My Recent Travels

I love to travel...love it! Throw me in any random country on or off a resort and I am just in heaven. With my busy season these past two months, I didn't get to go to another country, but I did get to go to Providence, Rhode Island for their WaterFire event. It really is something to see. The entire river that runs through the city is filled with wood-burning structures that are lit by torches after a dramatic presentation. The streets are filled with food vendors, street performers and music all night long! Take a look at some of the shots I took along with some others from my trip. :-)

(fyi...not the safest thing to do while driving over a bridge in the rain) :-)

Nelrique's Tailor

Hi all!

It's been a little while since my last post, but all for good reason! I've been shooting weddings once or twice a weekend for all of September and will continue to do so through all of October. I've been having such a blast photographing with John Heyn, Marissa Levin, Cara MacNeil, Jakki Strickland, Kenny Kim, Tomas Flint and Andres Valenzuela, I don't even know where to begin!

In the "downtime", however, I did have the chance to shoot for an amazing tailor in my area, Nelrique. He is the man when it comes to alterations and custom designed pieces; he does all of my tailoring. Nelrique is in the process of reconstructing his website and he asked that I do the pictures for it. I can't wait to see it when it's finished!

Lately, I've come to realize that I LOVE shooting details, so this was a perfect outlet for me, especially after shooting for Kay Unger New York a month ago. Particularly, this applies to the weddings that I photograph...everything from the brides shoes (ok, maybe especially the shoes) to the table cards at the reception. I just love the tiniest details that I can focus on. :-)

Take a look at some of the amazing work by Nelrique:

Marisa & Keith

Finally I've made a slideshow of another wedding I shot with Andres Valenzuela. This is the same Marisa who we let take pictures of us during the reception!

One of my favorite things about this wedding was the park that we went to afterwards. It was great being able to have a relaxed photo session in a beautiful park with no time limits because the wedding was already over. Haha, see if you can spot the Shire-like house in the slideshow!

Erin & Michael

My first wedding shooting for Andres Valenzuela was such a fun one! With a 33-member bridal party, how could it not be??

Erin and Michael had a beautiful wedding followed by a reception overlooking the Hudson River. The view was amazing!

Kay Unger New York!

Last week I was invited by Grace Hanlon and Yvonne Moss to take photos during a video shoot with Kay Unger herself in the fashion district of NYC. Um, is that a girl's dream come true or what!?!?!

I can't even describe how amazing it was to be there in the showroom while buyers from Macy's and Bloomingdales were there, to be in the back workroom while designers were sketching and seamstresses were carefully pinning and sewing every unique seam, and to be in the presence of so many AMAZING Kay Unger New York and Phoebe Couture dresses that hadn't even hit the stores yet! Some of the fabric prints are actually hand-painted designs by Kay herself which are made into fabric. Others are stitching, cutting and designing textures by hand with strips of fabric to see how they lay on mannequins. That just screams the type of passion she has about her art, doesn't it?

Needless to say I snapped away at every detail I could find and when I wasn't doing that I was sitting in for Kay Unger while Grace and videographer Jeff Buccellato dressed the set. Needless to say it looks like my attention is most definitely on the Spring '09 collection around me, particularly that yellow dress behind me! Thanks for the sneaky pictures Yvonne! :-)



This was really a great experience and what made it even more awesome was meeting Kay and her staff, some of which you'll see in below. Enjoy!!

Vj