Beauty and the Beast Opens Tonight in Clinton

Photo from CAST’s 2019 production of “Beauty and the Beast” Monday. Photo by DAVE DABOUR © 2019 Dave Dabour

Above is a small sampling of photos from the upcoming performance of “Beauty and the Beast” which opens tonight. The production is put on by the Clinton Area Stage Troupe (CAST) at the North Hunterdon High School.

Tonight, Wednesday July 24th is opening night with performances at 7:30 pm nightly ending with a matinee this Saturday the 27th at 2 pm. Tickets are available at the door. More information please see https://www.clintonareastagetroupe.com/

To see additional photographs of the performance please go to: http://www.dabourphotography.com/event/CAST-Beauty-and-the-Beast

Photos are available to purchase prints and digital downloads.

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Cheer Up – Balloon Season Just About Here

Photos from the 2018 Festival of Ballooning in Readington. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

Get ready western New Jersey – hot air balloon season is just about here!

It starts off this Friday with the NJ Festival of Ballooning at Solberg airport in Hunterdon county. What I love about this festival is if there are southern winds, you can get a nice treat as they will blow northward along route 22. Find a nice spot on the roadway and watch them float by!

Knowing the winds and weather is very important for balloon watching/photographing. Too much and they do’t go up. They always error on the side of caution. Good news is there are typically daily launches in the early morning and in the evening.

Photos from the 2018 Festival of Ballooning in Readington. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

Another great balloon festival is balloon festival at the Warren County Farmers Fair. This starts this Sunday July 27th and goes through August 3rd. They typically have daily launches each evening. Whats great about this festival is you can get rather close to the balloons. Don’t feel like paying admission to the fair? No problem you can park free in their parking lot and still get a great view of the balloons.

Photos from the 2018 Festival of Ballooning in Readington. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

A photo tip I can pass along about photographing hot air balloons is try and have the sun at your back if possible. This will give you the best sky and light on the balloons. This is not always easy so just do what you can.

Photos of some balloons at the 2018 Farmers Fair on Monday evening. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

Sometimes the sly and the sun don’t cooperate. So in that case just frame the photo as best you can with impact so the viewer can still appreciate your great photo!

Senior Portraits and More

Summer is a popular time to capture Senior portraits for the upcoming school season. If course you don’t have to be a senior in High School to get your portraits taken over the Summer!

When was the last time you updated your portrait for LinkedIn or your website? You can’t remember? Or you don’t have a LinkedIn account? Or for your corporate directory?

Portraits can be as simple as a head shot or as thorough as capturing who you are and displaying that to others.

How To Take Good Fireworks Photos

It’s that time of year again. Here are some tips to capture fireworks on your camera.

For some additional tips search on the work fireworks on my blog!

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Its not really as hard as you think once you get into it and think about it. The hard part is practicing it and managing the “stress” that occurs during the “shoot” since they only last a few minutes (5-10 minutes generally unless you’re fortunate).

Camera Settings – DSLR

ISO – fireworks are brighter than you think – even though it’s nighttime, set your ISO to the lowest setting. I go with 100.

Aperture – generally f8-f16 works well. f11 might be a good starting spot

Shutter Speed – (manual) Bulb and experiment with anything from 4 seconds to 30 seconds.

Tripod – a must for fireworks. If you don’t have one, get or borrow one. Otherwise try putting your camera on something sturdy like the roof of your car or a fence. But remember than you probably need to tilt your camera up somewhat unless you are going for…

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Mecsey Wedding Sneak Peek

New Jersey – Lehigh Valley PA Wedding Photography

We are excited to show off the fairy tale wedding of Kristin & Mike Mecsey to all their family and guests, congratulations newlyweds!

Below is a sneak peek of some of the images from their special day.

Photos of Kristin and Mike Mecsey’s wedding on April 27, 2019. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

Photos of Kristin and Mike Mecsey’s wedding on April 27, 2019. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

the groomsmen were able to keep Mike from running for the hills!

Photos of Kristin and Mike Mecsey’s wedding on April 27, 2019. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

Beautiful bride and bridesmaids

Photos of Kristin and Mike Mecsey’s wedding on April 27, 2019. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

It wouldn’t be a fire department wedding without a real fire call!

Photos of Kristin and Mike Mecsey’s wedding on April 27, 2019. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

Then it was cake time – will they play nice or make a mess?

Photos of Kristin and Mike Mecsey’s wedding on April 27, 2019. Photo by DAVE DABOUR

A good time was had by all!

The event was held at Creamery Hall in Califon, NJ

More images of their special day will be available here:here:

http://www.dabourphotography.com/event/Mecsey-Capaldo-Wedding

First Holy Communion

Honored to have won an award with this photograph!

You can have some of these created for your child too! Now through April.

Philadelphia Flower Show 2019

Philadelphia Flower Show 2019

Spent a day at the 2019 Philly FLower Show. This year’s theme was flower power – 60’s edition. It’s just what the Dr. ordered to get everyone into a Spring mood! Many different displays and types of flowers as usual. This year I concentrated more on close-ups.

You can enjoy more images at: https://www.dabourphotography.com/Events/Philly-Flower-Show-2019/