
Wedding photography at Skylands Manor, in Ringwood, New Jersey.
Bergen County photographer Zlatko Batistich | NJ wedding photojournalist | Fine art, portraits and documentary photography

My photo of Amy and Steve exiting their wedding reception appears in the current issue of Brides New Jersey (Spring/Summer 2009) in an article entitled “Must-Have Iconic Shots”. Kim Forrest writes, “We scoured the country for the most gorgeous examples, along with a few updated twists on the classics — ideas you’ll want to mention to your...

I’m very pleased that the current issue of Brides New Jersey (Spring/Summer 2009) includes my photo of Kristin and Dennis in an article entitled “”Express Yourself” (p. 225). “[P]enning your own vows is … one of the loveliest ways to personalize your wedding,” writes Heather Lee.
Photographed at Crystal Springs Resort, Hardyston Township, New Jersey.
Lee Siegel makes the case for New Jersey as an epicenter of artistic talent in an essay in the Wall Street Journal:
“[C]onsider a sampling of the gifted figures who have either come from Jersey or made a home there: Bruce Springsteen (N.J.’s state songbird); Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli; Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg;...
Photographers may be interested in this story about how a photographer made a unique image of the Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday: FIRST LOOK: New View Of The Inauguration.
There is an even more detailed story about the photo here: A Never Been Done Before Gets Done at the Inauguration.
Photographers will find Annie Leibovitz’s new book, Annie Leibovitz At Work, quite interesting. In a section titled, “Ten Most-Asked Questions”, question #5 is: “Are you happy with the move from film to digital?” (p. 213). Her answer, in part, is:
“You can photograph the night with digital. Darkness. I use much less light now. Less strobe....
Richard Prince photographs other people’s photographs and presents them as his own. Last year, one of his prints sold for $3.4 million, setting the record for the most expensive photograph sold at auction. Back in 2005, one of his prints sold for $1.25 million, which set a record at that time.
The Guggenheim Museum approves:
“Prince’s work...