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Oct
11

Fall Fun in the Finger Lakes!

Hey Holly & Chris, I’m about 1/3 of the way through your Sunday Sunflowers & Seneca Lake Engagement Shoot, and these four shots, well, I just love so I wanted to give you a bit of a preview before I get through all of them. I can’t wait to see what other great moments we captured that afternoon! Enjoy…. Lots more to come very soon, I’m sure!

Here is the link to the Full Gallery: password required

http://rickbacmanski.bcphotoevents.com/index.php?do=photocart&viewGallery=5234

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Oct
05

“Beat It!”

A while back I bought a case of these cheap, white cloth gloves on Ebay, and I always keep a few pair of them in one of the many cases that I always have with me at Wedding Receptions. During the course of the day and especially into the reception & on the dance floor, I always try to scope out “THAT ONE” particular Guest who through his or her actions just catches my eye, and who I just know are going to be photographically “interesting” throughout the night. Then I wait for the first playing of the Michael Jackson ‘s  “Beat It” or “Billie Jean” are always KILLER! So it’s then that I pop out onto the dance floor and pull out one of those gloves and wave it in front of my victim, and they ALWAYS go nuts! They can’t get that glove on fast enough, and well…the results speak for themselves!  The thing that always amazes me, and that’s how fast they always master that “crotch grab” move, lol ! Beat It!

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Sep
29

“Big Dipper Delight”

Today’s Wedding of Sarah & Jarrett that took place at Seneca Springs Resort was my first visit to that great venue, and what a time we all had. As the night wore on, I set up my gear to get a shot across the pond and to catch some of the beautiful starlight in the skies tonight. The shots came out looking great, and then suddenly I realized that a little bit of luck never hurts either! I never even noticed while setting up the shot, that the Big Dipper was directly front & center in the image I was creating. Straight out of the camera….with no additional retouching…Now how cool is that?

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Sep
27

Doctors Orders – Studio Rx

From a recent 211 Studio Session with a great local Physician.
I just love how these images from her shoot came out, and most importantly…..SO DID SHE!
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Sep
25

Frame From The Fog

All day today I had the pleasure to shoot & chronicle the delivery, installation & final mounting and presentation of a remarkably beautifully piece of art at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art in Corning, NY. This great painting, Mt. Whitney, painted by Albert Bierstadt,  got a brand new custom made, period accurate frame that reflects the period accurate style & grandeur of the 1860’s- 1870’s when this painting was created. A group of talented Framing Artisians from Manhattan NYC, who themselves hand crafted this one of a kind $70,000 Masterpiece Frame, were on hand to handle the painstaking set-up, fitting and installation of this remarkable piece of art. It was a very interesting day watching this collaboration all come together! A job well done by everyone involved!
PS: After looking at that next to last image of all the guys raising that painting up on the wall….the way some of them have their hands and arms outstretched reminds me of the famous flag raising shot from Iwo Jima in World War II.

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Sep
08

“Who Talked Me Into This Anyway?”

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Sep
05

Aint “Tatt” Something?

The young man who belongs to this arm was a guest at a recent Wedding that I shot. I noticed his numerous Tattoos and while shooting few of them, he pointed out something remarkable. Look at this arm one way and it says LIFE, flip the arm around, and it says DEATH.  Who thinks this stuff up?
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Sep
05

Gentleman Ring Farmer

I’m working on Wendy & Justin’s August 10th Wedding tonight and came upon these great shots of our little Ring Bearer Wyatt Cooper. Wyatt and I were shooting pictures of Wendy and her ladies with this great old tractor out in Van Etten prior to the Wedding Ceremony at “Charlies Swamp” in Alpine, NY. Great Job Wyatt Buddy, Thanks for your help!~
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Sep
01

Superman, Amish Crowd Surfers & Pyramid Boys, what’s next?

So tonight I’m finishing up Marissa & Alex’s Wedding Reception at The Harbor Hotel last month, and I almost forgot about all of this madness that happened as their party was drawing to a close. Sometimes you think you’ve just about seen it all…..and then, Guess Again!
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Aug
25

“Blue Eyes….Blue Skies”

As usual, if it’s ANY night of the week…..I’m working on editing a recent Wedding. Tonight I’m working on Marissa & Alex’s Wedding and just LOVE the way the blue color of the door behind her really makes her blue eyes just pop with that much more color.

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