Recently I photographed a bride in her wedding dress designed by Jenny Packham. I wanted these photographs to be about feeling, to be as evocative and sensual as the dress. Like one of the first women photographers, Julia Margaret Cameron, I intentionally softened the focus to evoke dreaminess. The silk tulle of […]
Sometimes the spare can be just the beauty we need. Dana Barrow, the florist, who recently did the flowers for a wedding at Castle Hilll demonstrated her superb skill with her arrangements. Such arrangements can only be done by someone with knowledge and appreciation of plants and nature.
Dana has written that […]
At Kate and Tom’s wedding the downpour of rain couldn’t dampen their spirits and that of their friends and families. Such joy was expressed throughout the day and night of fun and dance. Their colorful flowers were done by Berthe Cowles. Here are a very few photographs.
There is for me in the process and event of a wedding a profound awakening. Every bride and groom I have encountered feels that they are entering a new life. With this advent comes a sensitivity to the world around them and a welcoming. New experiences beckon. These photos are few […]
Rain would have seemed to diminish the joy at one of my weddings this August, but not so. It started to pour just as the bride and her party entered the bus hired to take them to the church. The groom ran from a taxi into the church, barely saving his linen suit […]
I have heard from brides and grooms that the clinking of glasses in order to get them to kiss can be overdone.
One alternative is to have your DJ or band leader announce that in order for the bride and groom to kiss, they must be serenaded by their guests. This is fun and involves […]
The reason I have titled this post “Engagement Palladiums” is these are special prints that I offer to clients. Two weeks ago I photographed Maria and John on The Brooklyn Bridge. I photographed them with my 4X5 large format camera. Here are the palladium prints I produced from our session. I […]
I offer my clients a wonderful option of the fall-back box for storing and exhibiting their treasured photographs. This box can hold the photographs from your wedding and expand for your maternity, baby and family photographs. The photographs are matted in cotton mats. This cotton paper is archival and the same paper […]
Because I offer platinum/palladium prints in addition to silver gelatin black & white prints to my wedding and portrait clients, I often find that my clients desire to learn more about photographic processes. This past weekend I attended The AIPAD Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. AIPAD stands […]
Water in Vermont’s streams and rivers are unleashed and flowing now that the ice of winter is melting. This frothy broth reminds me of bridal veils.