Insights, Anecdotes and outdoor wedding photography from the Hudson Valley to the Catskill Mountains
The Philosophy — The Art of Intention Manhattan doesn’t do ordinary. Streets move fast. Light changes faster. Nothing waits. Not the Hudson at sunset. Not the shadow across a Soho loft. Not laughter spilling from a Fifth Avenue ballroom. Weddings here aren’t just parties—they’re performances. Staged by the city, witnessed…
The Photograph Click of the shutter, flash pop bang, life caught in a square of light, and isn’t that the miracle? The way she leans back in the chair, head thrown wild with laughter, hair spilling dark and endless, and you think, Yes, that’s her, that’s forever her, right there…
Drowned Lands Brewery in September By the time the sun slipped behind the ridge, the yard at the Drowned Lands Brewery had filled with life. Couples claimed benches, shoulders pressed close over shared plates. Groups of friends dragged chairs into loose circles, their laughter rising above the low hum of…
The Red Maple Vineyard Winery Imagine the picturesque scene of the Red Maple Vineyard Winery in West Park, NY, with grapevines stretching across rolling hills and a breathtaking sunset setting a romantic and classy ambiance. The bridesmaids arrive impeccably dressed, exuding a diplomatic air and equipped with emergency kits containing pins,…
And I stood there not in some starched tux with stiff collar choking the breath out of me but in a jacket I could breathe in, shoes I could dance in, standing on grass that smelled of last night’s rain, and my heart was pounding like the old jazz records…
And she came walking down not so much an aisle but a patch of grass still wet with last night’s rain, barefoot, carrying nothing but that sly grin of a woman who’s already been burned once and still believes in the miracle, and you could see in her eyes that…
Here’s my confession: after years of shooting and writing about weddings, I thought I’d seen it all—until this past stretch of news stories reminded me that the aisle can still surprise you. Grab a coffee (or a slice of stale sheet cake in the spirit of authenticity) and come with…