Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Vacation & Bridal Show

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday. Isaac and I will be on vacation from Wednesday December 24th until Sunday January 4th. We will return all phone calls and emails after we return.

Attention 2009-2010 brides:
Come see us on Sunday January 4th in Oswego, NY at the American Foundry for Oswego's annual bridal show. Come from 12-4pm to visit with Oswego County's best wedding vendors. Isaac and I will be there with our awesome booth, we would love to have a chance to meet you as you plan for the best day in your life.

Have a great day!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Happenings...

Bridal show season is coming up!!! We will be attending shows in central NY and Saratoga Springs. Call for dates and times.

I do not like talking about myself... but Isaac told me I NEEDED to share this with you. I made the cover of the Oswego County Business Magazine for being selected as one of Oswego County's forty under 40. Forty Under 40 showcases the next generation of leaders in Oswego County. Winners are chosen based on such values as: achievement, experience and innovation, vision, leadership, and community involvement. I feel very honored and humbled by this recognition and I hope to continue to live up to it. Thank you! Also in case you have never met me before I am in the green on the bottom left of the page. 8 AM photo shoots create bad hair days!
Photo credit: Don Kranz of Photos'n'Motion



In addition to that I have been super busy creating albums, getting print orders finished, and having many photo shoots. We are now at the point that it is too late to order prints/albums for Christmas, so I am just trying to finish things up before we Go away on Wed 12/24. We will be away until Jan. 2nd.

The Owner of Maida's in Oswego called us up last week to photograph her son and daughter. It was a joy working with Debbie and her wonderful family.



A few weeks ago I had a huge change of pace and set out to photograph an entire sorority in Oswego. All the girls from Alpha Delta Eta were fun to work with and we had a great shoot. I can't wait to see how the large composite turns out.


I photographed my nephew Michael for his 4th Birthday. He is such a ham! Love him and his cute mop hair.


One of my most fun shots of the year. I got to photograph a senior session at the Campus Center on SUNY Oswego's campus. Sam was great to work with as I took her on the ice with skates, into the stands, onto the bench, and around the building. I know I would have LOVED to have my senior session like this.



Last but not least we got the great priviledge to photograph our old neighbors from Mitchell Street. They just had a baby this fall and it was so great to meet her and see Andrew & Yvette again. What a cutie Pie.

Friday, December 12, 2008

The Dudley's

This past Monday I had such a great time photographing The Dudley's. These two kids were such great models for me! They are both ice hockey players so we had a lot to talk about! Can you believe I took these photos in their living room! Although I really love taking photos outside with natural lighting and with little posing, it is winter in NY and I must be realistic. These are a great example of the kinds of photos I can take in the winter... inside... where it is warm and NOT snowing. ENJOY!



















Thursday, December 11, 2008

Jeff & Meg's Wedding

This past Saturday I had a chance to photograph Jeff & Meg's wonderful wedding in Baldwsinville, NY. Jeff is the brother of our crazy last minute bride on August 30th Kim. It was so great to see Kim and her husband Josh at Jeff & Meg's wedding. The lovely Meghan Thomas second shot for me as Isaac was busy getting promoted with the ARMY. (He is now a Staff-Sargent, so congratulate him next time you see him)
I met up with the girls at the Hampton Suites in Clay, which by the way are gorgeous, while Meghan met up with the guys at their house. The was an Irish theme for the wedding, which was great, especially because Isaac's family is very-Irish and they love their heritage. The rest of the photos will be up in a few weeks. The goal is to get them up before Christmas.
Just to let you all know we are taking Tuesday Dec. 23rd- Sunday January 4th off for Christmas break. We don't get many breaks so we make sure to take an extra long break this time of year.
Click here to view Meg & Jeff's online gallery. Enjoy the preview for now!

Just in case they forgot!


The boys waiting for the ceremony to start.


This was taken on a busy road, luckily no one got hit! Don't try this at home kids.


Sweet kicks! I love it when the bridal party has different shoes/attire on. They were awesome


I love this candid moment while the girls were busy getting ready.


Meg's sweet kicks. She did have nice heels for the church, but changed into the converse as soon as she had a chance. I heard you can get them personalized.


I love capturing unexpected smiles during the ceremony


Finally Married! The happy couple leaving the church.


I love this shot and how her bridesmaid is helping with her dress. How sweet.


Love outside winter shots.


Gorgeous flowers, beautiful bride!


Rocking the converse in the church. So awesome!


A very messy cake swap. I think Jeff had no clue what was going to happen, it seems like he missed Meg's face.




I played around with converse's shoe personalization. I came up with a pair. You can put up to twelve characters on the sides of the shoes. I hope to see a bride and groom in 2009 with a pair with their names or bride/groom written on them :-) If you both have a pair I will throw in a little surprise.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

SUNY Oswego Wrestling

As I have mentioned before, we are the photographers for SUNY Oswego's athletic department, which means we get to photograph a game/meet of each team. A few weeks ago I got to attend my first wrestling match. I was clueless until I ran into one of our 2009 grooms who was in attendance. Kurt explained a quick rundown of the rules and scoring. I still do not know much about wrestling, but at least now I know it is not good to be on your stomach, and even worse to be on your back. So thanks for the help Kurt! Enjoy the photos of SUNY Oswego Wrestling vs. RIT.

*** I will be posing Meg & Jeff's preview photos tomorrow and have some other surprise photos in the next few days!















Tuesday, December 09, 2008

I like getting credit!

http://www.oswego.edu/alumni/publications/enewsletter/december_2008/top_soccer.html

I am always so happy to see that my name actually gets in there!
If you put my photos of you up on facebook could you please add my name and website in the gallery somewhere, thanks :-)
Sorry I have not been posting lately. Tis the season to be working 10 hr days and doing 1-2 portraits per day. I shot my last wedding in 2008 for Kain's Photography this Saturday and I will be posting previews tomorrow or Thursday. I have one last wedding second shooting with Meghan Thomas on Dec. 20th in Rochester.

Friday, November 28, 2008

SUNY Oswego Woman's Ice Hockey

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It's funny how some people want Thanksgiving to be over so they can look forward to shopping the following day. Oh the marketing in holidays.
Next stop: Oswego woman's ice hockey. This team holds a special place in my heart. Many of you may not know that I played ice hockey since I was in 5th grade. I played all the way through college at Oswego, where my good friend Catherine and I started a woman's team on campus before there was ever a NCAA team. By the time the school FINALLY got a NCAA team I had already graduated. I had pondered going back to grad school just so I could play on the team, but then I realized that would be stupid! So here I am... an avid fan, no longer a player. I wish I could find a woman's league to play on. Enjoy the photos!