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Nov 25 2008

Abby & Rob | Mendenhall Inn Wedding

Posted in Weddings

Abby & Rob were married at the Mendenhall Inn, in Pennsylvania, on an unfortunately wet and rainy day. The rain couldn’t stop these two love birds from being completely enamored with each other though. It was a rare occurrence that you would catch either of them NOT smiling. Rain or shine, they were getting married and that’s all that mattered to them. No sir, even rain itself could not rain on their parade!

Abby started the day at Sharif Zaki salon, in Greenville, DE, for her hair and makeup.

All finished! Off to the Mendenhall Inn!

Normally I only post one ring shot but I had a wee bit too much fun shooting theirs,
so I couldn’t choose which to show!

Abby’s dress had gorgeous gold detailing.

Most brides wear long, dangling earrings, but Abby had these simple and beautiful pearl & peridot post earrings, which forced me to be a bit creative. I thought it would be interesting to thread them through the holes on her shoe buckle! I love how it turned out!

I think this is my new fav shoe shot!

Pearls with a modern twist. Pun intended.

Abby’s corset back gown had a hidden zipper just to the left of the corset. GENIUS!! Ladies, keep this in mind if you love the look of the corset gown but hate the time involved!

I love capturing wonderful candid portraits of the bride, while they are preoccupied with the various stages (hair, makeup, getting dressed) of preparation on their wedding day.

We made use of the yummy window light for some bridal portraits.

I skipped on over – okay, you got me, I didn’t literally skip! – to Rob’s room, down the hall, to catch a few candids of him putting on the finishing touches before seeing his bride.

I had to keep reminding Rob NOT to look at my smile every time I pointed the camera his way. LOL He was just so happy and wanted his pictures to show it! He was so calm, collected and excited to marry Abby!

All smiles, All day!

Is this not the most amazing hydrangea you’ve ever seen?! Such a luscious green color! Oh and they smelled sooooo good. Yukie did an amazing job, as always.

These two are so cute and cuddly, I just wanna pinch their cheeks! Ok, maybe not really…but they ARE cute and cuddly, aren’t they?!

We made due under the overhang until the rain slowed to a light drizzle. Abby & Rob were such troopers to go out and shoot in it for a few mins.

Such awesome natural expressions here…

First kiss as Mr. & Mrs.!

Ohhh the cake was so preeeetty!

How freakin’ awesome are Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head?!

…complete with a classic newlywed sign!

First dance…

I told ya….allllll smiles.

I just love this shot that my assistant, Patience, got during the blessing!

There’s always ONE guy at every wedding with the crazy dance moves. LOL

Abby’s Dad and Stepmom were a well-oiled dancing machine! They were so graceful on the dance floor. Truth be told, I did take a couple minutes and just WATCH them glide around the dance floor because it was so fascinating.

I was packing up my gear when I saw this guy on the table across the room and couldn’t help but to run over and catch this before I left. Interesting ending to the night!

Thanks Abby & Rob for allowing us into your families for a day! Thanks also go to Patience for helping out and assisting me on such short notice!

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Nov 14 2008

Adrienne & John | University of Delaware Engagement

Posted in Engagements

I LOVE doing engagement sessions. I think it’s my favorite part of the entire process I go through with my wedding clients. I love learning about people and hearing their stories and in doing that, it gives me a glimpse into who they really are, which allows me to take even better photos of them. Engagement sessions give me this amazing opportunity to get to know my clients better and on the reverse side of the coin…gives them a chance to get to know me as well.

So when it came time for Adrienne & John’s engagement session, I know it would be fun! These guys have such a quirky sense of humor so I knew laughter would be in abundance. Which is great, because then I don’t have to tell any bad jokes to extract smiles for photos. We roamed around the University of Delaware, stopping at places meaningful to them while seeking out good spots of light or a scenic destination. We ended at the lab where John has been working, finishing up his PhD.

Without any further ado, here are a handful of favorites.

We started off at the Blue & Gold Club.

So sweet, so sweet.

