I am absolutely thrilled to share that 2 of my Fall weddings are featured now on Style Me Pretty blog. I've been revisiting both couples wedding photos,as I am currently designing their albums. It's amazing how I can fall in love with new images every time I return to files. Here's a couple of images I just adore.
Michele & Chick who were married in November @ the Harold Pratt Mansion in NYC.
And Jaclyn & Kevin were married in October at The Mezzanine in Newark, NJ.
If you happened to have been perusing some wedding magazines this year, you might have seen a few of my clients' weddings featured inside. Here's a look at the weddings that made it to print.
Kate & Kase, married at the Woolverton Inn are featured in The Knot Magazine and can also be seen on the knot.com.
Danielle & Matt were featured in Brides NJ recently. Their wedding took place at Crossed Keys Inn in Andover, NJ
And Joann & Alan's intimate backyard wedding was featured in The Knot.
This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in celebration the Style Me Pretty Blog is running a week of PINK photography. I'm excited to say that the wedding of Dana & Bayla has been selected as a feature today on the blog. Extra thanks goes out to the most wonderful event planner I've had the pleasure of working with, Joan Glenn of Six Degrees of Celebration...and to Dana, who loves loves loves PINK.
It was just about a year ago that I participated in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk-a-thon...and I still think back to the accomplishment and how much my feet ached for many many days afterwards. So in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month....here's some pink things to remind you to make an appointment for your annual mammogram. I'm putting it on my to do list for tomorrow!
I received some wonderful news in the mail last week. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has announced...
"...That I have been named a Distinguished Teaching Artist for 2009. This acknowledges that I have received the highest possible review from my peers serving on the Arts-in-Education Discipline Panel. It recognizes the extraordinary resource I provide as an artist of the highest caliber and an educator of great skill."
Yea for me!...It's nice to be recognized & honored once in a while. (Especially when my little inner critic can be driving my brain too often.) I certainly don't do my teaching job alone...I have great teachers to work with and students who are itching to learn new stuff and show their creativity.
Anyway...just wanted to share some happy news...and one of the great pieces of work my students at Quitman Street School created this year.
This quilt was created by the second grade students during the after-school program.
Our theme was "Loving Our Planet". The students all learned how to hand sew, although I did the final construction of the quilt on my machine.
Hey Friends and Family...just received some great news this past week from The Knot Magazine.
"We are proud to announce that Lauren Rutten Photography has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2008 Pick. Please pick up a copy of The Knot Best of Weddings 2008 magazine and check out our listing."
It's an honor to be included amongst the many talented folks in my region and in particular I was also chosen as one of the "editors picks". It's nice to know that my clients appreciate me (and thanks for all your kind thoughts). As the flying nun, Sally Field once said..."wow, you really like me." Thanks guys.
Got some great news last night! WPJA released the results of the 2007 fourth quarter contest results and a photograph from Natasha & Joe's wedding received 8th place in the "Toast" category. There are so many brilliant, hilarious, and moving photographs included in every category. I am always inspired by the work I see honored through WPJA.
I absolutely love this photograph...so much emotion freely expressed between a father and son. I love when I can look at a photograph I've created and feel in my gut how intense that moment was that I witnessed. This was a toast that I will never forget. I'm working on Natasha & Joe's wedding album right now and excited to see the story unfold again. Thanks so much to Joe's and Natasha's family for sharing your feelings for my camera.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
"Very good moment here. It is a picture you feel."
"Perhaps a father and son in a moment. If so, the family will love to have this photograph to remember the moment."
"This was the best emotional toast of the bunch. I wish the background
were cleaner. But, I commend the photographer for capturing a true
moment. Very nice."
Got some great news earlier this week!
WPJA...The Wedding Photojournalist Association selected one of my photographs (11th place) for their Quarterly contest. It's a shot from Kate & Kase's wedding reception at The Woolverton Inn. I'm feeling rather proud and honored...as this was a particularly esteemed group of judges, including Eugene Richards, Lauren Greenfield, and Antonin Kratochvil.
Here's what the judges added as comment on my selection: "Beautiful seeing. I love the rhythmic pattern of the men and their cigars and the monochromatic color palette."
