Archive for August, 2011

Featured Wedding in Brides Boston 2011

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 { Press, Weddings }

I’m so excited to have a wedding I photographed featured in the current Fall/Winter 2011 issue of Brides Boston magazine. This is my first wedding published in print! Along with Dan, I’ve been stalking Barnes & Noble for days to grab a fresh copy (so sad that Borders has shuttered its doors!). He hit the jackpot yesterday at the Harvard Co-op and brought home a small stack hot off the press. Featured are images from Anda & Gabe’s June wedding at the Swedenborg Chapel and Hampshire House in Boston. They were two of my favorite people to work with!

Brides Boston Magazine, Fall/Winter 2011

Brides Boston Magazine, Fall/Winter 2011

 

As I was closing the magazine, my eye caught this final image on the final page which I was not at all expecting.

Brides Boston Magazine, Fall/Winter 2011

Brides Boston Magazine, Fall/Winter 2011

Eeeeee!!

Wedding Chalkboard Menu

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 { Calligraphy }

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Haruka & Nick’s Wedding at the Boston Public Library

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 { Weddings }

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{  film photography above, digital below of ceremony }

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{ all digital images below }

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Haruka and Nick held their elegant city wedding in the Boston Public Library. Everything was absolutely gorgeous – the dress, the veil, the venue, the bride, the groom. Everyone reveled in the courtyard and then in the Map Room after the ceremony, but the rest of the Library remained dark. It’s a mysterious place when the lights are out…the lions keep one eye open and so do the busts…

For images that were photographed on 35mm film, I used Kodak 400NC and Kodak 800.

Ireland at last

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 { FOCStudio Business }

In July I traveled to Kinsale, Ireland for several days under the fine Irish sun with the team of Pinhole Press for what they described as a “boondoggle” with fellow photographers, all of whom like me are Pinhole Press ambassadors. Pinhole is a new boutique that transforms your special photos into beautiful paper products for all occasions, from notepads to day planners to – my new favorite – wine labels! In addition to offering these quality products for consumers, they are coming out with some exciting new offerings for the professional photographer as well…that’s on the horizon and it’s going to be really, really great.

We stayed at a great house in Kinsale, drank, ate, saw the sights, drank some more, ate some more, and spent one morning talking business to make the whole trip legit, heh. I brought only my 35mm film camera and several rolls of Ektar 100. We start off with photos of a cute little mackerel tabby, of course, in an Irish cemetery…

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Awesome editorial photographer Kelsey Foster giving me some posing tips.

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On the right is the wonderful newborn photographer Jessica Washburn.
She was my roomie!

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Top right is Ned Jackson of Boston! We zigzagged through Heathrow airport, coming AND going, until we cried.

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The Team! We are on the most beautiful cliffy golf course surrounded by water.
At the back row next to me is Alison and Bart of Pinhole Press, then L-R is Alisha of Clark+Walker Studio,
Ned of Ned Jackson Photography, Luke of Clark+Walker Studio, Jessica of Jessica Washburn Photography, and Kelsey of Kelsey Foster Photography (this photo taken w/ her digi cam)

Sign me up for next year!

Behind the Scenes

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Along with Jessica and Ned, I was stranded in London for a night on the way home. Even though my airport hotel room had a lovely view (not really), it was nice to finally get back home to a tired and worried husband who held that sign at the gate for an entire 20 hours more than he expected to.

Busy Bee of Summer

Thursday, August 11th, 2011 { Weddings }

Weddings in the summer. Some in the country, some in the city. All very beautiful.

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