RACQUEL AND ADAM'S WEDDING    Cascade Fine Catering, Hamden, Connecticut   Racquel and Adam come from very different worlds.  Racquel comes from Jamaica and Adam's family from Polish Heritage.  Their love story runs deep and the love for each other has brought their friends and family together into a golden chain of Love.  Such is the power of Love.  We start the wedding day at Adam's parent's home which is deep in the heritage and religious traditions of Poland as you will see from the photos.  Every home in Jamaica has a machet ..read more

BIBI AND RHETT'S WEDDING   Inn at Middletown, Middletown, Connecticut  Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill, Middletown, Connecticut   Spring time in March brings my next wedding of the year with Bibi and Rhett at the elegant Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill in Middletown, Connecticut. This was a glamorous estate back in the day now turned into a wedding venue.  It has beautiful sweeping grounds and gardens in the back of the venue and welcoming elegant views of the venue with it's large columns in the front.  The interior is decorated with historic with large windows wit ..read more

MARIA AND PHIL'S CHRISTMAS THEME WEDDING   Simsbury Inn, Simsbury, Connecticut   Holiday weddings are a wonderful and ever more popular trend in weddings.  Weddings go through a quick change over from autumn weddings moving through November into Thanksgiving and then a rapid change over into Christmas theme weddings shortly after through December and into early January.  Many venues will do elaborate decorations with Christmas trees and lights for the holidays and turning the venues into winter wonderlands. Humidity and heat is not a factor this time of the year making ..read more

  PAMELA AND KERON'S WEDDING   Woodwinds,  Branford, Connecticut James Blackstone Memorial Library  Rose Vineyards, Branford, Connecticut   Wedding season started early this year in 2024 with the colorful Caribbean wedding of Pamela and Keron on March 8th.  Mild spring weather blessed their wedding day affording the opportunity for portraits outside at Rose Vineyards.  Pamela's family was from the Dominican Republic and Keron's family was from Jamaica.  Many of the family members flew in for the wedding day.  We start the wedding  ..read more

SAMANTHA AND JON'S CHRISTMAS WEDDING Powder Mill Barn, Enfield Connecticut   December weddings have their special charm and beauty.  It is the beauty of Christmas trees, lights, decoration and holiday cheer.  We ring in the holidays of Samantha and Jon's weddings with Jon and his groomsmen getting ready at the Sommers Fire Station in Sommers, Connecticut.  Next stop on the wedding day journey is an airbnb in Enfield, Connecticut for the getting ready and bride prep photos of Samantha and her bridesmaids.  Next stop is the Powder Mill Barn in Enfield, for a first ..read more

SHANNON AND DAE-HOON'S SOUTH KOREAN/AMERICAN FUSION WEDDING The Lace Factory Deep River, Connecticut   Love brings together couples in the most amazing ways.  Shannon is from Connecticut and her fiance is from South Korea.  Shannon contacted me from South Korea where she was living with her fiance Dae-hoon.  We worked together through our numerous zoom meeting across time zones and days to help me understand her wedding vision. Shannon returned back in the states a few weeks before the wedding day so we could meet at my studio and put the final touches o ..read more

LAURA AND ARIAM'S WEDDING Le Chateau, Westchester-South Salem, New York   Le Chateau is an elegant wedding venue in South Salem New York in Westchester County near the Connecticut Venue.  It's historic stone architecture and stunning views and sunsets over the fields and hills make it a popular wedding venue.  We start the wedding day with getting ready photos of groom Ari.  With Ari dressed and looking sharp we go outside for some wedding portraits.  Getting ready photos of Laura comes next in the bridal suite.  Laura and Ari had and a very emotional ..read more

JUSTINE AND GEORGE'S WEDDING The Pavilion on Crystal Lake Middletown, Connecticut The fall colors made for such a beautiful backdrop for Justine and George's wedding at the Pavilion at Crystal Lake in Middletown, Connecticut.  We start the wedding day off with getting ready photos of George followed by an outdoor portraits session with George and his groomsmen.  Getting ready photos come next for Justine with her mom and sister helping with the getting ready photos.   A first look with Justine and her dad is next. Justine wanted to do a "first look" with George ..read more

MARIGRACE AND JOHN'S WEDDING Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church,-Newtown, CT Heritage Hotel-Southbury, Connecticut   Marigrace and John booked a full coverage package with me which allowed them coverage on their wedding day from beginning to end. Their venue at the Heritage Hotel is a great place for such a wedding because the getting ready photos, first look, portraits, ceremony and reception can all take place at the same venue.  In their case they had their wedding ceremony at Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church so we traveled there for the ceremony and the returned ..read more

ROSA AND NATHAN'S WEDDING Crystal Peak Winstead, Connecticut October 14th brings peak fall colors to most of this Connecticut.  This year the leaves were a bit delayed in their colors but we were able to get some nice colors for the groom and groomsmen portraits session at Topsmead State Forest in Litchfield, Connecticut.  Sometimes guys don't want "getting ready photos"  A great alternative to that is to meet the guys at a park or scenic location and get some great shots of them while the girls are going through the long make up and hair process which can take hours. We st ..read more