This summer, while photographing Jolie’s Bat Mitzvah, her parents requested to have instant photos taken and printed on-site  in addition to having professional photographs taken.  I had never done both duties at a function, so I enlisted the help of my friend Vanessa.  While I photographed the event with my Canon 5D Mk II, Vanessa photographed each guest as they entered the party with my Canon G-10 and instantly printed the photos to the Pogo Polaroid printer.  The Pogo is a great little printer that prints out photos that are credit card sized, and have an adhesive backing.  The photos print fast, are instantly developed and dry, and easy to peel and stick!  Jolie had a scrapbook made with each page dedicated to Pogo photos where guests could stick their photos and write a special message!  What a fantastic idea!! I just HAD to share!

Just use a USB key to connect your camera to the Pogo, and instantly print photos!

On each page of Jolie’s scrapbook, there were place holders for each guest’s photo:

Here’s Miss Vanessa grabbing shots of guests:

Here’s a look at the guests writing something special to Jolie next to their photo in her scrapbook:

I had such a great time capturing Jolie’s Bat Mitzvah!  It was the first Bat Mitzvah I had ever shot, and I didn’t know what to expect.  I truly enjoyed every minute of the experience!  Thanks again to Maria and Sonya for putting together a fabulous event and to Fanny for doing such great job with the execution at Trail Creek.  To see her amazing slideshow, set to the song “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, click here. To see a few photos, see below:

The ceremony was held at St. Thomas Episcopal in Sun Valley:

Jolie and her fabulous family:

The party was held at Trail Creek Cabin:

Upon entry, each guest had their photo taken by my fabulous second-shooter Vanessa, and the image was then printed and placed in scrapbook pages for the guest to sign.  What a great idea!

The coctail hour was full of fun!  There were hoola-hoop games and airbrush tattooing:

How fabulous looking are Jolie’s friends?!

The tent was amazingly decorated:

Each guest was given a LED belt buckle with their name already programmed in!

Yesterday I photographed the fabulous Bat Mitzvah party for miss Jolie!  The event was hosted by her parents and the details and party were put together by the fabulous Table Toppers duo, Sonya Wilander and Maria Gerhardt.  The party took place at Trail Creek Cabin and went off without a hitch thanks to the ever-wonderful Fanny Horn and crew!  Below are a few sneak peek photos from the event:

The most impressive decorations I have seen in the Trail Creek Cabin party tent, to date~

Jolie’s friends’ place settings were identified by their individual gifts: An LCD-screen belt, with their names pre-programmed for display!

Miss Jolie during the Hora dance!  Mazel Tov!

DJ Timbo and friends were flown in from L.A to provide entertainment for the night.  They were AMAZING!!!

That’s it for now!  Stay tuned for more photos to be posted soon…