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September 4 2014

Congratulations Katrina and Aaron! {Nanticoke, PA Wedding Photography}

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Sometimes, a bride and groom and wedding day and venue and even the drive there are just perfectly right up your alley. In an ideal world, all of us photographers could pick our ideal clients and just work on weddings that tickle us pink. There is much to be said for working with a variety of clients in a variety of settings on a variety of celebrations, but boy don’t we all love it when things just click.

Katrina and Aaron’s wedding was one of those clicks. A smart, fun, funny, charming couple with an excellent back story, lots of outdoorsness, lots of details, perfect weather, a bluegrass band, a singing married couple. It all added up to a beautiful day. So many congratulations go out to the couple, as well as an expression of gratitude for asking me to shoot such a personal event.

July 22 2013

Kristy and Eric: Ceremony and Reception {Old Mill Wedding Photography, Rose Valley, PA}

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And now, for the reason we are all here…ceremony and reception. Because it is, after all, a wedding! I loved this space for a ceremony at the Old Mill: outdoors, quiet, secluded, intimate, lush. The sound of a gentle stream gurgling just behind the couple. Every ceremony should be so serene.

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As for crying brides, Kristy knocked it out of the park.

That about sums it up. Yeehaw!

See that glass of wine she’s holding? She made that wine. And it was good.

Another wonderful wedding in the books. Sadly, Kristy and Eric have moved from a couple miles from my house, up to Northern New Jersey, to pursue new and better job opportunities. No more meetings at the Ugly Moose, I guess. Really looking forward to designing this book and seeing the whole project come to a fantastic, hard-bound conclusion.

Thank you again to this especially wonderful couple for being awesome and putting on a classy, classic event. All the best!

August 22 2012

Bonnie and Joe’s Rustic Barn Wedding {Dallas, PA Wedding Photography}

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I always love the chance to get out of the city. It’s pretty easy to do around here, although I rarely seem to escape the grip of the suburbs. Last Saturday, I had the chance to head north a couple hours to Dallas, PA, and shoot Bonnie and Joe’s wedding at the very-spiffing Friedman Farms…active horse stable on the ground floor, jaw-droppingly pretty event space above, and acre upon acre of fields, running fences, trees, you name it. Add to that the fact that the couple had the foresight to order absolutely brilliant weather, and you had the makings of a wonderful day.

Thanks so much to the excellent Kate Efimova for helping out.

F 400TMax

From a photography standpoint, the day was all about light. I mean, isn’t it always, but no seriously. Just off the room where Bonnie was getting ready, there was this big loft area (where the ceremony would have been if it hadn’t been the most beautiful day in creation outdoors). It was all dark wood and rustic, but there were three small windows high up on the wall, just beaming down these intense shafts of light.

400TMax

400TMax. Same light, different angle.

100TMax. Technically speaking, still the same light. Just outside, walking into it directly. I was in a backlighting kind of mood, I guess.

Provia 100, which I don’t hate. Because the day was about color, too

Thanks again to Bonnie and Joe and their families for having us up to record the day! I’m looking forward to my next chance to get in the car and just go for a bit, and end up some place beautiful and interesting and new.