Brides Choice Award 2011

I’m very pleased to announce that I received the 2011 Bride’s Choice Award from WeddingWire. This award recognizes the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals who demonstrate excellence in quality, service and professionalism. Wonderful wonderful!

Snowfall

I love mornings after a big snowfall here in Brooklyn.

NY Wedding: Brynn and Maz

I LOVE Brynn and Maz's story--so unlikely of circumstances that it had to have been fate! They were both at a dance club in NYC that their friends had dragged them to, and strangely enough, Brynn wanted to stay and dance when her friends wanted to leave. So she said "Fine, go! I'll just dance with this guy!" She grabbed the guy that would eventually be her husband and the rest is history. That story just makes me happy :)

I had such a good time photographing their wedding at Castle on the Hudson. Rev. Annie Lawrence officiated an absolutely beautiful ceremony. Thanks so much to my guest photographer, Rob!

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Maternity: Haley

Haley and her little boy (almost big brother) Desmond, during my trip home to MN. Due in February!

Maternity: Tamara

Only 5 months along, and Tamara already has the cutest, round pregnant belly :)

2010 Year in Review

2010 has been a great year, and everyday I consider myself luckier and luckier to have such a caring group of people in my life, and to be doing something for a living that is able to touch my heart so deeply (and hopefully other hearts, too). To everyone who's let me into your lives, thank you. Documenting those important moments is a responsibility I don't take lightly, and it's a pleasure to do it.

Here are just a few of those important moments, some from my own life and some from yours. Hope you enjoy, and happy 2011! Let's do it up right :)

My friend and fellow photographer, Lindsay Flanagan, had her little boy Oliver in February. Here's their pouty dog, George.

Brian and Pato writing their vows before their commitment ceremony

Kevin and Agnes at Grand Central

An interesting couple on my subway ride home

My good friend, Steph, during her vows

Picking berries with my bff, Haley, and her mom

Haley's dad giving us a tour around their farm, pulled by his mower :)

Haley's little boy, Desmond, after using the paint gun I got him

Elizabeth and Pip

Agnes

Carol and Tim

Joanne and Macdara

My nephew, Aaron, after hitting a world-class bunt

Katie and James

Chris after his proposal to Gillian

My pops and his lady, Susie

Gehrig and his grandparents

Jharonne and Jose's 1920's themed engagement shoot

Jamie and I during our engagement shoot (shot by Jordan Van Aken)

Bouquet toss gone awry

The view from our apartment window after the crazy hail storm that came through Brooklyn this summer.

Friend and fellow photographer, Jen Davis-Greene's, wedding


Tim and Kristine

Left: My friend, Leslie, on a trip to Martha's Vineyard. Right: My cousin, Kelli and her then fiance, Chris

Jamie and I on a trip to Mexico. He'll hate that I'm showing this picture. Check out his horrible sunburn--the day before, he spent the entire day on the beach while I was shooting a wedding :)

Natalie and Jon's wedding

Olivia and Michael's wedding
Regina and Will

Raina and Kevin at Coney Island

Cathy and Tom's wedding

Kevin

Carla and Vieng's wedding--my first time at the Statue of Liberty!

Julia and Mark

New Orleans

Jamie's parents' doggies, Milo and Mollie

Roseanne and Frank

Sherri reading a note from her soon-to-be husband, Anthony

My nephew, Owen, waiting for his crispy waffle

Left: My niece, Debi, playing my mom's old guitar Right: Haley with a big baby belly!

Desmond and Haley

My sister-in-law's sister, Tamara (soon-to-be Mamara!)