2nd shooting with Jackie Bayne for Pam & Chris Wedding

On July 12 I had the honor of second shooting for the awesome Miss Jackie Bayne on Pam & Chris's wedding. It was such a fun day and Pam & Chris were at the top of their game. I really enjoyed shooting with Jackie. Its always good to work with other photographers, you learn something new every time. Not to mention its just really awesome to see how other people work. You absolutely have to go to Jackies blog and check out her post on this wedding.

Pam wore a gorgeous Vera Wang gown.
Seriously stunning.

Some mighty fine looking groomsmen.

Pam is a photographers dream. Black hair, blue eyes and a whole lot of spunk.
She knew how to work the camera like I have never seen before.

I love her touch of black nail polish.

Funny thing about this yellow VW is that I know the guy who owns it.
Its a small world and the car played a key part in the day.

They are such a great looking couple

Last one, check out Jackies site to see more from their day. They are going to have a devil of a time choosing images for their album. I love this one of her walking. Timeless.

Thanks again Jackie for inviting me out to shoot with you. It was a blast, you rock! I look forward to shooting with you again.

Fox Philly's HOT list voting time again!

Last year I was very surprised and excited to place 3rd in the Fox Philly Hotlist! It is now starting all over again for 2008. Lets see if I can do it again this year!

Vote for me!

Jess & Chris 6-21-2008

I can hardly believe that is was just last Saturday that Chris and Jess got married. It still feels like it was yesterday. I believe I said it before but I will say it again everything about their day was beautiful and perfect! The wedding was held in Bennington Vermont in Chris's parents back yard. It was gorgeous. Many of the flowers came from Chris's Mom's garden and the rest came from The Tuscan Sunflower and the Bennington Garden Club's Chrysalis designs. This was a "green" theme wedding all around. Jess wore a Hemp wedding dress from rawganique and we are going to be re-using part of the dress for her wedding album. Melinda Kronfeld a very good friend of Jess and Chris and a member of the ECSC made the cake and desserts. The cake had a lemon icing and the tarts were to die for. She did a fantastic job. The caterer, Thyme Tables, out did themselves. The dinner was simply yummy and they used all organic locally grown vegetables, and free range chickens. Peak DJ kept them on their feet all night. So many people put so much work into this wedding and it all really paid off. It was so special for them to get married in Chris's parents back yard.
OK, I know you are anxious to see some photos so lets get to it! All these images were taken in the back yard.

I love this image and the barn.

A special hankie made specially for Jess.

So much of the day had a vintage feel to it so I really wanted to carry that forward in the photos.

Very proud for Don for capturing this moment.

The Elm City Scooter Club in their glory!

A lovely kiss during the speeches.

We became friends with Jess, Chris and the whole ECSC crew a few years ago at a scooter rally. I can truthfully say that I am so happy to have such an awesome friendship with them and so honored to be at the wedding to document the union of two special people. We will see them this coming weekend at the Philly scooter rally and I can not wait! Love you guys.

The song in the slideshow is what they came down the isle to after getting hitched, its fast, its fun and it fits them perfectly.

Chris & Jess Wedding Teaser

What an amazing weekend! Don and I just got back from Vermont where were spent a couple extra days after Chris and Jess's wedding. The wedding could not have been more perfect. The weather on Saturday was dreamy as were the bride and groom. It was supposed to rain but did not and the temperature was perfect.

I am just starting to look through all the images now but wanted to give a quick sneak peek.

This is one of my favorite moments.

Check back later this week for a slideshow, Chris and Jess I hope you are enjoying Block Island! Can't wait to see you again in a few weeks.

Alison & Kevin 6-7-08

When I arrived at the house Alison was getting ready at I felt like I already knew everyone, they were all so excited to finally meet me after seeing the engagement photos and while Alison was getting ready she expressed how excited she was to have me there to document the day. She said all she needed from the day was her husband, her ring and her photographs. I can tell you that I am very happy to oblige giving her these photographs to remember such a happy day.

They were married in the cutest little chapel I have ever seen, the Wayside Chapel in Ambler. It was first built as a school house in the 1800's but has been a chapel since the early 1900's. Sure there was no AC but they did have ceiling fans and with so much excitement and emotion in the room I forgot all about the heat and humidity that day.
The reception was held at the William Penn Inn in Ambler, everyone there was super friendly and they have some very cute little nooks and crannies to take photos in. Jimmy of the East Coast Disc Jockey's kept everyone on the dance floor. It was a fun wedding and I thought it was really cool that Alison and Kevin had a little scrap booking section for all the guests to have their photo taken, printed and then write a little something for them so that by the end of the night they went home with a photo of each guest in a very unique guest book.

