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As a native Nebraskan living New York City, I was so excited to be asked to photograph Katherine and Eric’s wedding in my home town Scottsbluff, Nebraska!  Ok, so I grew up in Gering which is across the river (go bulldogs!) but when you are talking about a combined population of 21k, which side of the river you grew up on doesn’t make much of a difference.

Katherine and Eric were married in The First Presbyterian Church (where I was a member growing up) and had their reception at the Gering Civic Center (where I had my senior prom).   It was hard to tell who had more fun, them for getting married or me for galloping down memory lane…ok, they clearly had more fun!  At one point in the evening Katherine was asked how she was doing and she responded with, “I haven’t had anything to eat or drink all night!  We’ve been too busy dancing and saying hello to everyone!”  I must admit, I am partly to blame as I talked Katherine and Eric into braving the cold November air to take some pictures.  From all the cars driving by and honking, people clearly thought we were crazy, but we got some great pictures and had lots of fun doing it!  I think the picture below of the couple on Main Street sums it all up.  Congratulations you too!

Take a look at the slide show I put together of some of the highlights here.

Congratulations Katherine and Eric!  You’ll have nothing but green lights from here on out!

This Thanksgiving has been a win win for me.  I was able to come home to visit my family out here in Gering, Nebraska for a little turkey and stuffing, and I had the pleasure of being asked to photograph Katherine and Eric’s wedding to boot!  I keep telling people: Have camera, will travel, and this time Katherine and Eric took me up on it!

Here are a few previews from last night’s wedding.  The reception was at the Gering Civic Center but I couldn’t pass up getting some pictures of these two in front of the Gering Fire Department which was across the street.  You could say their love for each other was on fire; A hunk-a hunk-a burning love; These two had a smoldering passion that couldn’t be quenched…you get the idea!  However you put it, Katherine and Eric clearly have a lot of fun together and are blessed with a wonderful family and had a beautiful wedding.  Congratulations Katherine and Eric!  May the fire of your love forever burn!  Ha!

As most of you probably know by now, as it’s the only thing we’ve been talking about for 3 weeks, Ashley and I rescued a one year old long-haired Dachshund named Ruby.  As the newest member of our family, it is my job to take at least 900 pictures of her per day because she’s just so darn cute.  She’s going to need her own dog blog soon!

Enjoy a few of the highlights so far.

Can anyone guess where I now sleep?

With those ears, we’re worried she’s going to fly away!

Stuffed animals last a good 2 hours before this happens.

So, the way I see it, there are two wonderful perks about getting engaged;

1) the pure joy you feel which comes from pledging your love to that special someone who you are about to share the rest of your life with, and

2) the gift registry!

I don’t know how many of you New Yorkers knew about this, but Crate & Barrel schedules regular Gift Registry Events to encourage engaged couples to register with them.  Ashley, my fiance and partner in crime, and I found our way to the SoHo store the other night with wine and hors d’oeuvres in one hand and a registry scanner in the other.  We had a great time and I thoroughly recommend it for all you New Yorkers soon to be married.  Of course, having the entire store open to us, we may have requested a few things that probably won’t stay on the list.  Like this sleigh bed for $1,199.00.  But it would look so great in our house!

Now, if I could just talk a camera store like B & H into hosting something like this!  Put me…I mean us…down for the new D3s camera please!

A number of wedding vendors were on hand to offer their services, from cakes to dresses.  It was like a mini bridal show!

Ashley with the scanner!

I have met some of the most interesting and generous people through my photography.  I would have to say it’s by far the most exciting part of my job.  Every wedding is an opportunity to meet more and more wonderful people.  Which brings me to Michael and Christele.  Michael grew up here in New York while Christele is originally from France.  They both now live in San Francisco.  If they were able to find each other after growing up half a world away than surely they have something very special.  I think they just won the award for having the most diverse list of wedding guests I’ve seen so far!

When Ashley and myself started taking pictures of Michael getting ready he mentioned, in his delightfully casual manner, that he would meet us later on the beach for the wedding. His plan was to ride his bike through the woods and grab a bouquet of flowers and present them to Christele as a surprise during the ceremony.  It wasn’t until I heard him repeat his plan to his family numerous times that I began to take him seriously.  He actually did just that.  He hopped on his bike in his 3 piece suit and he met us at the beach!  This set the tone for a beautiful and delightfully unique wedding complete with a great view of the bay and fireworks on the beach.

Ashley and I decided we want to hire Michael and Christele’s I-pod as the DJ for our wedding by the way.

Take care Michael and Christele!  And congratulations!

Click here to see the slideshow.

We were asked to photograph Christele and Michael’s wedding on a beach in Huntington Bay last night.  The wedding was unbelievable.  For once, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Jill and Brian got just about everything you could wish for in a wedding: close family, good friends, good food, and all of it set against a perfect view of the Manhattan skyline and the Williamsburg bridge in the background.  The wedding and reception were at Giando On The Water in Williamsburg, Brooklyn which was right at the edge of the East River.  The weather was perfect despite a little bit of rain off and on.  It  just gave us an excuse to get some pictures with an umbrella!

These two had a great time and we have pictures to prove it.  Congratulations again Jill and Brian.  I wish you all the best in the years to come!

See the slideshow here.

It just goes to show you, when wandering through New York always keep your camera handy, you never know when you will catch a bride and groom taking a dip in something like Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain!  That’s exactly what happened with me this weekend!  These two apparently were celebrating their one year anniversary by doing their own “trash the dress” session!  Some brides get pictures after the wedding with the dress in the ocean, some in the lake,  some even get lit on fire, this bride decided to jump in the fountain.  She said most people get to wear their wedding dress only once, but not her!  They looked like they were having lots of fun so I had to snap some pictures!

I had the pleasure of photographing Jill and Brian’s wedding yesterday at Giando On The Water in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  We had a little rain throughout the day but it wasn’t enough to get in the way of the great time these two had with their closest friends and family!  I wanted to post a little preview before they leave on their honeymoon tomorrow.  Why is it that my clients get to go on all these fabulous honeymoons and not once has someone invited me to come along?!?  I don’t take up that much room!  Well, enjoy your time out of the country Jill and Brian.  Congratulations again on a beautiful wedding!

Someone wrote this into the sign-in book.  I thought it summed up these two perfectly!

Here is an album layout I created for Sarah & Mark’s wedding.  I just dropped off the album yesterday! This is a 10″x10″ black leather Flush Mount Album bound by Pictage.  This book is great because it allows a totally customizable layout with just a small seam down the center.  There are a number of sizes to choose from as well as a variety of cover options including leather or brushed metal.