New Jersey wedding photojournalist and editorial photographer
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the new issue of Inside Jersey magazine. A photograph of Queen Latifah that I took last year was featured in an article about the New Jersey native. Usually celebrity portraits require lots of advance setup and coordination with publicity agents. This photograph was the result of a wonderful...
The Gatsby Salon in Green Brook was a crowded place. The whole cast of the Style Network’s reality tv show Jerseylicious, hair and makeup stylists, and a large crew from the Star-Ledger’s Inside Jersey magazine. It was a long day but the cast was fun to work with and results were great. Also below is...
It’s not every day that you get to meet a true hero. Yesterday I photographed Nicholas O’Resko who received the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest honor, from President Truman for his brave actions in World War Two. His actions on January 23, 1945 sound like a Hollywood movie, except the bullets and the danger...
The Harriet Tubman School in Newark held celebrated the first black player in Major League Baseball during Jackie Robinson Day. Among the notables who attended was Robinson’s wife Rachel. As one politician after another came to the microphone to speak, I kept my eye on a group of first graders wearing Brooklyn Dodgers hats. As...
One of the cool aspects of being a photojournalist for a major publication is that sometimes the newsmakers come to you. Recently Governor Christie visited the Star-Ledger offices in Newark to discuss the details of his controversial budget. It was a good opportunity to shoot some tight, candid portraits of the Governor.
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