Here are two more of my favorite portraits of Alison and Kevin

This is an image packed slideshow with some fun moments during the reception, enjoy!
Alison and Kevin I hope you are having a blast on your honeymoon.

Alison & Kevin Teaser 6-7-08

Wow. So yesterday was awesome and I am exhausted! Anyone on the east coast knows that yesterdays weather was like being in a sauna, hot and sticky! But through the heat and the sweat Alison and Kevin and their whole bridal party for that matter were so up beat and happy that looking through the images this morning (in the air conditioning) I would never believe it was so hot.
I flew solo yesterday and did not have a chance to give Alison and Kevin a sneak peek slideshow at the reception so I promised them to have a couple images up before they leave on their European honeymoon. I will have a full post in a few days with a slideshow, which with some of the reception shots is going to be awesome. So without further ado, a sneak peek from each part of the day.

Woohoo Married!
I love that Alison's sister and Kevin's brother are cheering it up for them on each side.

A detail
Alison's bouquet was gorgeous.

The light for portraits, AMAZING.

I have a full sequence of the bouquet toss and LOVE this moment.

Alison and Kevin you guys are awesome and your day was fantastic! Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of it and capture some amazing moments. I hope you have a chance to check back during your honeymoon for your slideshow! Have a great time.

Allison & Barry Wedding 6-1-08

Sunday was such a gorgeous day! It was a pleasure to spend it with Allison and Barry documenting their wedding. They were married at the Overbrook Golf Club in Villanova and the grounds there are awesome. Miss Linette joined me for our first wedding together this year and I can not wait to shoot the next one with her, but thats not until August. She got some amazing images, some of which you will see in the slideshow.
Allison's flowers were provided by Petals Lane in Manayunk, the flowers were simply beautiful.
Sweet Jazmines provided the cake and I can truthfully say I have not had a more tasty wedding cake! It was delicious.
The Mad Jazzsters provided the reception entertainment, and Allisons bridesmaid Kris was the singer! Micheal Simmons provided the pre-ceremony and ceremony music.
I also wanted to say thank you to Jimmy who was running around for us all day at Overbrook, he was so friendly and kept everything running smoothly. Ok now on to the images! Be sure to check out the slideshow at the bottom.

Allison's dress was spectacular.

All the bridesmaids received these cool tote bags from Allison filled with all sorts of essentials.

I love the getting dressed shots

I LOVE this image.

It makes me chuckle and it truly conveys the exact moment in making last minute adjustments.

This is one of Linette's shots of Barry getting ready. Its so timeless, I love it!
I have never seen Allison more beautiful than she was on Sunday.
She was just glowing all day. It was an amazing day. I love a punchy blue sky.

One of my favorites of Allison

Barry showing his true personality, he is such a hamb.Jewish weddings are a blast, I love all the traditions.
The Hora is always so much fun.

Allison and Barry are headed off on a lovely honeymoon cruise, have a great time you guys and congratulations!

Enjoy the Slideshow

Allison & Barry Wedding Teaser

Allison and Barry had a wonderful wedding on Sunday. Everything about the wedding was beautiful from the weather to the flowers, the dress and the Bride and Groom! I will be posting a full recap very soon but I know I get anxious to see something, anything after the wedding so here is a teaser to get you by.

I think this is an appropriate teaser because just as I held the anticipation for Allison and Barry before they saw each other I am doing the same to all of you checking in to see the images.

Check back before the end of the week, their images and slideshow will be up by Friday, maybe sooner!

Jessica & Chris Engagement Shoot

I have been so excited for this shoot. Don and I went up to New Haven CT this weekend to hang out with these two awesome people. We first met Jess and Chris at one of the many scooter rallies that we go to every year. They brought a big group down from Connecticut one year to our July rally and the rest is history. Chris is also a photographer and we have always had tons to chat about. Last year when he told me that him and Jess had got engaged and they couldn't think of anyone else to photograph their wedding I was so excited and not to mention honored. Their wedding is going to be beautiful. We head up to Bennington Vermont for it at the end of June.

Enough chit chat and on to photos.

It was supposed to rain all day Saturday, but we got beautiful weather instead.
Aren't they adorable?

I just love this one.

We have a ton of shots with the scoots.

I love Jess's laughter in this image.Weeeeeee!!

Really what could be sexier?

Ok maybe this.

You can't just pose with the scooters you have to ride them.

And of course Jess has her own scoot!Again thank you guys so much for all the hospitality and friendship.
I can not wait for your wedding weekend and to see you guys again.

slideshow

Carina & Ron Wedding

When I got the call from Ryan Estes asking if I was available on 4-19 to come out on a wedding with him and that the bride had specifically asked for me I was totally humbled, how cool is that? I was so excited going to this wedding because I knew Carina and Ron were going to be an awesome couple and as always super excited to work with Ryan again. There were a lot of bumps in the road the week before the wedding, having to find a new reception venue four days before the wedding and the limo catching fire before picking everyone up but all turned out well. They moved the reception to the College of Physicians and the limo company sent out a replacement. All was well and everyone took it in stride. So enough talk, I am excited to share some images, and Ryan of course has images and a slideshow posted on his blog so please make sure you head over there to check it out.

