Amy & Beau

The Greater Hartford Jaycees Boathouse is one of my favorite places to shoot- it's right on the water and offers such beautiful greenery.. and well, for Amy & Beau's wedding, it offered a little more water than we bargained for!
For those of you that have been there, there is a boat launch located right on the property.. and well, due to all of the rain Hartford has been having-- that was "under water". The dock.. yep, that was an island. And a portion of the parking lot... yep.. you could have rowed a boat!

But Amy and Beau are such great people (and great sports) that we ventured out to to the greenery portion of the property, fighting off swarms of mosquitos to get a few shots.

They had such an amazingly beautiful (perfect blue skies w/ a touch of fluffy clouds) day.

Enjoy the sneak preview!! Huge thank you to Christa for helping to capture their day!

Oh, and Beau, thank you for subscribing ;-)

Of course we have to honor the flower girl (and her feet too!)

I'm not quite sure why I think this is such a cute picture.. but what comes to my mind is:
"We all have days like this". :-)

Camelia & Paul

Simple and Elegant. Close Family. On the Glastonbury Green.

I love these quaint, elegant affairs. It was a gorgeous Sunday morning, the sun was so bright.. the air was so warm. When I first arrived to setup, I found the family gathered around, splashing in the fountain water with their feet... chatting.. and just found them to be so relaxed.

Here are just a few photos from their very special ceremony:

Aliza & Harry

The weather called for scattered rainstorms.
OK, I admit, I check the weather for a wedding weekend a week before.
Then, I don't check it again until that very day.

I remember looking up at the sky thinking- "ok, just hold off.. hold off".
Well, it downpoured for quite some time as Aliza was getting ready.
It rained as we were headed for her house.

Then the sun came out.
YEAH! It cooled temperature and it turned out to be the perfect weather :-)

Aliza and Harry had their ceremony and reception at the beautifully-decorated Riverview (the inside is gorgeous!). The atmosphere was elegant, the food was superb, and the photobooth was a huge success! This group was up on the dance floor the entire evening!!

As soon as I saw Aliza's dress.. I thought.. RING SHOT!
This shot has a bit of meaning. Harry failed to mention "Trust" as a part of the ceremony (what he promises to do!) And yet, in the next shot.. she still placed the ring on his finger! ;-)
Calmness.
I love, love, love how Harry looked at Aliza with such admiration during their first dance :-)

PS. I have to thank Jake for helping out this weekend.
(There is a hidden message in this paragraph Jake, can you tell what it says?)

I enjoy BRINGing another shooter to cover the different angles for a bride and groom.
We had an EXTRAordinary weekend filled with lots of aches and pains and laughs.
The KEY to photographing an event is to bring along someone you can trust and who suits your photography style well.
Thank you Jake for your ideas and help!

Julie & Josh

I have been a little MIA these past few days-- wedding season is in FULL force!

Julie and Josh were married on July 26th- the weather was just perfect (despite the flip-flop in rain these past few weeks!) It's always so interesting to find out little facts about the couple- for instance, Julie went to the same college as I did (many moons ago :-), and I have to admit-- this crowd knew how to get down!!!

Here is a sneak preview to their photos- enjoy!

Doesn't Julie look stunning? She has striking facial features ;-)

I wanted to post this photo because all I did was place the camera on the floor and snapped the picture.

This photo was not staged. I love how they walked out of the church and simply looked at one another.
This was posed after we had a few minutes in the church- had to get a kissing shot!

I have many of Josh smiling during their first dance :-)

They knew how to party!