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July 17, 2013

Wanderlust: Poland Heritage Tour, Interlude

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#fbf to my two gorgeous 2016 brides, Alyssa + Christyn, and their equally gorgeous fur daughters, Winnie + Charlie. The only thing better than a one-pup wedding is a two pup-wedding 🐶👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🐶 .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #dogsatweddings #loveisloveislove #marriageequality #samelove #twobrides #nywedding #nycwedding #lawedding #sfwedding #happyfriyay #handhweddings
I love photographing my couples and their communities as they experience their wedding day: the small moments between cousins who are more like sisters, coworkers who have become friends, parents whose college roommates are considered family. There's no doubt in my mind that the community that gathers around you two as a couple is one major spark of magic on the wedding, and a human element that I love to capture.⠀ ⠀ x⠀ ⠀ But over the course of the wedding day, I'm also seeing other elements that will ultimately show up in your wedding photography. I'm seeing the curving archways of your venue; I'm seeing the records you've been playing all morning as you get ready leaning stacked against a wall; I'm seeing a collection of drinks at cocktail hour, nestled into grass to keep them safe while you and your four best friends from high school take in the scenery. Paying attention to these details is a different kind of portraiture; a still life portraiture, one that is its own spark of magic that, once photographed, will evoke for you the feeling and atmosphere of your wedding celebration.⠀ ⠀ x⠀ ⠀ Because I'm also a writer, I think of your photos from a narrative perspective. I love these still life moments for the texture they provide to your photography; the opportunity to punctuate a series of images with something that reminds you of the other small resonances that occur in a wedding day. I want you to see a photo like these five nestled drinks, and think about how brightly the sun shone on your day, what the grass smelled like, and how content your entire community was to be there, to drink beautiful drinks, to revel and truly celebrate your union with you.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #narrative #photographynyc #nywedding #lawedding #nycwedding #apracticalwedding #weddingphotographer #artworksinsta #lacmamuseum #broadmuseum #marriageequality #loveislove #cocktailsnight #drinkwell #eatwelltraveloften #thatdarlingweekend
"What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time." -- John Berger, writer of Ways of Seeing⠀ ⠀ x⠀ ⠀ Stacy: radiant on her wedding day, minutes after marrying Matias, in one of the most perfect patches of light.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #johnberger #williamsburgbridge #bkwedding #nycweddingphotography #bwphotography #lawedding #sfwedding #bkweddingphotographer #apracticalwedding #restaurantwedding #intimatewedding #intimateweddingphotographer
One of my favorite words entwined with a wedding celebration is the word "community."⠀ ⠀ x⠀ ⠀ Why have a wedding at all? Why wrestle with the tangle of traditions, the expectations, the cost, the actual labor of hours of your time?⠀ ⠀ x⠀ ⠀ Because our communities matter to us. ⠀ ⠀ Because our communities sustain us. ⠀ ⠀ Because within each of our communities is someone we can learn from; someone we can teach; someone we've helped; someone who's helped us. There are people we love wholeheartedly; people we struggle to love; people we return to, again and again, no matter what, because Barbara Streisand was right (Babs is always right!) when she sang about the people who need people being the luckiest of all.⠀ ⠀ x⠀ ⠀ Today I am thinking about community. ⠀ ⠀ Today I am thinking about the awfulness of people who support white supremacy and bigoted notions; about erasure and hate; and feelings of further fracture after Charlottesville, feelings of fear and frustration.⠀ ⠀ But I am also thinking of the ways in which we instinctively protect each other. The ways in which empathy can, with tending, grow over apathy. The ways in which we must speak up, acknowledge, teach, connect, and create change from our collective efforts. This is the power of community, a source of strength to never forget ✨ ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #communitylove #nycweddings #laweddings #sfwedding #lawedding #nycweddingphotographer #loveislove #catalystwedco #apracticalwedding
