Wedding: Jackie & Emil

 I have known Jackie and Emil since highschool, before they were even dating.  When they asked me to be the photographer for their wedding, I was so honored and excited! They are two of the sweetest and happiest people to be around.  I knew they were going to through a fun and relaxed event for their wedding. And I was not wrong! Everything was so cute and so them. Jackie and her girls made a lot (or all) of the little details that make a wedding unique.  There's not much I love more than a diy bride! I cannot help smiling every time I look at these photos.  Jackie and Emil have a great time together and are truly happy together.  When you're around them, you can feel that and you feel more relaxed and happy too.  Everyone was having a blast and it really shows in the photos! This first one is my favorite, but I love so many of them!

 

Best way to end a session! 

A flash and A Cat

I have a number of wedding photo shoots coming up (YAY!).  So, I knew I need to invest in a flash. I finally found one that had everything (or as close as I could get) I wanted within my price range.  Now, the hard, but fun, part is learning all the things there is to learn about it! My first try was in my bedroom of my cat, Bruce.  He was just there, and it seemed like a fine opportunity to get some practice and get some shots of him since he's normally difficult to photograph. Thankfully, he was a good sport and just stayed on my bed, although towards the end he kept looking away...I guess that flash was bugging him!!

I put this first because I love it, but it was actually at the end...can you see his annoyance in his eyes?

 

 

 

Holding on to History

Keeping up with trying to post photos more regularly, means finding things (anything!) to photograph.  I'm working on posting at least once a week (because daily was just too much right now).  Well, it's winter (as if you didn't know) and, although it's been a mild winter, I still haven't had much outside time.  Therefore, I was trying to find something around the house for my photos.  The D family have this trunk in the living room.  I just love this trunk.  First of all, it is seriously beautiful.  It's old and rustic, you can see it's age, but it's still in amazing condition.  Then, the history of it, just makes it some much more! This is the trunk that their relatives traveled with when coming to America from Italy in the 1910's. It's like on of the trunks you'd see for sale in a really high end furniture store for thousands of dollars or more, but it's actually a family heirloom sticking around for over 100 years!

Wedding Inspiration

 So, one of my "new year resolutions" is to photograph more regularly and, with that, blog it more regularly.  Well, not such a great start to that, as you can see, but that's no surprise to me seeing as how I am terrible at keeping my resolutions (working on that!)  Finally, I had enough and told myself I had to shoot.  It didn't matter to me what or where.  It didn't need to be perfect, just take that camera out if it's bag and take some pictures!! I will say, I take photos almost every day at work and I have a photo shoots outside of work already, but I cannot post that stuff.  I needed something "post worthy."  A friend of mine gave me a six-pack of glass Coca Cola bottles for a gift (LOVE!) and I knew I wanted to take photos of at least one of them before I drink them (if I drink them, I'm kind of a pack rat).  That idea sparked the rest.  If you didn't know, I'm engaged to be married to an awesome kick-butt guy named, Randy! I also have 6 weddings I am in or attending this year.  Needless to say, weddings have been on my mind A LOT! I decided to grab a bunch of things I own that are somewhat my wedding inspiration.  It might seem like strange things to inspire a wedding, but if you know me at all, (which I'm sure you all do) it makes sense.

Obviously, duh!

Christmas Lights & A Park

For a Christmas gift for Randy, I decided to surprise him and take him to Wheaton Arts in Millville, NJ to MAKE HIS OWN GLASS PAPERWEIGHT! He was so excited...like a little kid! These are not photos of him making his paperweight.  We had a little while before his appointment, so we walked around the area and inside the glass blowing studio and there were so many amazing photo opportunities! I cannot wait to go back for some more! I especially love the color in a lot of these photos and of course, the Christmas lights are a favorite! I had (almost) as much fun taking photos as Randy did making his paperweight! It was really a great day! Maybe on the next post I'll show you some of what Randy did this day too. Enjoy!