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NYC Engagement Pictures :: Central Park, Times Square and the High Line :: Daniella + Mark

Third post of the day! I'm on fire! Blogging fire! This is an epic engagement shoot to end the week. I'm photographing Danielle & Mark's wedding at the Taj Boston next year and they live in New York City so a few weeks ago I hopped a jetblue flight from Boston to JFK and spent HOURS with them for an extended engagement shoot hence the gazillion pictures I'm about to share with you. Was that the longest sentence you've ever read? I don't have time for punctuation...

But wait, before you read on, hop on over to my official facebook page **here** and hit that "like" button because I post extra sneak peaks there (and you'll want to be the first to see the wedding pictures next year of course)

So we're somewhere in New York, I LOVE NYC, seriously I even have one of those t-shirts but I have no clue where anything is so my commentary is going to be a bit vague. I do know that we tried to get into a locked private park and despite my best polite British act we had no luck. So we settled on these lovely steps:


I know what you're thinking. You're wondering if we're in front of an art installation for the next picture. But no, it was the window of a mobile phone store - maybe Sprint? Daniella and Mark were all kinds of awesome to photograph, especially when you get expressions like these from Daniella:



It wouldn't be a New York engagement photograph without a yellow taxi right? Gosh, I'm such a tourist ;)


Samantha, one of Daniella and Mark's friends had kindly offered her apartment up for an outfit change (loved the welcome poster! you can see it on my facebook page...) so after getting past the doorman who was yelling at the Fedex guy (did I mention I love New York?) we were back for more pictures in front of interesting store window, well actually, this was through the window:


Daniella and Mark were just friends forever. They used to hang out and play scrabble.


A dress like this deserves a little spin:


We're in Central Park now (I do know at least that much) and the light was just starting to fade...


I know what you're thinking again. You're thinking that Daniella looks very sophisticated and she can probably be found having dinner with Mark most evenings in Per Se or Le Bernadin. Umm - wrong. Mark told me all about Daniella's 25th birthday - he'd planned a special dinner out at a top restaurant and just as they were about to head out Daniella admitted she'd really just like a hot dog. So hot dogs it was. Daniella laughed and told me that each year she looks forward to getting McDonald's gift certificates from Mark's mom :)



I'm not sure whether they were laughing at the boot camp exercisers or me or each other but I love it:




This might be my favorite picture of day:


Do you see what I mean by Daniella's brilliant expressions?


We hopped into one of the yellow taxis and went up to the High Line to get some sunset city pictures. Ahhhh:


Daniella and Mark thought they'd have a go at recreating the famous Eisenstaedt image in Times Square:


Daniella & Mark, I can't begin to explain how much fun I had with the two of you! Thank you for being SO easy to photograph and for the subway ride and introducing me to that fabulous bar (I've forgotten the name now but the wine was lovely) and I can barely wait for your wedding next May!!!

Hamilton Hall Wedding :: Salem, MA :: Arianne + Rogelio (Part III)

OK people, this will be a bit of an epic post so go get yourself a coffee or a glass of wine and get ready...

Were you on vacation? If you missed the getting ready fun you can catch up **here** and if you missed the first look and the ceremony it's **here**

We're back at Hamilton Hall in Salem, MA for the wedding reception of Arianne and Roger and there were so amazing details, surprises and thoughtful touches throughout the day. You may look at this image and wonder why the bottom left window is filled with pink light?


Well, that's because of the uplighting backdrop for the Mariachi band of course:


After enjoying a cocktail and all sorts of delicious little canapes, guests picked up their escort cards (designed by the amazing Christina of CMD Event Design):


Also displayed on the table were pictures of Arianne's wedding dress with a handwritten note by the dress designer James Clifford:


What? Your dress designer didn't handwrite a note to you?


As I walked up the stairs in Hamilton Hall I noticed the light falling on the amazing wedding cake:


This was the set up as the guests walked into the main ballroom of Hamilton Hall for the wedding reception. Kudos to the Hamilton Hall crew and the team from Pepperberry's Flowers for turning the room around from the ceremony set up in maybe 45 minutes....


I don't think I've ever seen centerpieces quite like this:


Pastor Greg did the blessing before dinner. Arianne and Roger met whilst volunteering and their faith is such an integral part of their lives so I just love this picture of them praying together:


Most excellent toasts from Eve and Juan followed by cutting of the cake:



Amazing details everywhere, this display of flowers was in the room with the bar:


After dinner, the guests were invited to enjoy dessert and Arianne changed into a surprise second dress. Her make up was touched-up by a bare lightbulb in the bridal dressing room:


If you have a second wedding dress it seems only polite to have a second pair of wedding shoes. Blue! Satin! Heels! With Peacock Feathers!


