Thursday, December 24, 2015

Police investigating wedding video on suspicion of incitement

 

Video shows right-wing youth dancing with weapons, one of them repeatedly stabbing a picture of infant Ali Dawabsheh, who was killed in the Duma arson attack.

Elisha Ben Kimon, Elior Levy, Attila Somfalvi

Police said on Thursday that it had already launched an investigation into a video first aired on Channel 10 filmed at a right-wing couple's wedding in which guests are seen stabbing a photo of infant Ali Dawabsheh, who died in an arson attack on his home in Duma, believed to have been committed by radical right-wing Jews.

The Judea and Samaria Police said that an investigation was launched several days ago "into the many serious offenses displayed in the wedding video."

The video of a wedding held in Jerusalem several weeks ago also shows guests dancing with guns, knives, and Molotov cocktails to a song quoting Judges 16:28, "O God, that I may be this once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."

באדיבות: ערוץ 10

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The State Attorney approved the opening of a police investigation at the Judea and Samaria Police's Nationalistically-Motivated Crimes Unit, which will be investigating suspicions of incitement, among others. The groom is known to security services and has been arrested and questioned by the Shin Bet in the past about his involvement in so-called "price tag" activities. The owner of the venue where the wedding was held told Ynet that police knew of the wedding and deployed undercover officers to the event. "There are dozens of weddings like that every month," he said. "When the adults leave, the young guys always stay and start with these songs and dancing. These are teenagers. And police knew exactly what was going on here. To begin with, they flooded the venue with undercover cops and filmed and documented everything. In some of the cases, some of the teenagers were arrested outside the venue. My security guards asked the cops, who were in civilian clothes, who were they, and then they showed them their police ID." A guest at the wedding said he was shocked when he saw the teens' actions. "I've been coming to these weddings for several years now but this was a shocking spectacle. The songs are the same songs, but the hatred and the weapons, along with the photos of Dawabsheh, were crossing a red line. These teens are really hate-filled."

The guest expressed concern for the image of the religious-Zionist sector. "I really hope this story won't set us 20 years back."

  Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, who represents one of the Jewish suspects held in connection with the Duma arson, told Ynet on Thursday morning: "I was at the wedding. No one realized these were photos of a member of the Dawabsheh family. You have to understand, the photos were the size of an A4 page. The minute I realized (what was happening) - I was ashamed. I think this is foolish. "But I also see what's going on: The Shin Bet, aided by people from the Yesha Council, are simply diverting the discussion from the torturing (allegedly done to the Jewish suspects) to the video, talking about it as if that was the most important thing. "Whoever waved the photo of the baby and stabbed it several times is an idiot, he's stupid. No doubt. But this won't sweep the torture under the rug." Members of the Dawabsheh family were outraged and shocked by the video, and said they are considering taking legal action against those seen in the video. "I demand the defense establishment to catch the people in the video and put them in jail. To me, these people are not even human," said Hussein Dawabsheh, the grandfather of Ali Dawabsheh, who was killed in the attack, and his brother Ahmad, who was seriously wounded. "What bothers me the most is the hatred towards Ali, who hasn't done anything to them. Isn't it enough, what was done to him?" Ahmad Dawabsheh was transferred on Thursday morning from the Pediatrics Department to the Rehabilitation Department at the Sheba Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. "He hasn't seen the new department yet because he slept all morning after having cried all night," the grandfather said.
Source: Police investigating wedding video on suspicion of incitement

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Movie Poster Is All Too Familiar: See the Photo!

Same family, same headache! Toula Portokalos' loved ones are evidently nosier than ever in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. Nia Vardalos shared the first movie poster of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding sequel via Instagram on Tuesday, December 22.

"The #MyBigFatGreekWedding2 poster!" Vardalos, 53, captioned the sneak peek. "Guess who's back for the sequel. Hint...EVERYONE."

Star and writer Vardalos will reprise her role as Toula in the highly anticipated sequel to the 2002 smash. It will also once again feature her onscreen husband John Corbett (Ian Miller), Andrea Martin (Aunt Voula), Lainie Kazan (Maria Portokalos), Gia Carides (Cousin Nikki), Ian Gomez (Mike) Louis Mandylor (Nick Portokalos), Michael Constantine (Gus Portokalos), Joey Fatone (Angelo) and more.

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Newcomer Elena Kampouris will also be joining the cast. The American Odyssey actress plays Toula and Ian's daughter. In the movie, the beloved couple become overbearing when Elena starts to apply to colleges.

