Honeymoon Bliss

It was perfect!! The whole weekend - from spending time with friends and family, swimming in the lake, to seeing Tucker's eyes fill with tears during the ceremony (hey - he never cries - this is HUGE), the sunshine and summer breeze to eating 3 times my body weight in yummy food. It was truly us and what we wanted to share with everyone. Well, I could have used a bit less running around with last minute stress but at this point I'm not going to get picky. It's a bit sad having the wedding behind us after all the planning, craftiness and anticipation, but Tucker and I are so excited to start married life together.
A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped put this wedding together big and small - it was a true communal effort and it meant the world to us!!!

I will be posting pics of our wedding but you will have to hold on to your hats for a bit since my rocking photog buddy Mel Barlow needs some time to edit (I know how it goes, so I'll be patient ;)

In the meantime - here are two Polaroids from our honeymoon trip down the Coast. We decided it would be more fun to take old-school Polaroids of our honeymoon trip and use up all our extinct film. I miss film - its so much fun! Plus Tucker looks muy handsome on Polaroid.




PS - My email swelled up with over 2000 emails, so please be patient on hearing back from me. If you do not get a response in the next week, please feel free to forward on your email to me again. It might have gotten lost in the shuffle.

We are taking the plunge!

After shooting and editing about a gabillion weddings, living and breathing weddings, I am finally getting married myself!!! WOOOHOOOOOO! We are having a super small wedding weekend with just family and a handful of friends in NoCal. We are so excited and just can't wait!
So as you might have figured out, I will not be diligently answering emails or calls until Sept 1st. Best way to reach me is via email (no cell reception where I am getting married!) and I will do my best to get back to you after I come down a bit from cloud nine!

I'm getting married! Holy....

Jillian & Justin e:session

It was such fun to photograph Jillian and Justin in some of their fav places and some new hot spots. We completely lucked out and picked the one day that had sunshine amidst weeks of thunderstorms. What I love about e:sessions is that you really get to know a couple before their wedding day and they relax in front of the camera. Justin & Jillian are pros now and I can't wait for their wedding day! They are doing a farm to table theme and its not only going to be gorgeous but super yummy. Best of both worlds in my book. I guess you will just have to wait in suspense until their wedding to see the pics ;)

We started off at the High Line - if you haven't been go check it out. Its this amazing elevated park built over old train tracks.



I love this pic of Justin!






We tried to hit some of their favorite places which included a very busy book store. It was quite funny to sneak in and try to take pictures on the sly without getting noticed. Oh and the dog just cracks me up!





See you guys in a few weeks! Can't wait!!!

Regina & Tim - part II

I told you there would be oodles of pictures! So this post will be full of fun details. Regina & Tim basically did all the details themselves, so not only was this wedding green but budget friendly. Double woot!



When you drove up to the Lake houses you were welcomed with a little packet (printed on recycled paper of course) that had all the information of where the guests were staying. These were tied to the tree with twine and clothespins. Very cute. All the jars you see were collected from thrift stores, craigslist and friends. To fill all these jars Regina & Tim made their own soy candles (much friendlier than your average paraffin candle) and got flowers that were local and in season.


This was a brilliant idea - Regina & Tim did not want to go through a ton of glassware, so everyone wrote their name (with twig pencils) on a label attached to mason jars. This way guests only used one glass for water & lemonade throughout the evening. I wanted to do the same thing at my own wedding - hence its so brilliant!


All the food was local organic seasonal food. And the bread was to die for! To top it all off the beef came from the fields right next to Leonard Lake Road. It doesn't get much more local than that. All of the wine and beer served were also local and organic. The beer came in kegs so not to have too many bottles to recycle. To wrap it all up, at the end of the night they used compostable corn plates for the pie.


The table runners were from burlap sacks Regina and Tim collected from a local coffee roaster and can be composted after the wedding. Apparently the leftovers were used for sack races. Too bad I missed that part of the weekend.


Leonard Lake has five houses totally off the grid. They are heated in winter by wood stoves. Electricity and water are off the grid as well. LL also has compost bins and requires guests to sort recyclables upon departure. Now that's a great place you can relax in AND feel good about it!


And to top it all off Regina & Tim went on an eco-friendly honeymoon at Suenos Tulum, Tulum Mexico
Congratulations on having a wonderful, heartfelt and eco-friendly wedding!!!


I had so much fun holding this contest that I will hold one again at the end of the year. So newly engaged couples - get your thinking caps on and come up with cool green ideas!!! Bookmark the blog and make sure to come back again. Can you really say no to free photography ;)

Link Love:
location: Leonard Lake
contact: Julia Frech
day of coordinator: Lisa Pedroni
guest shooter: Adi Nevo
flowers: www.organicbouquet.com
catering: Bluebird Cafe
pie: Bluebird Cafe
dress: Unique Vintage
suit: Brooks Brothers off of Ebay
engagement ring (lab created saphire): Eric Trabert Goldsmith & Chatham Laboratory
Wine: Barra Winery, Milano Winery, McNab Winery
Beer: Ukiah Brewing Company
compostable clear corn cold cups: http://letsgogreen.biz/pages/utensils/cupsmain.html
style masters and decorators: all in the family!!

Regina & Tim - eco contest winners!!

I am SO excited to finally post this wedding!!! So get ready for a two-part, astronomical, blow-your-socks-off entry. Ok, it probably wont blow your socks off, but that's how excited I am. I held the eco-contest early this year because I wanted to show that one can have a creatively gorgeous wedding while being eco-conscious. And truthfully I wanted to do something I could feel really good about.
Enter Regina and Tim. I absolutely loved everything they came up with for their wedding entry. And then I read their blog. I wanted to adopt them (what can I say, I get attached to my couples). They were so genuily interested in making this a memorable weekend get-away for all their friends and family, all the while not leaving behind a huge footprint. Not only were they being green, but they are such a sweet and funny couple you cant help to love them. Then I learned that they weren't planning on having a photographer. Scaaaandal! Well, I couldn't let that happen.
To top it all off, I owe Regina a HUGE THANK YOU! Because of her I found my dream location to have my own wedding (10 days folks, 10 days!) and she was so super kind and lent me all kinds of goodies so I can have my own little green wedding ;) Good Karma goes a long way.

Okok, I can blabber all night. I should not have caffeine before I blog. I'll post all the green details and link love on the second post. For now, just enjoy the pics!






I loved that they had a basket on the bench with them during the cermeony with all the pictures of the loved ones that could not join them.

Frankly, I think all ceremonies should end with a canoe ride. How cool is that!

published - The Knot NY

I'm so excited that Jaimie & Eric's wedding was featured in the Knot's "favorite NY weddings" in a 5 page spread. Woohoo! Not only did they make a glamorous couple that completely deserved to be published (all my couples do, really!!!), but they had so many fun details which made their wedding uniquely theirs.