Be Creative Photography Blog - Weddings and Portraits by Brooke & Eric Lagstein

Newborn photography in the city!

Eric — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:56:41 +0000

Virginia and Charles – once a wedding couple, now a family portrait couple. Here’s their little bundle of joy, dreaming happy thoughts in the big city.

I was searching for their wedding photos on all of our servers but they have long since been archived so no luck. I did find this jem of Virginia getting ready that landed Eric a first place award with the WPJA!

Newborn Session Winners through Destination Maternity / Prenatal Yoga

Eric — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:37:19 +0000

Welcome sweet baby Emmett! Emmett’s parents signed up for a newborn session after hearing about us through Destination Maternity in Paramus, NJ! Congratulations on your precious little Emmett. He is absolutely adorable! We had such a good time with this family and really felt so connected to them since our own pregnancy and birthing experience was so fresh on our mind. We shot the session at their house in the most unexpected little nook – otherwise known as their doggie Truman’s sleeping spot. Who would have thought.

Now I have to give a little shout out to the wonderful classes available through Valley and Destination Maternity. Brooke and Marlie absolutely love their yoga classes. She took part in the prenatal yoga classes at Destination Maternity as well as the Mom and Baby Yoga at Destination Maternity and the Kraft Center.

We’d also like to give Jane Silane, Brooke’s yoga teacher, a special thank you for all her guidance throughout Brooke’s pregnancy and beyond. She is such a wonderful yoga instructor and advisor! Go take her classes, you won’t be disappointed.

Canon SALE!!! Everything must go!!

Eric — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:44:58 +0000

Well, after a lot of deliberation, I (Eric) am switching to Nikon. It’s been a very tough decision, but for my shooting style it just makes sense. Brooke, she will be staying with Canon (she claims Nikon cameras were designed for mens hands). So we are a bi studio Yowzers!

All equipment are top quality optics, receiving yearly calibration. Whenever I buy a lens, I buy three of them, test them and pick/keep the one that is the best optics, the rest get returned (yes I’m that crazy about sharpness). Everything is in very good to perfect condition, some have with minor scuffs but all are working perfectly.

SOLD – Canon 5dmkII – $2100 (Excellent condition, includes box, strap, 2 canon batteries in excellent condition)
Canon 5d – $975 (Good condition, minor scuffs on the bottom of the camera in the corners, includes 3 batteries which are so-so condition)
Canon 5d – $975 (Good condition, minor scuffs on the bottom of the camera in the corners,includes 3 batteries which are so-so condition)

24-70 f/2.8 – $1050 (Good Condition, includes hood and caps)
SOLD – 70-200 f/2.8 IS – $1650 (Very Good Condition, includes hood and caps)
70-200 f/4 IS – $975 (Very Good Condition, includes hood and caps)
70-200 f/4 – $550 (Very good condition, includes caps and probably a hood, I have to find the box)
85mm f/1.2 – $1650 (Very Good Condition, includes hood and caps. This is my baby, very sharp!)
SOLD – 50mm f/1.4 – $275 (Good Condition, includes caps)
SOLD – 45mm f/2.8 – $1050 Tilt Shift (Excellent Condition, bought 6 months ago, includes hood and caps)
SOLD - 35mm f/1.4 – $1150 (Excellent Condition, includes hood and caps)
SOLD – 15mm f/2.8 – $450 (Very Good Condition, includes caps)

580exII Speedlight – $395
SOLD – 580ex Speedlight – $195
SOLD – 580ex Speedlight – $195

Contact me with questions or to purchase: eric (at) becreativephotography (dot) com

Sarah & Andy’s Wedding at Oheka Castle

Eric — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:26:42 +0000

Here are a couple photos that jumped out at me as I was working on Sarah and Andy’s wedding.

Sarah and Andy had an amazing wedding at the Oheka Castle. Oheka is one of my favorite venues on the planet, I could shoot there for days!

(to see more Oheka Castle photos, click here to see Crystal and Chang’s wedding.)

I just LOOOOOVE this photo…. my 45 tilt shift lens has a dreamy effect on this imageClassic, fun and beautiful, thess two are madly in love and it shows!!
(I also have to give huge props to Sarah for not blinking for a second when I asked her to sit in her dresss. Sarah kicks A**!)Sarah and Andy held the dinner outside on the castle lawn (look carefully, you can see the tables). I don’t think you can ask for more, an amazing couple, lively guests, the most gorgeous castle, and weather to make you feel like you are on vacation.

I’m looking forward to showing you more pictures soon!

