Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Meet Maryjane & Michea'l

I met Maryjane & Michea'l on Monday at Marina Bay for their engagement shoot. It was my first time meeting Michea'l in person and he seemed a little reserved about the whole thing so I had them sit down and I asked them to tell me the story of how they met. This will usually evoke a smile or a laugh pretty quickly and as soon as the laughter starts, I start shooting. Sometimes from the hip if I have to just to keep the mood.

Maryjane & Michea'l met in a bar about two and a half years ago. They apparently remember the story differently but in Maryjane's story, she was there with a friend and saw Michea'l waving to her from across the bar. I think in his version, she was waving at him :) At the time, Maryjane and her friend were the only women in the bar and this is why you see Michea'l holding up two fingers on one of the pictures. You can also tell I was shooting from my hip there because he's looking up at me and not the camera. From the wave, came a date and regardless of who waved first, they ended up in love and that's what's important!















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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Dee & Donald's Wedding

Dee & Donald met at met at Chowan University, which is a very small school located in Murfreesboro, NC. They became friends and a year later started dating. Although they have lived in North Carolina for many years, Dee is from Mass and Donald has family from many different parts of the country so they decided to have the wedding here.

They tied the knot at the Highfields Country Club in Grafton. It was a great day which included their 5 year old son Dante' who, like my son, became part of the family before the wedding. There is a great shot of the three of them at the reception. Dante' was sitting on dads lap during the toasts and while the best man was giving his speech, Dee leaned over to Dante', put her hand on his and whispered "I love you". It was the best shot of the day.


































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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Amy & Nelson's Wedding

I met Amy in the fall of 2008 when I was photographing her friends Amy & Chris's wedding at St. Anselm college in New Hampshire. I had put up a slideshow during the reception on my laptop with a few edited highlights from the day. Shortly after she came running up to me and told me she wanted me to be her photographer. I of course said yes and asked her when the wedding was. She then told me she wasn't engaged yet, but as soon as she was she wanted me to be her photographer!

So, sure enough as soon as Nelson proposed and a date was set I got an email from Amy. Thankfully I had the date open and the rest is what you see here! I shot one of my all time favorite images at their wedding. It's the one where she is walking up the stairs to the Capital Building in downtown Providence. I just think it's super dramatic and romantic :)




















































Venue: Renaissance Hotel Providence
Cake Artist: Scialo Brothers Bakery
Florist: Terra Cotta
Gown Boutique: Cinderella's Bridal Salon
Gown Designer: Emerald Couture

Hair: Moretti Salon

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