Portrait Photoshot

Presenting a portrait photoshot done a few weeks ago. The idea was to capture the subject “in the field” getting the essence of her personality more at ease, opposed to studio photos that are more intimidating. This type of portrait is also called “environmental portrait”, a person surrounded with elements of his/her life.

Photoshot for Heba, the owner of Tresorie Custom Framing, French Mats and Art Gallery. Heba is one of the few artists that does French Mattting, a technique in which she applies transparent watercolor, washes, and fine hand-inked lines around the perimeter of the matted work of framed art. Her business info:

Tresorie
Custom Framing & French Mats
1204 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-420-9388

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Photos by Al Ojeda Photography – New Jersey Photographer – Commercial Photography

Contact: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Nine Eleven

We came to America on September 1999. Or friend’s picked up us from JFK… We went to live with them in Bernardsville, New Jersey… They lived in an apartment in front of an old train station… So next day, we asked if that train would take us to Manhattan. Our friends were afraid of us getting lost, but we took the train, anxious on getting to know  the most “cosmopolitan” city in the world only 45 minutes away… Once in Hoboken, we took the ferry heading right to the Twin Towers… It was a gorgeous day… And as we got closer to the TT we were amazed by it’s size… Believe us when we say, everybody abroad knew about the Twin Towers, that gave a special meaning to the city. These photos were taken that special day for us…Two years later, on 9/11, we went to work, where we were told about a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers… It was something unthinkable to happen in anyone’s mind, but it did… A huge feeling of hopeless and sadness invaded us… A day we will never forget…

Al & Ida from Ojeda Photography

Mini Essay: Ballerinas

Have you ever heard of “The Dying Swan” where ballerinas perform Odette’s sad love story with Tchaikovsky’s music? Or the Oscar winning movie “Black Swan”? Well ballet has it’s roots in the Italian Renaissance, developed later in Russia, Britain and France as a concert dance form. It has become a highly technical form of dance usually accompanied by classical music. Choreographed for trained artists, it includes forms of mime and acting. Very hard to master, it requires long hours of practicing that often result in painful feet injuries…  It’s mostly known as for the Late Romantic Ballet which focuses on “pointe” work along with acrobatic movements… The white French “tutu” and “pointe shoes” are like trademarks to it… Modern Dance has it’s roots from classic ballet…

Al Ojeda was intrigued by the super training ballerinas go through… He felt this theme, would make for a wonderful photo essay… When you love photography, you love other forms of art…

Al Ojeda – New Jersey Photographer

Contact: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Capturing the “soul”

Here we were asked to do headshots for Lu, an aspiring actress and singer… Easy to work with, so natural, she gave us a variety of poses and attitudes… On her words, as the camera was shooting, her mind was focused on: “hire me”… Which is the whole idea and made it a smooth process on capturing her soul. Lu wanted also some pics for her website, for that, she turned into another gal, delivering a variety of different pieces that we are glad to share here… You can see she has that “actors” feeling and that for her, it’s second nature being in front of a camera…

Lu is a Dramatic Literature, Theatre grad form the George Washington University in DC. She has started her signing path as the vox for the “Days of Season” band with Fuma in the guitars and John Casale in the drums… Their debut album: “Turning Point”. Lu also composed all the songs and with the other members of the band, created a unique pop rock sound…

Al Ojeda Photography

Simpson Jewelers – Architectural Photos

Architectural – Interior pictures taken at the Simpson Jewelers for their re-opening. Iris Shemesh did the interior designing giving the store a completely renovated and modern-minimalistic look.

Simpson Jewelers is located at 4922 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219

Al Ojeda Photography

Info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Commercial Photography Slideshow

Our Commercial Photography can help your business get your message across and create an immediate impact, a lasting impression that will keep you a step ahead of the competition.

