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foreshadow: princeton destination wedding.

Joel — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:11:18 +0000

Just one from Rachel & Matt’s wedding last weekend in NJ/PA. It was a lot of fun!

album design: drea & nathan.

Joel — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:11:17 +0000

I have to say, designing albums just got a lot better today! I’ve been reluctant about making the jump to fully using InDesign by Adobe as I had purchased Fundy Album Builder. However, Adobe CS5 is definitely taking things to the next level, and the process is moving much more quickly. This is great, as now I have some extra time to do things like video the sunset at the present moment (while I blog). Here are a couple spreads I put together from Drea & Nathan’s wedding out in Clinton, NJ this last summer.

album design: new jersey wedding.

Joel — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:28:41 +0000

Just a quick one from an album I’m doing for Drea & Nathan that I liked. Loved the bubbles, and also the hanging bouquets.

feature: bella umbrella.

Joel — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:17:16 +0000

I just found out from one of my favorite couples, Abigail & Thomas, that their wedding was featured on Bella Umbrella’s blog. You can check it out HERE. We figured it was going to rain for the wedding, so Abigail & Thomas looked into spicing up the wedding with some fun umbrellas. Although the wedding was in Princeton, NJ, they found this stellar umbrella rental company based out of Seattle, WA. And I have to say that although the day turned out to be perfectly blue, the umbrellas were totally amazing and added a lot of fun to the photos! Here’s one of my favorite parts of the wedding where they decided to stop at the amazing Bent Spoon for some amazing gelato! You can check out the rest of their wedding HERE to relive all the fun!
Besides, the ice cream, a couple of the groomsmen hooked up a game of checkers on the park’s stationary chess board, using acorn caps and acorns. Brilliant!

rings, rings, and more rings: details.

Joel — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:36:21 +0000

I was inspired by my post today on the Oregon Wedding Photographers Coalition (ORWPC) site to blog some more of my favorite ring shots. I went into greater detail of why I enjoy ring shots on the other site, so please check it out HERE, as well as look through what my fellow photographers and friends have posted of their own work. This week we have been running with the theme of ring shots on the ORWPC site, and we will be continuing to do various themes in the near future. You might rss it throw it in your google reader if you get the chance!

So, please check out the other site as there is a different ring shot there, and here are a few of my favorites to tide you over. The photographs here were taken in the last 3 years in Princeton, Chicago, Yakima, and Belfast (Northern Ireland).

The above and below photographs were captured on a wedding with my good friend Darci of Kazuri Images.

design time: wedding albums…and more albums.

Joel — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:05:17 +0000

That’s about all I’ve been working on the last couple days! Here’s a couple spreads from Thomas & Abigail’s wedding, which if you didn’t catch their photos the first time around you can right here. I have to say, Fundy Album Builder is probably the best investment I’ve made for album design! If you’re a photographer and looking to save some time and still have custom options at your creative disposal, check them out. I’m now getting 20-30 page albums done in around 1-2 hours. It’s a beautiful thing!

abigail & thomas. princeton wedding. destination.

Joel — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:51:02 +0000

Yaaaah!!! This wedding was STELLAR! I have really enjoyed every wedding I’ve photographed so far, but this one takes the cake in terms of sheer fun! Thomas and Abby, you rock!!! So, to prep you all for this long post, I had to scale down the selection count as I was near 200 with my original count due to waaaay too many awesome photos. So here’s what it boiled down to as we rocked the streets of Pennsylvania and New Jersey!

As we began in PA we had to trek it to Princeton, and so a trolley was enlisted (below)! It was pretty sweet!

I drove ahead to hook up with the fellas, and we had some fun in the apartment before the trolley rolled up.

I was totally digging the columns for the “first look”! (below)

Our next stop was the location they had their first kiss…(below)

Alright, I love these two shots. From the top, the umbrellas that Abigail ordered from a place in Seattle that rents vintage umbrellas really added amazing flavor to the shot, nice job Abby! And below…all I can say is that I had turned to walk toward the next destination after the above shot was done, only to turn around and see the wedding party beginning to do what you see below! Gotta love it when people get spontaneous!!!

The feet were a bit cold…

One of the groomsmen took to soliciting…

The below sequence was amazing, as they wanted to grab some ice cream from a great local spot where you can grab gelato, called the Bent Spoon. While the bride and groom grabbed ice cream a couple groomsmen hit the park for a game of acorn checkers (bottom right).

I got lucky with the above shot, as I was passing by to take a different photo and happened to glance over and see this…(above)

That’s right! They had the “Love” statue built for them out of ice! (below left)

The above two shots were great! The kid on the left was really as intense of a dancer as it looks, and he went on dancing for a LONG time!!! On the right was Abby’s response. And I don’t usually post photos of myself, but Abigail and Thomas insisted on a photo together and I loved it, so here it is! Thanks you two!

In closing, the day was awesome! Even down to the fact that the car on the right was mine! We realized they didn’t have a car to get to the hotel a few blocks away, so I had someone grab mine and I drove them myself! I hope you two are really enjoying life together, and enjoying the Jersey winter! Thanks for all the laughs!

teaser part II. in process.

Joel — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:57:34 +0000

Here’s a “first look” (pun intended) from what’s coming later this week…

teaser. thomas and abigail. princeton, nj. destintion.

Joel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:11:21 +0000

Wow! This wedding was AWESOME!!! Thomas and Abby, I’m grateful to call you friends! You two were stellar! This was ONE of the many spontaneous things that occurred throughout the day, and I can’t wait to blog more! It’s always fun when you get a bride and groom (and wedding party!) who do stuff like this on impulse! Unfortunately it will be a little bit as this wedding was today, but here’s one for the time being.

destination engagement. york, pennsylvania.

Joel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:10 +0000

Dan and Kathryn are related to my friends Alex and Beth, whose wedding I shot on the east coast in August. You can check out their engagement session from Princeton here. Below is a sneak preview of Dan and Kathryn’s engagement session, more to come soon!