Check out the Spring/Summer 2010 Conde Nast Brides New York for all of the details of Dana & Rahul’s wedding in The best of Local Weddings section. For the full post on this amazing Battery Garden’s and Ellis Island wedding go here.
I was excited to see two brides I worked with last year featured in the Knot! Please see the dresses and style’s and philosophies of Serah & Kristy’s New York and New Jersey weddings!
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While meeting over breakfast one morning, each of us realized that most couples do not have updated professional photographs of themselves. This is especially true for couples who have been married for several years. This Valentines Day, we want to give back to the awesome couples of New York City and offer a complimentary photography session to you. Please see below to learn more…
How to Participate?
* Any and ALL couples are welcome. Whether you be Newly engaged, newly wed, dating, married with children or married with grand-children….please come out and spread the love!
The Meet Up?
* On February 13th, we will meet at Madison Square Park from 3:00pm-5:00pm
* The meeting point is famous 5th avenue clock (5th Avenue and Broadway) located between 23rd and 24th Streets
* After a brief introduction we will begin working on-location with with you
Next Steps…
* Each photographer (3 total) will have 5 minutes to work with you to conceptualize and document a unique image/moment
* On February 14th by 2pm, a single image from each couple will be posted independently on the wedding photography websites of: Parris Whittingham Photography, R Wagner Photography and Threshold Visions
The Contest
* Anyone can vote on their favorite image on each of the 3 sites
* Voting closes Tuesday February 16th at 9:00pm
* The selected images/couple with the most votes across all 3 sites will be declared the contest winner
The Grand Prize
The winning couple with the most total votes (from all 3 sites) will receive:
* A complimentary engagement session with the photographer of their choosing (over $400-$1000 value)
* $200 print credit
* $100 gift certificate to Mario Batali’s OTTO Restaurant
NOTE: All couples who participate (by working with each photographer) will receive a high-resolution files from their photography session. Couples must consent to signing a model release to have their likeness publicly displayed. Portraits will be taken on a first come first service basis. We suggest arriving slightly before 3:00pm. Friends, employees and relatives of the photographers are allowed to participate, however, they are not eligible to win the grand prize.
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I was very exited last week to find out that I was accepted into the Wedding Photojournalist Association (‘WPJA’). Please see their press release below.
“Robert Wagner Earns Acceptance into the WPJA
New York, New York – January 27th, 2010) – Robert Wagner today announced his celebrated acceptance into the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA), an International, membership-based organization representing professional photographers skilled in the documentation of weddings and events in a candid, unobtrusive style. As a WPJA member, Robert Wagner joins the ranks of some of the most talented wedding photojournalists in the world as judged by their technical, creative and visual aptitude.
Robert Wagner will be held to strict membership standards regarding image quality and content, technical and creative technique, website and marketing professionalism, business ethics and communication. In turn, he gains prestigious affiliation with one of the industry’s top professional organizations. Robert Wagner can further gain admittance into quarterly competitions, where his work will be judged by some of the world’s most respected and accomplished award-winning photojournalists.
Robert Wagner offers engagement and wedding coverage to clients throughout the greater New York City area plus select destination wedding coverage.
To learn more about Photographer’s Name, view his/her portfolio, request a media kit or schedule an interview, visit www.rwagnerphotography.com or email bobby@rwagnerphotography.com.
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I recently had the pleasure of working with hMAG, Hoboken’s, New Jersey’s premier lifestyle magazine. The experience of visiting many of the local businesses as well as learning about the history of Hoboken at the Historical Museum was eye opening to say the least at what this town has to offer. Photographing the bakeries around town was a highlight, combining two of my loves, photography and food! The cover image was shot by Hoboken’s own, fashion photographer, River Clark. I worked on the the two main features as well as many of the raves. Get your copy at area businesses as you step off the ferry and PATH as well as the W Hotel. You can also check out the on-line version here.
Special thanks to Kevin and crew at hMAG for designing and including this promotional piece of my wedding work in the MAG of Hobokanites Seth and Megan’s wedding.
