Ah, back to work after a few weeks off, and what a way to start!  Rachel and Olivier (or, Doctor and Doctor… seriously, I think almost everyone in the wedding party is, or will soon be, a doctor… infact, I think I accidentally became a doctor just from hanging out with them all day.  Good thing my initials are already MD)… anyway!  Rachel and Olivier were married in one of my favorite places in New York… Ithaca!

I headed down to meet the girls at Satori Day Spa… everyone was having a great time:

Rachel’s sister excelled at her Maid of Honor duties

I just love Rachel’s dress!

The ceremony was at Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus, it’s a really beautiful buildling.  I think Olivier’s reaction to seeing his bride for the first time is one of my all time favorites… he got this huge smile on his face and was just like “Oh wow!”  It was so cute, and she did look quite foxy!

They are so cute together!

Olivier did a little dance move after being pronounced husband and wife, it had everyone laughing

A private moment after the ceremony…

Before we headed to the reception at the beautiful Fontainebleau Inn the guys wanted to do a Reservoir Dogs-type shot, I think they look pretty badass.

First dance!

The dance floor was rocking pretty much all night…

Ooooooooh, we’re halfway theeeere!

And some fun portraits…

Congratulations you two, thanks so much for having me!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Whew, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks here!  My sister Maureen got married on Saturday the 19th, and I had just about forgotten what it was like to be on the other side of a wedding! It was my first time as Maid of Honor, and it’s quite a job, but worth every second.  The speech is definitely the scariest part.

And of course I did not take one single picture alllll day!  Can you believe it?  I decided with all the other things I had to take care of that I would leave my camera at home so I didn’t have to keep an eye on it… it was an amazing day.  I’m so happy for Maureen and Brian!

The weekend before the wedding was the bachelorette party wine tour, which was a blast.  I decided to schedule myself a break weekend for the 26th, but I’ll be back shooting on August 2nd for Rachel and Olivier’s wedding down in Ithaca!

I’m always a little extra excited for a wedding where I’ve done an engagement shoot with the couple.  It’s always a fun time to get to know eachother and get used to being photographed- we learned at their engagement that Mark has a special talent for posing!

Their wedding was just beautiful, the ceremony was at Cristyn’s mom’s house with a reception at the Rabbit Room in Honeoye Falls.

Gorgeous Cristyn!

Love this shot of Cristyn’s mom helping her with the necklace.

This was where Cristyn promised to laugh at Mark, as well as love and cherish him. I love funny little moments like these at the ceremony!

I love it when a couple is totally focused on eachother during the first dance.

Cristyn tears up during her step-dad’s speech…

I love both of their expressions!

The groomsmen, in classic “Top Gun” style, serenaded Cristyn and Mark with “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”… they did not hold back!

And some portraits from Mendon Ponds…

Pretty!

Cristyn and Mark, I had a blast with you and your friends! Thanks so much for having me at your wedding.
Don’t forget to send me Alaska pictures!

Tiffany and Victor got hitched at Deerfield Country Club in Brockport this weekend.  The ceremony was planned for outdoors, but they decided to play it safe and have it indoors after the hysteria-inducing weather forecasts (gale force winds! torrential rain! hail! four horsemen!  Well, maybe not the last one.)  The weather turned out to be pretty gorgeous all day, but I liked the feeling of the indoor ceremony- the room was a bit on the small side for the number of guests, so it had a really intimate feeling with people all standing together.  Once everyone got into the larger reception area, they certainly made use of the space and had a rocking party!

Tiffany has the prettiest hazel eyes!

Victor sees his lovely bride for the first time.

Tiffany jumped the gun a little bit during the vows, it was really cute and had everyone laughing, even the judge!  No cold feet here.

Sparkly!

I love a good father-daughter dance tearjerker!  I think we can all relate.

We headed out for some portraits on the course, but started with a cool shot in the classic car the girls rode to the club in.  I think this one was a Chevy something?  I’m sure someone can enlighten me!

Look at how cute they are… million dollar smiles.

Thanks for having me and congratulations you two!

Hello Firefox users!  I just recently switched from Safari to Firefox and love everything about it… except the color.  Which, of course, to me is very important!  The color was dull, muddy and kinda greenish, but someone just posted this awesome color profile switch on my favorite photography forum, and it takes about two seconds and it is so worth it!

This is for Mac users on Firefox 3:

First off,
If you have a Mac, open up Firefox and Safari and go to this webpage:
http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter

You can see the huge difference in color… yuck!

