05.09.09 Amy + Joel

I had been waiting for this one a long time.

Wedding & Reception at Hotel Bethlehem: Beautiful.

Amy: Stunning.

Amy & Joel just belong together - they're an amazing couple - and I was excited to work with them. Saturday's wedding was everything I had hoped.

Thank you!
Douglas

Carolyn + Greg

I called Carolyn Monday to try and talk her out of our scheduled engagement session that night.

The forecast was not great - it was supposed to rain - and I thought we should postpone. Carolyn thought otherwise.

She was, of course, right. It was a beautiful evening.

They didn't have a particular place in mind so I got to try out a couple of spots I had found on bike rides. They were pretty, out of the way places in the woods.

It was fun. Thanks!

Best,
Douglas

p.s. Getting this edit down was brutal! I had to get Wendy help me choose from the 30 I had picked.

05.02.09 Daniel + Lauren

I'm not going to write much here except to say Daniel & Lauren are awesome. I love you both. Thanks for having me.

Lauren was a bridesmaid in a previous wedding & being with her was a great reunion. She looked amazing.

And major props to Mustafah Abdulaziz, my second, who just rocked the day.

Douglas

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