Back in August, Vardalos explained why she waited so long to do a second film. "The reason I didn't want to do the sequel is because at the end of the first one, I had written that we were parents," she told the Today show at the time. "And even though I make stuff up, I couldn't write from a place of emotions that I didn't know because I wasn't a mom — and then I became a mom, so instantly, so suddenly." (Vardalos and her husband, Gomez, who plays Mike in the movies, married in 1993 and adopted a daughter named Illaria in 2008.)

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Vardalos was excited when she finally came up with a story line — and so was Corbett. "The truth is, I didn't think it was over. After a decade of hearing, 'Hmm, I don't know, I don't have any ideas really,' I just sort of gave up. And so it was really a huge surprise when — I guess just about this time last year — [Nia] called and said, 'I got an idea. What do you think? Do you want to do it?'" the Sex and the City alum, 54, added. "And nobody on this team was happier than me."

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 hits theaters on March 25, 2016.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Local Manchester Wedding Photographer Shane Webber Photography Nominated for Regional Award

Manchester, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/22/2015 -- Manchester-based wedding and events photographer Shane Webber will take on competition from across the region at the upcoming 2016 Great Northern Wedding Awards.

The 25-year-old entrepreneur set up Shane Webber Photography (http://www.shanewebber.com) last year after deciding to focus on the wedding market in the North West and is thrilled to have his work recognized so soon after establishing the business.

He said: "I'm really excited to have been shortlisted for the Great Northern Wedding Awards next year, especially having only been working in the area for a year or so.

"I did my degree in Manchester and was really excited to move back to set up my business, and this award nomination is great reward for the hard work I have put in.

"2015 has been a brilliant year for me and I am looking forward to a busy 2016 with weddings booked in across the North West and the UK."

Shane is one of just 19 photographers in the region to feature as a Fearless Photographer – a directory of the world's best wedding photographers, and is a recommended wedding supplier at a number of venues across Manchester and Cheshire.

"I am really pleased with how well everything is going and how quickly I have been able to expand my business in the past 12 months," added Shane.

"As well as shooting weddings I have added a brand new photo booth to my services, making it even easier for clients to arrange their big days. I am also working on a number of corporate events, which is brilliant too."

About Shane Webber PhotographyShane Webber Photography photographs weddings throughout the North West of the United Kingdom, covering Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and further afield. 

You can find Shane Webber Photography online at http://www.shanewebber.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ShaneWebberPhotography.

To receive images for publication of for interview requests, please c ontact Annie Brafield on 07841 848376 or email annie@cartwrightcommunications.co.uk

Contact:Contact name: Shane WebberCompany Name: Shane Webber PhotographyCity: ManchesterState: EnglandCountry: United Kingdomannie@cartwrightcommunications.co.ukWebsite: http://www.shanewebber.com


Source: Local Manchester Wedding Photographer Shane Webber Photography Nominated for Regional Award

Monday, December 21, 2015

Photographer rediscovers there’s no place like home

It's easy to crack a broad smile as you flip through the pages of photographer Meryl Meisler's new book, "Purgatory & Paradise: SASSY '70s Suburbia & The City." It's filled with pictures — all black and white — that Meisler took of her family, neighbors and friends in Long Island, New York four decades ago. They are juxtaposed with others she shot while covering the flashy disco scene, as well as the grittier aspects of what is generally considered to be anything but New York City's finest decade.

The photos are masterful and poignant, and amazingly, Meisler had never shown them to the public until she published this book.

Her portraits of friends and family in Massapequa and environs particularly lift the viewer's spirits. You get the distinct feeling that whatever else might have been going on in the world beyond suburbia, the people in Meisler's life liked to have fun.

A New York City public school art teacher, Meisler, 64, retired in 2010 after 31 years on the job. Always with a camera at hand, she photographed daily life at her school in Bushwick in Brooklyn, producing work that has been exhibited in New York and beyond.

Self-portrait © Meryl Meisler Photography

Self-portrait (Meryl Meisler Photography)

Last year, she published her first book of photography, which contained a collection of early 1980's photos she took in her first years of teaching in Bushwick, which at the time had not yet begun to recover from the widespread riots that took place there on the night of the infamous July 13, 1977 blackout. The inner city neighborhood was burned out and derelict, but the optimistic Meisler pointed her lens at the beauty she saw amidst the ruins.

