Joe Sanfilippo Photography NY Wedding and portrait photographer » Capturing memories to cherish for a lifetime

Today my son turns two! I cant believe How fast time goes by. It seems like yesterday we were sitting in the hospital waiting for him to be born. I cant wait to go celebrate his birthday tonight! We have a great evening planned for him, it involves pizza and alot of cupcakes!

I put together this little slide show of him from birth until now, Its crazy looking back on these photos to see how much he has changed over the passed 2 years! I love this kid so much!! If you have a minute, check it out!

I have so much to to be thankful for this thanksgiving,  but the two most important people in my life-  My wife and my son are both on the top of that list!

I am very excited to announce that this year I will be participating in Images for a cure, this a fundraiser to help raise money for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.

On October 11th 2009 I am taking on 2 photo sessions, all money received from these session will be 100% donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.

If you would like to schedule a session for October 11th please contact me! I would love to hear from you!

Just wanted to share this coffee shop with all of my readers- check it out or maybe we can have a chance to meet up here soon!

I cannot believe that my wife and I have been married for 4 years already! Time goes by so quickly!

We had an awesome wedding at the fox hollow in Woodbury, NY – This was the best day of my life, then my son was born.. So he took first place in the best day of my life!

Every post is a littl ebetter with a picture – so I included a photo from our wedding day, cannot believe this picture was taken 4 years ago! I have to laugh when I see some of these pictures, if you look close enough you can see my face all hacked up form shaving, and I also sliced my finger on my razor while shaving,  you can see the band -aid on my finger on this picture, probably could have edited out but it just makes me remember those little things form the day.

This picture was taken by Denise Chastain

So last week my little cousin Christy finally tied the knot with here Fiance Charlie. It was crazy seeing my little cousin getting married. It was also great seeing how much they truly love each other.

I havent been a guest at a wedding in a long time.. I will say that it was refreshing. But of course I cant attend a wedding without bringing my camera. I just hung back though took it easy and let the hired photographers do their job without getting in their way. It really is tempting to hop into the mix and start snapping away, and it took so much discipline not to. Even though I had to hold back a little bit, I got some great photos. Here are some of my favorites!

I never shot at the Jericho Terrace before, so it was awesome to get a chance to snoop around, and get some photo ideas – If I get a chance to a shoot a wedding at the Jericho Terrace I will have a head start!

While walking around the hall I found this awesome gold fish pond – i had to take a shot of it since I know my uncle loves Koi Ponds, he actually commented to me how nice the koi were

-During the cocktail hour I had to get a shot of this Ice sculpture

They really are a good looking couple -

Those who follow my work know that I love cake shots, I got some shots of the cake and the topper, I just have to say this was one of the best tasting wedding cakes I have ever had!

Looka t the little guy on the bottom left of this frame.. I love this shot/.

I hope everyone had a happy and safe fourth. We had a great time at BBQ with some friends. Great night – Beer, great food, and a garage full of explosives. Glad I brought my camera!!

Got Pyro?

Last night was a crazy night..  My son was driving us nuts (my wife and I) and we could not get him to relax, he was running around yelling, crying, kicking, screaming.. all you parents out there know what I’m talking about… Anyway – after he went to bed and I had a minute to relax, I started thinking about how much my life had changed since he was born, not only me but my wife as well. This one little person came to the world and just changed everything! Although he can drive us crazy –  he really did change everything for the better! I have to say the day my son was born was the BEST day of my life!

The day he was born was one of the most intense days I ever spent. After hours of waiting and trying to hold back the excitement – it finally happened!! My son was born January 12, 2008!! The first thing that came to my mind when I saw him was ‘holy crap, he is huge’ and sure enough as the Dr. was cutting the cord, he say “congratulations, you just gave birth to a toddler”- He was a big baby – Over 9 lbs. I got to him as fast as possible to catch a photo..

While my wife was in recovery with her mother, My father-in-law and I hung out by the nursery, watching the little guy.. He was the biggest baby in the nursery, even the nurse made a comment about how big he was.. and a comment about how short I am..  I’m not that short, and for the record the proper terminology is vertically challenged.. Anyway- I do think my son will be outgrowing me.. He still is a big boy!!

It’s really crazy to see him now walking around, climbing on things, eating real food, trying to speak, It’s awesome.. Then when I compare pictures from the week he was born to now.. It really blows me away.. and I wonder what else he has in store for us!

Look at that face!!! Sorry for the ramble!!

I love to see pictures of myself working…I never really think of what I am doing or what I look like when im shooting.. Not that I really care too much, but its cool to see myself in action.. this great shot was taken by dan carrus while second shooting for me a few weeks ago.. Thanks Dan!! If you want to see some of dans work, visit his website danielcarrus.com Dan has had his work published in the news and in several locations on the web, and he has a true passion for photography!