Diana and Aaron were married on yet an another amazing day in Rockville, MD.  I really can’t believe how lucky we’ve been all summer with not only no rain, but cool clear days.  Diana and her girls started the day getting ready at the Perez Salon in Rockville.  

From there they went to St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church for their ceremony where Diana got dressed.  It was a wonderful ceremony and the first time I had seen a couple offer the sacrament for all their guests.  It was beautiful and a touching way to be connected to each of their guests that attended the ceremony. After the ceremony Aaron and Diana left through a cloud of bubbles provided by their guests and went on to their reception at the Glenview Mansion.  

They had a special surprise for their guests as they had practiced, and practiced a choreographed dance for their first dance.  It was beautiful and they pulled it off without a single missed step! Linwoods catering provided the yummy, yummy food, including fruit shots, roast beef sliders, watermelon and avocado salad and a signature drink to name a few.

Check out some of the images from the wedding in the slideshow below!

Lisa and Michael were referred to me by Michael’s cousin, Mandy who’s wedding I shot a couple years ago. They planned a very intimate affair at the State House in St. Mary’s Maryland where they both went to college. It was an amazingly beautiful day with an outdoor ceremony and reception under the tent.Lisa and Michael had their friend’s band play during the reception, and Lisa sang several songs. I have to say, I have such talented couples that sing, and dance and play instruments and Lisa has an amazing and beautiful voice. Later, Lisa and Michael shared a cupcake from their cupcake tower, and had an ice cream cart serve guests ice cream treats for desert. (can you say Choco Taco? I knew you could!)  The whole scene and evening was one of casual elegance and I’m sure everyone had as great a time as I did. Thank you Lisa and Michael for asking me to shoot your wedding, I had a blast!To see some images from the wedding, click on the link below.

I’m just posting about the amazing week I had at the Roots workshop in Cape Cod in July. Since I returned, I have been busy getting back to work, image editing, album designing, meeting with couples for 2009 … all of the things I do on a daily basis, so I haven’t had the time to post about Roots until now.

First of all, I want to thank Emilie for putting Roots together and working so hard to make the first workshop happen, I’m sure it will start to feed itself now that the first one is done. I know everyone had such an amazing week it’s bound to be a must attend workshop for the future.

Secondly I need to thank Arnold Miller, the multi-media editor for NewsDay and my team leader for the week. Arnold was a great mentor and friend during the week helping look through the images and guide me to see what I was missing from the story. We shared many late nights and gin and tonics to get through the week and I truly appreciate the hours that Arnold spent with me and all of his team. Arnie’s shack was definitely the place to be!

Finally, my subjects for the week, Liz, Carl, Katrine and Hilary. As a wedding photographer I am invited briefly into the lives of my couples every weekend. I see a small snippet of who they are and get to document very important moments in their lives. At Roots I was invited into the not so momentous occasions, but the day to day activities of this family of artists. My assignment over three days of fourteen to sixteen hour days was to document their life, no celebration, no fan fare. I can only imagine what it is like to have a photographer tagging along with you on your morning coffee run, or picking beans in the field, or following you to the beach with your friends. At no time however did I feel as if I was intruding in their lives. They opened themselves up to me and the process of being documented without hesitation. I am truly thankful to have been assigned to this family and feel as if I now have extended family in Cape Cod.

Click on the slideshow below to see a selection of images from the three days of photographic coverage of this family. The last couple of images in the slideshow are from the first night when I was invited to dinner and Katrine measured and wrote my name and date on the door jamb in their house. I truly felt welcomed and a part of their family from the beginning. Thank you is not enough, but it’s all I have.

Thank you!