Oh how I love when my clients bring their pooches. This is Beans! Oddly enough, I have another client with a Boston Terrier named Bean too! lol (Please note the distinction though- S vs no S at the end.)

Awwwww….Beans loves his daddy! (and I thought I was bad for doggie kisses!)

OMG these guys are so natural in front of a camera! Love it!

I loved the light in this spot.

Just a little bit of sun flare here….sun flare and I go way back.

Oh yeah…she was soooo gonna karate chop him to bits….

…IF he hadn’t done this first. She was being nice and letting him win,
she could totally take him.

Awww….love this moment. and the fisheye. Fisheye is my BFF lens.

Not exactly sure what was happening here….maybe leftovers from the karate match?

John did an awesome job on her ring from Blue Nile.

It’s kinda mandatory to go for a kiss under the Memorial Hall kissing arches.

Yeah so I suggested maybe they touch their foreheads together and John totally took it to another level. He was sucking info from her brain apparently. Man he’s multi-talented!

I just adore this shot! Blue skies, Memorial Hall, UD on the walkway…it should be on the cover of the UD tuition catalog or something. LOL

Adrienne shouted out “Can we hug the poles?!!” Well I’m certainly not going to stop you, my dear. Poles are lonely – they need love too! All the work they do, holding up the building and nobody ever thanks them for it, they’re just taken for granted…..ok I’ll stop now.

This is in John’s lab in the DuPont building. John explained everything in perfect detail to me about what the box is for and……I forget. LOL Sorry John. But it made for a perfect picture of their personalities!

We were on our way out of the building and I had this goofy idea in the stairwell. I find opportunity in the strangest of places, I tell ya. I love it though!

Thanks so much, guys for hanging out with me and brightening my day! It was so much fun and I’m really looking forward to the wedding next July!

PS – Sorry for the different photo sizes in the last several posts…I’m kind of experimenting with a good size to post. If anybody has an opinion on it, feel free to leave it in the comments! Thanks!

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Nov 09 2008

Andrea & John | Pottstown Wedding

Posted in Weddings

When I first met Andrea, we really seemed to click. She had already booked me months earlier before we met, so since the formalities were out the way, we just had fun chatting! From that very first day, I was really looking forward to working with her and John. Their engagement session was an absolute blast and I just knew their wedding would be even more fun! These two are complete jokers…so quirky and funny that you just can’t be around them for more than 5 minutes without erupting into a full belly laugh! They are such a true pleasure to be around and a pure joy in front of the camera.

Enjoy some (long awaited!) pictures….

Funny thing….when I asked Andrea what her dress looked like, she said it was the SAME as Dina’s! Sure is! (Andrea is such a blog stalker!! LOL)

L-O-V-E her bouquet! So perfect for a fall wedding.

My clients are so different, I’ve had a rash of unique rings this year, but this one might top the cake. Gorgeous. Obviously, Andrea had her “something blue”!

Andrea doing her own makeup….more power to ya!

A little assembly line of dress fixing on Andrea’s sisters.

I just adore the excited look on her youngest sister’s face!

Getting into a wedding gown is always interesting, ain’t it girls? LOL

Andrea’s Man of Honor, Mike, was a hands on presence, even during the prep phase. He’s such an awesome friend to her.

Beautiful church, eh?

Tears from the groom…(That better not have been a theatrical performance, John! LOL)

We decided to take a few portraits at the church before heading on to the reception.

Of course any B&G within street’s view will attract honks from passerby cars and being the good sports they are, A&J waved back!

The reception took place at Andrea’s grandfather’s house, which was amazing to say the least.

A few reception details…

The mad hatter cake is proof positive of their fun and outgoing personalities.

Did I not say these guys are fun? Peep the rubber ducky cake topper! Freakin awesome!

Some more portraits…

Bee-u-tiful!

I don’t remember what was so funny – probably me – but it got some great natural expressions!

Awwww…

Andrea & John – ’nuff said.

He’s so natural in front of the camera…love this shot.

This is one of my favs cuz this is just so….THEM. The way I see them anyway.

Sweet first dance moment.

