Another BIG birthday

Wow. Another birthday....Today I was looking for photos from a wedding I shot in St. Thomas. I asked Dorian, "When did we shoot that wedding on the island!?" He looked at me as I plugged in my 2010 hard drive to retrive the photos and said, "2008!"
AND where has the time gone???????????
It's kind of loveable the job we have but the flip side to being present at all these happy, over the top, beautiful, fun-loving weddings...is that time just goes by ever so seemlessly.

So this weekend, I celebrate! I stop. Pause, realizing it's 2012, my 31st birthday...which really causes for no such celebration at all...didn't I just have a birthday?
To be honest, I'm just sitting here thinking, so this is what it's like; life with age. Having everything you want in life and celebrating a new year....as I age, I hope it's graceful and fun, I hope I always remember all the couples weddings I shot and the hundreds-of-thousands of wedding pictures I took, because someday that will be my calendar...my memory, my heart.
Cheers to another year. I'm shooting an event on Saturday and then heading to Key West where I am going to find a nice tiki hut and a blue ocean where I can float, and the sun can age me and eat healthy food and drink fine wine, becuase with age, I see, life is just getting better.

Goodbye 2011 + Hello to a New Year

In a way it is exciting to write this last blog for 2011...at the start of my new year I will be spending time working, doing what I love. I'll be filming a wedding with Dorian Iribarren in Boston. One of the highlights, from our venue at the Four Seasons Hotel will be the fireworks at midnight overlooking Boston Commons.

The past extraordinary year offered me the opportunity to work with wonderful couples in wonderful places worldwide. Much to my delight, The Knot Magazine bestowed upon me the award as one of the Top Photographer for 2012 in South Florida.

Cheers to a happy and healthy year.

The law of Attraction...Jenny + Peter

I travel almost every minute of my life...it inspires me. And as I explore and learn more and more I realize that the best experiences are from spontaneity. As an artist I have a vision, always having expectations of photographing my couples in a different way that is unique to their relationship.
As I prepped for this shoot with Jenny + Peter I thought, let's do something different! Jenny is a stylist and knew exactly what she wanted and I loved her ideas. She is classic and desired a vintage feel for her engagement pictures. Jenny and I are spontaneous and know that it's not about where you are but the feeling you get when you are there.
We met to do the photo shoot and as we drove we talked about where we were going to go! I told them that the other day I was describing the perfect spot to Dorian....{I'd love to find an open field with one tree, a place that I can take pictures and the couple pops out of the background, whimsical and colorful. As I day dreamed about this place the reality was, I had no plans, a few expectations but had no place to go....As Dorian laughed he said, "I love your ideas but where are you going to find a place like that around here?" So as we drove a few short miles I looked out the window at a Polo Club that was on the right side of the car...and said, "That's it!" This is the place! It was perfect.
Here we spent some time capturing some amazing images of this great couple. There is nothing better than photographing couples who can be themselves, fun loving, not have plans, trust each other and just enjoy each moment as if it was a present.
Cheers to Jenny and Peter, I am really looking forward to your wedding in March in Coconut Grove!
And look here, if you envision a place in your mind, it exists, you just have to go out there and believe in it....it's called the Law of Attraction or on this day, just a tree in the middle of know where :) Carpe Diem.