One of the coolest things about having out-of-towners coming into New York City for my photo sessions is that it takes very little prodding to get these folks out at the crack o’ dawn. Granted, they start getting weary around lunchtime, but I can still get a few good hours of of them before they…
Category Archives: Engagement
I was simply floored when Osk and Scott first contacted me to shoot this important milestone in their lives. At first glance, I thought the entire shtick was a hoax from some rival photographer in the city who wanted to know my rates (which by the way, is totally not top secret; people just need…
One of the caveats when working with friends is that they’re already aware of my dorkiness and corny humor, whereas some of my new clients are convinced that I’m just a very, very strange guy with a camera who talks way too much during photo sessions. Therefore my eccentricities go pretty much ignored/accepted from the…
Rowie and I both attended the same university, and even worked together briefly in the “awesome” world of financial services (and I use that term “awesome” VERY loosely). Though I had always known about Justin, we’ve never had many opportunities to cross paths…or so I thought. Come to find out, Justin and I used to…
With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, I’ll admit that I did have some reservations about rescheduling our lil engagement session. But I reasoned (as I normally do) it wouldn’t be Baltimore’s first rodeo with a hurricane, so certainly there must be buildings that could withstand flash-flooding and torrential downpours while I clicked…
I’ll always remember these guys as the booking that almost didn’t happen. When Tanya and Josh were initially looking for a wedding photographer, a mutual friend of ours passed my name along (THANK YOU, D!). After some rather comical detours (in afterthought), we never connected and neither of us ever pursued the issue any further….
I always get funny looks when I ask my clients to meet me at sunrise – on a weekend, no less. I do this primarily to avoid tourists, hoodlums, traffic and the pressure of getting into a parking spot within 15 seconds (lest you suffer the wrath of 15 car horns behind you). These elements…
At the conclusion of our initial meeting, George pulled out his phone and showed me a photo a beautiful fountain surrounded by pristine white arches and clean lines. “Do you think we can go here?” he asked. “I think it’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.” I looked at his photo and…
This was a session that had been almost 5 years in the making, which is about as long as I’ve known my wife. Once upon a time, Malikia was a colleague at my wife’s design firm who also happened to be the same girl who made fun of the ginormous camera I always had hanging…
On the week of our scheduled engagement session, it was a wet forecast for us East Coasters. Little would I know that the entire month of August would be filled with all sorts of terrestrial anomalies that would only occur precisely on the dates I was shooting. I couldn’t catch a break if my life…
