Sam's Bar Mitzvah

June 20th, 2009
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue / Faan Restaurant / Party Bus / Ice Skating

Actors' Head Shots w/ Matt Foster

Gettin' Down & Dirty at the Webster Hall After-Prom Party...

This ain't no off-hours staff dance party at Kellerman's Resort in the Catskills. It's a NYC after-prom party at it's finest! And you thought Jennifer Grey was dirty...

Todd Snider @ Bowery Ballroom

Last week I had the privilege to photograph Americana/Folk/Rock/Country balladeer Todd Snider, at the Bowery Ballroom. With the release of his newest album "The Excitement Plan", the show was full of new songs (including "America's Favorite Pastime" - a song about MLB player Doc Ellis, who pitched a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD), as well as an eclectic setlist full of oldies, crowd-pleasers, and his usual 20 minute long stories about southern living, hippiedom, and the time Tony Bennet stole $65 from him in a parking lot.










The following is the opening page of Todd Snider's official website (ToddSnider.net), in which he's been using a photograph I took of him almost 2 years ago at the Highline Ballroom:

Engagement Portraits w/ Daniel & Jessica

Shooting for Downwind Magazine, July Issue

With the success of Downwind Magazine's premiere issue (having been distributed to airports and FBOs from New Hampshire to South Carolina, and spreading west...), comes the next step - shooting the July issue. My Saturday morning started nice and early, leaving Brooklyn at 5am and meeting Rich Edelson (Publisher/Editor-in-Chief) at MacArthur Airport, so we could fly to Barnes Airport in Westfield, Massachusetts. Our objective was to get there for breakfast, do an interview, shoot some planes, and be on our way so we could get back to NY by noon.

By the time we had smoothly taken off from the MacArthur runway and traveled over the Long Island sound into Connecticut (a matter of 10 to 15 minutes), Rich and his co-pilot, Oscar, had decided that too much cloud coverage in Massachusetts would prevent us from reaching our destination. A few alternate points of interest were discussed, and with a quick call to the air traffic control tower at Danbury Airport, we had settled for...yes, you guessed right...Danbury, CT. Clearly not our original intentions, but we still got breakfast, photographed some planes, met some nice aviator folks, and were back in NY by noon. Not a bad day's work...




Rich and Oscar, shortly after take-off


Gearing up for a landing in Connecticut


Portrait of Oscar to accompany his feature in the July Downwind


A bi-wing airplane taking off from Danbury Airport


Outside Rich's MacArthur Airport hangar


Another profile for the July issue. Mike Mancuso,
of New York Jet - Corporate Flight Center

Phish @ Jones Beach Theater

Downwind Magazine, June 2009 Issue

The June 2009 issue of Downwind Magazine has hit the shelves, as well as your local FBO's (fixed base operators...in other words, airport service centers).

Check out my work on the cover, as well as some editorials and product shots within. You can see the full spread by clicking anywhere on this page: http://www.downwindmag.com/

A huge thank you goes out to Richard Edelson, Corey Meyer and Theo Giovanopoulos for putting this all together and making it happen.