For Jessica and John’s portrait session, we roamed around the Skylands Manor, (Ringwood, NJ) - and ending up playing among the stepping stones at the reflecting pond.  Jessica and John, we’ll see each other again in a few weeks at your wedding.

Caisey and John’s portrait session was one long meandering walk along the Hoboken waterfront, which offered us great settings to work with.  Caisey and John, I really look forward to your wedding day. 

During the portrait session of Simone and Damian’s wedding, we had perfect evening light, lending a soft glow.  In the first image, the golden specks behind the couple are from the spray blowing by from a nearby fountain.

And when the light is this good, and you have a couple that is easy to work with, it is difficult not to get a little excited about the images and share them. (This photo was taken by Carlos Varela who photographed the wedding with me.)

The wedding was quite unusual in a number of ways.  The theme was ‘Dragons and Fairies’, and the bridal party were dressed with flair in clothes with an Oriental style. 

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Later in the evening, during the outdoor ceremony …

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The centerpieces at the guests tables had figurines of fairies and dragons.

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And finally, the party!

Simone and Damian, best wishes and a thank you - I had a blast photographing your wedding.

Suzanne & Sean, congratulations on your wedding day!

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From earlier in the day, Suzanne and her bridesmaids and mom helping her into her dress.

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A portrait of Sean, using the window light inside the church.

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Suzanne, during the ceremony.

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Suzanne and her dad during the parent’s dance at the reception.

For this workshop, we were fortunate in having the run of a large studio, courteously allowed us by Zack Arias of the One Light Work Workshop fame. The workshop was the regular combination of lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice for the attendees.
Here I am (in crumpled shirt), explaining the histogram display to Stacey …

… and here is our beautiful model, Nicole, who helped us out on the day.

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Thank you to everyone who attended, and a special thanks to Zack and Karen of the PWP forums for making this possible. Here’s the PWP report-back on the workshop.