Chris and Michele

Love fills the moment and the moment begins eternity

Love fills a lifetime and a lifetime begins this hour

when the two of us

begin a new life together...

Catalina

Catalina came to me with a definite idea of what she was looking for. Exotic and brazen, she definitely did not want to do a traditional portrait session in the park. She wanted a glamorous and edgy look. I took her on location downtown, taking advantage of all of the weathered brick and wood to give her shots a gritty urban quality. Judging from her comments, I think I succeeded in achieving her vision:

“Thanks! I am very impressed with what you did . . .the shots look amazing! Even my friends loved them! We definitely need to do this again!”

Heather's Trash the Dress

What is a Trash the Dress session? Well, TTD refers to photographs that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is completely out of place. We take you in your beautiful, elegant wedding dress and we stick you in a dirty alley, on a sandy beach in the surf, or on a boulder up in the mountains. We put you in your dress in places you would never expect to see a bride and get amazing, fun, funky and even sexy photos out of it.

More and more brides are electing to do this almost as a declaration that the wedding is done and the dress will never be used again. And why not? You’ve made a commitment to your husband, he’s your one and only true love, right? Then you’ll never need the dress again. And no, your daughter won’t wear it in 20-30 years.

So go ahead, you know you want to. Trash it. Get it dirty. Get it wet. Roll around in the mud. Drench it in the ocean. Totally trash it. And you'll get way more enjoyment out of the pictures than you ever would suffocating it in plastic and throwing it in a closet.

And, that's exactly what Heather did....sort of. Actually, she had a dress that she bought intending to change into it after the ceremony so she could boogie down at the reception. So she got the best of both worlds by saving her wedding dress and going out with me to trash her party dress:

Reid

When Dana approached me to photograph Reid’s Bar Mitzvah, I was excited to have the opportunity to work with this wonderful family again. They are the most delightful people you could ever hope to meet and I’d had the opportunity to photograph Lucy’s Bat Mitzvah in 2006. I really enjoyed working with them then and Reid’s Bat Mitzvah was no different. He he did an exceptional job with his Torah portion and had a wonderfully thoughtful speech. It was noteworthy to witness Rabbi Koren’s interest in Reid’s speech at rehearsal. Lucy did a great job in her Torah reading as well and afterwards, friends and family gathered to celebrate this day with Reid.

The family watching him give his speech:

Great way to start a party!

The boys...

The cake was beautiful.

And tasted good too!

Love you, mom!

Lindenberg Green Screen

So we did a Photo on the Spot for this event. A Photo on the Spot is when we go on location, set up our mobile studio and do portraits of party goers at the event. We've done events where clients wanted more traditional portraits on black or white backdrops. We've done a "red carpet" entrance to the party where we take pictures of the guests as they're coming in on the red carpet. And we even do green screen shots where we drop in cool backgrounds behind the people that go with the theme of the party. Alli's theme was Italy so of course we had pictures of Venice and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The event was beautiful. We did the Italy montage that played throughout the night as well as Alli's growing up montage. And we designed the table cards, menus and the really cool menu poster that hung in the cafe. It was a very cool event and we had a great time working it. Here are a few samples and some shots of our print work in the room.