I’m extremely excited to be making this blog post. I have been looking forward to this wedding for the past year, and everything about it was all that I had hoped. We met Farnaz initially because she was a bridesmaid at Nicole and Scott’s wedding back in May of 2007. I’ve started photographing the weddings of that circle, which has been awesome getting to know everyone and making some good friends, and when Farnaz called it wasn’t a huge surprise. It was, however, a surprise when she said she wanted to bring us out to Hawaii. Giddy up!

So off to Hawaii we went in early March for a week, and out went myself, Alisha, and Chris (doing the videography). The hotel we stayed at was the same hotel as Meghan (my bride from Dec. 08) and Nicole (from May 07) so it was even better because we had breakfast together in the morning, hit the beach up together, etc. The entire week was filled with fun activities and gatherings, which I will follow up with pictures of later, but we also scheduled in some relaxation time as well.

Before I post some of the pictures though I just want to say thank you again to Farnaz and Jeff for bringing us out to Hawaii to share this experience with them. It was an absolutely incredible week and we feel very fortunate to have been involved. I also want to thank Alisha and Chris for doing a kick ass job with me all week. Some of the photos you see below are actually ones Alisha took, her work continues to amaze me each and every time we have the chance to shoot together. Now… for the pics :)


Farnaz looked incredible

The finished product… tah dah!

It started to sprinkle a bit during portraits, but this crowd always looks good!

When the bride and groom are willing to see each other before the ceremony I’m always game… and in this case it really helped them get the shots they were looking for since the sun dropped so fast after the ceremony.


One of my favorite shots of 2009 so far…



The orchid runway they had set up was gorgeous

You know you get to work with a cool couple when they are dancing in the middle of a field at twilight so you can get this shot


The red velvet cupcake set up was yummy! As a side note… because there was so much food and then chocolate lava cake for dinner they served these at the farewell brunch too. Anyone who serves cupcakes for breakfast is my hero.

The reception and dancing room looked very elegant

As you would expect from this crowd, we had some great toasts


I love how romantic this last shot is!

Thanks for checking out the blog post and something tells me this will get us some traffic :) I’ll be gone this week photographing Bridal Market Week for The Knot.

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It seems like we are getting in a new La-Vie album order just about every other day in the studio, and before I send out Lauren and Josh’s album here on Friday for the last shipment of the week I thought I’d grab a couple shots. We have a new La-Vie video in the works right now to really show and describe to people the difference in these albums and the quality, but I will try and make an effort to shoot more of these as they come in the studio. I’m 110% candid when I say I absolutely LOVE these albums and get really excited everytime one arrives. Most people would assume that seeing how many of these we do per year that it’s just ho hum whenever they come in, but it’s not. We look through it, flip through all the pages, get excited to see how it’s going to be laid out, etc.

One of the advantages of these albums is the ability to have separate parent albums and main album. I know with so many of the flushmount and coffee table books then parent albums are usually replicas of the main album, which works great, but with the La-Vie albums all 3 albums can be totally different. Different color cover, different picture on the cover, different pictures in the album, different page colors, anything people want since each and every album is made from scratch by hand. Here is the main album with one of the parent albums next to it.

The way the album flips out is also really unique and keeps the visual interest throughout the album. Instead of just flipping through page after page until you reach the end, this book had cut outs, flip outs, and half pages.

I don’t hide my excitement for these albums simply because we really do love them this much. When I first flipped through one I knew it was going to be what I wanted for my own wedding, and even though they are a substantial cost to us it’s so well worth it because I want my clients to have exactly what I regard as the best. We do a lot of these albums now. When I met the person in charge of the company at a tradeshow recently they entire staff knew us by name because of the amount of orders going through there. It’s a good feeling supporting a company that cares and that really appreciates our business. I try to go to great lengths to let my clients know how much I appreciate them, and I love it just as much when a company does that to me.

The Hawaii images coming up next!

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A little teaser video of our trip to Hawaii that Chris put together…. what a great time! Blog entry and video trailer to soon follow and you won’t want to miss them :)

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Very sad to be leaving Hawaii tomorrow afternoon, but what a gorgeous wedding to send us off. Here’s a quickie while I still have one eye open (barely).

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Ahola! While I don’t plan to spend my time here in Hawaii blogging in the hotel room, I do want to put up a couple updates tonight before I hit the insanely comfortable bed.

A tough start to the day at the office… riding around Hawaii in the convertible.

There is some pretty decent light for us to work with here in Hawaii

The light is incredible, but check out our couple for the week :)

Off to bed for me as we have a breakfast set up in the morning with a bunch of our friends who are out here for the wedding!

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This past weekend we had the pleasure of joining Annie and Dan at their wedding. I always like to establish a good relationship with all of my couples, even outside the wedding planning, but Annie and Dan have become good friends of ours. We all moved to the same area about the same time, shopped apartments together, and we’ve gone out to eat numerous times (I think I’m due for some more good salsa whenever you two are up for it again!). It’s exciting but also a bit nerving when shooting a friend’s wedding for obvious reasons, but I’m not just saying this when I remark that Annie’s smile made sure we were good to go for the day. She has one of those contagious smiles so I knew no matter what we were good to go!

Annie’s bouquet smelled amazing, and was done by Chris over at My Favorite Things Design Studio

Alayne Curtiss always gives us some hot brides :)

Sometimes my favorite portraits are the ones in between shots

I love the expressions in this shot


Money!



I want to thank Annie and Dan again for being troopers in the rain


The fact that you can see Annie starting to tear up in this shot makes it one of my favorites of the day

Thanks so much for having me! I’m off to Hawaii in the morning for an absolutely insane wedding at the Four Seasons on the big island. Jealous much?

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I’m excited to say that Megan and Niall’s wedding (which you can re-live HERE) was just featured on the InStyle Weddings blog. They posted it on my birthday no less! You can read the entire entry HERE.

Alisha also just pointed out that one of my shots from Caitlin and Evan’s wedding was just posted HERE by the weddingbee.com.

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This past weekend we headed downstate to join Peter and Jamie for a really fun wedding! I did Peter and Jamie’s e-shoot over a year ago and we’ve kept in pretty good contact since so I know going in I had to bring the A+ game on all fronts. As mentioned before we did our photography, our videography, and the photobooth… so no pressure or anything. Fortunately they were up for anything (and it was cold too) so we were able to get some really fun stuff. Check it out!

These little guys were the definition of pimp


This is always my favorite time of the ceremony… the mood relaxes a bit (temporarily of course) and the bride and groom can be themselves



We were able to catch the brief sunset we had and take advantage of this beautiful mansion

I had this in mind as soon as I saw this old cracked, bland wall. I love it


I love the romanticism in this shot

This courtyard gave us some of the best stuff all day. The video we were able to shoot in here with the 5DmkII was sick


A little choreography for the first dance never hurts

Thanks so much for having me, and putting your trust in us to capture your wedding! Also, here is a video trailer posted by Chris over at Lillie Studios

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This weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Jamie and Peter’s wedding. Because my blog entries have started to become a bit larger than they used to be (to put it kindly) I’m going to preface the wedding pictures with this entry about their Photolab. One of the new services we offer as an add-on if people are interested in a photolab, it’s basically a backdrop set up at the reception with one light that allows us to capture guests having a great time. Similar to the antique photobooths that have become so popular, only with a contemporary twist. Check out Jamie and Peter’s below!

My personal favorite

I WILL defeat you!

Not much happening here, just your average wedding beheading


The larger the group the better baby!



This one was actually captured as they were leaving and I just love the other guys expressions…. oooookkkk man we’re all good

Thanks for the great time!

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