03.21.09 Brian + Mary

Oh my.

Brian and Mary, thank you. Thank you for kicking this year off with such a killer wedding.

I got home and spent most of the night looking at your images because I just couldn't wait. Here are a few before the honeymoon. You go have a great time and the rest will be ready when you get back.

Best,
Douglas

I don't photograph babies

Well, sometimes I do.

This is Benjamin, born to my friend Dina just a couple of weeks ago. I drove down to meet him this morning. Loved this picture and wanted to share.

Best,
Douglas

the wedding photo movie

Lisa Toff, one of my favorite brides from 2008, stopped by the house today and I was really looking forward to her visit.

I had a surprise for her.

It was a project I've had in mind for a while and decided her wedding would be great for it.

I took a bunch of still images from her wedding & synched them to one song. It's 1,452 images in about 4 minutes.

I like the effect.

I'm not crazy about the low quality I'm getting from the YouTube link here, but you get the idea.

Douglas

p.s. It's a slower load but you can see a better quality version here.

2009!

Happy New Year!

We fired up 2009 with Jenn & Kevin's engagement session at Rockefeller Center last night & it was great. We kind of did this backwards: their wedding was December 6, they honeymooned & then we shot their engagement photos - with them in wedding attire - last night.

No matter. Jenn looked as awesome in her dress as she did on her wedding day. You would never know looking at the photos it was FREEZING COLD outside. Wendy - my wife - helped me on the shoot and we were both cold in winter coats.

Thanks, Jenn & Kevin, for helping me kick off the New Year so nicely.

Douglas

Hap-Hap-Happy

Happy Holidays everyone!

I've been working on albums & I'm looking forward to working with my buddy Joe Craig next week at his New Years Eve wedding. Expecting greatness.

News: I built a Facebook page if anyone is interested in hooking up with me there.

Peace!
Douglas

Dream Flight

I'm going to interrupt the wedding blog to include a bit from my other photography life.

One of my favorite corporate clients is the Lehigh Valley International Airport. It's a cool place to make pictures.

Every year the airport staff volunteer to host the Dream Come True "North Pole Express Flight," an opportunity for sick kids to ride in a plane to the North Pole, visit Santa, get gifts and forget about their troubles for a little while.

This is the second time I've photographed the event. It's always thrilling and inspiring. Little kids from all walks of life, kids that have already suffered more hardship than the rest of us ever will, all lost in the bliss of Christmas.

I was working on the pictures this morning and thought I would share a few here.

Best,
Douglas

Sarah + Dennis

I wrote last about how I loved shooting in the fall.

And I do. But I learned last week - after working with Sarah and Dennis in Central Park - how much I love those fall images in black & white.

The trees were at their peak, the color was stunning, but every image I toned in black and white was thrilling.

Maybe it has more to do with the park. It's a classic setting for so many great old films. Maybe that's what I'm responding to.

So, Sarah and Dennis, you have two engagement sessions: one in blazing color and the other in black and white.

Very Wizard of Oz.

I have to share one thing about this couple: they did great work at 8:00 a.m.

For reasons I've forgotten, we scheduled our session for first thing in the morning. I think it was so the park wouldn't be so crowded. Regardless, I was driving into the City long before dawn and worried about a couple being able to strike a romantic mood at such an early hour.

I shouldn't have worried at all. Turns out this couple is in love 24/7.

Thanks and I'll see you in June!

Douglas