That first book, "A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick" contained those photos, and they, too, were juxtaposed with photos Meisler took in New York's notorious discos. (A friend managed to get the young photographer into Studio 54, and from that point on she — motivated solely by her own curiosity and without any professional commissions — kept going back to it and other clubs to document the decadent night life.)

Meisler did not start taking photos in any serious way until she was in her early twenties, when she took a photography course at university. As a class assignment, she photographed her family while on a visit home to Massapequa. She continued to document her suburbia-dwelling Jewish family and friends, and it was that body of work that landed her a grant to document Jewish New York for the American Jewish Congress, as well as to research her family's roots.

"I didn't understand how strong the photographs were at the time," Meisler told The Times of Israel in a phone interview from the home in Woodstock, NY she shares with her wife Patricia Jean O'Brien (they also have a home in Manhattan).

In retrospect, Meisler appreciates how her young eye honed in on things worthy of fascination in and near her childhood home, especially the "Mystery Club" — a group of 11 couples, including her parents, who met on a Saturday night once every two months for an adventure unknown to all of them but the couple who planned it.

Self-Portrait Outside Unemployment Office, NY, NY June 1979 (Detail) © Meryl Meisler Photography

Self-Portrait Outside Unemployment Office, NY, June 1979 (Meryl Meisler, Photography)

"This is your life, and you think it's ordinary, but it's really very special," she said.

Meisler shot black and white film with a medium-format Norita Graflex, which produced a 2.25 by 2.25 inch square negative. She developed her photographs in a darkroom she set up in a bathroom in her cousin's New York apartment.

It is not by chance that her semi-staged family photos are reminiscent of the work of Diane Arbus, the Jewish American photographer famous for documenting marginalized people, such as dwarves, nudists, circus performers and carnival freaks, including the "Jewish Giant" Eddie Carmel, whom she photographed towering over his parents in their Bronx living room.

"I saw a Diane Arbus show at MoMA when I was home on vacation from college, and it spoke to me. I understood that square, black and white image. It hit my brain and my heart," Meisler recalled.

She didn't know it at the time, but the Arbus-inspired photographs she took were a striking visual record of a certain place and time rich with eye-popping décor and quotidian drama generated by a cooperative cast of characters. These were the Jews of "Matzah Pizza," as the locals affectionately called their town.

Many of Meisler's family photos are warm, humorous and familiar, yet at the same time they are slightly bizarre. The subjects seem larger than life, even though they are caught going about their regular business, be it dancing at a wedding, eating a Rosh Hashanah dinner, relaxing on the couch, or having their hair done.

Ultimately, they are portrayals of life as the photographer's younger self saw it, the result of her casting her whimsy-seeking eye on those she loved.


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Sunday, December 20, 2015

South Korean man snaps ‘photo weddings’ to improve ties with Japan

Although Japan and South Korea marked the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations on Dec. 18, a symbolic "wedding," their gap on historical recognition has yet to be reconciled.

Currently, a South Korean man is doing his best to improve relations between the two nations by offering "photo weddings" for Japanese to experience his country's culture.

"If they experience daily life in South Korea through eating delicious food and taking wonderful photos of themselves, it will become a good way for them to know the country's culture," thought Kim Jong-soo, 38, who started the Ajarena photo studio in Seoul in 2012.

As Kim's business was expanding, he opened an overseas office in Osaka in November this year.

In October, a couple in their 20s from Aichi Prefecture visited Seoul for three days. Kim took photos of them in a park and other places in the city for their album and wedding ceremony. The couple also sampled Korean dishes, such as dakhanmari, in which a whole chicken is boiled.

"People are very friendly. I had a positive impression," said the groom, who was visiting South Korea for the first time.

Kim, a third-generation ethnic Korean resident in Japan, grew up in Chiba Prefecture. He also served as chairman of the Tokyo-based Korean Youth Association.

In 2010, he moved to South Korea wanting to "learn my mother country's language and culture deeply." Now, he resides in Seoul.

Kim became acquainted with Zhou Jie, 29, who had come to South Korea from Guangzhou, China, to study Korean, and they married. The two thought about starting a business that could improve relations among Japan, South Korea and China, and hit upon photo weddings.

In South Korea, many couples have professional photographers take photos of themselves before their wedding ceremonies and make commemorative albums. In Seoul, many photo studios are competing in that market.

Kim set up Ajarena to offer high-quality services, including photographing and lighting technologies, at low rates.

