Best Day at work….. Ever
Posted by Erik | Filed under Behind the Camera, Recent Events
Well, what can I say… There’s never a dull moment here at work…
Matt and Leah have been really close with us throughout the year. When we shot their engagement session last summer we were discussing their wedding plans and what they expected out of the wedding. One thing they made absolutely clear to us was that there would be NO chicken dance at the wedding. So of course it became this long running joke that we would higher a chicken to come and dance at their wedding. I remember throughout the year Erik and I would say that for the wedding we need to do the chicken dance idea. Of course the wedding came and went.. and we fell through on our chicken plan. Shame on us..
We really enjoy Matt and Leah. It was so much fun on their wedding day and we found two great new friends out of those whole wedding process! A couple of weeks ago we were at a wedding and I realized that the reception was down the street from Leah and Matt’s house. Erik and I thought it would be a fantastic idea to surprise them after the wedding! Or even better sneaking into their apt building when they aren’t there.. And waiting till they come home and surprising them! Stalkers? No I don’t think so! What a fun night that was! Who wouldn’t love you’re two wedding photographers showing up on a Saturday night to hang out? Matt and Leah are a blast. And not to mention we had our cameras with us so of course we had to do what we did best..
Okay.. so fast forward to today…. It’s Erik’s birthday. Matt and Leah gave me a heads up last week that they had something planned.. well needless to say, Erik and I got a surprise guest here at PWP this afternoon. I will let the photo explain itself!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIK. It definitely started out with a …. Chicken!!!!
Tags: birthdays, cameras, chicken dance, dull moment, engagement session, epic battle, fun night, happy birthday, joke, leah, love, new friends, photo, saturday night, shame, surprise guest, wedding day, wedding photographers, work matt
Mystic Aquarium 6-28-08
Posted by Erik | Filed under Recent Events, Wedding
Erik, Nikki, and I (also Niki – the intern!) had an incredible time in Mystic, Connecticut. Joe and Taelese were such a great couple to work with and their wedding party had us laughing the entire time. The ceremony was in a cute church on a hill overlooking the town, the dress was absolutely breathtaking (especially when it was spread over rocks on the beach with the fog rolling in and a ship in the background!), and the images are like something out of a movie! Cocktail hour kicked off my favorite part of the day at Mystic Aquarium.
I thought it was such a unique idea and the Beluga Whales were very cooperative for pictures! The reception was held inside where delicious food and good music lasted all night! Narrowing down these pictures was not easy and I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I do. It truly was a fairytale wedding and we wish Joe and Taelese all the best! Thank you for allowing us to be a part of this amazing day! Congratulations!
Tags: amazing day, amp, beluga whales, cocktail hour, delicious food, div, fairytale wedding, fog, good music, images, lt, mystic aquarium, mystic connecticut, nikki, rocks, wedding party
Locked and Loaded
Posted by Erik | Filed under Erik's Thoughts, Recent Events, Wedding
Wow. 2008 has started off with a bang. Both Colleen and I are revved up and looking for images that are hidden and shadowed by the skin of a Wedding Day. We see and capture those fractured moments that wiz by us like a visiting Dragon Fly on a petal of a Day Lily. Our Images are caught within the fabric of the lives of all who attend the Wedding Day. Look at these images from Castle Hill in Ipswich. It was so hard to pick only these few. There are hundreds more all A+ and awaiting their fate….vPlay, vShow, Album, Wall Canvas or Photo-who knows where they will end up. We captured them and now those moments seen have come and gone. I know you think my opinion is tainted, but maybe there is more than the ‘hire me’ aspect of me as a Wedding Photographer.
I am amazed that there is a population of Brides that do not put the priority of their Wedding Photography first or close to the top of their Wedding Day attributes. When it is all said and done, what is left after the Wedding Day-not much-memories-thoughts-feelings-a folded and boxed dress-perhaps some dried flowers-a top of a cake that will be tasted then tossed a year latter-perhaps a video that will be watched only a few times…. and the Photography. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS hire a professional who will deliver your Wedding Day images as if the Wedding was that of their closest friend. There are only a few photographers that go deeper than scratching the surface of what could be or could have been captured.
A long time ago ~2002 ish when I started being a ‘Wedding Photographer’ as a friend doing a favor, all I wanted was to capture 2-3 great images that I was so proud of. Images that were executed at a level above most shooters out there. Images that encapsulated time in a frozen second. Now, it is so hard to pick those great images out of what we capture. We have 100-200 images that are our favorites of each wedding and they all are so different. It is such an unbelievable feeling to show up on a Wedding Day equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience that allow us to see capture and extract what we do.
We are like walking image-seeing machines. We see things that most do not even know can be captured, then extract what is needed to show our vision, and then move on. We are trying to keep our ‘here client look at these images’ at around a 1000 count, but ouch…. it is hard to narrow them down to our 1000 count! We are regularly shooting 5000 plus images on a wedding day, and of so many different attributes the ‘crunch-down’ is hard to navigate. But those images that were meant to be quickly rising to the top and shine through the multi image edit.
It’s an odd thing. We have developed a skill to weave in and out of a Wedding Day with the stealth of a cat, not stomping on anything, steering the direction we travel, and seeing the Matrix…but throughout our Wedding Day travels we still have a blast…
Tags: brides, canvas, castle hill, closest friend, colleen, day lily, dragon fly, dried flowers, fabric, fate, feelings, ipswich, ish, memories, photographers, scratching the surface, shooters, wedding day, wedding photographer, wedding photography
Leah and Matt
Posted by Erik | Filed under Recent Events, Wedding
I wanted to share a Vplay that is very dear to us. Leah and Matt were so amazing to work with. We shot their engagment session last year and I remember thinking “Wow, I can’t wait for their wedding! ” And then June 14th 2008 came! What a great day it was. I felt very honored to be apart of their wedding day. This is why we love what we do. We are able to capture moments that the bride and groom will treasure for a lifetime.
Leah and Matt, congratulations to the two of you. We were honored to be apart of your wedding day and the whole wedding process. We look forward to staying in touch and working on designing your album.
Tags: bride and groom, div, leah, lifetime, lt, vplay, wedding day