brian dorsey studios – new york wedding photographer – top 10 in the world – destination weddings

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve won The Knot’s “Best of Weddings” award for 2008!

We had such a great time working with Michelle and David on their wedding day. They are really madly in love with each other and that joy rubs off on everyone around them.

They held their wedding in The Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. Michelle got ready in the Empire Suites in the tower there and just seconds before we were going to walk out the door to capture her and David seeing each other for the first time, the wind picked up. We didn’t want anyone to blow away so we had to scramble for another location. Well, let’s see what we can just do with the lobby. Tourists be damned.

Here’s the shot at the front desk. Excuse me Mr. Security Guard, would you mind stepping to the left for a second…

Michelle’s diva moment.

The ceremony was filled with wonderful moments like this one.

And they rocked the house during the reception.

Then off to Bora Bora were they…. Sweet.

Great weather means everyone wants to get outside for their portrait sessions. I wanted to share a few images from some of the recent sessions we had.

Jen and Mike have an amazingly friendly dog, Baxter, who they wanted to feature in their session.

For the most part, Baxter is a total ham.

Although occasionally he gets embarrassed by all of the attention he gets.

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Next we have Carla and Stephen.

Carla and Stephen met at McSorley’s so that’s where we went for their engagement portraits. Now most New Yorkers will know that McSorley’s isn’t really the kind of place you go looking for romance. It’s more the kind of place you go for homemade beer (light or dark) with good friends. You can only go with very good friends because the primary food there is a plate of cheese, onions and Nabisco saltines (still in the white wrapper). After a plate of raw onions, the only people that will still talk to you will be your very best friends.

And if raw onions alone don’t stifle the opportunities to find love, the fact that McSorley’s has not been dusted since it was founded in the 1800′s and therefore has it’s own ecosystem hanging from the lamps will.

But against these odds Stephen and Carla met and ultimately fell in love. Such a cute and fun pair…

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Sarah and Tim had come into town from Boston just for their engagement session and they weren’t about to let a little rain deter them from having a good time. So we went on a hunt for dry spots in SoHo…

and we always manage to find something that’ll work.

Here’s our secret… the glass overhang… like magic – no rain.

Finally, the rain backed off a bit and we got to move out from under the overhang…

I love it when people just don’t let the weather ruin their day. In the end, these people always manage to make their own sunshine.