Kim was in charge of attracting customers from Japan while Zhou from China. The number of customers from China grew smoothly.

However, the number from Japan did not apparently due to the deteriorated bilateral relations. Some people asked in their inquiries about whether it was safe for Japanese to travel to South Korea.

Kim did not give up and kept trying to attract customers through the Internet and his personal network.

As a result of his efforts, the number of couples who took photos of themselves at Kim's studio is likely to double this year from about 90 of last year.

Kim opened an overseas office in Tokyo in January 2014, followed by the Osaka office.

"I want to serve as a bridge for valuable experiences (of my customers)," said Kim Hwa-ryeong, 29, who is in charge of the Osaka office.


Source: South Korean man snaps 'photo weddings' to improve ties with Japan

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Couples get creative at pre-wedding shoots with Bollywood inspired locales

If professional photographers are to be believed, then this wedding season is going to be more opulent and glamourous.

The traditional way of extending wedding invitations is also gradually finding itself replaced by an emerging trend of pre-wedding photography and video shoots that give wings to the fantasies of to-be-weds in the city. We explore this growing trend that's giving city wedding celebrations a new angle.

Bollywood song sequences inspire photographers and couples alike

To-be-weds seem to be borrowing inspiration from filmy poses, sequences and dresses for their shoots. The latest rage among couples is the song, Gerua from Dilwale. Kiran Tambole, a specialist in wedding photography, said, "I am working on how to create similar magic when I shoot at Lavasa or Saputara." Groom-to-be Akshay Kothari added, "I am looking forward to something like Gerua for my pre-wedding shoot." Dharmesh Soohinda who got married recently, chose the song Tere Naina from Chandi Cho wk to China for his pre-wedding video because the song addresses Naina, the name of his significant other. Youngsters Pooja and Kunal Kabra went a step ahead. "Being film buffs, we chose the song Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 and copied the film's poster by posing under a jacket," said Pooja. "Our clients often ask us to recreate something similar to what they see in films. Creating these images with still photography isn't tough, but shooting a video in a desired fashion is challenging as one needs to take into consideration the budget, public interference at locations and the couple's inhibitions on camera. Often couples are sure of what they want, which makes our work easier," said Sanjay Chube, a wedding photographer.

A host of locations to shoot at Mhaismal, Daulatabad Fort, privately owned resorts around the city and Bibi ka Maqbara aresome of the most preferred locations for pre-wedding shoots. In an attempt to try something unique in the city, couples are exploring newer l ocations with personal attachment. "I did my pre-wedding shoot at Beed Bypass. The area had long blades of dry grass which contributed the unique element to the shoot. We also took some pictures at Mhaismal because that's where my fiance had proposed to me," said Pranav Samaj, a photographer . Lavasa is another location that's becoming popular. Photographer Kiran Tambole said, "Lavasa is ideal for its scenic beauty, it is isolated, so people don't disurb during the shoot. Though renting the place can cost upto Rs 10,000 for eight hours.''

Transforming real life to reel lifeWhat better way for to-be-weds to immortalise their real love story than through pictures and videos and tell their stories, ones worth putting on screen? Cinematographer Rushikesh Hoshing has managed to recreate a relatable real life story for youngsters Ashwini and Nilesh Jain. "Their love story being similar to that in 2 States, I suggested the couple to do a dramatised shoot of their love story and they liked the idea," said Hoshing. Talking about the experience, Ashwini said, "It was so much fun reliving special moments of our love story." According to videographer Nitin Goje, couples' opting for documentary-style videos is a growing fad. "They can effectively use this medium to share in their own words their love story," Goje said, signing off.

By Muzammil Bari

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Bride remembers her late daughter in beautiful wedding photo

Courtesy Frantz Photography.

Courtesy Frantz Photography.

A bride was able to share one special moment with her late daughter in a photo taken at her recent wedding.

Amanda Crowe Freebird's daughter, Azalee, died at age 6 after a battle with cancer. Amanda met her fiancee after Azalee's death.

The photographer Ashley Frantz, Amanda's friend, was asked to find a way to incorporate Azalee into the special day.

She was able to create a photo of Amanda with her hands holding Azalee's face that she shared with Fox 8.

"It was such an honor to be able to do this for her and I'm so thankful God has given me a talent that I can use to make broken hearts just a tad less broken," Ashley said in a Facebook post. 


Source: Bride remembers her late daughter in beautiful wedding photo