Despite all the rain recently, there was brilliant sunshine at the Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts last Saturday as Johanna and Gerome exchanged vows in their personal and even meditative ceremony.  A highlight was the singing of the gospel song “This Little Light of Mine”- led by Johanna’s brother–as the wedding party and family and friends proceeded from the tent after the ceremony.

Their reception was down the road in Sunderland at the Blue Heron Restaurant, a foodie mecca for the region, which also has beautiful moody light for photography.  We heard it was originally a school, which explains the stage upstairs in the reception ballroom.  Adding to the cocktail hour mood were the acoustic and bass sounds of the Swing Caravan out of Northampton, and Ari of Beat Train Productions from Boston was spinning classic vinyl records upstairs at the reception. Both were great.

As a side note: this area of Massachusetts–know as the Upper Pioneer Valley or Five Colleges region–is really beautiful with lots of farm fields (reminiscent of the midwest) along with the great colleges and museums.

Johanna and Gerome, we really enjoyed photographing your wedding–thanks!

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It was a classic garden party wedding last weekend for Amanda and Matt in Fairfield, Connecticut.  From the the coolest ride to and from the ceremony–a 1950s cherry red Chevrolet pickup—to the gorgeous lawn and gardens (complete with Guinea hens) of Amanda’s parents’ home, this was a classy yet relaxed wedding.

Great seeing Agnella and Stephen, whose fun wedding to we photographed last summer, dancing with a big crowd enjoying Amanda’s “late night dance party” that kicked off after dinner in the clear-ceiling tent to the sounds of Total Soul band.

It was nice meeting Donna Berg of Donna B. Productions in NYC who planned their wedding, along with Plum Catering of Cos Cob, and Amanda’s makeup artist, Jill Keogh.  And Botanica of Westport provided the lovely flowers.

A beautiful couple with wonderful families…thanks Amanda and Matt!

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It’s not often that you see the perfect photography storm of subject, light, and color and you actually have your equipment with you, but that happened to me in NYC this week when I walked past the Universal Spring Company in Bed-Stuy and met the following men…

Well I had a great trip to New York this week to shoot a designer to the stars and a rock star’s tour outfit.  I can’t publish the pics until after the tour, so check back in Spring 2010 for the images, but I also had the opportunity to shoot my wonderful friend from University of Florida days, Lisa Lindgren, who is now a professional painter/artist out of Brooklyn.  You can see her amazing work on www.lisalindgren.com… if you’ve visited our home, she painted the brown and yellow jellyfish piece in our living room…

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We had a great time photographing Valerie and Nicholas’ wonderful wedding last weekend on Cape Cod.  This was a hometown wedding for Valerie who grew up in a beautiful area right near the water. The festivities began on a misty Friday night with a lobster and clambake rehearsal dinner at the Green Harbor Inn in West Yarmouth catered by Clambakes Etc.

On Saturday the ornate St. George Greek Orthodox Church was a picturesque setting for the wedding ceremony.  Then it was off to the Hyannisport Club, the top golf course on the Cape, which has one of the most beautiful views on the entire peninsula….on a bluff overlooking an estuary leading to Nantucket Sound.  And the high energy BOSS band out of Boston really engaged all the folks dancing on the deck.

Thanks Valerie and Nicholas for having us document your amazing weekend!

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We had a beautiful night for our first Elizabeth Park portrait session this year!  The roses are on their way to full bloom and Owen and Audrey were wonderful to work with…and I’m glad their mom Jen jumped in for a few shots too…one of my faves!

Last week I had the great opportunity to get to know Kara and Kyle while shooting their engagement shoot.  For an urban feel we went to Park Road (which Mike and I love for authentic Portuguese, Brazilian, and Vietnamese food) and then on to Bushnell Park for a little NY Jets shoot and horseback riding!    Thanks for being up for such a variety of stuff…looking forward to your September wedding!

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