Hello from Sunny San Francisco!

Hello from "warmer than usual" San Francisco! Chandler and I walked around in t-shirts today. How amazing is that? I'm here for a wedding shoot on Saturday, and then I'm traveling around for a few days to Big Sur and possibly wine country. I'm psyched! When I turned on my laptop today, I was pleased to see a little writeup and a feature on Style Me Pretty's Little Black Book blog, of one of my Central Park, NYC engagement shoots. Please check it out here (you must scroll down to the bottom of the page to see my pics and interview ).

Heeki and Sue in Central Park

We found a warm-ish weekend in November to shoot these Fall engagement photos in Central Park. The sky was like a giant soft-box in that the light was soft, sometimes overcast light can really be the prettiest for portraits... I'll be photographing Heeki and Sue's wedding in April. What a cute couple, eh?

The Boat House in Central Park

When I asked Lara how Josh and she met she told me: "I met Josh's older brother at a wedding in August '05-- and he and his girlfriend both said, 'you've got to meet my younger brother!' As you will remember, Caroline's wedding was in September '05, so we had to delay our blind date until October '05. Once we finally met, that was it! Josh met my Mom and Caroline on our third date, and we were engaged 4 months later and married in May '07. I always say I figured I'd get married one day, but I never figured I'd get swept off my feet (cheesy I know ;~)" I had the honor of photographing Lara and Josh's wedding at The Boat House in Central Park, on this sunny May day. I had photographed Lara's sister Caroline's wedding a couple of years prior to this day, and so it was wonderful to see and photograph Lara and her family again. Lara got into her dress in a beautiful room at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Columbus Circle and her ceremony was indoors under a chuppah of cherry blossoms. Her stylishly jeweled shoes were designed by René Caovilla. and her beautiful lacy dress was designed by Selia Yang. Josh wore a tux by Armani. The band named Vali had every one of the guests on the dance floor. Apart from my photographing a lot of candids of dancing, the couple was quite interested in having a photo-booth type set-up on grey, which I achieved by setting up in the corner of The Boat House across from the bar. (The perfect place to get many great subjects for my photos ;-) Lara also said: "We both think we have some of the best and most creative wedding photos we've ever seen, and we are so happy with the work you and your group did. And to this day I think the photo booth idea is awesome. Our friend's pictures are so much fun, and it was such a good way to get great candids." Thank you Shiva, one of my interns, for helping me with the design of these grids.

Sandra and Paul in Central Park

Sandra and Paul's Wedding in Central Park

June 7, 2008

Sandra and Paul came from Scotland to NYC to get married on 6/7/08. We started the (really hot) day at the Soho Grand where Sandra was getting ready with the help of her mother, and then travelled up to the Lady's Pavilion in Central Park for the ceremony. Afterwards we cabbed it to the Oriental Mandarin Hotel in Columbus Circle for cocktails.

(Thanks to Daniela Garza, my intern, for making such pretty grids of Sandra and Paul's wedding!)

Sandra and Paul, the Movie

Chandler Kauffman, filmmaker (and my beau), joined me on Sandra and Paul's wedding day and made this beautiful little Super 8mm film and set it to "Melt with You" covered by Nouvelle Vague.

Sweet, eh?