This past weekend was the Lovesick Expo at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. It was a total honor to exhibit along side of a select group of talented and unique wedding vendors – I can’t wait to share more about it.

At the expo I displayed a few of my new products for 2012, but this interactive guestbook was such a huge hit that I knew I had to share it on the blog. The book is 10×10″, 30 pages and completely customizable with images from your engagement shoot as well as questions for your wedding guests to answer on your big day. It makes a truly unique keepsake from your wedding day!

I had an awesome time working with Kelly and Dan (& Marvin!) on their engagement shoot. I love getting out of the city every now and then for shoots and Asbury Park has so many fantastic photo spots, it was a bit overwhelming! By the end of our time together I’m pretty sure we all had cheek aches from smiling and laughing so much! Working with them made me really excited to shoot their wedding this November. I know it’s going to be an awesome time. Thanks guys, for all the laughs and for being so much fun to work with – enjoy!

I was really excited to find out that BBC’s Lonely Planet Magazine was featuring one of my shots (actually my favorite shot!) from the Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain vintage love shoot a few months back. Here is a shot of the image in June’s issue. If you’re in the UK, pick up a copy and if you’re in New York, definitely visit Brooklyn Farmacy – It’s delicious!

Last weekend I had the pleasure of capturing another Brooklyn Promenade surprise proposal. I always get super nervous at surprise proposals – butterflies in tummy and all. This one was no different. But everything went (nearly!) according to plan and the rain held out for us (phew!). Oh, and she said yes!

A big thank you to Alec Stephens and Bill Bartholomew the musicians who helped make the proposal super romantic!

If you’re in Brooklyn you have to check out Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Shop. Oh my, it’s a beautiful, stunning venue (and delicious too)! Recently I was asked to capture a vintage evening put together by Kathy Malone of Clementine Events and featuring some of my favorite wedding vendors. I adore all things vintage. As a kid, I was often known to wear poodle skirts and cat-eye glasses just for fun, and my appreciation for vintage elements has continued to grow (although I don’t rock poodle skirts any more!). Enjoy the photos!

Delicious cupcakes and cake by Betsy of Nine Cakes
Gorgeous flowers and Jewelry by Rebecca Shepherd Floral Design
Hats by Anastasia of Lachina Loca
Additional jewelery by Maryanne Loverme
Make-up by Genavieve
Paper products by Ruth Irving
Dresses by Melissa Bell
A special thank you to guest bar tender Aaron Gretzinger of Colonie and Nadia Stieglitz for the generous Hendricks donation.
Also a big thanks to Bieje of Mindful Dance and Melissa Smith for modeling!

And last (but most certainly not least) a heartfelt thank you to Gia Giasullo and Peter Freeman, owners of Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Shop.

I captured an adorable surprise engagement proposal on the Brooklyn Promenade a year ago. When Will hired me and told me about his idea to surprise his girlfriend, Lindsay, on the Promenade, he mentioned that he wanted a guitarist to play “Stand By Me” – their song – as he got down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage (I know, swoon!). Straight away, I thought to ask the musically-talented folks at my favorite coffee spot, Roots Cafe. Sure enough, one of their baristas, Gypsy George, was available and willing!

Come the hour of the surprise proposal I was nervous: Not only did I have to sneak around the Promenade to make sure that I wasn’t spotted snapping shots before the proposal went down, but I also had to signal to Gypsy George to let him know when to start playing “Stand By Me.” Needless to say, my heart was racing! Luckily, it all went down smoothly, it was really romantic, and Lindsay said yes!

It’s now a year later and Gypsy George has used one of the images from the surprise proposal for his CD cover! (It’s the first image of the post below.) There’s also a CD release party tonight at Roots Cafe. If you’re local or in the neighborhood, it goes from 7:30-10:30 p.m. (Oh, and click here to check out a sweet love shoot I did at Roots with the owners!)

For more information about the show, visit this link

Meet the adorable Vusala and her fiance Gurban. I had been talking with Vusala for a while about their destination wedding, so it was really excited to finally meet them! We had a really wonderful shoot in Central Park that felt very ‘fall’ to me. As my readers know, I love the fall weather and I’m excited that it is upon us (though you wouldn’t know it today!). Vusala and Gurban were so much fun to be around. I love to watch how couples interact and I think it’s pretty obvious just how much these two love one another (as you will see in their photos below). I can’t wait to head to Jamaica with these two in January!

I’ve been holding out on blogging Brian and Tom’s engagement shoot, but I couldn’t wait any longer! First I want to mention that Brian keeps a blog called The Gay Wedding Experience and it is a great read for anyone who is planning a wedding. Brian is very detail oriented and organized (at least his blog leads me to believe that…), so perhaps it wasn’t so surprising that when I mentioned I was bringing chalk boards, Brian and Tom turned up with a backpack filled with props. Fun? Fun!

I’m excited to share these photos! (Though I realize if you are a fan on facebook then you’ve already had a peek at a lot of them.) Brian and Tom were amazing to work with and I cannot wait (truly I can’t) to capture their big day in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico this fall. Their wedding is going to be amazing (trust me), but for now check out their engagements session.

I’m super excited to be blogging Barry and Bethany’s engagement shoot! I’ve been looking forward to photographing these two ever since our first meeting and after shooting their engagement session, I can’t wait to capture their wedding this fall! After our plan to start at the Smith-9 Street station was foiled due to weekend construction, we headed down to Red Hook for plan B and I’m so happy we did! Beginning at Fairway and ending up at Ikea, we had a great time exploring some of my old and new favorite Red Hook locations together. The ongoing joke was that they couldn’t stop kissing and they sort of couldn’t, but it is an engagement shoot, right?! They were troopers too, because I had a ‘vision’ for a shot that led to them getting totally drenched by Ikea’s sprinkler system (see last few images). Thanks for a great shoot!

Even after getting drenched, they kept on kissing…

On Wednesday, I headed to Bay Ridge for Sam and Lee’s engagement session. I had such a great time getting to know them – it made me super excited to photograph their wedding next month!

When I turned up to their apartment, they had set up their Scrabble board to be photographed. For those who don’t know, I’m a scrabble fanatic, so this was very very exciting to see and a great way to start off the shoot!