Staci + Danny: A Love Shoot

This weekend we will be in the Berkshires, at the Cranwell Resort to photograph the wedding of two beautiful people. Meet Staci + Danny, two of the sweetest people you'll meet, and so perfect for each other. You can tell just by watching these two how much they adore each other. When we were brainstorming up ideas for their love shoot, one of the most important things was to make sure they had "snuggle time" together.

Staci + Dan live in the beautiful town of Westport and love to go for spontaneous walks on the beach together, so we started there. It was a slightly chilly, but otherwise "perfect" fall day at the beach, and the clouds were absolutely glorious....or "God clouds" as I kept referring to them as. We stayed there for a while, playing and enjoying the warm sunshine as the sun slowly set. Staci + Dan were such a pleasure to capture...Staci is so playful and warm and you can just tell by watching the joy in Dan's face how much he loves his little lady.

CLICK HERE to watch a SLIDESHOW of Staci + Danny's Love Shoot.



They love to laugh together...which is something we could all learn to do a little more with our significant others.





Did I mention how petite Staci is? I love how Dan kept spontaneously picking her up...so adorable!



Did I mention how beautiful the clouds were...and how well they complimented our beautiful couple?



Staci I hope you can jump in your wedding gown girl!



Time for a snuggle break.



Anyone else think these two could be Lacoste models?







Honey, how about going for a dip?





A quiet, romantic moment....



One of my favorites from the day...



What a gorgeous diamond! Nice job Dan...



I love looking in the shadows for shots.







More snuggle time...



Another one of my favorites from the day. I love how into each other these two are...I think they forgot we were there most of the time (which is the way we like it : )



Even their feet loved to snuggle.



Right before we left, we found...yes that's right...SWINGS!





On our way back to their home, we stopped for a refreshing beverage at the Tavern on Main in Westport, one of their favorites places to relax.



I continually challenge myself to look at the world from a different perspective, and I love when I find shots in the least obivious of places. Like in the bottom of Staci's wine glass.



After a yummy beverage it was back home for some SNUGGLE TIME!!!





After recharging (and getting all toasty warm by the fire the Dan lit just for snuggle time), it was time to get all dolled up for a night on the town. It was off the South Norwalk or Sono, for a little night life.







I love how seductive this one is...you can see Staci smiling just a little bit.



One of Staci + Dan's favorite places to chill in the evening hours is at Mario Fontana’s, Ocean Drive. I had a hard time finding a website to link to, but this place is really something to experience. I found a New York Times review of the place online:

"To get that Florida feel while sticking close to home, try Ocean Drive in South Norwalk, whose cool, white nautical interior evokes the style and smarts of South Beach, the hip hangout in Miami. The raw bar and largely seafood menu add to the shore-side illusion. And hanging dramatically from the ceiling is a huge orange and teal hand-blown glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly."

Another one of my favorite shots of the day...seriously sizzlin'! Staci + Dan, thank you for a wonderful time getting to know you guys....we can't wait to see you on Saturday!!

Emily + David: A Love Shoot

You might remember Emily & David from a couple posts ago. Well, they are getting married in a couple days, so we thought we'd put together a post to celebrate their love for one another. We are very much looking forward to capturing these to on one of the must special days of their life!

Emily & David love the Beatles, which I was so excited to learn, because I am a Beatles fanatic myself! So, I had a blast making this SLIDESHOW for them! CLICK HERE to enjoy the show!


Love in an apple orchard. Emily grew up on a cherry & apple farm, so we thought fotographing part of their love shoot at an orchard would be special. So it was off to Bishop's Orchard in Guilford, right down the street from where they lived.







How sweet are they?









We went for a fun little ride on the back of a John Deere...



Isn't it cool that we have our own brand of apples? hehe



This shot reminds me of running free when we were kids, not a care in the world. Emily & David are such fun, playful people, we just had get them playing together!





A quiet, peaceful stroll...



...and back to the fun with a piggy back ride!



Check out the grasshopper that was waiting for us on David's car when we got back! How cool! He even matched David's car color!



Emily & David live in a really sweet apartment that used to be a church!



We were all tuckered out from galavanting, so it was time to relax with some wine and good food. David & Emily love cooking together, so we fotographed them making gourmet pizza. So much fun! And so delicious!







Almost ready!



Emily plays the french horn professionally, so we absolutely had to fotograph her ring on her horn....I love the way this shot turned out.



Occasionally, Emily & David enjoy smoking tobacco pipes together, so we thought going for a stroll after dinner to the park down the road would be fun. The look that Paul & I were going for here was a mysterious, Sherlock Holmes-y kind of look. What do you think?



I love the way their smoke is interwining here.

interwining

I hate cigars & cigarettes, but there is something really truly cool about smoking a pipe. Plus the vanilla tobacco smells so warm & inviting!



How could we resist staging this shot? One of my favs from the day.





This was in front of the fire station...appropriately.



Back to the apartment, it was SNUG TIME!!!









I love the geometric patterns of their living room.



We haven't photoshoped a file to have selective color in a long time because we think it can look pretty cheesy, but I couldn't resist with this one. David is into painting, and the paintings on the wall are some of his work. We thought they were fantastic and really added to the space.



Emily & David...we can't wait to see you on Saturday!

Turkey meets Germany

We just shot a AWESOME wedding in NJ. For some of you this is the second time you are meeting Peter and Michelle, remember the NYC shoot;) Their wedding was at the amazing Alpine CC in Demarest NJ a few Saturdays ago. First I have to comment on shooting a Turkish rehearsal dinner...Its AWESOME and the food YUM!! So much family it only took a few minutes before we were part of the family, we even got branded:) with henna so we weren't going anywhere;)

So Peter is from Germany and one of his only jobs for the wedding was the desserts, if he really did it by himself then he gets a gold star! They even found a baker that made them a 3 tier cheese cake, yummy.

The wedding was a bunch of fun and we shot WAY to much, but after going through them a bit we found these we would like to share.

*** CLICK HERE FOR THE SLIDE SHOW ***

The Musician and the Scientist

About a week ago we got to shoot Emily, the musician, and David, the scientist, for their much anticipated "Love Shoot" This awesome couple is getting married in a few weeks.

Ok so we get to ther apartment and we find out they live in a renovated Catholic church. Inside is so cool, David paints and his amazing work is displayed in the living room. We went apple picking for a bit to reminisce about the childhood of Emily, she was raised on a cherry/apple farm out west. Next was dinner, a scrumptious pizza made by none other than Emily and David.

Then after being their official taste testers for the wine at their wedding, 2 Bottles, hey don't judge we had to make sure the red and white was good enough for their wedding:)

Then a relaxing walk while they both smoked a pipe..wait until you see those, there so cool:)

Just before we left I wanted to take advantage of the fun mood and this is what happened:

Sure, don't vote.... then what?

VOTE!!! This could be the most important election in at least my life! Thanks Robert Norman and Carla Ten Eyck for sharing.