In Firefox 3, type “about:config” in the address bar.

Do a search for “GFX”. “gfx.color_management.enabled” to be exact. It will be set to ‘false’. Double click it to turn it to true.

Now, close out of Firefox and restart it.  You can go to that original page to see how different it looks, or just look at my blog.

Fresh!

I had the pleasure of photographing Corinne and Matt’s wedding in Skaneateles this weekend. It was a great celebration full of friends, family and cool details. I feel like a broken record, but the weather was again grey and rainy early in the day but it cleared up nicely after the ceremony, which was extra nice because the reception site has a huge wall of windows and a deck that looks out on a pond… so pretty!

I love this bouquet!

The beautiful bride…

Love his expression

Corinne made these cool little bird centerpieces… they are adorable!

Cute couple, huh?

So sweet.

This has to be one of my all-time favorite reception pictures. Air guitar to Shot Through the Heart… guitar hero eat your heart out!

Corinne and Matt had a special surprise for their guests:

Thanks so much for having me!

This weekend I traveled to New Hartford, NY to photograph Michelle and Rob’s wedding. Once again we had clouds and rain, but it cleared up in time for the ceremony and pictures at Yahnundasis Golf Club. It actually rained for about 30 seconds on the five minute drive from the church to the club! I’ve got a lot of pictures to post today, it was a gorgeous wedding!

The beautiful bride:

Oooh, sparkly!

Here’s Rob seeing Michelle for the first time. Isn’t that so sweet?!

Mr. & Mrs!

Here they are being announced at the reception… I don’t usually feature these types of shots on my blog, but I just love how he’s looking at her. So happy!

Rob was making fun of Michelle’s cake cutting skills.

Always love catching a guest’s flash as a backlight!

Toast!

and a few portraits

Thanks so much for having me, I had a great time with you guys!

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Rob today! My birthday was this weekend as well, and I went to see Sex and the City, had a great lunch with my family and then went out with a bunch of friends to do the weekly quiz night at our favorite English pub and have a few drinks. It was a blast, but I think Rob wins because they’re on a tropical island! Have a wonderful time guys!

Thank you to all of the brave men and women.

The Final Salute
I had the honor of meeting photographer Todd Heisler and seeing him present this story a few years ago. It is something you will never forget.

Sharon and Todd (or Uncle Tood, as some of the cousins call him!) tied the knot at the beautiful Bristol Harbour on Canandaigua Lake Saturday. I’ve had such a blast exchanging emails with Sharon over the past few months… she has kept up with my blog and sends me cute emails about various posts along with wedding updates, and the wedding certainly lived up to my expectations!

All afternoon, we kept our fingers crossed that the rain showers would pass, and just before the ceremony they actually did! Unfortunately, though, in the time it took to set up the chairs and seat everyone, the rain returned at the exact moment that Sharon got to the arbor… but with a little help from umbrella wielding family and friends, we made it through!

On to the pictures… pre-rain:

It was only sprinkling at this point, but at least we got some cool wind-action with the dress!

Here it comes!

Sharon’s dad stepped up with an umbrella, I love Todd’s expression…

A couple of fun portraits between rain clouds:

Fabulous ring!

I don’t know what’s going on here, but this totally cracks me up!

We have a conga line breach!

Breaker-breaker. This guy could pop and lock like a fiend, too!

This shot embodies how fun and sweet these two are

And to end the evening, Bristol set up a tasty snack buffet indoors and built a bonfire out on the hill… that was a great touch!

Thanks so much for having me guys, have a fantastic time in Belize!

Yesterday I headed down to Ithaca with my Arizonian cousin Kelly… it was an absolutely gorgeous cool spring day and we did some hiking and checked out some waterfalls. We went to Enfield Glen, Buttermilk Falls (there are some pictures of Buttermilk from Danielle and Trevor’s engagement shoot!) Ithaca Falls and Taughannock Falls. I love New York!

Ithaca Falls… for perspective, can you spot the guy fishing in the lower left of the picture?

Kelly and me (I’m on the right) at Ithaca Falls

And Taughannock Falls, which is three stories higher than Niagara Falls! I love that the gorge is kind of heart-shaped from this vantage point.

Kelly and I have also been doing some planning for our big trip next spring and have nailed down some details:

9 days in Iceland
5 days in Northern Ireland
10 days in Scotland
4 days in England

I can’t wait!!!