Here we are in the mansion at Westbury Gardens.

And Tracy’s awesome bouquet. I’d never seen callas packed tight like that before.

Here’s a shot my associate Alfonse took of the two of them in the “backyard”.

And then we moved downtown to get a bit more urban…

And finally midtown….

Their wedding and reception were held at City Grill in midtown. The Self Portrait Studio that we set up for their reception was a blast – but as you can see…

wasn’t quite big enough to fit the entire restaurant’s staff.

The members of this well oiled machine, headed up by Michael Trenk, were amazing – so attentive and friendly. Thanks for taking such great care of all of us. We felt the love.

I was doing a shoot the other day with one of my clients who said to me, “It must be nice to get a chance to take a breather and relax a bit during the summer.”

“A breather! I wish!” , I responded.

“Yeah, I keep checking the blog and there’s been nothing new lately so I figured things must really slow down in the summer for you.”

Well, I’m delighted to report that I have not had a single moment to relax this summer. In fact, we’ve been so busy shooting almost every single day that our dear blog has been a bit neglected. My apologies to the avid blog readers who tell me that they check all the time to see the latest and greatest and I’ve left them reading the same entries over and over. There have been some awesome events that we’ve done over the last summer – ranging from some of the sweetest little intimate city weddings to private extravaganzas in the Hamptons where “the band” was Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

So in an effort to play catch-up – I’m going to put together a few quick blog entries/recaps of some of work we’ve done this summer.

A fantastic rehearsal dinner in Southampton at the Parrish Art Museum….

and before the wedding the next day…

the barefoot reception on the beach

Here’s Lauren and Emil taking a moment to grab a few garden pictures…

At the same location I shot the ceremony of a couple who had come over from the UK so that they could get married in Central Park.

Here’s a couple from Eileen and Anthony’s wedding day.

And Farrah and George down on the coast.

and in the playground.

And then there was Lindsay and Eric.
Somedays I feel I’m just completely irrelevant to the whole wedding photographic process.

Much more to come…