Monday, March 29, 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Jillian & Friends "When I Grow Up" - Bat-Mitzvah Music Video

Abella Studios just had the immense pleasure of both entertaining and capturing Jillian's Bat Mitzvah on March 13th, 2010 at the Battleground Country Club in Manalapan, New Jersey. Jillian wanted to do a music video to her favorite song, "When I Grow Up", by the Pussycat Dolls. What an amazing and memorable time she and her friends had filming this video. They were such troopers shooting in cocktail dresses in the middle of December in frigid weather, during the car scenes! And they were fabulous! So fun and upbeat, we couldn't have asked for better subjects! We shot at the mall, on the Merry-Go-Round, in front of the green screen and at the ice skating rink. The girls changed outfits numerous times and we all had an absolute blast! The music video was shown immediately before Jillian was introduced into the Reception and the crowd went wild!! It was so well received, all of the cheering and screaming was absolutely deafening! And when they finally called in the Star, you could hear the screams echoing all through the immense country club. Following the introductions, instead of the traditional hum drum photo montage, Jillian's family chose to showcase each special guest with a sentimental photo/video montage during the candle lighting. This was particularly touching for everyone, especially the honorees, and not a dry-eye was left in the room... After Jillian read her poem commemorating her special relationship with the honorees, their photos cascaded on the plasma screens as they came up to light their candle. And finally, during the entire reception, live footage was simulcast onto the plasma screens as well as a special surprise, the photos from Jillian's rehearsal and from the party. It was a phenomenal reception that left all the guests in total awe! We cannot wait to edit the video and create their flush mount album, both of which promise to be works of art. The family chose our exclusive short form edit that is our specialty! Its going to be an film extraordinaire! And with all the emotions flowing that day, the album is going to be out of this world, to boot.



Following are just some of the 2500+ images taken at this awesome event. These are the images from the rehearsal and portrait sessions. The rest will be added shortly. Enjoy.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Abella Studios Receives the 2010 Bride's Choice Award


We are extremely honored and proud to have received the 2010 Bride's Choice Award from WeddingWire.com.

The WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards ™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the Bride's Choice Awards are determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. This year's winners represent the top five percent of WeddingWire's vendor community, which consists of over 100,000 local wedding professionals nationwide.

We would like to thank all of our past clients who participated in nominating us for this prestigious award. We truly appreciate all of the positive feedback and promise to continue to deliver the top-notch photography/videography services Abella Studios is known for.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Abella Studios 2010 Fusion Flushmount Bridal Album - NJ Wedding Photography & NJ Wedding Videography

This is a flushmount bridal album sample made of photos from various NJ Wedding Ceremonies and NJ Wedding Receptions. The album shows a wide variety of creative images captured by New Jersey's, New York's & Destination Weddings leading Photography & Videography Studio - Abella Studios - http://www.abellastudios.com - 973-575-6633 (Fairfield, NJ) or 732-254-8000 (East Brunswick, NJ)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Flushmount Album Design for a recent NJ Wedding - Photography by Abella Studios


This Flushmount Bridal Album was created by Abella Studios' designer for Jessica & Paul, whose Wedding Ceremony was held at Saint Theresa of Avila, Summit, NJ and the Reception at the Florentine Gardens, River Vale, NJ.








Here is what Jess & Paul had to say about Abella Studios...

Dear Alex, Mark, Ryan & Abella staff,

I hope that you are well & are having a great start to the New Year! I wanted to thank you for the great job you did on our photography & videography for our wedding last year (Memorial Day ’09)!

Carlos & Mark – Thank you so much for the amazing job on our montage/recap video! Including the wrap-up video at the end of the reception really helped to tie everything together. Not only was it great that people who missed our ceremony were able to see a few moments from our ceremony/vows, but it also helped people who were there to better hear some of the vows that we wrote for each other. Both women & men teared up during the final wrap-up & we received so many compliments on the excellent work that you did. The quality of the work you did is reflected in the fact that one of our close friends has recently booked your team for her upcoming 2010 wedding (Tara & Jose).

Alex – Thank you so much for the amazing job you did on our pictures from the wedding! The timing of your shots was impeccable – particularly the one of our groomsman George doing a straddle jump over Paul while he was doing a one-armed push-up - & the pictures you took during one of our attendants break-dancing sessions. We are so grateful to you for capturing all of the important & exciting moments so that we can remember the great times we had on our wedding day.

Ryan – Thank you so much for your guidance & advice throughout the process & for the amazing job you did on our engagement pictures in ’08 at the Castle at Skylands Manor.

Angelica – Thank you so much for the editing job/artistic work you did in working with us to create our wedding album. We are so excited to pick up the album in February!

We have sent out link to the videos & the pictures to all of our wedding guests & to our vendors, so I hope that you receive even more referrals & contacts from our event. Thanks again for all that you did for us – we are excited to now begin working on the full video & selecting our photo enlargements!

Sincerely,

Jess & Paul Camarda



View Entire Album...



Saturday, January 16, 2010

NJ Wedding Photography by Abella Studios at The Venetian, Garfield, NJ

Wedding of Christina & John, which was held at The Venetian in Garfield, NJ. The new room at the Venetian was just unbelievably gorgeous. The lighting was unmatched by any other venue we have seen...Take a look...

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Jamaica Destination Wedding Images by Abella Studios

We've recently had the pleasure of covering a Destination Wedding on the island of Jamaica. We provided both photography & videography services for this couple and just received some feedback...

"...Abella Studios was there with us to capture all our special moments. We are so glad we decided to go with Abella Studios to do our videography and photography. Everything from the love story, to the highlights and wedding video, to trashing of the dress came out absolutely amazing.

Mark, our videographer, was very creative and at the same time open to all our ideas. Jesse, the photographer, took gorgeous pictures and was very friendly and personable.

Overall, I would highly recommend Abella Studios for all occasions.

Sasha Zolotnisky
"

Here are some of the over 1700 images which were captured at this amazing location...Be sure to click on the icon in the bottom left hand corner to view full screen...Enjoy...

Jamaica Wedding "Trash The Dress" Highlights Video

We had an absolute ball with Sasha and Oleg, whose Wedding took place in Jamaica. We had planned on doing a "Trash The Dress" shoot with them at sunset but unfortunately the sun would be going down on the other side of the island so we decided to do the shoot at sunrise instead. So at 6AM we went out onto the gorgeous Jamaican beach and shot this video...Enjoy...

Jamaica Wedding Trash The Dress Highlights Video created by Abella Studios - NJ, NY & CT Wedding Videography & Photography. abel from Abella Studios on Vimeo.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Same Day Edit - Bridal Preparations - Kelly & Daniel - by Abella Studios - http://www.abellastudios.com - 973-575-6633

This video was shot and edited for Kelly & Daniel on their Wedding Day yesterday. Our videographer captured some very special moments at the Bridal preparations and the piece was creatively edited shortly thereafter. Take a look...I think you'll like this one...It has a very journalistic feel to it...Enjoy...

Same Day Edit - Bridal Preparations - Kelly & Daniel - by Abella Studios - http://www.abellastudios.com - 973-575-6633 from Abella Studios on Vimeo.