Joe Turic Photography

Birthdays in Brooklyn

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After a quick portrait shoot on Saturday morning over at Vassar Farms (pictures coming soon!), Nicole and I hopped on the bus and headed down to NYC. First stop was South Street Seaport for food and then onto Brooklyn for the night to celebrate Kate and Russell’s birthdays. After bartending with Dan for a bit, I thought some long exposure shots from different levels on the rooftop would be a good idea.  Super fun party that Kate did a great job setting up and decorating.  Happy Birthday again Kate!

On a side note, the photos that I took for the Poughkeepsie Farm Project “A Seat at the Table” event (I blogged about it here) were used in the press release on the Farm Project’s website.

Here are some shots from the party…

You can see the tip of the Empire State Building in the background

 

 

Back from Disney World!

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Just got back from a few days at Disney for my Mom’s birthday.  Since we only had 3 full days bookended by 2 half days, we tried to do as much as possible with our time.  We stayed at Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter and hopped around to the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Downtown Disney.  The first day we did an afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian and the last night we ate at Artist’s Point at the Wilderness Lodge, so we got to see some pretty cool resorts as well.  A magical time was had by all!

The street we lived on for 4 nights @ The French Quarter

Afternoon tea the first day at the Grand Floridian

First day @ Magic Kingdom

Main Street USA @ Magic Kingdom

View of France across the water @ Epcot

Dinner at Les Chefs de France @ Epcot

Nighttime @ Epcot (Mexico, China and Germany)

Panoramic looking towards the entrance to Epcot

Water drawings @ Downtown Disney

Tower of Terror @ Hollywood Studios

Cinderella’s Castle and Epcot

Main Street USA and Cinderella’s Castle

The Genie from Aladdin, Goofy, Mickey and Donald in a parade that seemed to come out of the blue…



PFP – A Seat at the Table

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I moved to NY 10 years ago.  My first 3 years here were in Poughkeepsie, and for 2 of those years, I was a member of the Poughkeepsie Farm Project at Vassar Farms.  My memories of the time I spent there are still vivid — picking okra for the Thursday farm market, gathering bags upon bags of strawberries the first year they were planted and, in general,  gaining an understanding of the harvest cycle that I didn’t get growing up in suburban New Jersey.  So, when my friend, ChiWei, approached me about photographing “A Seat at the Table“, a 5-course fundraising dinner comprised of local, farm fresh food, I jumped at the opportunity.  It was humid and rainy, but it was no match for the amazing food, drink, music and company.  A few of my favorite shots from the day are below.