Richard & Kelly

Here are some of my favorites from Kelly & Richard's wedding.  We started out getting ready at the Cavalier on the hill.  She had her hair done at Ron Paul's Salon, and bought some great make up at Sephora and did makeup herself.

Yes, they got the day going with appletinis - so lucky, and I just couldn't take enough pictures, something about the color and the shape


Seems like simple red roses are rare at todays weddings, shame really because they are amazing.











first dance


Kelly had this vision of taking group pictures at the beach the morning after.  Trust me the early hour was her idea - We didn't really get to take formals on the Jewel, and no time after the ceremony before the ship was leaving, so it worked out well because we did the formals on the beach.  Good times!
Kelly and Richard brought all these people from all over the country to spend the week in Virginia Beach and to help celebrate their wedding.  There are only a few who didn't make the 8am session.

This was how I was feeling  -- but I didn't have anyone around to carry me

Mike and Jennifer

Jennifer and Mike were married on July 11th. I don't think I could have had a more moving experience then I did during Mike's speech that ended with him singing I want to grow old with you from the wedding singer. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.  I felt blessed to be a part of their beautiful wedding.



yes, that's a Miami Dolphins garter

My daughter Zoe was my assistant and she did a great job. I'm always so proud of her - this ceremony shot is one of  hers, so is the beautiful sunset pic at the end of this post. Pretty impressive considering she's only 14 years old. She's already has great work ethics, is so dependable and is a very hard worker.  I love working with her.  

Wentland Family

A long time friend contacted me on facebook after seeing that I was a photographer these days - she wanted me to photograph her family. (SWEET) This is a pretty routine request, except for the fact that they now live in Northern VA. I'll admit I thought the idea was a kindness of sorts and probably wouldn't come to fruition. Ha! I was wrong, I underestimated how much Lisandrea wanted her family portraits to be done for an upcoming gift. They made the drive down to Virginia Beach last Saturday. We did hit one glitch, they got stuck in tunnel traffic so we didn't get started until about 8pm. Not exactly the plan but we made it work and I got to see just how well my canon does at ISO 1600. With the help of photoshop lightroom and CS3 we ended up with great family portraits.




I forgot to mention - She's a former Mrs Connecticut  - makes my job pretty easy huh?

I can never say enough about my #1 assistant Zoe - as she is most shoots she was by my side and snapped this action shot of me.  I love you Zoe