One Hot Mama

I had the good fortune of photographing a friends sister for her maternity photos. I really enjoyed myself and hopefully I'll have the opportunity to do more shoots like this. I think maternity, newborn and family portraiture flows naturally with wedding photography. Weddings are just the begining of the story and it's awesome to be able to document the next chapters in peoples lives.

Her son said that she looked like a model and I'd have to agree.

A few more from NY

A few more late nights of editing and dodging a few thunderstorms and Becka & Mike's wedding images are all finished! I'm so excited that I'm receiving rave reviews from the wedding party and they are so happy with the images. Here are a few more for your viewing pleasure!

Rebecca & Michael

Tabernacle Baptist Church - Poughkeepsie, NY

July 18, 2009

In a New York state of mind

I just returned home after photographing Becka & Mike's wedding in Poughkeepsie, NY. What a gorgeous location! We started off the day at the brides home while everyone was getting their hair and makeup done. The wedding & reception were held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church. We also had some time built in for formals down by the Hudson River - I could have photographed there all day but we had to get the bride & groom back to their reception.

It was a great day filled with family and friends. Everyone pitched in to make sure this couple had the most loving wedding possible.

Here is a sneak peek of the day, more to come shortly but I just couldn't resist this sequence of events.

Getting the bride all dressed and moms reaction to the brides sister helping to add the finishing touches.

Testing..1-2-3?

My order fulfillment site is offering a new feature. Embedable slideshows. I'm still working the kinks out of it. It won't allow me to select just a few images to include into it - I have to use the entire album. That will be a little lengthy for some of my shoots - especially weddings which can top over 500 images.
Here's a test of the slideshow. I've used Andrea & Deans couple shoot as my guinea pig - They don't seem to mind :)

Super-fantastic Packaging! I'm in love

I'm as giddy as a school-girl. Really I am! I just received in new disc packaging from my album company and I am head-over-heels in love with them. The company I use for my albums and packaging is a little off-beat and a whole lot of eco-friendly (like me). When I first went to their website their banner across the top read "Chocolate makes your clothes shrink" and with colors like "Sultan Spice" and "Moonflower" how could I not instantly find a connection with this company.
Each disc case arrives in it's own eco-friendly jute gift bag. The disc case is hand-made in silk brocade with great workmanship and completely finished to perfection.

O @ the beach

I said just a few weeks back that I fell in love with Ferry Beach in Scarborough and couldn't wait to shoot there again. Well I got my wish this past 4th of July weekend.

I met with O. and his mom and dad for a family shoot on Sunday evening. We lucked out and couldn't have gotten a better day especially with all the rain we've had lately. I felt like a bride with an outdoor wedding - I was stalking weather.com the week leading up to this shoot. Maybe the secret to sunny weather is booking portrait sessions... Ok rain gods, I'll keep that up!

I'm about half way through editing and wanted to share this great sneak peek of the session. I had quite the heavy trigger finger on Sunday so I'm still going through a ton of great shots. I just fell in love with O.'s expression here - he just loved the water!