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Bar Mitzvah Photographer in Israel
The Kotel Bar Mitzvah, Western Wall, Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Masada, Robinson's Arch, Masorti, Caesarea
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Reform Bar Mitzvah
Kotel - Western Wall - Robinson's Arch Masorti Family Kotel - Joyce Giraud & Michael Ohoven family
Kotel - Western Wall - Robinson's Arch Masorti Family Kotel - Joyce Giraud & Michael Ohoven family
Reform Bat Mitzvah
Hebrew Union College
Hebrew Union College
Bar Mitzvah - Kotel Western Wall
Short - Ceremony near the Kotel
Up to 1.5 hours of photography, at least 100 edited photos.
Photographer's travel fee to the Western Wall is already included.
Booking opens 1.5 months in advance. Early booking 3 months in advance +300₪
Up to 1.5 hours of photography, at least 100 edited photos.
Photographer's travel fee to the Western Wall is already included.
Booking opens 1.5 months in advance. Early booking 3 months in advance +300₪
₪1900
Short Photo + Video near the Kotel
Up to 1.5 hours of photography and videography, at least 100 edited photos + clip highlights as the result of videography
Photographer's and videographer's travel fees to the Western Wall are already included.
Booking opens 1.5 months in advance. Early booking 3 months in advance +400₪
Up to 1.5 hours of photography and videography, at least 100 edited photos + clip highlights as the result of videography
Photographer's and videographer's travel fees to the Western Wall are already included.
Booking opens 1.5 months in advance. Early booking 3 months in advance +400₪
₪3600
Additional options:
+30 extra minutes +400₪
Speed up post-processing: +10% ready in 1 week, +25% ready in 3 days
Photobooks
Special offers on the page About and on my Instagram
+30 extra minutes +400₪
Speed up post-processing: +10% ready in 1 week, +25% ready in 3 days
Photobooks
Special offers on the page About and on my Instagram
Bar Mitzvah - Any place in Israel
Tel Aviv
Up to 1 hour of photography, at least 60 edited photos.
Available in: Tel Aviv - Ashdod - Hulda Forest - Modiin - Ben Shemen Forest
Travel fee to Jerusalem, Netanya, Ashkelon +250₪
Up to 1 hour of photography, at least 60 edited photos.
Available in: Tel Aviv - Ashdod - Hulda Forest - Modiin - Ben Shemen Forest
Travel fee to Jerusalem, Netanya, Ashkelon +250₪
Smart
Up to 2.5 hours of photography, at least 120 edited photos. A drone is included where it's legal and actual.
Photography is available everywhere in Israel, except Eilat, with a travel fee.
Up to 2.5 hours of photography, at least 120 edited photos. A drone is included where it's legal and actual.
Photography is available everywhere in Israel, except Eilat, with a travel fee.
Standard
Up to 4 hours of photography, at least 200 edited photos. A drone is included where it's legal and actual. A few polaroid photos as a gift.
Photography is available anywhere in Israel with a travel fee. Booking is possible for any dates in advance.
Up to 4 hours of photography, at least 200 edited photos. A drone is included where it's legal and actual. A few polaroid photos as a gift.
Photography is available anywhere in Israel with a travel fee. Booking is possible for any dates in advance.
Full Day
A full day of photography, up to 8-10 hours, at least 300 edited photos. A drone is included where it's legal and actual. A few polaroid photos as a gift.
Photography is available anywhere in Israel with a travel fee. Booking is possible for any dates in advance.
A full day of photography, up to 8-10 hours, at least 300 edited photos. A drone is included where it's legal and actual. A few polaroid photos as a gift.
Photography is available anywhere in Israel with a travel fee. Booking is possible for any dates in advance.
Additional options:
+30 extra minutes +400₪ for Tel Aviv and Smart packages, +300₪ for other
Editing time for all packages is up to 1 month.
Speed up editing: +10% ready in 1 week, +25% ready in 3 days
Backstage video by the photographer 30−60 seconds +800₪
Professional video by the videographer from 1300₪
Photobooks
Special offers on the page About and on my Instagram
*Booking Tel Aviv package opens 2 weeks in advance. Early booking 1.5 months in advance +300₪. Booking Smart package opens 1 month in advance. Early booking 3 months in advance +300₪.
Explanation: If you want to book a Tel Aviv package on October 1st, you can book any available date until October 15th. Or, with an extra +300 shekels, for any free date until November 15th. Standard and Full Day packages can be booked for any dates in advance.
+30 extra minutes +400₪ for Tel Aviv and Smart packages, +300₪ for other
Editing time for all packages is up to 1 month.
Speed up editing: +10% ready in 1 week, +25% ready in 3 days
Backstage video by the photographer 30−60 seconds +800₪
Professional video by the videographer from 1300₪
Photobooks
Special offers on the page About and on my Instagram
*Booking Tel Aviv package opens 2 weeks in advance. Early booking 1.5 months in advance +300₪. Booking Smart package opens 1 month in advance. Early booking 3 months in advance +300₪.
