we can come up with, from fashion to the comical. Letting our imagination to run riot. Anyone up for this? More can be seen on my website at 'Healthy Bodies" and "Portraits".

The gown in these two photographs were provided by Liz at Designerloft and the gown's designer is, Yumikatsura.

Yumikatsura Gown