Congrats Adriane and TJ

The most perfect day! Yesterday...the sky was the most amazing blue and we were blessed with white beautiful puffy clouds, the temp was in the 70's and we got to shoot a wedding in all of these perfect conditions. Not just any wedding, Adriane and TJ's wedding! It doesn't get better than that! This was her mom's hanky from her wedding which was embroidered with her name and date. Adriane added her own name and wedding date to it so this was very special. There is also a yellowish hanky under it (you can see peaking out from the left) which Adriane's great grandmother had made for her grandmother's wedding. The beautiful bouquet that was so perfect that everyone thought it was fake! And...the rolls :)

This cathedral church was just breathtaking! St. Augustine's in Bridgeport, it was where Adriane's grandmother was married 55 years prior.
And the first kiss...
For the grand exit, everyone circled around the front church steps and blew bubbles.
Adriane and TJ in the sunflower maze.
And the wedding party in the sunflower maze...so fun!

Igor took this AWESOME silhouette shot by the tree!

The first dance.

Congratulations Adriane and TJ. Thank you for sharing such a special day with us!!

Mrs. Jennifer and baby-to-be

I had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful mom-to-be Jennifer in all of her goddess wonder! What a beaming ray of sunshine. We had so much fun!

What's New? LOTS!

I can't keep up with all of the new stuff we've been up to! First, on Friday evening we went to a really inspiring seminar called "I Shoot People". That IS what we do, right?! And yes, I know I'm in the mafia according to the playing cards but really, it's not for that kind of shooting. The seminar was in NYC and was put on by Sallee Photography out of Dallas Texas. These folks had such great energy and reminded me sooo much of the Marantz's! A cute husband and wife team who were there to inspire. Igor and I stayed overnight at a crazy hotel that overbooked so we ended up in a room with two twin beds! (separated by a nightstand!) Rediculousness. But, other than that we had a great time. We even saw Val McCormick from Val McCormick photography there. So all of that equalled good times, good people and lots of learning. We are sooo reved up with ideas that it can only mean oodles of goodness for our wedding couples.

Next on the agenda...we have entered a new dimension and purchased our first mac! Wow, this is just crazy and we are totally in love. The kind of feeling like you see in the movies when somone opens a book and a chorus starts singing "ahhhh..." and then when you shut the book the singing suddenly stops and then you open it a crack to test it and it starts singing and you shut it and it stops! We experienced lots of "ahhh..." moments yesterday and today and are so happy to welcome it to our collection of work horses. We are most excited because this will mean we can work side by side and get double the work done in the same time while still spending "quality" time together. :)

The last thing I'll mention is...(and this will also be on the next newsletter) that for any bride or couple or past wedding couple that would like to take advantage of getting some extremely unique and interesting not like anyone else kind of wedding, bridal or engagement photos, we will be traveling in January of 2009 to 7 Caribbean Islands. We will be posting our schedule on the blog and newsletter. This is such a great opportunity to have one of a kind photographs/art. This would be great for 'trash the dress' sessions too where the two of you can travel out to the location, have a little vacation time and also get some photographs taken say, walking along or in the ocean or on a mountain. Things you totally wouldn't have done on your wedding day. And seriously, who would pass up the chance to wear their wedding dress again?! The options are limitless and like I said, it's such a great opportunity to get some amazing art and a memorable time. We will be accepting only the first 3 brides/couples that contact us so it is limited. Please email me for more details if you are interested.

Cheerio!

Crazinessssssss

This week has been so super busy and I'm so sorry that I didn't update my blog until now! Just to keep you in the loop on our happenings, I spent Monday and Tuesday on a fabulous photographers retreat in the Berkshires at the amazing Amanda Harris Herzberger's family lake house. I enjoyed kayaking with Miss Aimee Thomas Oswalt for TWO hours!!!! And swimming (well actually hanging from a floating dock) with some of my photography peeps like the Marantz's and Carla Ten Eyck and Julia from Salty Grapes and a new friend Jacob from NoDo photography. It was really a great time to relax and reflect on life in general. The key 'workshop' we did was to create a list of 101 things we wanted to accomplish in 1001 days. This is harder to create than you think! The list encompassed everything from business to personal goals and even spiritual. Anything could go on this list. It helped me realize just how vast our lives really are. I think most of us went into this thinking that our list would be 90% business related goals but in reality, our life is a little bit of everything that makes it a whole. We are supposed to accomplish one of our goals this week and blog about it so here goes... (I did two!)

#9 Wake up earlier than the kids.
I actually accomplished this today!!! Seems like a small step but I am sooo not a morning person so for me, this was Huge! Now I just have to make sure I do this every day for smooth sailing.

#27 Go camping.
Most of the fellow retreat people saw this goal happen. I totally set up my sleeping station on the floor of the lakehouse, I was lying down ready to sleep when suddenly I sat right back up and said, "nope, I'm sleeping outside!". So, I grabbed my stuff at 1:30am and set up my tent with the help of Jacob and slept under the stars. Check on #27

So two checks off of the 101... still working on #44 Learn how to breakdance.

Congrats Sylvia and Silvio!!!

What a FUN wedding! I just knew this wedding would be so fun from the moment I met Sylvia and her Mom Angela. They were so passionate about the Portuguese/Italian wedding that they were planning that I was looking forward to it all year! Well, the wedding took place on Saturday and it was absolutely amazing and filled with more fun than I had ever imagined. From reunions that took place with people from across the globe, to the 236 guest count, dancing all night long (and I mean all night as in 10 hours of dancing!), to meals after meals from seafood to chicken to roast pig to clams and even lobster and a full venetian table, this party was rockin the house! Sylvia and Silvio were so easy to work with and they just beamed the whole day. It was truly an honor and privilege to work with such a fantastic group. Thank you for your hospitality and for choosing us to capture such a special day!

Kylah and Mike ~ Engagement fun

Last Tuesday I had so much fun shooting Kylah and Mike for their engagement shoot. We went to Hartford's Bushnell park and also scooted over to the train station for a few pictures. Mike is from Brooklyn and the couple plans to eventually move there so we had to include some pics using the NY sign at the station. They really rocked the shoot and were totally digging the model thing! Mike has a yellow corvette just like his Dad did at his age so we totally used that too. We even got to go into the water fountain!!! Sooo fun!

These really Are the Sweetest days

Summer days are filled with fun...when you actually have time to enjoy them! These past few weeks I've been so caught up in a tight schedule between the 2 kids home with me for summer vacation, weddings, more weddings and the terrible house cleaning that lurks in every corner and makes you feel guilty about doing anything else. When hubby came home after work he so sweetly offered to take the kids out to the park so I could work. I accepted the offer without a second thought and got straight to work. About an hour later I hear the door swing open slamming against the wall, "MAMA" shouts Zack. "Mama, mama, mama, where are you?" "I'm on the computer," I call back. He comes racing in like an elephant about to fall through the floor and hands me half of an old Easter eggshell filled with clover. "I got this for you," he says. I just hugged him for a long time and realized just how sweet these days really are...

Congrats Elizabeth and Michael ~ Slideshow

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