It’s supposed to be a beautiful weekend…I’m excited for the good weather as I head down to North Carolina for few days!
I hope to get some fun photos from the trip.
Enjoy the “sunny” macros below and enjoy your weekend!
Dina + Alex = Married! April 23, 2009
Spring Lake, New Jersey – The Mill:
You recently saw the SNEAK PEEK of Dina & Alex’s wedding and after working on the photos for the past few weeks I finished last night!
I was so excited to share the photos today and hear their thoughts.
I really enjoyed spending the day with Dina and Alex with the help of my lovely friend and assistant for the day – Guitree (Thanks G!!).
*PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Click on the photos to view them larger*
We started the day at the salon:
Then we went back to the hotel so Dina could get her make-up done and get dressed.
I couldn’t decide which I loved most for the RING shots.
I think my favorite is the one featured below but I wanted to share the others too:
Alex was a great sport about posing for his “getting ready” shots.
I always love the “detail” shots so you can remember every special thing about the day!
Dina’s sister, Ilene, helping Dina get ready for the big moment!
Alex patiently waits for Dina to be ready…
A lil sun flare as we headed off to the Spring Lake Beach.
Dina and Alex’s dog Keena is an important part of their life and Alex’s and brother in law made it possible to include Keena in a few photos of their special day.
She was so well-behaved and had so many different expressions in the photos I took of her that it made me smile and think about my own buddy, Lucas, and how important he is to me.
I love this moment with “the family.”
I loved how the wind was blowing the veil.
HOT! HOT! HOT!
D-E-B-O-N-A-I-R!
I can’t get enough of this moment!
Look at how he’s looking at her!
We arrived at The Mill…
The ceremony…
I took a chance here getting a silhouette with the wide angle lens. It turned out how I had hoped!
You can’t beat the sun flaring through the huge windows behind them making this photo possible!
Mr & Mrs Alex & Dina Mondrick!
A few quiet moments before we headed into the reception.
Check out the cake topper! Keena!
First Dance goodness.
Sweeter than sugar!
And the lovely friend who put Dina and I together, Ilene, my sorority sister from my days at Rider University.
Thanks Ilene for connecting us!
A beautiful end to a beautiful night!
Councilman Charles J. Spicuzzo April 23, 2009
Back in January I photographed headshots for my old friend Charlie.
Charlie and I went to grammar school together at good ol Immaculate Conception School (ICS). We linked up on Facebook and when he noticed I was a photographer he asked if I would do headshots for him.
He is a Councilman in Spotswood, NJ (where he grew up) and needed photos for his website http://www.charlesjspicuzzo.com/ (which is under construction) and for future campaign literature, etc.
I was happy to do the headshots for him and it was nice catching up with him after all of these years. We had a lot of laughs and the session went really well.
*Special thanks to Mike Palmer for advice before I did this session.
NOTE: WordPress is cutting the photos off on the right side so be aware that these are not the crops of the photos.
The Color Purple April 22, 2009
Ahhh, the color purple…just as beautiful to me as the pink flowers I posted a couple days ago.
I’m in love with Macros. There is something so serene and peaceful about the soft lines and the silky bokeh!
I can’t wait to buy some of these macros on canvas and hang them around my new home (whenever my house finally sells!!)
And I adore just that one little detail in focus. That’s what makes the macro for me.
*You can click on each photo to view larger*
Tickled Pink April 19, 2009
I love Spring because that means beautiful abstract macros!!
Spent some time at Colonial Park with the Nikon 105mm VR in the botanical garden.
Unfortunately hardly anything was in bloom so I photographed whatever I could find.
I loooooove this pink!
Happy Birthday to Mom April 17, 2009
My Mom’s birthday is this Sunday and I wanted to give her something personal for her birthday.
I asked her to pick her favorite flower macro photo that I’ve done so I could buy her a canvas of it for her house.
This is the photo that she chose below:
(You can click to view it larger)
I ordered it from Canvas on Demand and it arrived today.
Their work and their service is excellent and always packaged well.
I chose the gallery wrap because I love seeing the photo wrap around the edges and you can see a part of it no matter where you stand.
The gallery wrap isn’t always appropriate – depending on the photo.
If you want the full image to appear on the front of the canvas and not lose parts of it to the sides you can choose black or white or you can even tell them to match a color in the photo.
Happy Birthday Momma!