Explanation: If you want to book a Tel Aviv package on October 1st, you can book any available date until October 15th. Or, with an extra +300 shekels, for any free date until November 15th. Standard and Full Day packages can be booked for any dates in advance.
We sincerely recommend rabbi Benny for Bar and Bat Mitzvah services. He is a reform Rabbi and is open for any kind of ceremony in any part of Israel, speaks English, Hebrew, Russian and Ukrainian fluently and can make your special day meaningful and memorable. Benni Minich Instagram.
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Write to us if you need to clarify any details personally. Please note the date and place you are interested in, and write a few words about the shooting you want to do: this way we can answer you with as many details as possible without asking many questions. The fastest way to get in touch is WhatsApp. You can also leave a request on the site - usually, we respond to requests on the site at night.
Decide on a specific date-time and book it. To book the date, we always take a deposit and sign a contract for photography remotely: you don't need to print anything, you can sign it from your phone or computer in 2 clicks. Making a deposit means agreement with the contract. In some cases, we can prebook the date for you for 1-2 days, but until we got the deposit and the contract, the date is free.
Photoshoot takes place on the appointed day. When the photos are ready, we send a link to the cloud gallery. It is convenient and comfortable to watch both from a computer and from a phone, and you can download photos in one click. We send photos in full resolution, without reducing the quality, so the entire gallery can take up quite a lot of space. Also, we recommend you to save photos to your devices: despite the fact that we store photos from all our shootings, the gallery may be deleted after 2 months and photos may be lost.
Decide on a specific date-time and book it. To book the date, we always take a deposit and sign a contract for photography remotely: you don't need to print anything, you can sign it from your phone or computer in 2 clicks. Making a deposit means agreement with the contract. In some cases, we can prebook the date for you for 1-2 days, but until we got the deposit and the contract, the date is free.
Photoshoot takes place on the appointed day. When the photos are ready, we send a link to the cloud gallery. It is convenient and comfortable to watch both from a computer and from a phone, and you can download photos in one click. We send photos in full resolution, without reducing the quality, so the entire gallery can take up quite a lot of space. Also, we recommend you to save photos to your devices: despite the fact that we store photos from all our shootings, the gallery may be deleted after 2 months and photos may be lost.
The total price consists of the cost of the shooting, the travel fee, and additional options.
For example, you want to book the Tel Aviv 1-hour package in Jerusalem one month in advance - before the date. It will turn out photoshoot shooting, travel fee to Jerusalem, and early booking fee.
In some cases, it is more reasonable to choose the Smart package and other in this case to skip early booking fee or/and to make a travel fee lower. Or, if you don't have a fixed date, just book 2 weeks in advance - in this case, there won't be extra charge for the early booking.
For example, you want to book the Tel Aviv 1-hour package in Jerusalem one month in advance - before the date. It will turn out photoshoot shooting, travel fee to Jerusalem, and early booking fee.
In some cases, it is more reasonable to choose the Smart package and other in this case to skip early booking fee or/and to make a travel fee lower. Or, if you don't have a fixed date, just book 2 weeks in advance - in this case, there won't be extra charge for the early booking.
We work a lot with weddings and abroad - in Iceland, Jordan and other countries. We give priority to full-day shootings, and by booking short photography packages for a specific date in advance, we forego any other shootings on that day. Moving a wedding or an elopement to another date is much more difficult than to move a short photoshoot :)
If you want to book a photoshoot for a specific date in advance, there are 2 options: choose a package starting from Standard, or shorter packages, but with an early booking extra.
If there is no binding to a specific date and you want a short photoshoot - write us a date range, we will note the information in the diary and contact you closer to the date when booking for short shootings is already open. Or just write to us closer to the date and we will definitely come up with something: we have several photographers in our team and even in the high season we usually can find free dates ;)
If you want to book a photoshoot for a specific date in advance, there are 2 options: choose a package starting from Standard, or shorter packages, but with an early booking extra.
If there is no binding to a specific date and you want a short photoshoot - write us a date range, we will note the information in the diary and contact you closer to the date when booking for short shootings is already open. Or just write to us closer to the date and we will definitely come up with something: we have several photographers in our team and even in the high season we usually can find free dates ;)
In practice, we try to send photos as early as it possible and often send photos after a week or two.
At the same time, in the contract, we have a period of up to a month with the possibility of delaying processing during the highest season (May-October) up to 2 weeks. This is due to the fact that we shoot a lot abroad and during the wedding or vacation seasons there can be a very high workload. Also, we try to edit photos at home, with two monitors - this way it turns out better than on a laptop.
If it is critical for you to get photos faster, you can check our workload (we do not guarantee that we will send photos before the specified time), or speed up editing:
+10% for guaranteed processing up to a week after shooting;
+25% for guaranteed processing up to 3 days after shooting.
At the same time, in the contract, we have a period of up to a month with the possibility of delaying processing during the highest season (May-October) up to 2 weeks. This is due to the fact that we shoot a lot abroad and during the wedding or vacation seasons there can be a very high workload. Also, we try to edit photos at home, with two monitors - this way it turns out better than on a laptop.
