Gabriel's Bar Mitzvah

there is something about a father and his sons love that can illuminate an entire room when witnessed together celebrating a young mans bar mitzvah.

speaking from a father's point a view, images like these bring pride to all fathers. the pride from both father and son is soooooooo priceless. as parents we sometimes forget that our children mirror us so readily so being able to capture the relationship between gabriel and his father only strengthen my love for my son. it so made me smile when i photographed gabriel's father planting a BIG smacker on gabriel's face.


i was privileged to be gabriel's photographer at his bar mitzvah and i enjoyed every minute of it. i often find moments that define an emotion that just stops me in my tracks...the image of an elder of the family reading during the ceremony brought me to tears. this was such a moment..."a defining moment".


there was a time during the party that the dj pulled out a guitar hero "playoff" that gabriel ROCKED the house. this shot happened without any setup. toooooooo much!



the last photo was a of gabriel hitch hiking down the road after the party. something of an inside joke within the family. do you notice that the photo is two separate images?



mazal tov gabriel...enjoy the journey.