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there’s nothing like capturing the palpable excitement when the bride emerges from her dressing room for the first time.  especially when there’s an entourage the size of Allison’s.

you can see how the rest of the day played out below.

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here are a few images from a wedding that Ron recently shot at The Bowery Hotel.

we had the pleasure of working with Jeannie Uyanik and Krista from C&G Weddings at Jane and Fred’s wedding at The Lighthouse.  just wanted to get a few images up to share…

“old school holdouts” take note.  in my opinion, it is much better for a bride and groom to see each other before their ceremony to do their portraits.  you just don’t get shots like these below when a couple sees each other for the first time at the altar. (see the tears on Jane’s cheek and on Fred’s jacket?)

great wedding this weekend with David Krumholtz, star of Numb3rs marrying Vanessa Britting, from The Young and the Restless and Without a Trace.

the celebrity filled bridal party (that’s Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel,  Gregg Bello and Martin Starr above) and guest list made things a bit interesting – i’m not really used to going on shoots in central park with a security detail and hiding in the rambles… but we love changing things up.

but i had sussed out well in advance that this hot dog vendor posed no threat…

and a great party – and one of my faves…  we all had a really great time working together.

many thanks to the multitalented (and even more importantly – fun to work with) Michelle Rago who did a great job planning the wedding.

more to come…

we photographed another beautiful wedding at The St. Regis Hotel recently and  i must say, if it absolutely has to rain on your wedding day, The St. Regis is a nice place to be – there’s plenty of stunning space to work with inside.

our many thanks to the always wonderful Ellen Kostman of Sidekick Events who did the planning and to Dejuan Stroud for the flowers.

check out this stunning hand calligraphied invite courtesy of Sloane Madureira Design.

Makeup artist: Lori Hamlin
Hair stylist: Courtney Benedetti

the bride’s dress was Elizabeth Fillmore from the incomparable Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier.  we love mark and his staff!

and some sweet blues from manolo blahnik.

and the groom’s custom suit was by Mr. Ned with groom and groomsmen’s coordinating ties by hermes.

it was a great day or everybody.  ok, almost everybody.

more to come …. in part 2

I met Julie and Ian at a wedding that we shot in Anguilla in the spring and fortunately Matt and Ron were both still available for their wedding day.

They had such a great time working with Julie and Ian – they were all smiles telling us about the fun that everyone had that day.  Julie looked absolutely radiant.

In this shot, she awaits the moment for her father to walk her down the aisle.

And a tour of the meatpacking district turned up lots of great spaces.

See what i mean by radiant.

The reception space – Studio 450 – such a great place at sunset.  Now with a view of the Highline.

A great event design by Elizabeth Ryan.  And food by Creative Edge Caterers.  They are one of the best.

Please sign our Dunny!

Now this is what I’m talking about… take a close look at this party shot Ron took.  Now that’s a great image!  I smile every time i look at it.  That’s how I want to remember my parties.

Julie and Ian  – classic photobooth moment.

Many thanks to Peggy Calabrese for doing such a great job planning and coordinating the event.

I don’t know what’s going on of late.  When I was a kid going to Bar Mitzvah’s and such there were never hora accidents.  People went up in a chair, they were bandied around a bit and then they came back down.  Simple tradition.  And with the exception of getting your toes stepped on pretty regularly – it was fun.

Recently, I’ve seen a number of hora accidents – including one bride getting tipped over and dumped head first right out of her chair from 7 feet up.  And we’re talking landing on her head.  Nothing kills a good hora like dumping a bride.  She was a real trooper and got right back in that chair and went up again.  But it had the possibility of being really ugly.

So in an effort to save everyone from the pain and embarrassment of dumping their honoree – here are the rules of lifting someone in a chair during the hora.

1.  Lend a hand.  Guys, it’s your responsibility.  You don’t have to be Jewish to pick up the chair.  And you don’t have to be a bodybuilder.   Don’t stand around  wondering if you’re going to get called on to participate – help.  You need at least six or eight guys of average strength per chair.  Preferably two per leg.

2.  Get a decent chair.  Never use a folding chair.  It really should be a chair with with arms.  If there are no arms, consider having your honoree straddling the chair and hold the back.  Note:  Moms don’t want to straddle chairs nor do most brides.  Go look harder for an arm chair.  Hopefully someone thought this through before the music started…

3.  Keep the chair tilted back slightly at all times.  Never let the chair tip forward or to the side.  This means that the people holding the rear legs can’t lift the chair as high as the guys in the front.  Pretty simple concept but pay attention to it.

4. Don’t overbounce.  It’s a celebration, not a mosh pit.  This is not an opportunity to show off your strength.  Don’t let a couple of cocktails make you an overeager bouncer.

5. Watch out for overhead items.  Don’t put the chair in the center of the dance floor if there’s a low hanging chandelier there.  Ouch.

6.  Slowly put down the back legs of the chair first keeping the same level of tilt that you had above.  Guys, be sure you don’t let the chair leg snag your jacket or pants pocket on the way down.

7.  Jew or gentile, if you’re not helping with the chair then you must sing.  It doesn’t matter that you don’t really know the words.  Few do in this country.  But there’s only 14 words in the entire song.   Learn to fake them with confidence.  They are:

hava nagila

The digraph ch is pronounced like the German ch after a back vowel, as in Bach.

OK, now let’s rejoice!