Al Ojeda Photography – New Jersey Commercial Photographers – Covering the Tri-State Area

info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Family Pictures – Portraits

Today, all Pro Photographers are pushing their limits, trying harder to create interesting pictures…  

Family Portrait by Al Ojeda Photography

Family Sessions are no exception… They shouldn’t be boring… Choose wisely a location that can give you lots of textures…

Family Portraits by Al Ojeda Photography

Get classic poses and then, dare to go further…

Family Portraits by Al Ojeda Photography

Use backgrounds in a creatively manner…

Sister's by Al Ojeda Photography

Pics by Al Ojeda Photography

Info: ida@alojeda.com – 908 240 3240

Photographers: be aware of E-Scams

Most Photographers know about them, but for those who have never gotten one, here is what we do: Whenever we receive a weird-suspicous kind of email resquesting photo services, we go immediately to google, type any address, name from it and check if anyone else has had received one of them. Usually, we are right, and can read in any photography related forum that someone else has received similar “emails”…  Trust your guts, don’t be fooled.

Here is the email we received a couple days ago:

PHOTO SERVICE REQUEST

Greetings!
My name is Joe and my wife’s name is Pamela, we live and work as wine sellers(wholesale/retail) in England and China and will be relocating to the State of New Jersey, USA on the 12th of October,2010.

I came across your contact information on the internet after my online search for a photographer and I hereby write to request if you will be available to offer 4hours of photographic services for the celebration of our 5th wedding anniversary on our arrival to the States. Myself,my wife,my lovely daughter-Debbie and about 12 family members and friends will be present.

Could you please provide answers to these questions if you are interested in this offer

1)Will you be available to provide this service on any date between October 15th and 20th? if so what precise date will be fine for you so as to include this in our plan?
2)What is your address location in New Jersey so as to estimate how close you are to us ?

Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on my phone no: +447405591742               +447405591742 

Regards,
Joe Akins
27 Camberwell Green,
London, SE5 7AN

We found this same email with different addresses on it. As you can see, ours is from somone located in “London” (the address is actually from Haart, a  Realtor Company) whereas other colleagues have gotten the exact same but from some country in Africa, Asia, etc.

Al Ojeda Photography

Wedding Vendors Working as a Team

This post is about how great it can be when vendors are on the same page, only looking for the couples Big Day to be the best it could be…

We were shooting a Wedding following the Limousine to The Imperia on Easton Somerset… the bride, dad and bridesmaids were inside…

Limo got to The Imperia on Easton Somerset

We are pretty good managing to follow a Limo, in this case we lost it at a traffic light that was too RED to continue… but then, we saw about 100 yards in front of us the Limo with it’s back lights flashing on the side of the road waiting for us…

It came to us as a surprise that the limo driver was cheking if we were behind him and once he realized we lost him, took the decision to wait so that the bride could have the pictures of her getting out of the Limousine at her arrival to the venue…

So we thanked him so much for beeing so nice and requested a business card, we told him we would write a blog post about how professional he was in order to provide a couple a perfect day in every little detail…

The company’s name is VG Limousine, they are conveniently located in Central Jersey… if looking for professional Limousine Services, this Company is the Best.

VGLimousine’s info: info@vglimonj.com – 9083591631

Pictures of course are from Al Ojeda Photography !!! New Jersey Wedding Photographer – Covering the TriState Area – Destination Weddings

The Somerset Hills Hotel Wedding Photos

Deirdre and Chris were a sweet couple to work with…

The Ceremony was held at St. Joseph’s Church in Millstone.

Here are some images of their Big Day at The Somerset Hills Hotel in Warren, New Jersey.

Guests enjoyed the cocktail hour on the patio facing the beautifully landscaped lawn and in the lovely pre-function area.

When Deirdre and Chris were ready to dance the night away, guests joined them in the Claremont Ballroom for a delicious dinner followed by a night of celebration captured by Al Ojeda Photography.

The Somerset Hills Hotel Wedding Photos

Al Ojeda Photography – New Jersey Wedding Photographer – Covering the TriState Area – Destination Weddings

Contact us at: info@alojeda.com – 9082403240