The Staff from our Christmas Holiday Party, Left to Right Back to Front, Chantel, Sara, Carrie, Callie, Rob, Dee, and Dennis.
Dennis P. Becker, CPP
Dennis started his photography at seven years old with a Brownie Camera, in 1968 with a Nikon camera he purchased from his Dad he became a serious amateur .In 1985 he joined a camera club and started his career in fine art B&W photography.When a friend of Dennis' was getting married in 1990, she asked him to photograph the wedding.The next year when two more of his friends were getting married, he photographed the weddings.Soon, through referrals, Dennis photographed 9 weddings the third year, and also started studying classic portraiture for the next three years with a master photographer, Bob Kahn. The fourth year he did 22 weddings, the fifth 36, and the sixth year he photographed 42 weddings. Dennis personally photographs over 50 wedding every year, most from referrals through past happy clients. Dennis has been studying wedding and portrait photography at The New England School of Professional Photography every year since 1996 and is signed up for class in March 2005.Dennis is an active member of The Professional Photographers of America and The Professional Photographers of New Jersey, is the treasurer for the north chapter, attends regular monthly meetings, Educational programs and photography seminars.In March, 2000 Dennis earned his degree as a Certified Professional Photographer and now teaches seminars for other Professional Photographers.In September 2003, Dennis received a Blue Ribbon for a Wedding Album from The New England Professional Photographers Association. Dennis is also an board member of the Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce and received the Chamber Member of The Year Award for 2002.In March, 2004 Dennis attended The New England Institute of Photography for the ninth consecutive year. Class was taught by Stewart and Susan Powers of Gainesville, Florida. In August 2004, Dennis received a Blue Ribbon for a Wedding Album from The Professional Photographers of America. In 2005 Dennis was presented with Re-Certification Degree from The Professional Photographers of America, attended his 10th year at the prestigious New England School of Professional Photography and got married to Kristi in September. Dennis was elected President of the Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce in January 2006.
Robert Yaskovic
Before becoming a wedding photographer, Robert Yaskovic was a photojournalist for The New Jersey Herald. In his first three months at the daily newspaper Rob took home four North Jersey Press Club awards including First Place Portrait, Second and Third Place Sports and Third Place Spot News. Rob traveled from NYC to Washington, DC, documenting the September 11th attacks and subsequent reconstruction, to the 108th Congress being sworn in and politicians such as Alan Greenspan and Donald Rumsfeld.
Rob is an avid snowboarder and outdoor enthusiast, enjoys shooting photos of his friends snowboarding, skateboarding and mountain biking on his downtime. Always up for anything new, he enjoys life with his camera in hand. Rob also creates photos for friend's bands, occasionally ending up in CD layouts and posters.
Prior to becoming a press photographer, Rob worked for a local camera shop, where he honed his technical skill by photographing everything he saw. In 1999 he began learning from renowned working photographers Joe DiMaggio and Joanne Kalish. Joe and Joanne helped Rob develop a style through constant shooting and critiquing. He credits a lot of his ideas to these two amazing photographers.
In 2002 Rob met Dennis Becker through mutual friends and began working alongside him. Rob has been able to bring his photojournalist background to the core of his wedding photography and create a unique vision for each
bride on their wedding day. Rob also designs all the albums at D. Becker Photo and enjoys the opportunity to show the bride and groom a finished product: a book of photos which memorializes everything that is unique about their wedding day.
Rob lives with his favorite subjects, his wife Katie and three children, by a lake in Sussex County.