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!
Happy Thanksgiving! I am enjoying the company of friends and family so I will make this quick. Last Wed. I had a group Photo shoot with a bunch of professional photographers in the upstate NY area. We met up at the Hotel Syracuse for a 3 hr shoot. We had 6 models and free reign over the hotel. These are some of my favorites: (you can view the rest of the photos on my portrait site at www.KainsPhotography.com. go to the client proofing page to find the link to the online gallery)
To continue our winter sports tour I present photos from the Oswego woman's basketball team. This was my first basketball game ever shot so it was quite a learning experience. I was an expert by the end :-) We will be hanging out with my family in Saratoga until Friday morning and then we will be in Oswego over the weekend with Isaac's family. Please leave any voice mails and/or emails you want, but I don't guarantee a return message until Monday! Us photographers need a vacation sometime! Have a great Thanksgiving! ENJOY
Emily & Jason met while both in the military. They were often apart in person, but together in heart. It was such a joy to be a part of their wedding this past Saturday. To see them together at last is truly a joyous sight. Both smiled from ear to ear all day. Currently Emily & Jason live in Japan, while Jason fulfills his station with the Marines. They get the award for the farthest distance traveled to be at a wedding... their wedding nonetheless. The ceremony and reception were both held at The Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles,NY. What a beautiful place to have a wedding. Hand carved wood details, cozy furniture, gorgeous lighting, and a crackling fire were what greeted us as we walked through the doors of The Sherwood. The staff was so wonderful to work with. They made our job so easy because everything was so beautiful and all the guests were so well taken care of. The chef at The Sherwood was so kind to show me all the food on the menu, he really has a gift for creating exquisite food. The Patisserie supplied the yummy cake and pastries. The flowers were done by P&C, and they couldn't have been more perfect. It was a very cold November afternoon with a blizzard one minute and then sun the next. The ground was covered with pillows of white fluffy snow. It was so pretty that I couldn't believe we are in the month of November. Emily & Jason braved the cold weather for 20 minutes as we went outside to take some photos of the two of them. It was so much fun running around the snow on the edges of the Lake in the snow. When a bride and groom see each other before the ceremony it gives us this opportunity to take some amazing photos without time restrictions. The light was perfect and it wasn't snowing too bad, so Emily & Jason decided to see each other before the ceremony. I highly recommend doing this... that way you can be a part of your cocktail hour! Thanks for being such great models! It was so great to be a part of your day. Thank you for trusting us to capture everything. The rest of the photos will be online in a few weeks. Enjoy the video below until then.
It was a long day and the weather was not the greatest so Isaac and I decided to stay at the Sherwood last minute. We didn't have any change of clothes or toiletries but we decided to be spontaneous and stay anyways. It was so nice to be away for a night... and to not have to drive home after working 8 hrs. We stayed in Rm #18 of the Sherwood. It was a very reasonable rate with a gas fireplace, a flat panel TV, gorgeous hand panted murals, and a luxurious bathroom complete with a whirlpool tub. We were the first guests ever to stay in this room as they just finished converting it from an office into a room the day before the wedding. We highly recommend the Sherwood for any special occasion, or even just a spontaneous night away! Here are some photos of our room:
Meghan Thomas and I photographed Monica & Bill's wedding a few weekends ago at Justin's Grill in Syracuse,NY. I already posted some of my favorites from their wedding, but I never got a chance to post their video. ENJOY!
I just got an email from my October 18th bride of this year. She hired me on a Thursday and her wedding was that Saturday. She gets the award for the most last minute bride to date. Anyways their wedding was amazing and I was sad to say goodbye to my new friends... they live in CA! This is what she wrote in her email:
"Thank you so much for getting the photos to us they look beyond words...Thank you thank you so much again for making everything look amazing, you really rock. I just keep hearing so many complements about your pictures so thank you again you were our hero."
Brings a smile to my face. Thanks Brittany for your kind words.
This past weekend Isaac and I had an incredible time at Emily & Jason's wedding at the Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles,NY. I will tell you more about it later. For now I leave you with this one photo:
Next stop on the SUNY Oswego winter team action shots: Swimming & Diving. This was my first time shooting swimming and diving... it might have even been my first time to a swimming meet. I gotta say it is one of the hardest sports to photograph. There are so many people, things move so fast, you can't get in the way, most of the time the swimmers are under the water, the divers are spinning so quickly, the pool is very dark, etc... I think I managed to get some decent shots of the meet. I have a new appreciation for all of these sports I am photographing. it is quite fun learning about each.
There is something about legs sticking out of the water that just makes me chuckle!
To continue my series of winter sports actions photos here are some photos from the Men's Basketball game vs. Canton on Saturday Nov. 15th. This was my first time ever photographing basketball. It was a lot of fun... A LOT different than ice hockey. Enjoy!
