I already posted photos from when I assisted Joe Sanfilippo at Alison & David’s wedding in this blog post, but I’ve got loads more photos from the second part of the day, i.e. cocktail hour and reception. Raphael Vineyard on Long Island is a really gorgeous venue, absolutely perfect for weddings. I definitely enjoyed photographing it!
Back in March, I had the pleasure of taking photos at St. John’s Bread and Life, a soup kitchen and pantry in Brooklyn. I really like these sorts of photo jobs because they give me a chance to step outside the realm of wedding/event photography and put my photojournalistic tendencies to good use in a more low-key environment. Here are some of the more colorful characters I encountered:
I kicked off the month of May at the Marla Cielo trunk show. I got a sneak peek of some of the products when I photographed them last month, but to see the whole collection on display in person was pretty awesome. Andrea Tobin is the mastermind behind the brand, creating handbags out of canvas that she paints with acrylic. I don’t know the first thing about fashion or design, but I do know that she’s got something really unique here. And that I’d very much like to adorn my apartment with her paintings (and, ok, perhaps my shoulder with her bags).
The event itself was nothing short of downright impressive. I, along with the others employed for the evening, got to dress in a Marla Cielo t-shirt. Whisk & Ladle worked the bar, Studio Feast served up some Korean tacos, and all the handbags, coin purses, and other accessories were beautifully displayed around the apartment while everyone mingled and browsed the collection. And best of all, I got to spend this glorious spring day hanging out on a patio in Manhattan, taking pictures. It doesn’t get much better than that!
Here’s Andrea with one of her bags:
I’m always envious of wedding photographers in states like Texas or California who have the advantage of working in warmer climates year-round. Most northeasterners aren’t so keen on cold winter weddings!
But come spring, wedding season is in full swing here. I got my first taste in 2010 assisting Joe Sanfilippo at a wedding at Raphael Vineyard in Peconic, NY on 4/17. It was actually my first real time on Long Island, and we were wayyyyyy out there almost at the end of it. But gosh, the vineyards are so pretty! Raphael even has a basement full of wine barrels, which pretty much makes for the most fantastic newlywed photoshoot. Alison and David were totally game for it.
Here are photos from the first part of the day; stay tuned for part 2!
I come up to Boston twice a year to visit my sister while she’s at school. With every visit, I am assured of at least three things:
- we will drink a lot of coffee
- we will do a lot of walking
- I will take a lot of pictures (of her)
This visit was no exception. We visited the same 2 cafes every day for our daily doses of caffeine. We walked so much that my feet blistered with both pairs of shoes I wore. And I took hundreds of photos of Shannon. I’d say it was a successful trip!
This one’s pretty funny – as I was instructing her to bend over and smell the flowers, someone drove by and yelled out ‘YEAH!’. Guess that’s what happens when you’re, uh, well endowed on the back side?
I hate shooting people in the middle of the day when it’s so bright out – I actually get asked about this a lot, and it seems that a lot of people assume that the middle of a bright, sunny day is ideal for photoshoots. NOT TRUE! As you can see here, the harsh sunlight cast some weird shadows on Shannon’s skin. It’s just not very flattering. But I couldn’t *not* capture Shan with the gorgeous fences and flowers along Comm Ave :) Sometimes you gotta just make do with what you’ve got!
This is me making a cameo here :) Shannon made me dress up with her and trek down to the harbor on a windy evening for a shoot. As you can see, but I went barefoot. Mostly because I didn’t have any shoes that went particularly well with the dress, but also because my feet were destroyed by the shoes I DID have with me in Boston. And, well, I hate shoes anyway. They hate me, too. At least we’re on the same page!
We didn’t have much time before the sun went down, but I managed to squeeze in a short series of photos of her by herself.
