Lisa + Vin's wedding @ Aria

wedding at Aria Banquets | Prospect CT Lisa and Vin were married (and had their reception at) a brand new venue in Prospect CT, Aria. This place is immense, but they DID have 300 guests so it was a perfect fit! The couple and their attendants all got ready at the Omni Hotel in New Haven–take…

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Aimee+Matt @ The Society Room, Hartford CT

Matt and Aimee were married at the gorgeous Society Room in Hartford earlier this month. The gang got ready at the Hilton downtown were we began our day… I will apologize in advance for too many photos of the adorable flower girl!!!   +++ I just LOVE this image!!   +++ Meanwhile, Ian was outside…

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Jonathan Edwards Winery engagement session

North Stonington CT engagement | New England winery photography I met up with Shawna and Joe at Jonathan Edwards winery in North Stonington CT on an absolutely beautiful day for their engagement session. The winery was kind enough to let us wander around for the day for the shoot. We snuck into the cask room…

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A Jonathan Edwards Winery wedding | Ali+John

Connecticut vineyard wedding | Winery wedding Ali and John were married at St. Patricks in Mystic CT, with a gorgeous reception that followed at one of my favorite spots: Jonathan Edwards Winery!  Both John and Ali got ready at the Mystic Marriott and Spa, so we kinda hopped between rooms to see what was going on—…

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The Pros and Cons of the "Wedding Shot List"

There are a lot of mixed feelings in the photographic community about weddings and photographic shot lists. Most photographers truly fear getting that email from a couple with the ‘Must-Have’s’ (an expression I dislike as much as “Please Advise”) which you hesitantly open it asking yourself, “Will this be a few realistic requests or a…

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Shaking up my Photography with a Creative Exercise

So I mentioned awhile back on that I was going to a few weddings for free with fellow photographers, simply to try and get ‘creative’ images. The idea came from the Boston “Kickstart Your Wedding Season” seminar I attended in April, where 8 different New England Photographers spoke about different aspects of the photography business. From…

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Kathryn + Billy – NYC engagement session

engagement photos at Bryant Park | New York City   Kathryn and William are getting married this coming September at the Coveleigh Club in Rye NY, however Billy proposed in Bryant Park in NYC–so it’s there we headed for some engagement pix!! this was the spot that he got down on one knee….. sorry, but i…

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Photoshop and the Decline of Western Civilization

I can still recall my first experience with this thing called Photoshop. At the time, the image in question had been manipulated on a Scitex imaging workstation, which is now so ancient it’s hard to even find info if you Google the term. I believe they were room sized machines that cost something like $600…

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an Inn At Longshore Wedding | Nancy+Mark

Westport Connecticut shoreline wedding  | On The Marc Events Nancy and Mark were married June 23rd with their reception at The Inn at Longshore in Westport CT. Nancy got ready at her moms house, which turned out to be only a few minutes from where I live! the fellas meanwhile, were getting prepped at Marks…

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Eolia Wedding- The Mansion at Harkness | Anne+Eric

CT shoreline wedding | Harkness State Park Anne and Eric were married June 2nd at the beautiful Eoila Mansion on the grounds of Harkness State Park; always a gorgeous venue made even more delicious by the catering of A Thyme To Cook Anne and the gals got all ready to go at the Saybrook Point Inn and Spa…

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