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I have thought about what I am going to write about this couple since well, I booked the job! There is so much I could say, I got to know them pretty well. Candi and Tj have been together for quite a while, and yeah sure I could make a dig (like many people did) about how long, but it is this amazing courtship that lead to such a great wedding. Often the journey gets lost when the destination is so glamorous… not with this couple.

So lets get started… My very lovley 2nd shooter and I arrived at the Woodbound Inn just before noon. I don’t want to go into detail about the Inn because it was so awesome, so there its awesome if your looking for a good weekend getaway check it out.

Ok back to the day, gesh I can get myself off track too easily. The day was shaping up to be a killer November day, and there was questions about where to have the ceremony. Tj was trying to get guidance, he wanted it to be perfect but nobody had their cell phone on! Sure he’s laughing below, but he was trying every number he knew to get SOMEONE on the phone.

After we had the ceremony site all set, Tj set off to get dressed with his dad (also the person who married them, pretty damn cool).

Then he had a very private moment with him…

We checked with the official “ring security” and with his ok we were ready to depart… Yeah he fell asleep on the job at one point but was after his “duties” were fulfilled.

I left to go meet up with the girls and my very lovely 2nd shooter stayed with the guys as they departed for the venue.

So with the flowers in toe I took off to see Candi. She was so full of excitement/nervous energy when I showed up, she was litterally bouncing off the walls, it was so cute. There was one rule, no crying. As you can see one minute she was hugging her very attentive sister/maid of honor, and the next smacking her to keep the 1 rule intact. Jill almost lost it several times…

Before we knew it, (and on time I’ll have everyone know) we too were ready to leave for the venue. Candi had a limo but…

We arrived at the Shattuck Golf Club Candi waited in the limo while everyone went down to the ceremony site, then the limo drove her down over part of the course right up to the start line. I mean the bride gets privileges on her wedding day.

There were a lot of people ready and waiting for this momentous event to offically start…

While the ceremony is one of the shortest parts of the actual wedding day it is at the center of the event. Without those magic words, we are all just dressed up for fun. I could post 50 pictures from this ceremony, but in the interest of editing the story I am showing everyone the one that sums it up completely.

Candi and Tj were so excited that he almost forgot to stop on the glass as they ran down the isle! Then we had some fun together with their families and bridal party.

Remember this little guy? This was just before he went “off duty”.

Then Candi, Tj and I had some alone time…

Well this has been a MONSTER post, and we haven’t even touched on the party yet! Stay tuned later this week (more likely the beginning of next week) for the second half of this story.

This was the first time I had met Norah and her family. They are in a play group with the other little guy you see all over the pages of my blog. Norah is also 6 months old and her mom and dad wanted some family shots for holiday cards, and they had not yet had any professional pictures done of Norah. So we were killing 2 birds with one stone, or so the saying goes…

They live on a beautiful tree lined street in Park Slope Brooklyn. The kind of house you saw in the opening credits of “The Cosby Show.”

After we dodged the rain drops we came inside for the real magic… Ok we put a very cute snowflake onesie on Norah and a hat. She didn’t really care for the hat.

Norah is as smiley and happy as they come! While she will probably harbor a deep hidden resentment towards me for the hat thing, I’m ok with it… She was too cute!

This project started way back in April of 2008, when Booker wasn’t even quite finished being cooked yet. Now look at him, 6 months later and he can sit up, crawl, he’s super baby! And he is such a smiley happy baby on top of it!

You would think Booker and I are old friends at this point, but maybe he is confused by the camera in front of my face?

Being very close to Halloween we decided to incorporate the them into his session. And well, his momma likes neekeid baby!

Just before we finished up, we did some clowning around…

And as a special treat, Grandma and Grandpa were visiting all the way from Germany!

Now we start planning the 9 month shoot, I am hoping for snow

This is a session from a few weeks ago, before this cold weather set in! Becky and Chris are getting married this February in the US Virgin Islands sadly I will not be there to celebrate with them. Portsmouth, NH is an extremely important part of their history and that is the backdrop they chose to have for their engagement session.

They are an extremely lively couple, they would barley hold still enough for me to get them in focus!

After covering a very large portion of the city to do pictures we headed off to a resturant that holds a special place for this couple. Radici is a lovely little Italian restaurant on middle st right in the heart of the city.

This is a very spcial place to Becky and Chris and it was extremely important to them to shoot here. They made special arraignments with the owner to come in before dinner so we could have the place to ourselves.

Becky and Chris are making a sign in book from this shoot to take with them on their Caribbean adventure. Its gonna be an amazing book and I can’t wait to design i!

This is another senior portrait that came together in the span of 3 days.  They had goofed up the deadline dates for the picture, and well we made this happen quick!  When we had our pre-consult phone call the desire to have a simple grey backdrop was sort of the theme.  It was the girl’s choice not moms surprisingly.  So I brought my grey backdrop and set it up in their driveway

My style is well at little more “lifestyle” I want these senior portraits to be about documenting this time in their life, sadly they can’t say 18 forever.  After we finished up with the grey we went off to the high school.  We had so many more fun things to play with, things that were much more relevant to who she is now.

This particular subject has a love of lacrosse and martial arts.  So we found the lacrosse goal and had some fun.

This next image is the one she ultimately chose to go in the year book… after all that it was an environmental shot, not a studio type shot   And its an excellent shot if I do say so myself!

After we wrapped up the lacrosse goal area we went over to the bleachers.  The grauaing class is allowed to paint their year onto the bleachers each summer.  Well needless to say my graduating year only had 2 numbers not four.  We had a lot of fun, I hope you enjoy!

Many of you have seen my Face Book updates about #ImagesForACure a grass roots movement started by Kristen Weaver. This simple little project is designed to bring awareness to a disease and to bring people together.

On October 11th, 2009 over 80 photographers in 31 states and 2 countries are participating in this event. Its very simple, contact me to setup a time to shoot, then go to Schedule a Session, they are taking care of the financial aspect of the day, its very cool. My session fee for the day is $125 for a 45 minute portrait session, after you donate forward the confirmation email to me, and away we go!  All products purchased from Images For A Cure sessions are 20% off.

Whether you want an engagement session….

Or a family portrait…

It is entirely up to you!

One special thing I am doing as part of this project is pet sessions. Because of shooting location restraints it will be limited to dogs this time. But I believe each and ever member of your family is worth of being photographed… so bring out, fido, max or daisy!

Lastly for you seniors out there, if you haven’t done your senior portrait this is an excellent opportunity! The fall deadlines for many schools are fast approaching!