The International Society for Professional Wedding Photographers just released the results of their Spring 2009 competition and I’m thrilled to announce I am currently ranked 12th worldwide!  Check out the full story over on bishophoto.com 

I wanted to share this awesome video by Monday Isa of Quince Video that he shot of my Trash the Dress session in Patapsco State Park with Jenni.  Monday and I are going to be working on a version of this video that includes some of the stills from the shoot too, but I wanted to get this out there.  He did an amazing job, I was really blown away when he sent this to me and now have an idea of what it’s like when my clients see their images for the first time, because I had no idea of a lot of the shots he got until I saw the finished video. 

Anyway, I could ramble on about this for a long time … just check it out! (oh! This is my first YouTube video too!)

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!