I made some portraits of Matthew last week for his Bar Mitzvah invitation.  Matthew is standing in a doorway and lit by soft daylight coming in from the backyard.  The plain black background is achieved by turning off all of the lights in the rooms behind him and closing some window blinds.

I’m very pleased to show a new Bat Mitzvah album design. This is a beautiful extra-large coffee table style book with 11×14 pages. The album is being hand-made with purple leather, with a black-and-white portrait inset into the cover. Bat Mitzvah photography at Temple Shaaray Tefila, Bedford Corners, NY, and the C. V. Rich Mansion, White Plains, NY.