Sincerely, Be Creative Photography

Wedding at Helen Greek Cathedral & Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Eric — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:57:10 +0000

Lara and Aaron were married in the most amazing church, SS. Constantine and Helen Cathedral. Followed by a gorgeous reception at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. One of my favorite weddings in long while! More pictures to come…

Snap Happy

Eric — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:28:29 +0000

Poor lonely blog, taking a backseat to everyone and everything

Putting together a blog post is a tremendous amount of creative energy and work. Because of this, it often gets pushed off.

That said, everyday, we are working on photos and have to yell out to everyone in the office “this is a sweet photo, we need to blog this”… but usually never do

So from now on, we are going to post single photos whenever the heck we want! So here we go

Photo from Clare and John’s backyard wedding in Princeton, NJ. This was shot in their BACKYARD!! Yummy!

Marlie on our Anniversary Picnic – West Park Winery

Eric — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:11:45 +0000

Eric and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary! We didn’t want to do anything crazy. We just wanted to spend the day appreciating all the little and big things that we have done together over the past 5 years. This year we are especially grateful for our daughter, the cutest, most smiley, gleeful little girl in the world. We woke up feeling very nostalgic. So we jumped in the car and headed up to West Park Winery for a little picnic on the hilltop where we got married. It was blazing hot, much like our wedding day. We both tried so hard to pretend that this was uber romantic and such an amazing moment. Which it was. But there was no hiding the feeling that you walked into a sauna with a snow suit on. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day to take a drive with the AC on full blast and recap our wedding highlights. We also spent the day watching Marlie TV – which basically means we sat on the floor watching her every move for hours, never getting bored of her entertainment. She’s a hoot – clapping, waving, saying dada, screeching at the highest octave possible, and she does the wounded soldier crawl now too. Marlie’s about 7.5 months in these shots, loving every minute of life, and making our world super special.

Danielle + Rob Engagement Photos in Brooklyn

Eric — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:15:23 +0000

Congratulations to Danielle and Rob. Reuniting with old friends for a photo shoot is pretty awesome! These two are Eric’s college buddies from UMass and they haven’t see each other much over the last 10 years. Damn that makes us like dinosaurs. So honored that they chose to hire Be Creative. Their engagement session was in Brooklyn where they got engaged. I love their connection in this photo and the way their arms are crossed and the bridge is crossing overhead makes for a really cool composition.

A quiet moment capturing the undeniable landmark that is the Brooklyn Bridge.

The shoot was a lot of fun and a lot of goofing around. But not lacking in tender moments like this with some awesome color to boot.

Now this is the good stuff.

I’m sure they were thinking, what the hell are we doing at this loading door? But it’s a pretty cool shot.

Probably one of my favorites from the shoot. We kinda love capturing a little sun flare.

Can’t wait for the big day!

If any one out there wants an engagement session in Brooklyn contact us.

Eric’s Winning Photo

Eric — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:59:49 +0000

Yay! Congratulations to Eric for his recent WPJA winning photo!

Here are links to more WPJA and Brides Magazine winning photographs of ours.

2009 Winners
2008 Winners
Winter of 2007 Winners
Brides Magazine of Conde Nast Publications and Wedding Photojournalist Assosciation Summer of 2007 Winners
Fall of 2006 Winners
Winter of 2006 Winners

Eric contributed to an article about kids at weddings. Kids at the Wedding

Cindy & Jeff’s Wedding at the Wainwright House in Rye, NY

Eric — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:42:47 +0000

Congratulations to Cindy and Jeff! They had a beautiful wedding at one of our favorite locations, The Wainright House in Rye, New York. Cindy has such a beautiful smile and I sure am glad I got to see a lot of it on her wedding day. She was beaming with joy. I loved the special touches that were added in honor of Cindy’s Dad like the detail in the photo below.

Cindy and Jeff met before the ceremony for some portraits. I think Jeff’s expression here is just classic!

Their ceremony was touching and full of smiles.

I’ve never seen such a thoughtful and sweet way to honor a loved one! This is one of my favorite images of the day.

Check out Cindy’s awesome blue shoes.

Thank you for including us in your wedding day. We had a wonderful time getting to know you and can’t wait for your album design!

Sincerely,
Eric Lagstein
Be Creative Photography

Ceremony: Rye Presbyterian Church, Rye, NY
Reception: Wainwright House, Rye, NY
Caterer/Cake: Corner Stone Caterers, Rye, NY
Florist: Blooming Buds, Harrison, NY
Music (DJ): Hal Prince Music, Rye Brook, NY
Hair (bride and bridal party): Salon 221, Cos Cob, CT
Bridal Gown: Vows Bridal Outlet, Watertown, MA
Assistant Shooter: Allan Zepeda