Beautiful Carina waiting before the ceremony

One excited groom

Practice paid off and Carina's dad lifted the veil flawlessly.
Its cool to see Ryan's view of this same shot on his blog.

Married!A moment of great light as everyone was waiting to go back in the church for photos.

They are such a lovely couple

Carina's mighty handsome husband!

I love spring and the colors it brings.

A little abstract detail

The speeches were great, they laughed, they cried, well done.

The cake cutting was hilarious.
Ron knew he wasn't supposed to get messy but he took his chances, and just so you know Carina did get him back.

I just like the feel of this one.

So thanks again for having me out, I was so excited to tag along and document your day.
Best of luck to you guys, and enjoy the honeymoon.

Alison & Kevin Engagement Shoot

First off I hope everyone went out and voted today! I will be very curious to see who Pennsylvania favors.
So thats it with the politics, which I am really not big on. On to more exciting things like Alison and Kevin! We had a blast on Sunday and it was such a gorgeous day. Alison and Kevin are true outdoors people and after chatting a bit seems that Kevin is quite the history buff, he would do a good job guiding tours at the Fonthills Museum where we did our shoot! He was full of all sorts of information about the property,which by the way I love this place. So many fun spots to choose from and I love the spring, such vibrant colors.

Alison and Kevin are my 6-7-08 couple and I could not be more excited to shoot their wedding!

Aren't they adorable?

I think they are both naturally photogenic.

Totally hot.

I enjoy being surprised by unintentional shots, as I was getting set up for this shot I fired off a few frames just to make sure my settings were just so as Kevin and Alison were patiently waiting for my instruction and this was the test shot, it turned out to be my favorite of the bunch.

I could not wait to get them in the field of dandelions. We did these at the end, and good thing since we were all covered in yellow pollen afterwards!

I love this sea of green and yellow.

Such a fun afternoon! Be sure to check out the slideshow, a ton of awesome stuff in there even one of them running from the law! :) Not to mention Kevin is a man of many faces and provided me much entertainment going through all these images. Enjoy.

Alison & Kevin Teaser

Whew what a weekend! I am going through a ton of images at the moment. I had the pleasure of going out on another wedding with Ryan Estes this weekend, what a blast! Stay tuned for those images. And this afternoon I got to meet up with Alison and Kevin for their engagement shoot. We had a great time, not a dull moment. I realized going through all these images it may be a day or so before I get them up so I wanted to just leave you with a little taste.

Yes the hills may be alive with the sound of music, or something like that.

Man it was a gorgeous day! Stay tuned for more!

Allison & Barry E-Shoot

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Allison & Barry yesterday afternoon for their engagement shoot. They are getting married June 1 at the Overbrook Golf Club, I am really looking forward to it, it will be just gorgeous.
The days I get to hang out with the B&G for these shoots are really important. This was my first time meeting Barry and man he is a total ham. Love it. He did the crazy stuff I asked him to and it totally broke the ice for everyone.

This one is my favorite of the day.

The total ham I was talking about.

More play time, Barry is going to be a great dad.

I think this says a lot about the two of them.

Oh man, too much fun. I had a great time with you guys. I can't wait to see you again on the wedding day.

Your slideshow

Jamie & Jason's Wedding

Here we go again, another amazing wedding. This time around I had the honor of second shooting for Ryan Estes, yes we are becoming quite the little team. As per usual I had a hard time narrowing down, especially since I am not doing a slideshow.
Jamie and Jason are such an awesome couple and I always think its cool when I first meet a bride and it feels like I would know her in real life. I hung out with Jamie and her girls while she got dressed.

Nice shoes

Gotta love wedding gown tulle

I really love this photo of Jamie and her Dad

The Kiss

They were married in St. Thomas of Villanova
Beautiful Church

I really love catching little moments

I love this shot of the guys!

Maybe my favorite of the day.

Simple flower detail

Some great window light, and I love my new D300, this was shot at 1250 ISO.

Some symmetric portraiture.

Father daughter dance, I love the emotion of Jamie's Dad singing to her.

The fun thing about second shooting is that you can step outside the norm a little. This was during the cake cutting, it was such a spectacle that it had to be documented.

And of course I have to post a shot of Ryan, I have a ton of black mail photos of him from Saturday to add to my collection.
EDIT, black mail works. I get to go to lunch on Ryan for taking it down, sorry if you missed it, it was a cute one!

