Ellis Island Party

October 07, 2016 in Event Photographer

City Harvest Sponsorship Branding

October 03, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

City Harvest Sponsorship branding at their Long Island City Warehouse in New York

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Stone Barns Harvest Fest

October 01, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

Urban Stages - Communion

September 30, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

The Pierre Gala Photographer New York City

IIE Gala at The Pierre

September 29, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

IIE Gala at the Pierre Hotel in New York City on September 28, 2016.

Here's a rare behind the scenes look at me working. A huge thanks to Hal Horowitz for helping out last night and capturing this image of my strange photographer crouch.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Qualcomm collaborates with IIE to manage the WeTech program, which helps women and girls enter and succeed in technology careers, with the goal of enhancing women’s talent and skills needed to fuel technological and economic growth. WeTech inspires girls and women, from 5th grade to adulthood, to connect with each other, to learn about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and to enhance their own technology skills with which they will build a better tomorrow. In China, India, the U.S, and soon Taiwan through an expanded partnership, WeTech links girls and women to technology-related training and to mentors that help prepare them to enter and succeed in high-paying technology careers.

Concordia Summit - Day 1

September 19, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

Concordia Summit Day 1

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Budweiser and Lyft Penn Station Giveaway

September 17, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

Budweiser and Lyft Penn Station Giveaway

AbInBev Chief Executive Officer Carlos Brito and Anheuser-Busch Chief Executive Officer João Castro Neves volunteer with hundreds of employees to promote responsible drinking on the seventh annual Global Beer Responsible Day. To kick off the national campaign, Budweiser and Lyft have teamed up to offer up to 80,000 safe rides home at peak party times on weekend and holiday nights to consumers 21+ in select cities. Budweiser and Lyft teamed on Anheuser-Busch’s seventh annual Global Beer Responsible Day to offer up to 80,000 safe rides home on weekend and holiday nights through the end of the year in New York, Colorado, Florida and Illinois. Anheuser-Busch employees volunteer in New York on Global Beer Responsible Day to kick off a new partnership between Budweiser and Lyft. Now through the end of the year, consumers who #GiveADamn can take a safe Lyft ride home during peak party times. Budweiser and Lyft’s partnership is the next step in Budweiser’s longstanding commitment to promoting alcohol responsibility. This campaign marks the largest partnership of its kind between a beverage and ridesharing company aimed at reducing drunk driving. Over the past 30 years, Anheuser-Busch and its wholesaler partners have invested more than $1 billion in the US to promote alcohol responsibility.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Long Lens at the Waldorf Astoria

September 13, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

It's not always the most creative position as your really unable to move around, but there's still something fun about shooting the stage with a 400mm lens. I haven't shot for Getty Images in nearly a year, but this paid assignment landed on a day that i had no other work. They also brought this well used Canon 400mm F2.8 for me to use.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Fekkai Pamella Roland Fashion Show Photography

New York Fashion Week - Fekkai at Pamella Roland

September 10, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

Fekkai with Pamella Roland show at Pier 59 on September 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider)

It's a rare moment for me to cover fashion again, I had spent years working as a press photographer for Getty Images and have covered a number of fashion weeks during that time, I even worked for a small italian fashion house one year covering several presentations a day. My good friend Hal Horowitz referred me to one of his clients and I was able to spend the afternoon backstage with the talented style team at Fekkai getting them ready for the Pamella Roland show. Most images were shot with the Leica Q and a Canon 1DX and Canon 5DS. The press riser with all of the european photographers is always quite a laugh. I had forgotten that they yell at the models if they walk off center "IN THE MIDDLE!! IN THE MIDDLE!!"

Hopefully next fashion week I can work more behind the scenes jobs for hair or makeup sponsors. It's nice to have the freedom and the access to shoot however I like.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Frederic Fekkai & Co. is the leader in luxury hair care, offering a complete range of innovative products and exclusive, full-service salons. The Company is dedicated to providing total beauty and creating a unique portrait of style for each individual. Frederic Fekkai products are distributed through the finest beauty retailers around the world and, of course, in the world famous Frdric Fekkai Salons.

Source: http://www.everipedia.com/fekkai/#ixzz4JrAF8uff

9/11 Memorial Museum Dinner Gala Photographer Cipriani

9/11 Memorial and Museum Annual Dinner

September 08, 2016 in Photo, Event Photographer

Jon Bon Jovi performs at the 9/11 Memorial Museum Dinner at Cipriani's downtown on Wall Street on September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)

It's always an honor to work for the museum and the annual dinner is definitely a highlight. Before the evening began, they had this amazing drone flying over the room to document the space. It felt like the future of photography was upon us as this digital camera was flown around the room. Jon Bon Jovi's performance was incredible as he opened and closed the evening.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester