Hooray, it is finally Breanna and Dan’s turn on the blog! I had so much fun photographing these two, they’re just adorable! They live in Erie but are getting married in Skaneateles so we decided to split the difference and shoot in Buffalo. We got started in the city and had some pretty cool locations to work with!

The birds were jealous and wanted to get in on the shoot.

Breanna’s hair is incredible. So jealous!

We also headed to the Japanese Gardens for some more natural surroundings. I luurve this one!

Smokin.

Such a cool building.

Can’t wait to see you two in just a couple of months!!!

I am so excited for Lauren and Chris’s wedding this coming September! They booked me last September and we had an incredible engagement shoot that I’m finally getting around to sharing! I was so excited about all the locations we had to explore, as well as the great light that day. It was quite chilly, but it looks warm so let’s just go with it!

Lauren is a knockout!

Chris and Lauren are so cute together. He moved from CT to Buffalo for her, aww!

Outfit change! The trees were just beginning to turn, and the sky was that amazingly crisp autumn blue.

Just being really ridiculously good looking. NBD.

And, saving my favorites for last… oh, that sun! We haven’t seen that thing in about 4 months so it’s really nice to get a refresher.

Oh, Julie and Anthony… what a year they have had! In May, they bought a condo in Florida. In August, Julie crashed while bicycling thanks to an aggressive dog and got some pretty major road rash, and 3 weeks ago Anthony took a job offer and they moved to NJ! All while planning their wedding! Insanity. But these two handled it with aplomb!

Julie was glowing as she got ready at the Embassy Suites in Buffalo… just so classic and beautiful. What rain?

The ceremony was at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, it is really beautiful there! The priest is quite strict and does not allow photographers to move around, so I asked a very kind guest to hold a place for me in a pew so I wouldn’t be relegated to the back the whole time. It worked out very well, I had a great vantage point to watch Julie and Anthony gleefully exchange vows. But first, look at this place! Amazing!

It’s official!

Cloud nine!

It was very cold, windy and rainy, kudos to Julie for braving the chill for this one!

The reception was held at the incredible Buffalo Club, so many great places to shoot in the building.

This hallway is magical!

Love.

Lots of sweetness during the dances…

Love this look… so sweet!

Ha!

Oh yeah, it was that kinda night!

It’s that time, friends. MVP time. There were a lot of contenders but Julie’s cousin is the clear winner. On top of his duties as king of the dance floor, he was also like some kind of photobombing ninja. So funny!

Work it Julie!

Anthony was rocking it too!

And together they are unstoppable!!!

Thank you so so much for having me, I had a great time with you guys! Hope you finally get a chance to relax now!!

16 Days. That’s how long it took Mike to know he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Kate. 1000+ days to make it official. And I got to be there for it! I shot Kate and Mike last September on a hot and extremely buggy day and I could see that certainty then. It’s such a comforting energy to be around, they are just totally in love!

I met the girls at the hotel where preparation was underway…

Kate’s mom admires her lovely daughter

Kate’s mom and longtime hairdresser and friend react to seeing her in her dress…

The ceremony was very sweet and happy…

So ready..

I love the way Mike looks at Kate.

I love this bridal party so much… seriously some of the nicest ever!

They make it so easy for me!

I <3 fountains!

Confession time: riding in limos makes me feel ill. But it can make for some great moments…

Loved Kate’s simple, beautiful bouquet.

I have been cracking up at this picture since Saturday… it would be selfish of me not to share it I think. LOL! Love it!

Best friends! Kate told me she was not a pretty crier… methinks she wasn’t being very truthful.

So, as I mentioned before, this wedding party ruled. They were super fun and ridiculously nice… I had so much fun with everyone!

Best dance move of the night.

Now it is time for the ceremonial naming of the Wedding MVP. Or, in this case, MVP’s… as illustrated by the next 3 photos. The good news is that they’re a couple so they don’t have to fight it out or anything (or, if you do, make it a breakdance fight and I’ll shoot it!) These two seemed pretty chill for most of the day but as soon as the dance floor opened up, they went nuts.

Kate and Mike decided to throw the bouquet and garter at the same time and Emily made a valiant effort but missed the bouquet… meanwhile the garter is basically floating directly to Alex’s hand…

As soon as he caught the garter, Alex immediately started prancing around majestically, showing off his trophy. Then he got down to business, which included laps around the lucky lady who caught the bouquet, stealing her glasses and a whole lot of gyrating. It was hysterical.

I’m going to have to ask you two to come to every wedding from now on please!

There were no formal parent dances, but I loved catching this moment between Mike and his mom!

Get it!

Congratulations Kate and Mike, I’m so glad I got to spend the day with you, have a fabulous honeymoon! Can’t wait to hear about it!

Happy New Year!!!!!! A huge thank you to all my incredible clients for making 2011 so lovely and to my 2012 clients for giving me so much to look forward to! (You too, 2013′ers!)

I have been super busy working on decorating my house, I am almost finished with my great room and will post before and after pictures as soon as I have it finished. I built 2/3rds of my chandelier this evening, I can’t wait to finish it!

I met with Kate and Mike in Victor (it was the least I could do considering they came all the way from Clinton, NY) over the summer and we set up the engagement for late September. We originally thought it was going to be cloudy and rainy but it ended up being a beautiful sunny day and we made our way through Rochester (and giant clouds of midges) to shoot at a few different locations. We started at Highland Park, Kate and Mike were like “We’re nervous!” but this was the second exposure I made. They are clearly lying liars.

The sun filtering through the trees was so pretty…

Kate + Mike + Black + White= hotness!

Ah, midges. The light was pretty intense over in this spot but I had to document the midges… yes, all those little glowing things were BUGS. Which, if you know me, is pretty much my nightmare. When I was in Iceland we went to a place called Lake Myvatn, the literal translation of which is Lake Midge (or Midge Lake, if you’re nasty.) Fortunately when we were there the midges weren’t there. Apparently they hatch a couple of times a year and the clouds are so thick you pretty much can’t breathe without them going in your mouth and stuff… I imagine it looks a bit like this. I had them in my bag, in my shirt, all over the place… it was pretty gross. But it looks awesome!!! And that’s all that counts (unless they had been spiders, in which case I would have set everything on fire and driven off a cliff.)

Then we headed to Village Gate for some more pictures, the light was getting prettier by the minute and Kate and Mike were killing it.

LOVE this one

And this one.

So much to work with at Village Gate!

Our final destination was the Old Toad, where these two met… I am so glad they met here, what a great photo op! And of course a couple of pints never hurt anybody!

So looking forward to the wedding you two, see you in a few months!

When Robyn told me her wedding was going to be on an island at the top of Niagara Falls my jaw pretty much hit the floor… I mean, how awesome is that? I could not wait for the wedding to arrive so I could check out the scene, I haven’t been to Niagara Falls since I was a kid! I made the trek up to Lewiston to meet the girls at the lovely Barton Hill Hotel…

Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention… KILTS.

Happy!

The ceremony looked over American Falls (I think)… one of the Scottish traditions is the pinning of the tartans, which looks so cool. You can see them draped over both Robyn and Grant’s shoulders.

We had to shoot so fast here because there were so many tourists walking in front of the camera and up to the railing right by the bridal party… it was pretty funny. The groomsmen also had to pose for a bunch of pictures with tourists… it was quite a sight!

We also did some portraits back at Barton Hill… I turned around at one point to switch lenses and this is what I saw when I turned back towards Robyn and Grant. HA! They’re so happy and fun…

The reception was lots of fun, aided by a special bottle of Grant’s father’s favorite whisky.

he he he

I’m always in favor of wrapping up a post with some extreme air guitar! Grant killed it.

Thanks so much for having me Robyn and Grant, I hope Portugal was amazing!!!