I am normally not a fan of my brides looking directly at my lense in a moment like this, but God Ruby you looked so incredibly mesmerizing! And I totally love your father's emotion in this moment!
On March 7th, 2010 Ruby and Maurice tied the knot in New Rochelle, NY and held their reception celebration in Westbury Manor, Long Island and what a beautiful day it was! Well, I shall share more images of that another time. However, today, as I pour through and edit their images of that day I couldn't resist sharing my two favorite Daddy & Daughter first dance photographs with you. I love the way Ruby's dad is looking so debonair and proud...or maybe he was so excited cause he was getting ready to bust a move. Everyone clapped joyously at the end of their dance because I think we would all agree - it was the liveliest Father/Daughter dance we had all ever seen!
One moment is was slow dancing and all of the sudden they broke out in a full jive, lol, total awesomeness.
So if you are following our blog you can probably recall we had a different photo along the top of our blog. It has been a long time that I've stared at that image, and, as much as I loved it, it wasn't us. So this morning, in the shower-a place I have many epiphanies, the light bulb in my head went on and I thought "why not scan in my favorite image from our wedding album and use that as the header?" Genius! I love it! So if you are wondering if that is us...then you now have your answer. And if you are wondering when that beautiful and fun day was, well then the answer is September 7, 1998. We will be celebrating our 12th anniversary this year and YES, we still dance that crazily!
This morning we had a Premier Release Party for a very excited, very busy mother of two named Debi, who just had her second sons Bar Mitzvah this January. A long awaited and long anticipated event which consumed Debi's every thought, every second of the day, lol. When I first met Debbi she had fell in love with our work and was gushing about our artistic vision but was slightly hesitant due to her budget restraints. HOWEVER, she had just went through her firstborn son Charlies Bar Mitzvah and was so disappointed with the photographs that were taken by another professional photographer that she decided to go with her gut and commission us.
This mornings Premier Release Party affirmed she made the right decision! She walked into our studio telling us of her over the top excitement as she had not seen one image from the party because none of her friends took any pictures. That made me extra happy because I knew Scott and I were gonna blow her socks off. She brought a friend along with her who also happens to have a daughter with an upcoming Bat Mitzvah and the biggest compliment I could have received was when she solemnly looked at me with her big beautiful green eyes and said "Every image is so beautiful- you really see John's personality in each photograph! Tell me your booked June 5th so I don't feel so bad having already booked another photographer." Don't worry Tobi, you said it yourself, you still have two more children to go so we shall see you then! In the meantime, enjoy the music video we put together for Debbie as a mini surprise :-) She loved it and we hope you do too!
Ok, brace yourselves . . . I am about to flood you with updates on all the latest happenings with Dove Photography and boy do I have a lot to share! We've been all over the place from Staten Island, to Long Island, Las Vegas to Death Valley in California. So sit back, relax and check out some of the places that captivated & inspired us ;-)
A few weeks ago Scott and I decided to do our first ever Bridal Show Expo at The Crown Plaza Hotel in Secaucus, NJ and while it didn't go perfectly (Scott stayed up all night building two Living Room like adjoining walls that ended up not fitting in the space we were given) we did blow away the competition, if I may say so myself ;-) We designed our (supposed to be 8x10 but in reality 6x8) space to resemble a Lounge, "The Dove Lounge" if you will. We purchased two small leather love seats and brought in a bookshelf that held our monitor display which ran a slideshow of some of our favorite images. We also had a bowl of Dove Chocolates, available to anyone who stopped by, but of course, lol. Most exciting, though was our stunningly beautiful model who wore an amazing gown from Something Special located in Wyckoff, NJ - which by the way offer free alterations. It was a gorgeous ivory embroidered tulle trumpet gown designed by Lazaro with jeweled applique at empire waist and bust and cascading flowers down the back of the skirt with a chapel train which is priced at $4,565. She also wore a beautiful ostrich feathered by Toni Federic and a Flowered haircomb underneath that by Malis Henderson as well as petite Debra Moreland by Paris earrings, all provided by Something Special. I cannot compliment these three amazing woman - Irene, Lynda and Lisa enough for helping us be so successful at the show and recommending us at their Bridal Boutique. All of them helped Katilyn look breathtaking for the day of the show! So all you brides out there looking for a Wedding Gown that will take you and your husband-to-be breath away, go to Something Special now! They have the best and most caring woman there ready to help you with your every whim and desire :-)
We also received beautiful flowers for our booth from Anna Rose Floral Design which we prominently displayed between our two love seats as you can see in the images below. And if your wondering about the red rose bouquet that Kaitlyn was holding, well that stunning arrangement was made by Beers Flowers who are located in Ridgewood, NJ. All in all, it was a very good show. We had a constant line of brides, grooms and moms waiting to talk with us, most of whom were inquiring about 2011 so if you are thinking of getting married then ladies, now is the time to book us because we are quickly filling in the 25 slots for 2011 already!