(PS: I made her hold this up at my cousin’s birthday party. lol)
Just a Lil Sneaky Peeky: Dina & Alex – Spring Lake, NJ Wedding April 16, 2009
Believe it or not when Ilene contacted me over Facebook discussing her sister’s (Dina) need for a wedding photographer I almost said “no” because weddings aren’t normally my specialty. I’ve photographed a lot of weddings but always in the shadow of the paid photographer, carefully trying not to step on his/her toes and once for a friend from my photography forum.
But something felt different for some reason and when Dina wrote me so I scheduled time to talk to her about the event. Once I heard the details I told her to give me a little time to think it over and come up with a package for her. Dina and Alex to decided to give me a chance and I decided to give wedding photography a chance.
I processed this photo last night of Dina and Alex on Spring Lake Beach in New Jersey with a texture and when I was done I could just feel the drama coming from this moment captured. I’m a big fan of texture, as you know, and I’m trying to incorporate here and there through my processing of the wedding. I’m also being very open to all types of processing for the photos so that Dina and Alex have a variety of looks to choose from for their album.
Every since Dina and I first spoke in November we’ve become friendlier and friendlier and I believe that it’s a friendship that will remain well past the photographer/photo processing/album making stages! I’m happy to have met her and Alex and I’m dying to finish their photo processing and share them all with them! I keep wanting to break my own rules about sending the link to their gallery before I’m done but then I reel myself back in and remind myself that it will be much better to unveil them all at once.
Isn’t love just beautiful? You’d think they were the only two people on the beach at the moment. It doesn’t even seem as if myself and my assistant Guitree were standing there right in their face as this moment happened…. 
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Love Is Just a Word Until Someone Comes Along and Gives it Meaning April 14, 2009
I met with Katy & Geoff back in March for a Couples Lifestyle Portrait Session.
Katy and I work for the same company and the portrait session was a surprise for Geoff for his birthday although he admitted that he figured out what Katy was up to on the way to park.
We met at Duke Island Park and although it was a chilly, overcast, March day you wouldn’t know it by looking at the photos of Katy & Geoff. As cliché as it sounds they warmed up the park with their love for each other and it made me so happy for them. I’m jealous…I want a session like this done for me! They were so easy to direct for this session and I hardly had to tell them what to do!
I picked my top 20 photos from the session. It’s a set of photos I’m really, really proud of (not that I’m not proud of all of my work!!). The editing of this session really flowed for me and I love the processing I went with on some many of them.
I’d love to hear your thoughts!
*Please do me a favor and click on each photo to view the photos larger (especially on the textured/treated photos to see the detail work)*
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Introducing Emmy Award Winner: Lee Grossman April 12, 2009
I got the most amazing news recently…My friend Lee is the proud winner of an Emmy award!
You may remember Lee from my Deep Thoughts Series a while back.
I photographed his family and at the end of the session and I had the opportunity to do some fun photos with him. We took them all after the sun set using one of my lights with the umbrella. Lots of fun!
The photo processing I did on this was just for fun. I ran the photo through Redynamix to pop the brightness but on my brighter monitor I see crazy light spots and on my other monitor I don’t. I decided to add the lighting effect for fun…Lee loved it and immediately added it as his Facebook profile photo.
Jen-Jen Has Been Under The Weather April 8, 2009
“Jen will return to her regularly scheduled blogging as soon as she feels better.”
Unfortunately I went from having the most enjoyable Saturday to having the worst Sunday EVER because I got sick AGAIN.
I hate not blogging because I love it but I need to get better first so I can tackle the things I love and enjoy in good health.
I wish you all a good day.
Communion Season 2009 April 3, 2009
First Holy Communion season is right around the corner.
Have you considered formal portraits of your child prior to that special day?
What about having a professional photographer at your party to capture the special moments that only happen once in their lifetime?
If you’re interested in booking my photography services for your child’s 2009 Communion portraits or party photography contact me at: jen@jenrinaldiphotography.com.
Below are a small selection of photos taken during the 2008 Communion season:
Rise Toward the Heavens April 2, 2009
I feel within me that future life. I am like a forest that has been razed; the new shoots are stronger and brighter. I shall most certainly rise toward the heavens.
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Wishing I Was Here April 1, 2009
Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone.
~Anonymous
Outerbanks, North Carolina – Sept 2008