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As I sat down to work on archiving the weddings I’ve worked on last year I was reflecting on all of the great venues I’ve had the privileged to photograph and thought it would be a great idea to share some of those locations with those brides and grooms looking for a venue in or around New York City. The venue is an important decision during the planning process, reflecting the bride and grooms tastes, sensibility, style and budget. Brides.com has an excellent guide on how to choose a venue for your reception and what factors to consider in weighing your decision.
The Frick Collection
Wedding photography Frick Collection New York City
The Frick Collection is probably one of the most amazing architectural and art treasures in the city and one of the most unknown.
1 East 70th Street
Phone: 212-288-0700
Studio Square
Studio Square is one of the newest and most exciting venues to open recently. Located in Long Island City with views of the Manhattan Sky and multiple floors with space to spare it is likely to become the next most sought after location. In addition to the few photographs below be sure to check out the images I recently took of their wonderful Empire Suite on their website.
35-33 36th St, Long Island City
(718) 383-1001
Altman Building
Conveniently located, open floor, and that quintessential New York feel make the Altman Building a top choice.
135 West 18th Street
(212) 741-3400
Montauk Lake Club
Accessible yet secluded enjoy all that is Montauk at the Montauk Lake Club.
632 Hudson
This unique and intimate gem in the west West Village is for those looking to reflect their unique tastes: 632 Hudson
632 Hudson
212.620.7631
St. Regis Hotel
If you think and breath classic New York, opulent appointments and midtown location put the St. Regis hotel on your list.
2 East 55th Street
(212) 753-4500
Smack Mellon Gallery
Location, location, location, between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges over looking lower Manhatten, this Dumbo Brooklyn venue will brighten your day. Smack Mellon Gallery
92 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn
(718) 834-8761
Battery Gardens
Battery Gardens, with airy and wrap around windows with views of the Hudson, Statue of Liberty this location will inspire your dream of what it is to have a New York wedding.
17 State Street, Manhattan
(212) 809-5508
Ellis Island
A world recognized New York City monument, Ellis Island is perfect for a grand celebrate with no limits.
17 Battery Place #210
(212) 561-4588
W Hotel, Hoboken
Modern with views and access to the Hudson you can’t get in Manhattan the newly completed W Hotel is in a class of its own.
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I was exited to see that Jen & Mike’s wedding that I photographed in October is now featured on the W Hotel’s world wide WOW Weddings website. The Hudson waterfront location in Hoboken, New Jersey boasts unparalleled New York City views, modern interior design and impeccable service.
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Venice is a city of tourist and we hate being tourist. Between the two of us we’ve spent countless months in over 30 countries from Indonesia to Ireland and we are bent on finding the authentic in places we go. There are 100 times more people that visit Venice each year than there are residents and even most the residents are transplants. So to blend in with the general population we were tourists, taking over 700 pictures, visiting the sites, crowding onto the vapretto’s and traghetto’s… The authentic in Venice is being a tourist, but we were happy and we loved every sweaty overcrowded second of it!
If you’re thinking of going to Venice on your honeymoon it is a wonderful place, although expensive, it is magical and what you make of it. You need lots of patients for the crowds, lines and a keen ability to read a map. I have to admit after my wife nagged me for a gondola ride for five days I gave in and we slipped through the canals in near darkness sipping vino rosso and it was one of the highlights of our trip! See a our video of our Venice adventures here, which will give you a hint at what we will be doing in 30 years.
I love Italy and just found out when I sat down to write this blog, that I will be returning there once again to photograph the vacation get-a-away of Casa Teulada in Sardinia along with a life style portrait session of the beautiful Bortolotti family, whom created Casa Tealuda from an aspiration to actualization.
Our breakfast view on the Grand Canal.
Gelati porta via!
I wish they had a fresh produce boat that pulled up by my apartment on the Hudson.
