Since my last post, the 2010-2011 bar mitzvah season has come and gone. Before my blog fills up with images from this summer’s weddings and travels, I’ll update you on the bar mitzvahs I had the privilege of photographing. Instead of event by event posts, though, I’m trying something new.

As usual, I can only write about winter from the safety of a warm summer day. But I will say now, sitting in shorts and a tank top, that the snow did look pretty by the entrance of Shaaray Tefila on that morning in January. And I can admit, after a lengthy string of June-green days, that there’s something wonderful about waiting for those bare branches to show their first buds.

But I still like warm weather most of all.

Enjoy this bar mitzvah progression from winter to spring.

1. Shaaray Tefila in January
2. Temple Israel in March
3. Pranna Lounge on 79 Madison Avenue, in April
Decor by Jen Stone of Stone Kelly
Day-of coordinator – Shira Citron