Schroder Photography

20/05/2024

A few shots from this weekend at Mountain Lakes Club.

01/02/2024

As a special thank you to all the brides that have put their trust in me to photograph their weddings I am reimagining in black and white and in square format (plus a few other edits) the latest 100 Brides I have photographed. I will post one image a day for 100 days, starting today.

Bride: Stephanie

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30/01/2024

As a special thank you to all the brides that have put their trust in me to photograph their weddings I am reimagining in black and white and in square format (plus a few other edits) the latest 100 Brides I have photographed. I will post one image a day for 100 days, starting today.

Bride: Courtney

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28/01/2024

As a special thank you to all the brides that have put their trust in me to photograph their weddings I am reimagining in black and white and in square format (plus a few other edits) the latest 100 Brides I have photographed. I will post one image a day for 100 days, starting today.

Bride: Liz

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28/01/2024

As a special thank you to all the brides that have put their trust in me to photograph their weddings I am reimagining in black and white and in square format the latest 100 Brides I have photographed. I will post one image a day for 100 days, starting today. Posted first on my Instagram

Bride: Juliet

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07/01/2024

Annabel and Rob at The Madison Hotel in Morristown last night in the first major snow storm in 2 years. Timing is everything.

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06/01/2024

First wedding of the year (Annabel & Rob) …and we have SNOW! We did manage to venture outside for a few minutes.

At The Madison Hotel in Morristown.
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06/01/2024

First wedding of the year (Annabel & Rob) …and we have SNOW! Should be an interesting day.

29/10/2023

Yesterday I Photographed the wedding of Monique and Nicholas at the beautiful Basilica in Newark NJ and then we headed to the Lake Valhalla Club in Montville. I added a little something different to this wedding, I took with me a 1940s/1950's large format (4x5) all manual camera (that produces a negative many times larger than a 35mm shot the type a newspaper photographer of the time would use while covering an event back then. As a matter of fact that famous Iwo Jima battle photo of US Soldiers raising the American Flag was taken with this type of camera) combined with a modern day Instax Wide back (which I had to do some adapting to shoot handheld) and took a few shots with it. You can see a short clip below of the making of one of the shots. The couple really enjoyed the experience and the photos.

20/10/2023

30 Years ago in 1993 while still learning photography I snuck a camera into the Garden State Arts center (now PNC Arts Center) under my denim jacket. My objective was to take photos of the BB King show. I had pretty good seats, I think I was in the first 10 Rows right in the center. I probably shot about 20 photos that night and this one is for sure my favorite. The camera I used was my trusty and favorite Canon AE-1 that I took over from my Dad at the time and read the manual 100 times. That Camera, which my dad bought around 1981, everything about it brings back memories from then and my initial interest in photography. Years later I gave the camera to my Sister, years after that she gave it to her Daughter and a few years after that my Niece learning that I had a connection with that camera gave it back to me.

10/10/2023

You can now see all the shots on my new Youtube video. Link at profile.
My 2 roll challange. I had 2 rolls of film, a total of 24 shots, thats it and about 2 hours to find subjects to photograph. This is shot 13 of people I encountered on the streets.
Black and White film in a Mamiya 6 medium format camera
Photo by: Louis F. Schroder

04/10/2023

Just did a Video on my 2 roll challenge where I had 2 rolls of film, a total of 24 shots (thats nothing in the digital world!) and about 2 hours to find subjects to photograph in New York City. While one can shoot digital endlessly for free, with film besides it having a different quality, every time you press the shutter it costs you between $1-$2 dollars, so with film you have to choose your shots carefully and make the correct exposure! The video shows all 24 shots and a little intro with info about the project.
Black and White film in a Mamiya 6 medium format camera
Photos by: Louis F. Schroder on Instagram

My 2 roll challenge. I had 2 rolls of film, a total of 24 shots, thats it and about 2 hours to find subjects to photograph in New York City.Black and White f...

03/10/2023

I had 2 rolls of black and white film and my Mamiya 6 camera, so 24 shots and decided to see what i can get from random people in NY in such limited shots (by digital standards) in about 2 hours wandering around. Here are a few of them. Posting most on my instagram

30/08/2023

17 Years ago (this coming Saturday) was an interesting wedding day with a twist. Hurricane Ernesto had swept through Florida in late August of 2006 and was heading right to New Jersey. Of course as the photographer I had my eye on the storm all week. To make things even more interesting the couples wedding reception was being held literally on the beach in Sea Bright at a venue that I believe no longer exists. As the days passed Hurricane Ernesto turned into Tropical Storm Ernesto as it crawled its way North. We would get tons of rain and strong winds but at least it was no longer a Hurricane. Nonetheless photos on the beach itself was out of the equation, winds were still hitting 40-60MPH gusts and waves were violently breaking on the shore. Now whats the twist you ask? Well the Grooms father....his name was also Ernesto. What were the odds? This shot is of us leaving the church before we headed down the shore. This would not be my last Hurricane Wedding...
Photographer: Louis F. Schroder
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14/08/2023

In a distant life back in 1993, I commuted for about a year from New Jersey to Staten Island to work at my last Non-Photography job as a Manager for record store chain called Coconuts. Every day I would go over the Goethals Bridge and back. When i did come back usually around sunset, i would see smoke stacks, chimneys and whatever all that industrial stuff was, with a sunset behind it. And everyday i would think “that would make a nice photo”. Minutes later when driving through Elizabeth to get to my at the time town Union, I would pass a park on my right and the trees all seemed neatly lined up. I would again think “that would make a cool photo”. It was these repeated moments over months that made me finally think about photography seriously. I dusted off a few cameras, signed up for some classes at The New School in NYC and eventually quit my job at Coconuts. Funny thing is I never took that industrial sunset photo nor the trees in the park. The only shot i ever did take of it was this iphone pic when i recently passed it. Maybe i should still go back do it justice afterall it did lead to 30 years as a working photographer.

27/07/2023

A lovely (though very hot, I quickly went through 3 bottles of water!) few hours yesterday at Eagle Rock reservation in West Orange for the Elopement of Kim and Danielle. It was just the 4 of us and I was very honored they chose me to capture it.

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18/07/2023

A whopping 18 years ago on July 16, 2005, I was at the now defunct Manor in West Orange capturing this couple's wedding day. Photography Louis F. Schroder

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16/07/2023

Some Previews of Karen and Eric at the Madison Hotel last week. Photos by Louis F. Schroder.

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