Hawaii Wedding | Olowalu Plantation, Maui

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Destination Wedding Photographer | Hawaii Weddings There are weddings and then there are WEDDINGS – ones that end up meaning much more to you than you could ever anticipate. Adrienne and Trent’s wedding in Maui was one of those weddings for me. A little backstory – they had met with me and we were all…

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Jeffrey Fashion Cares NYC – 2017

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LGBTQ – AIDS fundraiser | Mens Fashion Show NYC This past Monday evening I had the pleasure of photographing at the Jeffrey Fashion Cares 2017 event at Intrepid Air & Space Museum. Started by Jeffrey Kalinsky and now in it’s 14th year (!!) in NYC, the event supports many important LGBTQ causes including the Elton John…

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2016 Wedding favorites!

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CT Wedding Photography | New England Vineyard Weddings Well better late than never as it’s time to share some of my favorite images from 2016. The certainly isn’t EVERYTHING (so don’t go getting mad if YOUR favorite isn’t in here  as I had to drew the line at a total image amount!) but these are…

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A Visit with Finao Albums

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Finao Albums | my little school trip to the factory F I N A O ( failure is not an option ) Believe it or not, one of the tough decisions you have to make as a wedding professional is what albums you will carry. You want the product to have the options you feel your…

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The Deeper Meaning of Wedding Photography

A Deeper Meaning of Wedding Photography I think it’s fair to say that as photographers – and all artists in general – often get wrapped up in our own heads about the value and importance of our work. Maybe I’m speaking for myself here, but after 20+ years of doing this I know it’s easy…

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Bodie Ghost Town

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Sierra Nevada mountains | Mono County, California Back in 2007 (seems a million years ago,) I took a personal trip to the Sierra Nevadas simply for personal photography. I always try and take a trip a year (sometimes more) to make photographs simply for myself. Sometimes I show these images and sometimes – unfortunately – they just…

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Private Estate Wedding | Sharon + Dana

wedding at a private home in Weston CT | Connecticut wedding photographer Now and then you meet a client who you immediately click with – someone you feel like you’ve known a long time. It’s hard to figure out WHY, but it’s a really good feeling. When Sharon came to the house for a consult,…

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A little Photoshop Before and After

photo restoration | CT photoshop retouching Recently while going through an old hard drive to find a past wedding, I came across some folders from a LONG time ago. This one was a nice surprise as it contained a rather extensive retouching job I did that I had sort of completely forgotten about. In fact,…

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A Pond House Wedding | Clarisa + Bill

A wedding in Elizabeth Park | Hartford CT Weddings When Clarisa and Bill met me here at the house, I knew this would be a terrific wedding, since they were so mellow and easygoing about the day. They even took a lot of my advice regarding timing and all of that (!) Needless to day…

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Wedding @ The Montauk Lake Club | Brianna + Randall

A Long Island Montauk Wedding My, oh my! Brianna and Randall were married at a spectacular (over used word, I know it!) wedding out in Montauk at the Montauk Lake Club and Marina. I have to admit, I wish this was a wedding I PERSONALLY shot, as this day was documented (flawlessly, I might add) by…

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