The Knot Best of Weddings 2008/2009 Pick!!
Posted by Erik | Filed under Recent Events
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Perfect Wedding Photo is honored to have been awarded a Best of Weddings 2009 pick by The Knot again! We are very touched to recieve this award again because the recognition comes from our clients who were thrilled with the level of service that we brought to their wedding day. We love what we do and couldn’t be happier to have what we love be appreciated by others. We are super excited for the 2009 season and we will be posting some great images in the next couple weeks!
Please pick up a copy of The Knot Best of Weddings 2009 magazine and check out our listing!
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Boston Engagement Photos…..
Posted by Erik | Filed under Behind the Camera, Erik's Thoughts, Headlines, Recent Events, Wedding
Wow Spring is almost here. We are all looking forward to the warmer weather. Colleen and I have been busy designing and are looking forward to our shooting season to open up. I really miss photographing each weekend seeing what each day will bring. Until then we shoot as much as we can. We just finished a few engagement sessions both in Boston and the North Shore. Here below we put an engagement Vplay together for Caroline and Jason. There wedding is July 4th at the Boston Harbor Hotel. We were able to photograph inside the dome area for the Engagement Session. I love the daylight there. I hate using flash. People usually over-light with flash and you get this cheesy ‘hi its me and my uncle shot this’ look. If we use flash it is because we have to and at that usage should always be light. Enjoy the engagement session images and check back mid-July for their Wedding Day Vplay-It will be great! Erik
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Go Go Colleen….Design Extraordinaire!
Posted by Erik | Filed under Behind the Camera, Headlines, Recent Events, Wedding
Great to see a Wedding Day come together in the final album. We had a blast on Mary Catherine and Patrick’s Wedding Day. Fun bride and groom great planning and a whole lot of good people. We photographed their Wedding, met with Mary Catherine and Patrick then we got the design rolling. Colleen went to town designing-awesome. Its great to be there on a wedding day, see and feel what is important, then finalize the presentation in an album. Wow. This is one of our favorite designs for one of our favorite Brides! Thanks Mary Catherine and Patrick from both Colleen and myself——Erik
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Vplays Galore!
Posted by Erik | Filed under Recent Events
I can’t believe August is here already. We have had a busy couple of weeks. My birthday was last friday and we have pictures from that to put up and share!! Hopefully I will do that tomorrow.
I thought I would take some time and post our most recent vplays for you all to enjoy! I know that a lot of you check our blog every day for something new so here we go! Three vplays to keep you entertained.
Cory and Adam June 27th 2008
Searles Castle Windham NH
Cory wrote me this wonderful email right after I shared her vplay with her. I think it pretty much sums up what we do as photographers ☺ Thank you Cory and Adam for an amazing time!
Colleen and Erik, thank you so much for all of the hard work you and your team have done to make our wedding day photography simply spectacular!
I have played our V-play over several times in the last few minutes and am just in awe with the work you have put together. Everything looks so lovely, and I wouldn’t change a thing.
I love that you paid special attention to all of the little details that meant so much to us. The photgraph of Adam and his mother dancing with the photo of his father in the frame is so heart warming. I know this will be one of many images we will traesure for years to come. In your own special way, you helped us capture that he truly was there with us.
While we were planning our wedding, we tried to incorporate all of the touches we could think of, to make our 4-legged friend Lucky a member of the day. And, we are just tickled pink to hear the opening song of our v-play… thanks for opening our eyes to such a wonderful song.
I wish I could hug you each right now. I am so thankful that we had you as a photographers, and we look forward to seeing the Pictage gallery when ready.
Hugs & Smiles. Have a great weekend,
–Cory
Ashley and Alan July 12th 2008
Spring Valley Country Club Sharon, MA
One thing we love is seeing the same people over again! We had the pleasure of shooting Ashley’s sister Whitney back in 2005. So returning again in 2008 was so much fun! Whitney just had a baby and was the maid of honor in Ashley’s wedding. Both girls got ready at their parents house. It was nice to be back in a familiar setting. Looking back at Whitney’s photos you can see similar details shot at Ashley’s wedding. We looked forward to working with the family again and it was a fun day all around!
Congrats Ashley and Alan!