If it is critical for you to get photos faster, you can check our workload (we do not guarantee that we will send photos before the specified time), or speed up editing:
+10% for guaranteed processing up to a week after shooting;
+25% for guaranteed processing up to 3 days after shooting.
In a nutshell - this is due to the workload and the number of awards.
I am the top 1 wedding photographer in Israel and Iceland according to sites such as MyWed, Fearless awards, and ProWedAwards. I also often fly to shoot in other countries, and my workload is higher than Alice's. In addition, I am better than anyone else in navigating non-standard locations throughout Israel (and not only :) ), and therefore I work with most of the complicated shootings and full-day shootings.
Actual Alice Notcake's portfolio you can find on her Instagram and on the site. My website contains only my photos.
I am the top 1 wedding photographer in Israel and Iceland according to sites such as MyWed, Fearless awards, and ProWedAwards. I also often fly to shoot in other countries, and my workload is higher than Alice's. In addition, I am better than anyone else in navigating non-standard locations throughout Israel (and not only :) ), and therefore I work with most of the complicated shootings and full-day shootings.
Actual Alice Notcake's portfolio you can find on her Instagram and on the site. My website contains only my photos.
We are fans of sunset light and clouds.
Since there are practically no clouds in Israel most of the time, especially in summer, we recommend to do shootings at sunset to get guaranteed perfect light: to make it comfortable to open your eyes, not to be hot, and to get beautiful diffused light.
You can choose absolutely any time for shooting, this is only our recommendation.
Since there are practically no clouds in Israel most of the time, especially in summer, we recommend to do shootings at sunset to get guaranteed perfect light: to make it comfortable to open your eyes, not to be hot, and to get beautiful diffused light.
You can choose absolutely any time for shooting, this is only our recommendation.
We follow legal restrictions on flying drones. We do not fly in NoFly zones - these are quite large zones around all airports (for example, the zone from Ben Gurion Airport affects most of Tel Aviv), including military airports and bases. The whole old part of Jerusalem and, in general, most of Jerusalem, all areas of national parks. Also, we do not fly over crowds of people, even small ones.
If you follow the restrictions very strictly, almost any shooting in the residential area is prohibited, but in practice, there may be exceptions. If flying is possible and makes sense, we try to use a drone.
If you follow the restrictions very strictly, almost any shooting in the residential area is prohibited, but in practice, there may be exceptions. If flying is possible and makes sense, we try to use a drone.
Bar Mitzvah - Kotel and Robinson's Arch
There are 2 options near the Kotel: classical Bar Mitzvah on boy's part, which is usually
Or Robinson's Arch / Masorti section, which usually calls family section and families (males and females) are allowed to be in one place. Also it's reform side of the Wall, so even bar mitzvah on shabbath is allowed there.
Or Robinson's Arch / Masorti section, which usually calls family section and families (males and females) are allowed to be in one place. Also it's reform side of the Wall, so even bar mitzvah on shabbath is allowed there.
Bar Mitzvah ceremony on Masada
The trendy and iconic place for Bar Mitzvahs in Israel is on the top of Masada. You can connect it with a trip to the Dead Sea and also it's a more private event than near the Kotel: they have some space for the ceremony and mostly tourists are not coming close. But I don't advise this option for summer and, honestly, it's much harder than organizing a more classical way in Jerusalem Old City near the Kotel.
Bar Mitzvah ceremony in Caesarea national park
In Caesarea, they have some places for Bar Mitzvahs too and it became more and more popular last years.
Why to do Bar Mitzvah in Israel?
Having a Bar Mitzvah in Israel can hold special significance for Jewish families for a variety of reasons, including religious, cultural, and personal factors. Here are some reasons why some families choose to celebrate a Bar Mitzvah in Israel:
- Spiritual Connection: Israel holds immense spiritual significance in Judaism. It is considered the homeland of the Jewish people, with historical and religious sites that are deeply meaningful. Celebrating a Bar Mitzvah in Israel allows the young person to connect with their Jewish heritage in a profound way.
- Connection to Tradition: A Bar Mitzvah is a rite of passage in which a young Jewish boy transitions into adulthood, assuming more responsibility for his religious duties and actions. Doing this in the land that holds historical and religious importance can add a layer of authenticity to the celebration.
- Historical Sites: Israel is home to many historical sites mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, such as Jerusalem, the Western Wall (Wailing Wall). Celebrating a Bar Mitzvah at such sites can create a strong sense of continuity with the past.
- Cultural Experience: Celebrating a Bar Mitzvah in Israel provides an opportunity for families to immerse themselves in Jewish culture and traditions in the place where those traditions originated. It's a chance to experience the local customs, foods, and way of life.
- Community and Family Gathering: Many families choose to celebrate their child's Bar Mitzvah in Israel as a way to bring together extended family and friends from around the world. It can be a memorable and unifying experience for everyone involved.
- Educational Component: Visiting Israel for a Bar Mitzvah can be an educational experience for the young person, deepening their understanding of Jewish history, traditions, and values.
- Zionist Ideals: For families with a strong connection to Zionist ideals and a belief in the importance of the Jewish state, celebrating a Bar Mitzvah in Israel can be a way to show support for and strengthen their connection to the country.