Eliza's Bat Mitzvah Party

You can view the slideshow that we created from her Bat Mitzvah here: http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=88278

Eliza's party was at Hula Hanks in New Haven -- it was a happening party!



Eliza's parents picked this photograph for a large wall portrait for their home. We created the final image from this photograph on the left, and edited it for them to remove the people out of the background.




You may recognize the young lady in the middle photograph as Leah, Eliza's longtime childhood friend. We had photographed Leah's Bat Mitzvah a few weeks before Eliza's.



Anyone that has seen our Blog and/or our photographs knows that we just love black and white and color -- here are a few B&W&C from Eliza's party, I love the impact that she has here -- literally making her the Diva of the day...



Noah is Eliza's younger brother, a very fun loving and spirited young man, he made his way right up to the DJ and had fun! He was also very comfortable out on the dance floor.

We had fun and played around with lots of camera settings when the dancing was going on. It is more fun capturing high energy events with some non-traditional photography skills, like panning and slow shutter speeds...

You can view the rest of Eliza's photos in four galleries on our website: http://tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/Bar-and-Bat-Mitzvahs

Eliza's Bat Mitzvah

Here are some photographs from Eliza's Bat Mitzvah at the Temple Beth Sholom in Hamden. What a wondeful young lady and what a fantastic family! We do enjoyed photographing them!

You can view the rest of the photos from her Bat Mizvah and party afterwards in four galleries on our website...http://tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/Bar-and-Bat-Mitzvahs

This next photo is the Rabbi's favorite, he loves the symbolism of the stained window of the Jordan River...

I found this great song, just perfect for this major turning point in Eliza's life, it is called "My Wish" by Rascal Flats. Here are the lyrics:

hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow,

And each road leads you where you wanna go,

And if you're faced with a choice,

and you have to choose,

I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.

And if one door opens to another door closed,

I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,

If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile.

But more than anything, more than anything...

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but you never forget,

All the ones who love you, in the place you left,

I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,

And you help somebody every chance you get,

Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,

And always give more than you take.

But More than anything, yeah, more than anything...

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish. Yeah.

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish.

Leah's slideshow

Here is a slideshow that we created of Leah's Bat Mitzvah...



This video was created for the iPod and iPhone and we give full permission to download and share this video.

You can view all of the photos from Leah's Bat Mitzvah and party afterwards on our website: http://www.tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/820064

You can view previous Blog posts with Leah's photos here:

• http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/06/leah-2009-bat-mitzvah-party.html
• http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/06/sneak-peak-at-leahs-bat-mizvah.html
• http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/05/leah-ipod-session-and-more.html

I know that several parents of Leah's guests have inquired about viewing and/or buying photos from that day. If you would like to order photographs from Leah's special day you can purchase them either on our website or directly from us.

Leah 2009 Bat Mitzvah Party

Here are some photographs from Leah's Bat Mitzvah puppy party at the Laurel View Country Club. She had a great party with lots of kids, lots of dancing, tattoos, games, entertainment, etc. Wow! The theme was a dog/puppy theme and every table had an icon breed. The kids all received bags with lots of stuff inside -- puppy stuffed animals, puppy hats, socks (so the could ditch their shoes and dance around comfortably), candy, etc.







This is her with her lifelong friend Eliza.

We just photographed Eliza's Bat Mitzvah and party in June.

There were sooo many great photographs that we took at her party. I could not pick just a couple so I created a few collages. The collages help you get an idea of how exciting this event was and what a great time everyone had.



Attention to detail was evident everywhere you looked -- from the t-shirts being made to the ice cream sundae station. Everyone had a good time.

Leah's parents (middle) are just great, easy to work with and very proud of their children. They looked on proudly as their daughter reached this milestone. And you can see everyone from newborn to one woman in her nineties was dancing!

The candle ceremony was very touching to watch, and at the end of lighting all the candles I so enjoyed watching Leah's parents look on as she made her wish and blew out her candles.

We will be placing the the rest of Leah's photographs online in her web gallery http://tlc.smugmug.com/gallery/8710144_Pa4fJ as soon as her parents pick up their photos...

Sneak peak at Leah's Bat Mizvah

Here is a sneak peak at Leah's Bat Mitzvah.

We will post a few photographs from Leah's "Puppy Party" at the Laurel View Country Club soon!

Leah has a gallery on our website: http://tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/666595 with a few select photographs in it. The rest of the photographs from her Bat Mitzvah and her puppy party at the Laurel View Country Club will be psoted here soon.