Binita Patel Photography

If you live in New England, you know that cold, bleak, winter days are approaching.  This is the time of year when I really envy all those photographers who live in Southern California… OH how I wish I could bottle up that Southern California light and bring it back here in a bottle.  Alas, in...

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You may have seen last week’s post about the South Asian Bride Magazine feature.  I wanted to share some more photos and details from this shoot at the lovely Mandarin Oriental Hotel Boston.  This 5-star hotel has been open about 2 years, and has a really great vibe.  I particularly enjoyed taking shots in their...

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Our final NYC stop: the Os Gêmeos Houston Street mural, at the corner of Bowery. The identical twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo -”Os Gemeos” means “the twins” in Portuguese – made their name in international graffiti circles painting tags and yellow-skinned figures on walls and buildings in their native Sao Paulo. As spray paint...

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Continuing the adventure around NYC, our next stop is La Plaza Cultural community garden, located within the East Village at the southwest corner of 9th Street & Avenue C. Typically found in cities, “community gardens” are small patches of land that are technically owned by the local government but have actually been abandoned. The areas...

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So I spent a few days last week in NYC with my young, hip and fabulous sister! And like all fabulous New Yorkers, she knows all the new spots around town. In an effort to expand my own mental map of NYC, we decided to explore a few fun and fabulous locations. Well exploration turned...

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