museum of the moving image queens wedding

Well hello blog, its been a while. Popping back out for 2017, I wanted to start the blog off right with this rad wedding at the Museum of the Moving Image. Elizabeth and Adam are stars, stars in life, stars to each other and stars to everyone they love and who love them back. So it was fitting that these two get their screen time and showcase their love via the big screen. With an all-star cast of Color Pop Events, Sachi Rose Floral Design, Bruno’s on the Boulevard and Glam Squad, we started at the Paper Factory hotel then headed to the museum to light up Queens with an epic party. Check out my favorites here as well as view their feature on Offbeat Bride, where you can see more killer shots and gorgeous details. Also a big thank you to Alisha Seigel for shooting this one with me.

vanessa & taylor / lights and music / lot 45 bushwick wedding

Last year, I got to hang out with Vanessa, Taylor and all their friends and family in Brooklyn. From hanging with Taylor in their old apartment in Bed-Stuy, to seeing Vanessa getting glammed up at the Wythe Hotel, it was so apparent how excited they were to see each other for the first time. Enjoy the photos of their love and their awesome dance party at Lot 45. A big thanks to Sheena Kim of Unique Lapin for always being my favorite person rocking the second camera.

brenda & justin / overlook / three sixty degrees manhattan wedding

Chic and sophisticated. That's how Brenda and Justin roll. We took to the streets and roofs of Tribeca to take some of my favorite portraits from last year. See more fab details on Carats & Cake, as well see the team that put this all together. Thanks to Shannon Sturgis for partying with me.

diana & carlos / real love

These two, these two, these two. Can't wait for the wedding.

brienne & tim / welcome to happy / dumbo loft brooklyn wedding

Its been a few months since I've written a post, with weddings every weekend, engagements during the weekdays and editing when I'm not shooting, its been hard to sit down just to think and write. But I wanted to write a post not only for this amazing couple, Brienne and Tim (and who's photos you'll be seeing shortly) but also to call attention to one of my dear friends, Lydia of Ever Ours, who's wedding blog is in its final days.

Many years ago when I first started sending weddings into publications, I was like every other photographer, trying to put our best details forward to showcase the latest trends and fashions of the season. It wasn't until I saw Lydia's blog that I found an outlet that showed the creativity, emotion and spontaneity that actually encompasses a wedding. She accepted my submission and I was stoked to realize that we could actually become friends, as opposed to the photographer/blogger line that you don't cross, just in case you don't get along and realize that they might not want to feature you anymore.

Through the years, Lydia and I would hang out in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York, forging a family bond where we now annoy each other like brother and sister. I can't thank her enough as she's introduced me to photographers and friends who I now count as some of my best. She even indirectly and directly led to my success in New York City by introducing me to people who took me under their wings and showed me how to navigate the wedding industry here (hi Katie Osgood!) and by also just getting me amazing weddings with her friends (see Cynthia and Eli).

So with her posting her final blog posts, I sent her in one of my favorite weddings of all time. From the love, the photos, the food to the music. Brienne and Tim's wedding was one where when I put down the camera, I just said "wow." Brienne and Tim are both from New Zealand but now reside in Brooklyn, with Tim from the band Steriogram (you might remember this song) and Brienne a graphic designer. So their wedding was full of gorgeous modernism as well as a big crazy ass concert/party. Even Brienne's dad did a rap, it was just that kind of night. So please enjoy the photos from Brienne and Tim and also head over to Lydia's blog where she featured more of my favorite images from the day and send her some love.