Justin Starr Photography

05/31/2026

Pet photography is fun photography! 📸😻

09/03/2025

Our pup Oliver recently met two dogs a few houses down from us - a senior dog named Rudy and a 2-year old mix named Ellie... and Ollie and Ellie have become BEST FRIENDS. Ellie is an absolute sweetheart and a wonderful role model for Ollie, teaching him how to appropriately play with other dogs. She is excellent at taking turns - a very important attribute in dog play. That is to say, she will chase him and wrestle him to the ground, but she will also allow herself to be chased by him and she'll put herself on the ground in order to allow him to "attack" her.

There is something very sentimental and sweet that our Oscar's favorite stuffed animal for his whole life was a stuffed elephant named Ellie... and now our Oliver has befriended a dog named Ellie. I'm not one for signs and all that but... yeah... my heart. 🥺💙

Some of the photos might look a little scary with large teeth being displayed, ears in mouths, etc; but I assure you they are just playing and have a most wonderful time. In fact, any time Oliver is on a walk and comes upon their house, he puts the brakes on and refuses to move because he wants to see his BFF 😭💙

📸: Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 70-200/2.8L

06/19/2025

On Tuesday, June 17, 2005, we bid farewell to our boy Oscar. He just turned 14 on Wednesday the 11th and as far as we knew was the picture of perfect health. However, on Sunday the 15th, a sudden onset of a series of seizures revealed what was likely to be an underlying mass or tumor in his head. He went from jogging and being playful on Sunday to not being able to walk on Tuesday.

Thankfully, we were able to bring him home for his sendoff. His Grandma and Grandpa Larry were able to come over and say their final tear-strewn goodbyes, filled with scratches and rubs. Jo held cradled in his arms through the process to the very end.

I am absolutely devastated by the loss of my best friend, my summer break compatriot, our loyal companion for 14 years, though I’m grateful he is no longer in pain or distress. He will be cremated along with his best friend/security blanket, a stuffed elephant named Ellie.

Jo and I are extremely grateful to the caring and compassionate team of doctors, vet techs, and staff at , as well as the caring folks at and the doctor who came to our house to ease his suffering from . They provided with clay imprints of his front paws and clippings of hair from his soft velvety ears and his hind quarters where he loved to get “butt scratches.”

My Bud-Bud was truly one of a kind; a funny, charismatic, extremely intelligent, and at times peculiar fella. Sometimes you really had to wonder who was training who. He was very much a routine-oriented dog, but I swear who knew how to manipulate his routines to, say, get more treats. For example, the meal routine was that Oscar would get his food, and when he was finished he’d get dessert (say, a Greenie after breakfast and a No-Hide stick after dinner). So, Oscar would eat like half-to-three-quarters of the bowl and act done, just staring at you like “this is all I want to eat. Dessert please.” So we’d get his dessert, he’d eat it… and then go back and finish his dinner. And then he’d have THE AUDACITY to stare at you again as if to say, “Ok, I finished. Dessert please.” 🤣🤣🤣 I

Oscar is, was, and will forever be The Best Boy™️.
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11/24/2024

A couple weeks back, my very good friends/colleagues (frolleagues?) hired me to take pictures of their very handsome family. They met at Hofstra University and so we took golden hour photos there. They were a lot of fun to work with. These are just a few of my fav photos from the session. I hope you enjoy them!

10/13/2024

I went to Northport today to go Comet Hunting! Comet c/2023 a3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) did not disappoint! It became clearly visible even to the unaided eye! This was my second naked eye comet ever. So very exciting. And what a week after seeing aurorae two nights before!!!

Try to catch a glimpse tomorrow if you can :)

04/09/2024

My father and I made it up to northern Vermont, Brighton State Park, near the Canadian border. The traffic home was hell, but it was WELL worth it. We made the trek to Tennessee for the 2017 eclipse - both of our first observations of a total solar eclipse! While in so many ways nothing can beat the first time experience, this one was certainly a doozy!

For one thing, it was longer! I believe over a minute and a half longer than what we saw in Sweetwater, TN. There was also the solar prominence - a loop of the Sun's plasma - dangling from the southern limb that we could see with the naked eye! And, while my telescope was used for photography in Tennessee, this time I used it for visual observation. And let me tell you, taking in the majesty of the Sun's corona through my telescope (a little 400mm refractor paired with a 13mm eyepiece) was absolutely breathtaking. And the prominences and filaments were unbelievably clear.

Also, we were surrounded by a lot more people this time, and there really was something about the communal nature of a large group of people all sharing in this awe-inspiring and wonderous natural phenomenon together.

While no pictures or videos could possibly do it justice, here is some of what I have to offer. Enjoy! :)

10/11/2023

This past Monday I had the pleasure of doing for aspiring theater actor . Handsome fella!

09/29/2023