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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Photo Crazed Guests, iPhones and the unplugged wedding

You know, i’ve been wanting to write a long winded blog post for sometime about how intrusive wedding guests and their iPhones, cameras and yes, even iPads have become. ( I even have my own name for those guests: iPadders – fell free to steal that, btw )    They stand in the aisle, block the photos…

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in memoriam – Eric Langlois

Roughly a week ago, CT photographer Eric Langlois had a bike accident at Lovers Leap State park and hit his head pretty hard, cracking his bike helmet. He returned the following day to try and retrieve his mountain bike. A witness she saw him fall into the water and cry out for help. She called…

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Alexandra + Brian @ The Stamford Yacht Club

Stamford Yacht Club wedding | Connecticut Alexandra and Brian were married a short time ago on June 1st at the Stamford Yacht Club. I had met them just a short time ago for the engagement session in Jersey City, so they were still pretty fine-tuned for camera time – lol!   meanwhile the fellas were…

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