More Beautiful Fall Images

Here are a few more beautiful images of Emily Medvin from this Fall. I think I'll get Emily and my my daughter Eden together for some photos in the Spring. Can't go wrong with those two! Meanwhile, I'd like to comment how nice these images came out - definitely some of the best of the Fall.

Image of the Day - A Dream in Black and White

Here's a cool dream-like image captured during one of my Fall shoots with one of my favorite subjects, Emily Medvin. We were in Carl Shurz Park, Emily had a bunch of colored balloons and I had a blast photographing the Emily with the balloons in different areas of the park. I added a nice little magic to this image to make it unique. Tomorrow, I'll post the colored version and a few others from that shoot.

Eden Jurick Fall 2009

We were coming back from Jonah's last soccer game, walking down 5th avenue. The sun cast a beautiful glow through the trees and against the stone wall along the sidewalk. Edy and I were playing around in the leaves and I snapped a couple of shots with her in a really bright and cheery mood. I just love my Edy bear!

My Awesome New Rock Art Installation

I've been experimenting with printing images on metal - and am totally blown away by the results. Metal prints represent a new art medium for preserving photos by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets. The high gloss coating takes on an almost magical luminescence. Because the image is infused into the surface and not on it, the archival qualities of this unique process are unparalleled. You've never seen a more brilliant impressive print before! Colors are vibrant and the luminescence is breathtaking. So I created my own little rock art installation by creating a salute to some of my favorite masters of the guitar. Since I've photographed each of the rocks stars myself over the past few years, it made perfect sense to create this showcase for the wall in my studio. Each print is 10" x 10" on aluminum which floats off the wall about 2 inches.

From upper left to right, row by row: Dave Malone/Camile Baudouin (The Radiators), Derek Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band and Derek Trucks Band), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule and the Dead), John Mayer, Billy Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Trey Anastasio (Phish), Eric Krasno (Soulive, Lettuce, Chapter 2), Michael Franti (Spearhead), and last but certainly not least David Gilmour (Pink Floyd).

Holiday Card Perfection

It's the peak of holiday card season right now - and I wanted to showcase a fabulous multi-sided card from the Meyers Family. It's not that often that you include 14 images (including the unique image on the stamp!) for your holiday card - but this summer's photo shoot was pretty epic. Melissa Meyers (AskMelissa.com) and her designer Dania created this gem - and I thought I'd share it since it had so many nice images I captured at the beach that night this summer.

Front of the card

Center of the card

Back of the card

Ben's Rockin' Bar Mitzvah

Ben showed the world what Benstock was all about on October 24, 2009. Ben and his brothers Jared and Ethan together with his parents Jodi and Peter celebrated music, family, food and friends - and it's all captured here in this very cool high def (for the web) video I created for them. Enjoy!

Storybook Photo Albums & Video Slideshows From Your Photo Session

If you are thinking about great gifts to give to friends and family, I make custom designed storybook photo albums from your favorite images captured during our session together. Storybook albums start at 25 pages and can include multiple photos over a 2-page spread. Purchase a gift card towards a storybook or DVD movie slideshow. Email to learn more. Meanwhile, I've included a few samples here to see how they would look when printed. Play with the sound on, it adds a nice touch.

Birthday & Portrait photo albums: Parties Amy's Rockin' 40th Alix's 25th Cookbook - Check this out! Portrait Fall Portrait Storybook

Ultimate Storybook Photo Albums: Bar/Bat Mitzvah Spencer Carly Wedding Linda & Justin Brooke & Kevin

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Hi-def video slideshows are a a fantastic way to share your memories from your photoshoot or party. Here is a sample set to music that make your pictures look hi-def on your home flat screen tv in your living room. The slideshows are on DVD and set to your favorite music - plus you can share them with friends and family on Facebook, Twitter or any other website you like.

I'm using brand new cutting edge video software that just has to be seen to be believed. Look at these rocking MTV-style highlight videos - like this collection of our Mitzvah Magic:





See this collection of celebrations including some great 40th birthday parties - party people were having the time of their life!




Beautiful Weddings




Portrait video slideshows are gorgeous when viewed on a flat-screen HDTV. Imagine your portrait session in Hi-Def, check this out:





Click to View Sample Slideshow of this really cool "Rock Mitzvah" Party
(play with Speakers On)

This particular slideshow is set to view in widescreen on your monitor.

Celebrity Tennis Night Out in NYC - Serving For A Cure

Last night, I photographed an amazing event, "Serving For A Cure," a charity tennis exhibition hosted by professional tennis star James Blake. The event raised money for the late Thomas Blake, Sr., Memorial Research Fund which James established to support cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). James Blake, Andy Roddick, the Bryan brothers, Sam Querrey and American tennis "it girl" Melanie Oudin were part of a tennis exhibition match followed by a fashion show by Fila and musical performance by Wyclef Jean. John Mayer paid a visit and hung out with the players and danced with fans.