Why do you see yourself as being Modern, Vintage, Classic, or Eclectic? 

I think that I have an eclectic style of shooting in that I will always go for the shot unnoticed. While I include all of the traditional poses and photos, I encourage my couples to comfortably pose in fun creative ways that may bring that extra ‘something’ to the picture. I also encourage my couples to not pose and just be natural with one another. I find that love is best documented in its raw form and state. I use natural light and current surroundings as much as I possibly can in order to allow the subjects to best interact with the environment within my lens. I believe I am an old soul who sees the world in a new light and I use all of my resources to bring you the best images you can get on your wedding day.

What is your favorite wedding detail you’ve ever seen or created? 

Its hard to choose just one! I love all wedding details so much! I love grandparent photos in the bouquet, I love beautiful Tiffany rings and the red soles of Louboutins, I love simple handmade cut out table place cards! Although I do remember one wedding in particular where each of the guests got a different beautifully old bound book for their favor. The books were all favorites of the couple. I thought that was pretty remarkable.

What is your favorite store or brand? 

I have to say that my favorite type of store would have to be a combination of Anthropologie mixed with Ralph Lauren. I have loved the clean preppy look my whole life but have also begun to embrace the flowing eccentricities of other brands. Also Pinterest has opened up a whole new world of style to me. There are so many combinations and interesting boards and clothing styles that noone really has to choose one style any more. You can mix and match your favorites! That is my favorite.. to be able to express myself freely!

What advice do you have for a newly engaged bride?

Breathe! Planning a wedding should be fun! It should be about you! Its easy to get caught up in the details of whether you want the icing on the fondant to match the boutonniere on the Father of the Bride’s tux, or where to seat Aunt Clara who doesn’t get along with Cousin Harry, but ten or twenty years down the line, what will matter most is that one moment you were looking at your beloved and you had no idea the photo was even being taken.

What is your favorite thing about weddings?

My favorite thing about weddings is the excitement of being able to stand next to your beloved and profess your love for the world to hear. The whole day is about two people who love each other so much that they want to not only share it with others, but allow others one day’s glimpse into their life and their love for each other.

What qualities do you possess that enable you to work well with brides and grooms?

I am both a very relaxed and organized person and I think that transfers to my couples. A good example would be if there were turbulence on a plane, everyone always looks to the Flight Attendants to see if they are still smiling and serving little drinks- well if there is any turbulence ever, I am your Flight Attendant on your wedding day.

What steps do you take to ensure that your clients will have amazing wedding days when working with you? 

I encourage my couples to give me their timelines for the day so that we can accurately stay on track with what needs to be done. I am on their schedule throughout the day but will also try to help and move the day along however I can. I also do some legwork on my end in advance to find the best possible spots for photos at your location so we can be prepared on the day to jump right into beautiful picture taking!

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t want this to come off as an e-harmony commercial, or a “dating success story”. For me its more like Goldie Hawn says in Housesitter, “Like on Thursdays and you can’t deal with dinner?..He comes home with this big bag of Chinese take-out…It’s just… like he knew!”. Or its like the Buddha says, “So the quality of a lamp is like a lamp in a dark place, it doesn’t matter how long the place has been dark, how long there has been darkness, the moment that the lamp is lit, it shows everything clearly”.

I am illuminated. He illuminates me.

There are a million ways for two people to meet. This is one of them.

We met at the corner of a dim lit wooden bar. There was old soul on the radio. I gave him my number. He likes to tease that I blew him off for two days when really I came in a red dress and he bought me lunch and we flirted while he worked. But after a two hundred and twenty two minute phone conversation, a two and half hour car ride, and a date in the city that lasted all night, we both just knew. Suddenly the cliches made sense, the love poetry was sweet, but really apart from all of that was this beautiful person who I knew I never wanted to be without. 

I know its sappy and I know its gushy, but for once, I’m glad to be a sap, as long as I get to be one next to him. Its the one true thing that I know. We spent last week’s Valentines Day relaxing, drinking coffee, escaping the crowds with a late lunch in a mountain town, and snuggling up to a Twilight marathon.

Adam, you are my everything. And I wanted you, and everyone, to know.

I have never really been a joiner. Never wanted to join in all the reindeer games as a kid, found it difficult to participate in group-organized activities. But there is something about the Holidays that makes me want to follow the masses (albeit, practically weaving through them) and spend an hour getting from 42^nd and 7^th to 47^th and 5^th in order to take some photos in front of a gigantic decorated tree or put on a too-huge knit sweater, strap razor sharp blades onto my feet and push myself along the wall on the ice in circles with the object of my desire holding my hand.

I know that everyone has their success story.
But this is not a story of my success. This is a story about how to get up and keep going.

I’ve had the same business cards for three years. After reading a few articles over at Matchstic, I made the decision to rebrand my cards into something more tangible. An object of affection.  I make my living off of my sight and my intuition. I needed a card that would help me create a piece of myself to show others how I see the world. I used Moo Business Cards to accomplish my vision. (Who by the way I am now obsessed with. Rounded corners, double sided cards, beautiful accurate coloring, and thick cardstock- ohmy!)

I also for the first time ever this year decided to run a couple of advertisements. This is the latest one from the November 2011 issue of the Chronogram. Heres a peek !

In a moment of pure and open honesty, I’ll admit, I am not nearly where I’d like to be professionally. I may not have all of the latest gadgets or the fanciest flash website, but one thing remains the same as when I ventured into this. I’m confident that I know how to take the pictures which warrant running this business.

So I’m working on it.

As Mayer Hawthorne reminds us,

Its gonna take a long time,
Its gonna take it but we’ll make it someday.