There is nothing so wonderful as being asked to photograph a wedding for an elegant couple at one of the best restaurants in New York City. In late October, during a fluke snowstorm, I had the pleasure of photographing an intimate affair Thomas Keller’s Per Se.
Here are some of my favorite details from that day:
One of my favorite style of food is Indian. The colors, aromas and flavors of the ingredients used are so excellent. I love the chutneys, chapati and naan, mango lassis and chai to name a few.
I recently had the pleasure of photographing for a new Indian restaurant of a former wedding client of mine. The restaurant is called Greene Chutney Grill and it’s located in Jersey City, NJ. These photos will be displayed in their windows and on their walls in the coming weeks.
In January, I had the pleasure of participating in a modern winter styled wedding photo shoot here in Brooklyn. It took place at a gorgeous mansion in Clinton Hill owned by an interior designer and her husband.
The film stock I used to create the above photos was Kodak's Portra 400, which in the New York provides me with the richness and color saturation I love. I used mostly natural daylight on this shoot.
Below I list the whole creative team involved.
And here is the documentary video made by Love in Progress about our process while at work!
Some of my favorite wedding images from last year… Good bye 2011, hello 2012. Here’s to an awesome holiday and a healthy, happy and prosperous year ahead! xoxo
You may click on these links to see more photos from these weddings and my trips. Thank you for sticking around!
These still lifes are from Emily and Grady's wedding at the New York Botanical Garden in June. This gorgeous wedding was planned by Stellina Events and the florals were designed by Rountree Flowers.
You may see more of my photos from Emily and Grady's NYBG wedding here.
What a refreshing change to spend a weekend in the country!
In late October, we drove to Bucks County, Pennsylvania for our 1st wedding anniversary. Hiking, dinner in quaint Lambertville, and antique store browsing in historic New Hope was the perfect retreat.
Our B&B was on a farm with sheep, chicken and fresh eggs. This image of the month was taken of our friendly neighbor.
You may see more of my travel photography under places on my Food and Artwebsite.
It was a pleasure getting to know Rachel and Kelley at their wedding, what a wonderful couple!
This wedding was featured recently on Style Me Pretty blog. You may see the post here.
In the feature, Rachel recounts:
When Kelley proposed, I had received a promotion at work (I worked in HR at a hedge fund in Connecticut), it was my 28th birthday, and our 2 year anniversary. We had so much to celebrate, I didn’t think a proposal was coming even when Kelley surprised me with lunch at Per Se. He knew I would want to have a say in the design of my engagement ring, so he gave me a simple gold ring on a necklace. I didn’t figure out he was proposing until I read the engraving “Will you marry me” on the inside of the ring. That ring is now my wedding band.
When we were planning the wedding, we wanted everything to be elegant but comfortable at the same time. Where we could, we included our local favorites and sentimental details from our relationship. The wedding and reception were at the country club attached to our favorite restaurant in the area, The Tavern at the Highlands Country Club. The favors were burnt caramel and Hawaiian sea salt truffles from a chocolate shop in our town. The invitations and all of the paper goods were custom made by my friend Misako, who owns the paper company, To You From Me. Kelley and I share a love for wine, so both the invitations and the flowers included vines.
I studied photography at Cornell, so the other aspect that was really important was that we have good quality photos. I came across our photographer, Karen Wise, through a friend. I fell in love with her documentary style, which went with the relaxed feel of the wedding. She also uses medium format film, which is impossible to find, and the photos made everything look that much better. The wedding was not only gorgeous, but incredibly touching and great fun!