So great working with you again Ryan, thanks for having me along.
Jamie and Jason enjoy your beach and sunshine!

Rich & Yun-Jin's Wedding

Get comfortable, this is a long one. What a day I had Saturday with Rich and Yun-Jin. We had an amazing beautiful day, all week we thought it was going to rain. Ryan Estes joined me for the day, and wow wait until you see some of his photos. He should have some posted on his blog soon. We had such a blast. Rich and Yun-Jin gave us four hours with just them for photos! How crazy is that? That never happens. We took full advantage and have the photos to show for it. We went all over the city, Belmont Plateau, the whispering wall at the Civil War memorial, Penn's Landing, Old City, and FDR park. Plus a pit stop at Cosi for coffee. I could chat all day, but you need to see these images!

Yun-Jin beautiful just getting ready.

It was easy to get fantastic photos of her.

First stop Belmont Platueau. It is a little Philly secret, amazing skyline view.

Beautiful day, Beautiful couple, Beautiful photo.

Off to the Civil War Memorial and my signature fisheye photos.

Full of flare on the whispering bench.

More beautiful scenery at Penn's Landing.

We found amazing light in Old City at Head House Square.

See why I have had such a hard time editing the photos down for this post?

I LOVE this, they were just so much fun and so playful. Yun-Jin was awesome for braving the cold, you would never know it was only about 35 degrees out!

My favorite street in Old City.

On to FDR park. Such great flare all day!

Our limo driver Chris is the one who suggested FDR park, I have never photographed here before. He picked a fantastic location.

I love it, they were so happy all day.

The ceremony and reception was at August Moon in Norristown.
Rich sneaking a peek at Yun-Jin during one of the prayers.
One side note, the whole ceremony was in Korean so Ryan and I were on our toes the whole time so as not to miss one moment.

After the traditional ceremony we went into a separate room for the Korean ceremony Pae baek. Where they were dressed in bright colored robes, traditional Korean wedding outfits.

You will see more photos of this in the slideshow. This was my first experience with a Korean wedding and it was just amazing. I loved learning a little about another culture, although everything was spoken in Korean. During the Pae baek the bride and groom bow to the grooms parents introducing the bride into the new family. The grooms parents then toss dates and walnuts for the bride and groom to catch, this symbolizes catching prosperity and offspring. Then other family members offer good wishes to the bride and groom. At the end they share the date, which is what they are doing in the photo below. Then the groom carries the bride on his back around the room, I forget why though. You will see more photos in the slideshow.

Enjoy the slideshow!

Rich and Yun-Jin's Engagement Shoot

Last night I met up with Rich and Yun-Jin for our night engagement shoot. Their wedding is next weekend so we wanted to make sure to get our e-shoot done before hand. We had a fantastic dinner at the Korean restaurant Paladium and got to know each other. Then we jumped right in to the photo shoot.

I was so excited to do some night shooting!

They were naturals.

They often duck into little alleyways for a quick kiss, so our starting point was perfect.

I love these two images of them.

You can't go wrong with a night shot and City Hall in the background.They were smiles all night.We stopped off at their future apartment at the end of the shoot.
Great high ceilings, and original marble floors.

They were such a pleasure to photograph! I can not wait until the wedding next Saturday.

Be sure to check out the slideshow, there are so many awesome shots.

Helping hand with MANNA

Friday a group of wedding photographers met up to help prepare meals for MANNA. Sofia does a lot of work through out the year for this organization, when she called on us get volunteers to lend a helping hand we were all there happy to jump in.

Here is the group of us, flattering hairnet and all.

Annie Hosfeld (missing from this photo, boohoo she had to leave right before we took it), Missy Sowden, Ryan Estes, Gordon Smith, Heather Fowler, Stephanie Nolt, Sofia Negron, Jackie Bayne, me, and Geoffrey Horowitz.

Jackie and Sofia looking oh so pretty! (They are going to kill me for posting this.)

Me and Heather sporting our fabulous hairnets.

Heather was really excited for me to take this photograph.

Ryan, who knew a hairnet could look so good?

We bagged a ton of cereal!I stole these last few from Jackie's site, she has more on her blog make sure you head over there to check it out.

I just find this photo hilarious!

I don't think I can work the hairnet as well as Ryan can, it is much more flattering on him.

It was really great to get out of the office and do some good for people in need. MANNA is a great organization and I am happy to have been able to contribute in some small way.

Shooting with Ryan

A couple of weeks ago I shot a really fun wedding with Ryan Estes. This guy is super busy and you can see why! He was a ton of fun to shoot with. We have been friends and sending referrals each others way for a while now, but this was the first time we actually got to shoot together. I am looking forward to shooting with him again.

He is such a hamb.

Here are a two of my favorites