Before I became a wedding photographer, I thought I wanted to photograph food. Inspired by Dutch still life paintings and a deeply ingrained fascination with the importance of food in our lives and cultures, I thought that photographing food would be a sexy, creatively invigorating romp amongst the ramps. ⠀ X⠀ A few months into my first job as a food photographer's assistant, the truth became clear: It just wasn't for me. It felt oddly sterile; cutthroat, grueling. We spent hours at a time in a darkened warehouse standing around a computer screen, debating which way to flip an asparagus tip. ⠀ X⠀ I had gotten married the year before, and had had an amazing experience with my photographer. I cold emailed a bunch of wedding photogs as a shot-in-the-dark to see if they would meet with me to tell me about their lives.⠀ X⠀ I can never thank enough Anne + Steve of @tru.studio for agreeing to have coffee with me and changing the pathway of my creative career. That one cold email I sent resulted not only in my being welcomed into the Chicago wedding photographer community, but to what has become a lifelong friendship with some of the best humans that I know. They introduced me to the awesome @sarahpostma, and the fantastic @jaclynsimpson, who in turn introduced me to the beyond lovely @jenn_kathryn. @justinebursoni gave me my first opportunity to experience what it felt like to shoot an actual wedding, and I have been in awe of her ever since. My heart grew more and more full. ⠀ X⠀ Years later, and I am photographing food through the lens of my weddings. Food plays an important role as ritual and as tradition to include or discard (to cake or not to cake? that is the question!) I love seeing food as it is being truly enjoyed by people in a gathered community of sharing. This makes the food itself seem more potent; this makes the photos of the food seem more significant, as they capture that which will soon be enjoyed and gone, the ephemeral nature of our moments and as Susan Sontag put it, the ability of photography to "testify to time's relentless melt." It's been such a gift to follow my fascination in this way, to join a community and create a business from it.
Ok, let's get real: how many photos do you have of yourself that aren't limited by the arm-reach of a selfie, or the dim light max ISO of an iPhone camera?⠀ .⠀ ✨⠀ .⠀ In many ways, we are a more photo-potent, visually literate society than ever. We carry around with us a camera constantly, and think of it as much as a sketchbook and diary as a tool for capturing essence and beauty.⠀ .⠀ ✨⠀ .⠀ Next week, I'll be in Los Angeles, and I'm offering portrait sessions. I am so excited for the time to be able to capture and show you, beyond your phone, the awesomeness of you and your connection to your partner, or family, or pet; or even just yourself, looking vibrant and present.⠀ .⠀ ✨⠀ .⠀ I only have 4 sessions available on August 18 + 19, and booking closes on Tuesday, August 15th. So click that link at the top of the page and get in touch with me. I want to hear all about you, your favorite part of LA, and why you're ready to take the leap to treating yourself to legitimate, non-selfie-armed, real-deal portrait photography.⠀ .⠀ ✨⠀ .⠀ Not in Cali, but know someone in LA who might be interested? Tag them here!⠀ .⠀ ✨⠀ .⠀ Sending love from NYC, see you next week, Angelenos 💖 xo A⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #laweddings #beachwoodcanyon #westhollywoodrealestate #skylightbooks #moonjuice #laportraits #citylove #santamonicablvd #theuniquespace #wilshire #silverlakepark #silverlakeramen #silverlakedogpark #echopark #griffithpark #hikela #dwtnla #ladesigner #lawriters #thatsdarlingweekend #layoga #layogamagazine
H + N on their way to MyMoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mymoon #bklyn #bkwedding #apracticalwedding #catalystwedco #thewilliamvale #weddingwednesday #porterjames #greenpoint #williamsburgbk
Pay attention. It’s all about attention; attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. -- Susan Sontag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #susansontag #writingquotes #photographyquotes #artquotes #artworks #nycartists #laartists #sfartists #oaklandarts #loveisloveislove
What did the wedding planner say to her assistant? This wedding is going to be in-tents! 😝😂🎉 But seriously, bad puns aside: wedding planners pretty much make the world go 'round on wedding days. They make sure the tents are doing their best tenting⛺️; they make sure the food and drinks flow🥂; they make sure that everything runs smoothly, and on time, and that you had no idea you ran out of wine until three days after your celebration🍰. Great wedding planners coordinate, and delegate, and get sh*t done. Here's a little Monday shoutout to some of the best planners I know. Thanks for making my clients' wedding experiences amazing, and for making sure that I get fed🍴, among all of the other countless things you do. Check them out if you're looking for awesome planners + coordinators who truly work with you and take the burden of details off your shoulders so that you can be in the moment and enjoy your wedding celebration🎉💖🍾 Did you have an awesome wedding planner, or know of any in the NY/LA/SF areas? Tag them below and thank them for being fan-freakin-tastic! . . . . . . . . . . . . . #weddingplannernyc #nycweddingphotography #nycweddingphotographer #laweddings #sfweddings #apracticalwedding #catalystwedco #booksofig #weddingplannerlife #laweddingplanner #laweddingphotographer #nycwedding #nycweddings #thegreenbuilding #weddingplanningtips #weddingplanningbegins #nymag #nprtinydesk #thisamericanlife
 

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