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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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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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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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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some faux-vintage fun

I’ll post more from this wedding soon but wanted to share this single image this evening. A group of the bride and grooms friends came dressed to their wedding in full-on “Gatsby” attire, which somehow seemed not out of place at the Yacht Club ( not to mention that this summer seems to be ‘Everything…

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A Jonathan Edwards Winery Wedding | Maura+Ron

Connecticut winery Photography | Vineyard wedding Photographer Ron and Maura were married a few weeks back at Jonathan Edwards Winery up in North Stonington CT. This was a second wedding for them, so there was no bridal party and their kids were involved in the ceremony. So the whole day really had a great, personal…

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