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Machismo Gondolier
Next time we are going to stay in a place with a kitchen, the fish markets were amazing.
Keys to room in our hotel (Hotel Gritti Place).
Murano Glass
We wondered where all the well dressed were going each day???
Traghetto gondolier
Venice’s symbol and flag.
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There was too much beautiful light and life to capture in just a handful of days in the city of canals. Much like New York, Venice feels like a city that never sleeps, whether it be multitude of water vessels ferrying goods and people or the light bouncing around the canals by night or day.
The following are a few of a project that I am working on concerning water, you can see my full fine art print selections available for purchase here: http://www.rwagnerphotography.com/pickpic/gallery/splash.php?gallery_id=5
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Get ready to put your arms in the air and smile chin to chin! Put one Mike, one Jen, two families, two religions, one Catholic Church, one Chuppah, one Hoboken, many close friends and you get a whole lot of love and commitment! This was a local wedding in every sense, you see, Jen and Mike live one block from the Church they were married in, and a windows eye view from their apartment lies the W Hotel, where the reception took place. They also got engaged on the Hoboken waterfront with the New York City in the background (see their engagement session here). Their wedding was about community, bringing together the best of two families and surrounding themselves with support. I’ve know Jen for a few years and also live just down the street, it was amazing to see this day come to fruition, along with the planner, invitation designer, pastor and floral designer, all friends of Mike and Jen’s.
Here is an excerpt from a poem written for the day by two of the bride’s maids that my lens found titled “Twas the Night Before the Wedding”
“…
The preparations were done
All the planning – no more
The gift bags were stuffed
With goodies galore
The girls started chatting
About the festivities ahead
While visions of Michael
Danced in Jen’s head
Fast forward to morning
The preparations – a flurry
The girls sip Moet as Jen says
C’mon girls, let’s hurry!
THE BIG DAY IS FINALLY HERE
ALL THAT IS LEFT IS THE TO HAVE FUN
THERE’S NO ONE WHO DESERVES IT MORE
THEN YOU, YOU ARE SECOND TO NONE!
We get to the church
It’s a beautiful sight
Is Mike gonna cry?
We don’t know, he just might?
…
The Party winds down
As giggles and laughter hung in the air
It was a night to remember
The BEST party ever…WE mean it, WE swear”
Planner: The Brides Aid (Tracy)
Venue: W Hoboken (Vivian)
Invitation/ Graphic Design: Just Because (Amy)
Church: ST. Peter and Paul’s
Floral Design: Matthew Robbins Design
Favors: Whimsy & Spice
Dress: Selia Yang
Hair : Salon Caru
Make up: As U Wish
Second Photography: Parris Whittingham
Mathew Robbins Floral, W Hotel Hoboken
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I had the pleasure to photograph Mary & Jason’s grand party!…I mean wedding! All eyes where on Mary and Jason during there ceremony at the Holy Name of Jesus Church on the upper west side. The grand structure of columns and intricate facades were contrasted with Jason’s soft stare as Mary walked the isle. Guests where then shuttled downtown to the Altman building in Chelsea, where even the priest took part in the festive karaoke. You new that the reception would be a grand party given that Jason owns the bar Bourbon Street. Between the ceremony and reception the rainy weather broke with a warm sunshine through clouds lighting up Riverside park, where I snapped a few portraits of the bridal party and the newly married couple. My lips are still moving to sound of music and if I where not typing I would be making jazz hands!
Planner: Always a Bridesmaid (Mayra, Christine, Xochitl)
Ceremony: Holy Name of Jesus Church
Reception: Altman Building
Reception Floral: Verde
Second Photographer: Christopher Duggan
DJ: Bride, Groom and guests!
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I really love what I do, I get to meet new couples excited about their future everyday and capture a beautiful moment in their lives. In this case, Seth and Megan were already friends and it was a pleasure meeting their extended families. Their Armenian ceremony was held at St. Leon’s Armenian Church (Seth is Armenian) and the reception at the new Westin, Jersey City.
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