Behind The Scenes

This Thanksgiving my cousin Howard and his beautiful wife Miriam came over from Switzerland to celebrate the holiday. Last Spring I flew out to Switzerland to shoot their wedding in the Rhine town of Eglisau.
Since then I've been telling Howard the story behind this photograph of Miriam, because he wasn't present when I shot it. So I figured I'd share it with eveyone else too.











As I brought the camera up and took this image of Miriam and her two flower girls, I sensed someone walking behind me. And as I turned to my right to see who it was I began shooting a series of shots and without breaking stride ended my 360 turn with a shot a Miriam laughing at me and my distraction.

I have to remember to "focus, focus"

Check back later and I'll share some more of the images of Switzerland and it's people. If you get the chance, you have to go.

Fun in the Sun

Ok, I know it's been a little while since I've last dropped a few lines, but I'm working on it.

Last weekend August 19th, I shot the wedding of Tanisha and Jared at The Crystal Plaza, in Livingston, New Jersey.
While my friend Ron covered Jared and his men getting ready, I hung out with Tanisha and her Bride's Maids. And I'm proud to say that I will never tell anyone all of the stuff they talked about while Tanisha was getting ready. You'll have to wait for my autobiography for that.

They were definitely blessed with some great weather. And thanks to Jared's self written wedding vows, there was a point where I wasn't sure if it was too hot, or something just got in my eyes. "You can bet I'll never admit to crying during a wedding in any blog of mine" And besides, a few weeks before the wedding, I found out a friend of mine, "Mitch" was the cousin of the groom. If you know Mitch like I do, you'd have known you were in for a crazy day. They weren't the "Jets", but they came really close.

Take a look at this short teaser slide show.

Blessings and Congratulation Daisy and Leonard

Welcome to my Blog, my very first Blog at that. And it's kewl that my first post will be about these two great people.

I had the pleasure of acting as second shooter today for my friend Ron Abernethy as he shot the "Getting Hitched on Kiss" wedding. Well I'm not to sure if I should call myself the second shooter or the third shooter, as another friend James Ravenell also played wedding papparazzi. You couldn't have asked for a better day as Daisy & Leonard's wedding took place on a World Yacht ship. Great ceremony, beautiful guest, entertainment by "Cheryl Pepsii Riley" and a special performance by "Freddie Jackson" who sang during the ceremony.

After the reception, the ship docked and most of the guest went home, but the day didn't end there. Ron, James and I were invited by the Bride and Groom to join them at the "Latitude Bar" to continue the celebration with some of their closest friends. At that point I was made to feel like a guest and not a photographer, but of course the opportunities kept presenting themselves, so we kept shooting.