Ellen Wolff New York Wedding & Event Photojournalist - The Blog » pre-Bat Mitzvah portraits

Cara

Ellen — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:10:44 +0000

For her upcoming Bat Mitzvah, we made a series of outdoor portraits. I chose one and Cara chose one.

Bat Mitzvah at de Seversky Mansion

Ellen — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:05:46 +0000

If you follow the blog from time to time, you may remember Rachel. Her parents commissioned me to photograph her for her Bat Mitzvah several months ago. Rachel has an attention deficit disorder and back then we weren’t sure how much or how little photography we would do. It was all up to Rachel. The big day has come and gone and Rachel was amazing. It was so great I will be posting about her in 2 parts – this is part one. Initially we did a casual session for a sign in board. But what we ended up with was much more. We used 5 of the images from our session to customize the wall decor at de Seversky Mansion and make the space all about Rachel. I set up a camera on a tripod with a time lapse remote control so you could get a glimpse of the installation process. And I have included the original image and the final interpretation created for the space to give you a feel for how each image is customized for the environment.

Rachel

Ellen — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:25:49 +0000

Rachel will be celebrating her Bat Mitzvah in January. We made some time to do a few pictures just to see how it feels to have a photographer follow you around and take lots of photos. It was challenging for me and it went very well. Rachel has Asperger’s – a dash of autism. despite that fact, she is very socially engaged and we had a great day. She played fashion model for me, I met her favorite, home-made, stuffed animal – Steve, and her cats.

Libby

Ellen — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:47:29 +0000

The pictures speak for themselves. Libby has so much patience and stamina (and so many looks)! We spent the whole afternoon making pictures. Total gorgeousness.

I Heart Kendall

Ellen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:04:36 +0000