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Newport Navy Officer Club Wedding – Sneak PeekSeptember 23, 2010

wedding reception at the newport naval officer's club in rhode island

The Newport Navy Officer Club hosted Kelly and Tim’s wedding reception. The O’club is on the base and has a beautiful view of Newport and the bridge. It is probably one of the more picturesque places to shoot at if you want the Newport Bridge in any of your photographs. Here’s a quick shot of the bride with the new hubby and brother enjoying one of the many fun moments of the night. There will be more to come.

It was a beautiful day and the couple to a walk along the ocean during the reception and there are some killer shots from that small couple portrait time.

If you like this post check out some of my other Rhode Island Weddings!

Ocean Edge Resort Wedding – Sneak Peek at Chris & TiffanySeptember 20, 2010

wedding photography at ocean's edge resort on cape cod

Ocean Edge Resort was the location for this early fall wedding in Brewster, Massachusetts. Here are a couple of shots from the beach. The entire bridal party went down there between the ceremony and the reception and we had some time to make some really cool portraits. It was one of those cool fall days that are windy with bald skies. It made photographing at 2 PM on the beach a little challenging, but we managed to get some great shots. I’d like to thank the resort staff for hauling us around on the bus and down to the beach.

Beth and Chris Wedding Day SlideshowSeptember 15, 2010

It was a pleasure getting to know both of you over the past few months. I look forward to giving you both a kick-ass album!

First Day of School for Zak at North Attleboro YMCASeptember 13, 2010

first day of school for zak

It was a happy and sad day for Zak today and I have to admit that it was hard to see him head off to pre-school at The North Attleboro YMCA. My little man has been my co-pilot the past year as I worked on my business and played daddy day care. He’s been my right hand man and he loves cameras and photography and wants to grow up to be like his daddy. I’ll miss our little daily routines and photo adventures.

Z’s the baby and the final one of our five kids to head of to school so it was a big day.

Good luck Z! Your family is very proud of you!

The Brookside Club Wedding Photographic FunSeptember 7, 2010

The Brookside Club wedding in Bourne Massachusetts gets a new wedding photography look with night light painting.

This is what happens as a reception winds down and you have two wedding photographers that love to play with light and toys? They break out a carbon fibre tripod with RRS BH-55 ball I have in the car for landscaping shooting, mount the D3 and start playing with their SB-900 Speedlights and do light paintings in the pitch black night at the end of the wedding reception.

The area outside the tent at The Brookside Club was a beautiful tee area and I wanted that dark green grass and dark skies to contrast the light painting. I really believe that it’s important to experiment and learn on every job even if it’s for ten minutes. You might create something awful, but it could also be something unbelievable that the client will never forget.

This was a trial and error experiment and Jess and Brian were more than accomadating.  It ooh a few tries as we were shooting annual and dialoging in the settings after each shot to refine the process. This is the same process I would use if I was doing a night time landscape light painting out West in Arizona. It’s the same principle just with smaller lights. In Arizona I use large million candle power lamps that you buy at Home Depot for doing construction at night because the scale is so vast. This light painting uses the same principles, but it’s on a scale much smaller than landscape light painting. Maybe one fiftieth of the scale.

This photo was a collaboration with Doug Levy. Doug’s the “invisible” man painting the heart. I really like shaking up a wedding day with a little off the cuff photography that I practice in my hobby of landscape photography. I’m hoping to shoot again at The Brookside Club sometime soon!

Beth & Chris – Reception at Ledgemont Country ClubSeptember 2, 2010

Beth and Chris had a rocking reception where everyone was all smiles from beginning to end. The reception was held at The Ledgemont Country Club and the setting could not have been better. We started with formals before anyone was there and I loved the time we had to hang out with the families and close friends. The dance floor was constantly filled and this crew really knew how to have a great time.