I love when Temples allow me to shoot Bar Mitzvah services. I love capturing these moments for my clients. Temple Sinai of Glendale has such pretty stain glass, which made for a great backdrop to Matthew's Bar Mitzvah.
DJ: Seth at You Should Be Dancing
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These sisters seem so close, you'd think they were triplets! But big sis is holding off a bit on her Mitzvah until her twin sisters are ready early next year and they will do their B'Nai Mitzvah together.
As always, I love doing these early portrait sessions for the web sites or sign in books I make because I really get to know these kids and have fun with them. And sometimes their parents and dog too!
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I knew Solomon's Beverly Hills Bar Mitzvah would be fun and full of love because of this tight knit family. Solly did wonderful at Temple Isaiah during his service and gave a great speech at the end as well. We headed over to the Beverly Hills Country Club that evening for a movie themed party that was packed!
Once the guests walked in on the red carpet and had their photo taken, they grabbed their table card, which was attached to a movie size box of candy. Solomon's mom did such a great job pulling this all together and I loved the table centerpieces: vintage soda boxes full of unique sodas, candy and popcorn for the guests to take home. Great job everyone!
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Wedding Paper Divas had this cute chart on their site today that I thought I'd share with all my engaged couples.
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Charles Bar Mitzvah at The Mark was an absolute blast! The service was held here as well and after the great job Charles did, and fun parent speeches to a standing room only crowd, the venue was quickly transformed to a fun party space. Robert of The Dream Team had everyone up on the dance floor all night, there was a great graffiti wall, flip books, jewelry and a delish candy bar. The decor had a cool California vibe to it thanks to the always wonderful Nina of Nina Bracker Events.
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