Photo of the Week 8/23/10

I captured this image at the August 21st wedding of Christina and Nick as they emerged from the church into bubbles blown by the friends and family that witnessed the wedding. As with many of my other images of the couple, the excitement and happiness of the day was readily evident in their expressions. For this image, I used my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/5.0 and exposure of 1/250th of a second at ISO of 100.

Photo of the Week 8/16/10

I recently photographed the wedding of a wonderful couple, Justin and Beth. I always enjoy finding candid moments at weddings and at this one there were plenty. This shot was taken at the start of the reception held at a family farm in Millerton, NY. This image was made with my Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens at a focal length of 170mm and aperture of f/2.8 and shutter speed of 1/320th of a second at ISO of 100.

Photo of the Week 8/9/10

Some of my favorite photos are the spontaneous ones of everyday events. This image of my nephew at the celebration of his second birthday falls in that category. This image was captured with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/3.5 and exposure of 1/80th of a second at ISO of 800.

Photo of the Week 8/2/10

I recently got away for a short vacation on Brantingham Lake in upstate New York and was fortunate enough to wake up early enough to capture this sunrise at exactly 6:00am, while I was there. For anyone who might be interested in a low key outdoor-oriented vacation, you can visit www.grantisland.com for information on lakeside and island rentals on the lake operated by my friend John Paul. This image is an HDR photo made at an aperture of f/8.0 and ISO of 100 using my versatile Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens.

My Photos Featured on the Popular Wedding Blog Merci New York

Some photos of mine from the May 8th wedding of Ryan and Suzanne were featured on the popular New York City wedding blog Merci New York along with additional information on the wedding and commentary from the bride. This follows on TLC's featuring this wedding on a recent episode of their reality program DC Cupcakes.

Here is the link to the piece:
http://mercinewyork.blogspot.com/2010/08/real-city-wedding-suzanne-ryan.html

One of my weddings featured on TLC tonight

The wedding I photographed along with my friend and colleague, Piper Watson (www.piperwatson.com), on May 8th of this year is featured tonight at 10pm EST on TLC's new reality show DC Cupcakes. This series follows the two sisters (in the pink aprons in the photo above) who run Georgetown Cupcakes. TLC picked certain projects to feature and this wedding was one of the ones the they choose. This was also a special wedding for me since the bride and groom, Suzanne and Ryan, are friends and classmates of mine from my MBA class at Georgetown University. It was a great wedding and the cupcakes were excellent as well. The TLC crew (in the photo above) were really great to work with as well.

Photo of the Week 7/26/10

This past Friday I shot the wedding of Meghan and Scott at the Vanderbilt Mansion at Dowling College in Oaklawn, NY. This was a very fun and elegant wedding which ended dramatically with the whole bridal party (including the bride) taking a jump in the fountain. I took this shot with my Nikon D700 and 14-24mm Nikkor lens early into the festivities.

Website Updates

I just uploaded some new wedding images to my website. Lots more to come as I have a bunch of weddings coming up later this summer!

Photo of the Week 7/4/10

This year for the 4th of July I was in the town of King Ferry, in Upstate New York on the Cayuga Lake. On the morning of the 4th, I woke up particularly early and went out to see what the morning light offered. I found this fog covered field nearby and took HDR image a little after 6am. For this image, I used my Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 lens at a focal length of 14mm. The seven exposures were made at an aperture of f/8.0 and ISO of 100.

Photo of the Week 6/28/10

I photographed the wedding of Stacey and Joe with my friend and talented photographer, Ian Johnson, this past weekend at the Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown, NY. I got a lot of images I really liked and the one above is one of my favorites from the day. I captured this image with my Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens at a focal length of 82mm. This exposure was for 1/250th of a second at an aperture of f/2.8 and ISO of 500.

Photo of the Week 6/21/10

Since I got so many nice pictures on my trip to Maine, I felt compelled to select another image from this set for this week's photo of the week. I took this picture with my Nikkor 14-24mm lens at a focal length of 14mm. This image was made at an exposure of 1/500th of a second and an aperture of f/6.3 at an ISO of 100.

Photo of the Week 6/14/10

This week's photo of the week is another from my Maine trip. I took this photo on Long Cove in Harpswell, Maine. This image is a 9-shot HDR photo made with my Nikkor 14-24mm lens at a focal length of 14mm, aperture of f8.0, and ISO of 100.

Photo of the Week 6/7/10

On a trip to Maine last week, I ran into the one animal that moves fast enough to require me to crank my shutter speed up to the maximum of 1/8000th of a second. Even at this speed you can see the slight blur at the end of the hummingbird's incredibly fast moving wings. You can also see the bird's tongue sticking out just a bit as it looks for food. I captured this image using my Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 at a focal length of 125mm, shutter speed of 1/8000th of a second, aperture of f2.8, and ISO of 1000.

Photo of the Week 5/31/10

The year I found myself in Syracuse, NY for Memorial Day Weekend and not surprisingly at a BBQ with some friends. I took a few pictures and particularly liked this one of the host couple's almost 2 year old son on the swing set. I like photographing children because of the emotion they readily display as they go about their lives. Here you can clearly see the excitement and happiness in this child's face at the simple act of swinging. This image was captured at 1/400th of a second at an aperture of f2.5 and ISO of 400 using my 50mm f1.4 Nikkor lens.