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Another Saturday and another Bat Mitzvah to shoot. Talk about a photogenic family! I especially love this shot of them blowing out the candles. I took this with the Canon 5D Mark II pushing the ISO to 3200 and handheld this shot using only the candlelight to light their faces.
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Here, Craig (the father) gets lifted in the chair celebrating his daughter's big day. As you can tell, he was having a great time and showed lots of emotion. This is why I love photography, being able to capture people's personalities in one shot.
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And...speaking of characters and personality, this little girl was hysterical. Not only did she continue dancing until 11:30pm, but she did so with a big smile on her face the entire time.