If you are looking for something different for your reception I would highly suggest that you look at Chic Sweets. Natalie Clamp, the owner of Chic Sweets and I were both working at a wedding last month (along with wedding planner Sandy Rule) and she designed a memorable and tasty dessert table that would have satified any sweet tooth. She and her husband stayed the whole night filling bags for guests of sweet goodness. So check them out if you are looking for something different for your wedding.
06.19.2010
What better way to spend your Memorial Day weekend than to have your family and friends travel down to Tampa and attend your wedding. Both the wedding and reception was held at the Marriott Waterside and it provided a great venue to entertain.
The wedding itself was beautifully designed with candles lining the aisle runner. It created a very romantic environment. After the wedding guests went outside and enjoyed the cocktail hour where cigars were hand rolled. The evening reception returned to the ballroom and they enjoyed dancing the evening away.
Film - Fujicolor Pro 400H & 800Z, Fujicolor Natura 1600, Kodak Tri-x 400, Kodak Tmax p3200, Tmax 100, Ilford Delta 3200
02.25.2010
It’s hard to believe that the year went by so quickly. Maddie has grown so fast and is trying very hard to take her first steps. (I don’t know if I am looking forward to this!)
Considering the weather we have been having it was a perfect day for her birthday party.
09.26.2009
This last week I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Sylvia Weinstock which was sponsored by the West Coast Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives. She is know affectionately as the “Queen of Cakes” for good reason. Her cakes are beautiful!!! You may want to pick-up her book “Sensational Cakes”. You can see more images from her presentation by clicking here.
Such a nice person, she even signed my book.
08.19.2009
I jumped on a early train from Maryland to New York after a fun wedding that lasted well into the evening. (love taking trains.) The main reason I wanted to get to New York early was not only to visit B&H Photo the mecca of all photography gear. No, I wanted to get enough time to visit the Museum of Modern Art, MOMA.
There is so much to see there but for me I enjoy the third and fourth floors the best. The fourth floor has the paintings and sculpture of the latest periods and I find it so enjoyable to see in person these works of art. The third floor is where for a photographer it is pure gold. Photography takes a major portion of the floor and I had time to see the work of Richard Avedon. My main reason for my visit.
If you are not familiar with his work I suggest that you take the time to google his name and view his photography. What I find so interesting with his work is that he incorporated such movement into his work. At times he even has his subject out of focus but it was intentional in order to convey what he was trying to say through his photography. The Malcolm X photograph is a great example.
The thing that you realize by looking at his photographs up close is that the power of an image comes from as much what is NOT shown as for what is. Avedon use of slow shutter speeds and small areas that were in focus allowed the viewer to see mystery in the soft areas.
As an example, Alfred Hitchcock was a master of the mystery movie but he rarely if ever showed someone being killed. This allowed the viewer to project their fears onto the experience and it was so powerful. The fear of the unknown is almost always more powerful than the fear of the known.
Avedon’s allows the viewer to place their own feelings onto the image. This makes the image relevant an powerful. It also takes a master of his craft to make the camera sing in a way that most photographers simply don’t. When you also realize that the camera’s he used were so simple as compared to the camera’s that we have now, you start to view them as only a tool just like charcoal and paper. The real camera is the mind’s eye. The ability to see the unseen. If we only record the event a simple camera and a person with a little experience would be just fine.
Weddings are a reflection of a couples hopes and dreams. Sure they want to remember how their flowers and cake looked but more than anything they want to remember how they felt on that day. The impact of the wedding day is not just the wedding dress on a hanger but how did the bride felt wearing the dress that she has dreamed about since she was a little girl. Did she feel like the princess wearing the dress? What were the couple’s emotions as they took their place in the family? These things are not easily photographed but they are the most meaningful things to focus on. This is what Avedon was a master of. The synthesizing of a moment those feelings into a photograph.
07.30.2009
I had the opportunity to practice some wedding photography with some other local photographers. We had some models for the afternoon and it allowed us to try some things that we may not have had time to do at a wedding. I chose to bring out my film camera’s. I have some meduim format cameras and some 35mm camera’s that I always enjoy working with. I always enoy working with film. It has a look that is so hard to achieve with digital. I guess that is my “old school” was showing through. I would love to have the chance to photograph a wedding in film again. Any bride’s interested? It could be fun.
film - neopan 400
film - neopan 400
film - fujicolor 400
film - fujicolor 400
05.24.2009
While I was in NY this weekend I ran into this man on the right?. Do you know him?
hint: he is on a wedding show on TV.
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I thought this was not going to be that difficult but I guess not everyone is as much a junkie about wedding tv shows. The person below is Randy Fenoli who is the fashion director of Kleinfeld Bridal Salon is Manhattan. The reason that you may have seen him on tv is because there is a reality show on TLC called “Say Yes To The Dress” which documents brides as they go through the process of finding there perfect wedding gown. The show takes place at Kleinfeld and Randy is a regular on the show.
05.23.2009
We dodged the rain drops on Friday. Bob & Jackie have been planning their destination wedding in St. Petersburg since last year. With as much rain as we have been having down here their home town of Chicago was seeming like a better place for the wedding. But the rain stayed away and their beautiful wedding on the beach worked out as planned.
Enjoy your honeymoon in Paris! Are you sure you don’t want me to tag along?
02.26.2009
I have had some requests for some more images of our newest family member. Madeleine is working on her modeling already. At times she was the perfect subject and just as quickly she would give me that “look” that says “I am finished.” How can you not smile at their personalities.
02.20.2009
Been kind of busy the past few days as you will see below.
Let me introduce you to Madeleine our new little bundle of joy. Born yesterday at St. Joseph hospital. Both mom and baby are doing well.
