I feel bad….I photographed this Bar Mitzvah forever ago and this family has had all their photos for a while, but I never got around to blogging about Cole and his awesome Bar Mitzvah.  Better late than never, though!

Bar Mitzvah’s are so much fun for me to photograph!  They’re a great break from weddings and I get to work with some really awesome families.  I don’t think you can get any more crazy fun than Cole’s family.  During the formal portraits I couldn’t get them to pose with normal smiles for more than like 2 seconds at a time before one of them broke out into some craziness.  And I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way!!  It made for lots of fun shots showing off their personalities and, let’s be honest, formal portraits can be kind of boring so it was a welcome crazy  🙂
Cole’s Bar Mitzvah party was nothing short of amazing.  His family transformed their backyard into an incredibly beautiful party space complete with two bars, floating lights in the pool, food stations, large white leather couches for seating with “C” for Cole pillows, a fun dance floor, and a custom backdrop at the end of a red carpet for guests to take photos and enter into the party like celebrities.  Their friends and family danced and ate the night away in style and had a blast doing it.
A huge thanks to Cole and his family for sharing in the festivities with me!!
Grandma and Great Grandma got photobombedThis is Cole’s sister.  She’s awesome so we took a few seconds for her to rock out some poses.  I love this group of photos 🙂

A lot of people came together to make this party a huge success!  Among them included:
Catering: Zeffert and Gold
Tents and rentals: Loane Bros., Inc.
Planner: Sheri with rsvp
Entertainment: MC Chad with So Fresh Entertainment and Washington Talent Agency
Photography: Lauren C Photography
Valet: Jays Valet Parking
Favors: The Great Cookie