I've had a great Spring season of shooting...making a lot of new portraits for my couples who are marrying this year...and enjoying spending time getting to know some new families...and overall having a grand time enjoying the blessings of my job. So here's a quick look at some of the portraits I've loved creating with the help of some very willing people.
This weekend is the wedding of Niki & Fred...we had a great afternoon picnicking together at Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day...maybe just a tad hot but a perfect blue sky. Hopefully this Saturday will be equally fantastic weather.
Coming up next week will be the wedding of Julie & Vince...they live out on the west coast and were just in for a short trip to finalize details for their wedding. SO just before they headed back home, we met up at Liberty State Park for a portrait session backdrop of NYC. I had a great time getting to know them each a little more and seeing just how silly Vince can be. We spotted a large flock of geese and decided it would be fun to make them all fly and shoot...so off Vince went running into a perplexed bunch of birds. Hilarious! Nothing like chasing big birds to make yourself at ease in front of the camera.
not sure if Vince is doing his flying geese impression or that Karate Kid pose
That same week I spent a day with Stefanie & Brett wandering around their town...Hoboken. Most people really aren't that comfortable with having a camera pointed at them for more than 30 seconds...and Brett had proclaimed that from the start. So it took a bit of strolling and cajoling and goofing around...and I think I may have changed his mind. Stefanie had no problem...she loves photos and the camera loves her face. She is simply filled with light and love of her world...and it radiates out in her smile. For all the time they've lived in Hoboken, neither had explored the Lackawanna train station...so I gave them a tour of one of my favorite places from way back when I lived there ( a long long time ago).