WARNING: Dancefloor overload. Lots of dancefloor pix from this one cuz it was a crazy party!

Andrea & her sisters getting their spin on.

I love when people line up like this on the dance floor!

Ok…dude on the ground there…his name is Brian….PARTY ANIMAL. LOL

…and here he is trying to convince me to put down my camera and dance with him!

After about a half hour of him following me, I gave in and danced for like a minute. LOL Figured I would try for some pix at the same time….blurry but seriously funny!

End of the night…can you tell?

I freakin adore this picture. The moment, the lighting. Awesome.

These guys were soooooo much fun! I don’t think I’ve ever had more fun at a wedding! I could have posted soooooo many more pix but I tried to narrow it down a little LOL. Andrea, John and their family and friends were so incredible and they completely made me and Tessie feel like one of their own. Thanks so much for the great time and for being such fun people!!

PS – I’d like to take this opportunity to give a big shout out to the peeps at Drexel HR, who I KNOW have been stalking my blog like there’s no tomorrow. Lots of love goes out to ya’ll and now that Andrea’s wedding is posted, I hope you continue to visit!

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Nov 04 2008

Happy Voting Day!

Posted in Photojournalism, Randomness

I hope you all voted today! If not, than get your butts in line right now! (You still have half an hour here in Delaware!) Marc and I got in line at 7:10am this morning to rock our votes and it was so exciting to see so many people there (even though it was quite a wait)! I can’t wait to see the results come in, today is such a historic day. No matter which ticket wins, we are making history today, which is just very exciting.

I am working on posting up some wedding photos from Andrea & John’s fabulous wedding but until then, I’ll leave you with a photo of each of the presidential and vp candidates. (YES – I am proud to say I actually had the opportunity to take photos of each of them!!)

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Nov 02 2008

Michelle & Paul | Cavalier Country Club Wedding

Posted in Weddings

Michelle and Paul are seriously awesome together. There is so much passion in their eyes when they look at each other and you can see their love in every passing glance. You can just see how they mean the world to each other. They are such warm and loving people and they made us feel like family at their wedding. It was such an amazing day and I think, between me and Tessie, we took more photos than we’ve EVER taken at a wedding before!

You might remember these guys from their fab esession at ESP. When I went home that day, I just KNEW their wedding would be stellar and they would be so much fun to work with. Boy, was I right! Michelle brought her usual, amazing game and Paul, who (I’m told) was once camera shy, didn’t show an ounce of restraint in front of my camera. They were so amazing to work with and I’m so excited to share some photos from their spectacular day.

I always seem to like to start off with a few details…

I just adore the lace detail on Michelle’s gown.

OMG the flowers were so incredibly perfect for a fall wedding.

Michelle has a love affair with rubies which carried over to her wedding ring. Isn’t it beautifully unique?! I love unique jewelry.

A little bit of guy detail…simple and modern cufflinks.

A couple of shots getting ready…

Reflecting…

Mom gets a good look at her daughter.

We had some great lighting and a good chunk of time to create some outstanding portraits of Michelle. She was such a pleasure to photograph, indulging my every request without hesitation! Doesn’t she have an amazing silhouette in her wedding gown?

As soon as I spotted this red couch, I was determined come back and use it and I did!

I just love this portrait…yummy window light coupled with her natural and fun expression.

Eyelash Extravaganza!

Beautiful bride, beautiful property.

Paul was so relaxed, one of the most relaxed groomsmen I’ve ever worked with.

Paul cleans up nice! Looking sharp in his suit, all ready to go.

Michelle & Paul arranged for a Mariachi Band to play as guests arrived
for the ceremony. They were awesome!

Is this not the sweetest thing? Love this moment.

I just adore this candid bridal party shot. Just everyone having a good time.

Feroche. Seriously.

The guys were all chill and relaxed.

I sent Michelle & Paul off to have a moment by themselves,
while we took photos from a distance.

Instead of waiting for another golf cart to come down and retrieve the bride & groom, they unabashedly hitched a ride on the back of one, enjoying themselves the whole time!