Arianne and Roger danced their first dance as a married couple:


These two can move:


Parent dances doesn't really cover it. Arianne danced with her father, then her brother and grandfather. Roger danced with his Mom and then his sisters. So much emotion:


Did I mention the "nightclub" room on the third floor? White leather furniture and blue uplighting galore!


I'll leave you with this one last picture which kind of sums up the whole day for me:


Here are just some of my favorite vendors from the day:

Getting ready hotel: Salem Waterfront Hotel, Salem, MA
Hair & Makeup: Special Event Beauty, Bridgewater, MA (617)488-3080 specialeventbeauty@comcast.net
Officiant: Pastor Greg Bishop (possibly my favorite officiant ever! So happy for Arianne and Roger)
Wedding Planner (extraordinaire - there are no words - run don't walk to your phone and just hire Christina please): Christina Doucette CMD Event Design
(789)789-5742 christina@cmdeventdesign.com (and Michele & Beth were amazing too!)
Salem, MA Wedding Venue: Hamilton Hall (978)744-0805 info@hamiltonhall.org
Wedding Photography: Leah Haydock Photography (603)571-5324 leah@leahhaydock.com
Flowers (crazy good flowers!!!): Pepperberries Flowers, Byfield, MA
Donna Fucalaro (978)499-8202 pepperberriesflowers@comcast.net
Catering: Capers Catering
Cake (possibly the most beautiful cake EVER): Montilio’s Bakery, Brockton, MA
Letterpress bilingual Invitations: Blush Design Studio, Elizabeth Bardwell, (910)367-7014 , blushdesignstudio@gmail.com
Wedding Day Paper (stunning programs, escort cards, drink stirrers and much more!): CMD Event Design

Next up we have a wedding at Tupper Manor, the Aquarium, the Four Seasons interspersed with all sorts of spectacular engagement shoots! Say hello in the comments if you like what you see :)

Engagement Pictures on the Beach and Newburyport, MA :: Arianne + Roger

Do you remember Arianne & Roger and the story of how they met?

Last time you saw them we were in the depths of winter in Boston **here** and it was soooo chilly that we planned a quick spring shoot and it came around so quickly! Arianne was home for spring break from medical school this week and as luck would have it we had a perfect blue sky day for our beach shoot. It seems somewhat ironic as we currently have 6 inches of snow on the ground...


The best time of day for pictures is usually a couple of hours after sunrise or before sunset - you get beautiful soft golden light (bear this in mind if you're planning an outdoor wedding ceremony - noon makes it kind of tough!) but I think it's all too easy to play "safe" and only shoot in open shade. The sun can be your friend ;)


And after 5 months of snow and rain and winter boots and wellingtons do you know how happy I was to see Arianne & Roger's matching sneakers! Love!!!


Do you see what I mean about embracing the sun? Arianne - I can't wait to photograph you as a bride! I think I'm almost as excited as Roger to see you in your wedding dress!


Roger looking pretty sharp too:


I really love this picture, might be my favorite from the shoot:


If I had to give each picture a name I'd maybe call it "safe" or "secure"...


I asked Arianne & Roger if they'd like to go to Newburyport for a little while and Arianne was all "ooooh - would there be any hot chocolate?!"


Arianne & Roger are officially adorable:


The old-fashioned gas lamps in Newburyport lit up with perfect timing:


And then it was time to go home (via Joppa Fine Foods for me to stock up on yummy cheese and wine!). Arianne & Roger - I hope you enjoy these little preview shots - lots more to come and I can't wait until your June wedding!

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Wayside Inn Wedding Photography :: Sudbury, MA :: Jennifer + Wiktor (Part II)

After the super unique wedding at the Mary Martha Chapel involving a Polish bread and wine ceremony (click **here** if you missed it) it was time for the wedding reception at the charming and rustic Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA

I love me a first dance, it's all "Yay! We did it" and "Wow, we're actually married!" kind of moments:


See?


The toasts were fantastic, first Jennifer's Godmother, Carolyn spoke from the heart about her wishes for the newlyweds:


And then Anna made the whole room laugh with her tales of Wiktor's special talents:


Parent dances:


The wedding party was mostly made up of nieces and nephews and they were pretty happy with the goodie bags they got to keep them busy:


And then the party really got started with dancing and laughing and even some Euro-electro-pop especially for Wiktor:


I'll leave you with this image of Jen & Wiktor late into the evening:


This was my last wedding of 2010 and it was just so great. As I walked back to my car (which I'd left at the chapel) I felt slightly euphoric about how incredible it is to be going into my fourth year of wedding photography and to still love everything about weddings. I feel a review of 2010 coming on...

I thought I'd take one last shot so balanced my Nikon D3s on a wall and used the self-timer (to avoid shake) for this picture in the pitch-black night at ISO 12,800:


Happy Tuesday! Winter engagement shoots coming up this week....and then my first wedding of 2011 is in less than 3 weeks...