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A hand-painted sign carried down the aisle by the flower girl and ring bearer, birdseed cake hearts. Fresh ripe pears on the tables and thistles in the bouquets. Kathleen and Jason didn’t miss a touch for their autumn Hudson Valley wedding. Calm and serene are two perfect words to describe the atmosphere when I arrived...
Kristen sent me this awesome email about a year ago – did I still travel back to NY to shoot weddings? You bet I do! I can’t even imagine what it was like years ago trying to book a New York wedding photographer who’s sitting out the winter in the Arizona sunshine, to photograph your...
I was back at Porpiglia Apple Farm in Marlboro, New York just three years after Sherida and Luke’s wedding, but this time I was here to take pictures of their adorable son, Anthony. Apples are practically jumping off the trees at the farm – this was the perfect week to be there! Anthony is a...
When Emily showed me the page in her family bible that was used to record her grandparent’s wedding day, I was so moved! Emily and Curtis picked her grandparent’s wedding date to be married on – and now their wedding will also be recorded in the family bible. Such a great time honored tradition that...
Tiffany Blue shoes. The second dancing dress for the reception, a wedding fortune telling book for brides, ‘I DO’ engraved cake forks, a hand crocheted dress hanger, a gorgeous hand made wishing tree for guest notes…..the list goes on and on. And that was just the beginning to all the magical and romantic details in...
I absolutely LOVE it when I couples whose weddings I’ve photographed come back to me for family photos as their families grow! Amy and Vinay were married 7 years ago at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, so that was a no brainer when thinking about where to take their family photos. As an added bonus, Vinay’s...
Lauren and Liam – the story of how they met still makes me laugh. Liam was visiting the United States from Ireland and met Lauren at Daytona Bike Week. I mean, who goes to Daytona Bike week and comes home with a wife? And Lauren, who is definitely not a biker chic kinda girl, was...
I was nervous the day of Shanna and Dave’s wedding – it had been raining all day in Tucson. And their wedding was planned to take place right around sunset at Shanna’s mother’s home. Their home was beautiful, but I’m not sure there would have been room for all the guests if everything had to...
I feel like a part of the family at this point. Christina and Kevin’s wedding was my 3rd one in this family and probably somewhere around my 6th in the circle of friends. I spent a week in Mexico with everybody one year ago at Geraldine and Mark’s wedding….this circle just keeps going around and...
I’ve been photographing weddings at Mills Mansion for years, which just goes to prove that you can think you know everything about a place, and then realize you don’t really know that much at all! I have never been to the Powerhouse at Mills Mansion in all my years of going there – I didn’t...
My name is Ben B….. and I’m 2 years old! Ben is not shy. And he is definitely 2 years old. I photographed Kristin and Hunter’s wedding way back when, and then her maternity photos, and then Ben as a newborn. So when she facebook’d me and asked if we could set up a photo...
Or at least almost never…..especially in June….unless your names are Grace and Neil and it’s your wedding day in Tucson. It rained, it rained all day. But then just after the ceremony, the sun peeked out, the clouds drew back, a rainbow appeared, and wow. Just wow. Grace and Neil put their entire wedding...
St Patrick’s in Bedford Hills and the Salem Golf Club were the gorgeous settings of Julie and RC’s Hudson Valley wedding. Yellow and grey are definitely THE wedding colors this year – I am seeing shades of yellow and grey all over! Bright yellow shoes with ruffles were worn by all of the bridesmaids and...
Agua Linda Farm is not a place for a formal, traditional wedding. There are no chandeliers, flowery carpet, or long winding staircases. I fell more than a little in love when I was here for Laura and Austin’s wedding. Agua Linda is a working organic farm in Abado, Arizona – there are goats and...
Skeleton keys, a brooch bouquet, music sheet paper, individual wedding cakes on each table, a North American wedding vase……Elizabeth and Michael’s wedding at the Arizona National Golf Club in Tucson brought together some gorgeous and unusual details. I have never seen a bouquet made of brooches before – this unique and unusual wedding bouquet was...
Soft spring pinks, white peonies and roses, lace. The soft ruffly sleeves on these bridesmaid gowns were beautiful, delicate and refreshingly becoming. Jane was movie star stunning in a lace Pronovias gown and Vinny had a suit custom made for his wedding day. I got to spend a little extra time with Jane and Vinny...
I wasn’t at Catlin Gardens last year, but I’d been hearing stories about the gorgeous new hotel they had put on the grounds and the complete renovation of the gardens after hurricane flooding a year ago. Everything was way beyond what I had expected! The new hotel is not just a small hotel set behind...
Grace and Neil are getting married in a just a few weeks, but managed to squeeze in some time for engagement photos just the day before Grace graduated from University of Arizona with her doctoral degree in materials engineering. Neil had just flown in from Washington the evening before. We started with some photos at...
Summers coming and the New York wedding season is back in full swing! I still have a few more Arizona weddings to photograph this year, but most of my summer was booked up by the New York brides. And to kick off the 2012 New York wedding season was Jill and Shawn’s VERY cold but...
The final part to my three weeks at The Stillwell House in Tucson is Katie and Nick’s wedding! Katie chose to bring spring colors and flowers to her April wedding – tulips and hydrangeas, peonies and pink – soft romance was everywhere. Guess gold stilletto’s barely peeked out from beneath her Alfred Angelo gown, but...
