Ahhhh Vacation :)

Yes it's that wonderful time of the year again when I take off for vacation.  Yeah!!!!!  The first week was spent visiting friends in the Beaches section of Toronto, Canada.  What a fantastic place.  This is the time of year that the Jazz Festival goes on in the Beaches so there is so much awesome music to listen to.  They have music on every block of the entire Queen Street for three nights and then everything moves to Kew Gardens for the week end portion of the Jazz fest.  One of my favorite musicians was playing on the street so of course I was standing there each night dancing along to the beautiful sounds of his spanish guitar.  If you haven't heard him yet, check out Johannes Linstead - Fantastic!    Great food, great music, and most importantly, great friends.  Now I'm heading to Cape Cod for a serious week of R&R!!!   I am as blessed as anyone can possibly be.  Life is Good.

Allison & Geoff

We picked one of the hottest days yet for this engagement session but Allison and Geoff were a couple of real troopers!!!  Just looking out at the day from inside the air-conditioned car made us sweat.  I should have cut it short on such a day but ... with two good-looking people in love I just couldn't help myself.  You were both awesome and I can't wait for your wedding!    It will be much cooler in September, I promise.

Jana & Brendan

I'm so excited for Jana & Brendan's wedding this September!   Based on how much fun they are and how easy going they were in their engagement session it's going to be a fabulous wedding day!  Beautiful scenery and gorgeous couples are just one of the reasons that I absolutely love doing engagement sessions - what a great opportunity to get to know a couple prior to their wedding day.    We headed right to the beach for this session but made a pit stop at the general store here in Branford where there are some awesome classic cars (which Brendan loves).  Jana you're made to model :)

Jenn and Mike

Jenn and Mike are two of the nicest people around and their wedding day fit them perfectly.  There were lots of smiles, well wishes, sun beams, flowers, shore breezes, and laughs to name some of the characterizations of the day.  Friends and family were treated to a fantastic time at The Inn at Longshore.  Thank you Jenn and Mike for giving me the opportunity to capture your memories.  I wish you the best as you head off for two awesome weeks in Italy.  How jealous am I!   Take a look at the slideshow and enjoy!  David helped me out with this wedding - what a treat!  He has a great organization you should check out.  All was going well until one of the wait staff asked me if he was my son -what?!?! - in my mind I'm still about 16 years old - seriously!  devastation set in but I shook it off and thought...well, he is cute so maybe that slam was ok.  

Rebekah & Rob

Ok so I've had a long stretch of beautiful weather for weddings...but...the umbrellas made an appearance for Rob and Rebekah's wedding.  Have no fear, it cleared up long enough to get all sorts of outdoor photographs.  We had a great day and there were so many familiar faces there that I felt like I was just hanging out with friends instead of working.   I had brides and grooms from past, present, and future all together for one great wedding.  Perhaps some of you may recognize Cindy in the bridal party - she is usually helping me at weddings but she chose to party instead for this one.  How were those chocolate shots Cindy?  Lori helped me on this wedding and we had a great time together.  Thank you Rob and Rebekah for an awesome day!!  You're going to have a great, love-filled life together!   If anyone hasn't seen how nice Woodwinds looks take a look at the slideshow and see.  Enjoy!

Kelly & Nate

Last thursday I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Nate and Kelly at Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, CT.  It was like photographing two models in love on the happiest day of their lives.  Gorgeous!!! Thank you Kelly and Nate for being such an awesome couple to work with!  I had a blast getting to know your family and friends and seeing the special bonds you had with each of them.   Cloud Nine Catering did such a great job with the entire event, it all went so smoothly and the food was outstanding.   Check out the slideshow for more fun.  Enjoy!

Liz & Bob

I had a great time this past weekend photographing Liz and Bob and all their friends and family.  With a few dark clouds looming in the distance we made our way to Amarantes for photos and a great reception.  As luck would have it...the storm passed us and we had a beautiful sunset.  Liz was so much fun and Bob, well he's a Giants fan so ... 'nuf said :)   Go Giants!    Thank you both for a great day!   Check out their slideshow by clicking here.  Enjoy!

Kate

I had so much fun photographing Kate this past weekend that I had to share how beautiful she is.  Thank you Kate for being such a great model!!!