When I delivered their discs of pictures by hand, they invited me in for dinner with them. When their album is finalized, they’ve already invited me to another dinner and their very own Crême Brulée recipe. I’ll be bringing over some home-made tabouli.

I love my clients…

Here’s what my visit to New York was like when I was there for that wedding:

1. Arrive in gorgeous New York City
2. Have an ulcer two days before the wedding
3. Go to the hospital one day before the wedding
4. Heal miraculously on the wedding day (I still really don’t know how that happened)
5. Resume the painful recovery from said ulcer

Daniel & Lauren were such a pleasure to work with. Here are just a few of the many I got that day.

After picking out a bunch of personal favorites from Justin & Melanie’s beautiful wedding for the sneak peek, I decided to do something very bold (for me at least) and go almost exclusively to black & white on all the images.

I’m really happy with what that did as a whole and it seems as though black & white is becoming a habit of mine. Almost anytime I try something in black & white, I fall in love with it and decide to leave it that way. Some of my shoots are even designed to only be presented in black & white, though these are usually model shoots (doing one later this afternoon! Woohooo!!)

Maybe my body is preparing itself for something I don’t know is coming… Like going color blind…

I’m going to start with my personal favorite from the whole wedding and possibly one of my all-time favorites:








Here’s Tom & Angela on their big day

The happy couple:

Just two weeks before this couple’s wedding day, I got a frantic call, asking me about my availability…

I’m glad I was available! These guys were a ton of fun to work with :)

These guys were just…

Fun.

Between their beautiful, low-key backyard reception and their ultra-low-key escape shortly after cutting their cake (they literally sprinted over to the neighbor’s house where the rental car was waiting – all without announcing a single thing to any of the guests), this was a wedding experience all its own. Not to mention Martin had some very inspiring stories to tell of his service in Iraq.

And before I forget…

I’m usually pretty good about staying out of guest’s picture-taking, but I totally walked into that dude’s shot… Sorry about that!

Still though, kind of a cool capture :)

These two were terrific fun. Very natural together and a great sense of humor. I loved their stick figure sign-in book idea!

Oh and at the end of the ceremony, the judge began with the usual “I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. You may now…”

Wait for it…

“…Update your Facebook relationship status.”

I hope I didn’t laugh as loudly as I think I did!

This wonderful couple’s engagements were so much fun, I couldn’t help but eagerly anticipate their wedding day. Here are some of my favorite shots, among which lies probably one of my favorite ring shots of all time.

The top of a step ladder, forcefully stating “NOT A STEP”… Then the rings, sitting in front, begging to differ! hahaha!

Ok, here we go.

Wil & Ashley:

Enis (pronounced Eh-niss) and Whitney were a joy to work with. Total goofballs and really comfortable with themselves.

So much so that when I had to run back to my car to grab something and come back, they took a smoke break. I asked if I could shoot them smoking and they said sure. I know it’s a nasty habit, they know it’s a nasty habit, and I’m sorry, but I don’t care; I love shots of people smoking – wedding or not. There’s something I find really interesting about it and if you dig deep enough, you’ll find some of my work with models smoking.

LOVE that shot of this couple! Let’s show a little character!

My new project FINALLY gets unveiled tomorrow! It’s one that’s very near and dear to my heart, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I’m excited to share it with you all.

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