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vince & michael’s wedding
I had the pleasure of photographing my first gay wedding up in Connecticut last week and I’m happy to be able to share a few pictures with you. But only a few, as they are saving up the ceremony pictures and portraits for display at their reception to be held in August (which I will also be photographing!)
Ok, really…I have to get one of those shirts. They are awesome!!
The ceremony was held at the Green Rocks Inn in Ridgefield, CT. And it was so lovely, calm, and welcoming there. The ladies who run it were absolutely fantastic and wonderful, without a detail missed from anything- the ceremony, the grounds, the decor inside, and their total love of what they do. 
I worked with Vince (on the right) in my other life back at Jimlar and was so happy when he told me he was marrying Michael. And that he wanted me to photograph everything!! They make a great couple and are so perfect for eachother. They couldn’t have been more happy and were so thrilled to be able to get legally married. 
The happy couple. The ceremony was beautiful and perfect. And they were so handsome and photogenic. After the reception in August, I’ll be able to post some of those ceremony pictures too, so stay tuned. 
I just wanted to add that if any of my blog readers/stalkers have anything negative to say about gay marraige, I would appreciate it very much if you would refrain from posting it on the blog. Vince (and now Michael too) are my friends and (obviously) I am very supportive of gay marriage and believe everyone should have the same rights. Of course everyone is welcome to their opinion, I would just like to have only positive, supportive comments here on the blog for them to read. Thank you! -
caren & tim’s jamaican wedding- getting ready
2 hours and counting from the big event. Or so we all thought! Hair and makeup getting done, a few cocktails to calm nerves, dresses being put on, boys getting dressed. And it’s on, baby!
Beautiful, beautiful glowy bride.
And lovely bridesmaids, all in a row.
Here are the rings, one of which I accidentally dropped off the second story balcony into the grass below. Yes, you read that right. It rolled right off the flower, onto the table and right off the balcony between the slats. Freaking out? Yeah, just a little! I saw it land and RAAAAAN downstairs to go get it. It was a little dicey for a few minutes cause I couldn’t find it where I had thought it landed. But thank god, I did find it and brought it back upstairs to the bridal suite all in one piece. It took a good 30 minutes for my heart to stop racing however. And my palms are sweating again just writing this!
It started pouring (really like monsooning) just a very short while before the wedding was scheduled to begin. And the wedding was pushed back about an hour. But they don’t tell you that. They just keep you on hold in the bridal suite, waiting for the phone to ring and for them to tell you it’s time. As the bride said–‘this is bordering on cruel’.
In the meantime I went and found the boys and the rest of the wedding party getting their flowers and hanging out undercover. Oh, and you’ll see the bride’s dad’s new hat make quite a few appearances throughout the wedding pictures.
The handsome groom. Waiting too.
Once we got ‘the call’ and we were on our way to the ceremony (very exiting!) I somehow lost one (yup, just one) flip flop. Couldn’t find it anywhere and neither could the search party I sent out later. Oh well, its a small price to pay for the whole trip to Jamaica.
Ceremony next…
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the heights couple
When I got the original email from B for this shoot, I was immediately so excited! A fabulous couple in Brooklyn Heights for a mini session = a happy me! While I’ve been shooting a ton of newborn sessions, and a few families and parties too, it’s always nice to break things up a little and get to use some of my ‘other’ kinds of ideas. Oh, and I had ideas!
They were just as fantastic and smokin as I had hoped. They jumped right into model mode without much prompting at all. And while it was ffffffreezing outside, they did their best Americas Next Top Model and pretended it wasn’t so cold just to get good shots. I loved them even more then!
When the picture on the right is your first for the whole shoot, you know it’s gonna be goooood.
Just walked around a few blocks with me yelling “oooh! can we stop here?” several hundred times in that small 5 block radius. I loved that they just trusted me and stopped where ever I wanted.
Loved Love Lane. Perfect!
Seriously? You are so workin it, both of you!
And I really need to mention that although it was Ms. B who contacted me for the shoot it was actually her boyfriend’s idea for the shoot! How cool is he?!
Thanks to you both for a totally awesome session! I couldn’t have had more fun with you!