Cheri and Brian July 19th 2008
Chatham Bars Inn Chatham, MA
Cheri and Brian both lucked out for beautiful weather on their wedding day. They got married over looking the ocean and it couldn’t of been anymore perfect. We had lots of fun shooting down the beach during the day and at night. The moon turned a really vibrant orange color and it made for some unique photo opportunities. We love what the summer months can offer us visually and this day was no exception.
Congrats Cheri and Brian!
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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!!!!
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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…
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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.
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Thank You from Michelle and Chris!
Posted by Erik | Filed under Recent Events, Wedding
Wow, I haven’t updated in awhile. A couple weeks ago Erik and I shot Michelle and Chris’s wedding at the Red Lion Inn. What a fun time we had! We presented them their vplay last week and they loved it! Michelle was kind enough to write up a little testimonial for us to put on the blog!
I have known Erik for a few years now and we always talked about how when I got engaged he would shoot my wedding. Well once I actually got engaged he was first on my list of people to call…and I couldn’t be happier that I did! Not that I ever had any question in mind…I had seen many of his albums and v-plays over the years and was always amazed at how each one seemed to top the last! Erik is an amazing photographer with so much enthusiasm that every one is smiling and laughing the whole time. The photographs are all you have left from the whirlwind that is your wedding day and Erik and Colleen captured every moment so beautifully that we will never forget a detail.
It’s so nice to come back from weddings and hear all this positive feedback from everyone. We truly love what we do and we love sharing your special day with you. Here’s Michelle and Chris’s Vplay, Enjoy it as much as they did!
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Tina and Jason… 2/9/2008
Posted by Erik | Filed under Recent Events, Wedding
Our first wedding of the 2008 season was Tina and Jason’s held at the Red Lion Inn in Cohasset. Wow! What a way to start the year. We loved this couple. They were so fun to work with. Erik and I kept saying how much fun we were having and how much fun their wedding was as a whole. It really was a great day. Not to mention they got a beautiful snowfall on their wedding day.
We started off where Tina was getting ready. She looked gorgeous and we got some amazing pictures of her. Here we captured her in from of this red closet, which made for an interesting background.
The Red Lion Inn has so many great places to photograph. I loved the woodsy feel to the place. Right after the ceremony we took Tina and Jason outside for some formal photos in the falling snow. I loved Tina’s face when Jason started to pick her up and swing her around. Classic!
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The lighting on this day was so perfect. It was such a great way to start the season. We took the couple outside for a couple more “Hero” shots around the Red Lion Inn before we headed home.
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As you can see we had another great couple and another great day. There were so many more amazing images from this wedding. I would have posted them all on here but then the site might have crashed. That wouldn’t be good. However I should be finishing up with their vplay tomorrow so when that is done I’ll post it on here right away. It should be great. Oh yeah and of course I couldn’t resist sharing this photo Erik took of me with Tina and Jason. Best picture of the bunch, don’t you agree!! Thanks Tina and Jason for an awesome day and I hope you had an awesome honeymoon in PARIS!!
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Ohhh… Shiny!
Posted by Erik | Filed under Behind the Camera, Recent Events
I was kind of hoping Erik would show up my post with some pictures from his recent trip to New York. I guess he’s just a little slow this week. Just kidding E ☺
We love when it’s a busy wedding season. Each wedding day is an opportunity for us to shine by capturing brilliant and creative images. However, we are in that lovely season called winter or “off-season”. So it’s a little slow with only a few weddings in the next couple months. On the other hand, we are having a ball designing albums for our previous clients.
It’s so rewarding to shoot all of these weddings and then come back and start designing their album. You may notice on your wedding day Erik shooting certain things you may not even realize what he is shooting. I remember one wedding where he told me he was going to get the case of equipment so we could move it into the reception room. So I thought to myself, I want to see what he’s actually doing when he’s getting the case. Sure enough there’s Erik with his camera crawling around shooting flowers, architecture, anything shiny that catches his eye! Thanks to his creativeness, we use a lot of these detail shots for backgrounds for the pages of the albums. I think it’s those shots that really bring the albums together. So thanks Erik, for being distracted by shiny things!
Enjoy some of these detail shots, and I sure hope Erik doesn’t poke fun at me too much when finally decides to post on here! AlsoI have two new albums to unveil on here in the next post, so keep your eyes open for those awesome details used in the backgrounds.
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