Pauline + John, 13 Sep 08

Some more from Pauline + John's awesome wedding. Since their wedding was on the 13th, they incorporated the number in some of the reception decorations. What I didn't realize until today was that this was my 13th wedding! What a coincidence!

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A little fun before the ceremony


Pauline and John wanted some shots with graffiti in the background. We even bribed a guy that was there painting to paint the date-- and he did a surprisingly good job!


Funky shoes + colors


The decorations were amazing.. so well coordinated and classy. Many were hand-made and the quality showed.




Some snuggles after the reception :) :) It was at this time that I left...


Thanks again- this wedding was awesome and fun to work on.

-- Andrew --

Portrait session with Eric, gone bad :(

So with my new-to-me 5D arriving in the mail that day, I did a portrait session with my friend Eric. Really only did one setup, the "college student" look, because as we went outside to do some different stuff, the skies opened up at that moment and it started to downpour.

So we went to his little grad student cubicle took some shots, then he got the call... campus security informs him his car is in a ditch. So we head out and find it partially submurged. Apparently the parking brake never engaged and it rolled about 150 yards across the (empty) lot, missing everything and landing in the ditch. Bummer.

Glub, glub... he was OK with me posting the pics. About 15 people stopped and snapped photos with their cell phones. Would've been more had it not been raining on and off.

He was cool about the whole situation until he saw the water draining out the door. Then I felt sorry for him. Bummer. So I loaned him my truck for the week while his car gets fixed.

Next post (weather permitting) will be the e-session with Pauline & John! Can't wait!

-- Andrew --

Portrait session with Leigh

Hooked up with Leigh at the lovely Schoen place-- so many neat spots there for photos!-- and we did a portrait session together. This was done au-naturale-- no flash. After spending a nice spring day outside we wrapped it up with a cup of coffee at the nearby Starbucks. A great session that had some great photos. Thanks Leigh, you were easy to work with!

And for my favorite:

-- Andrew --

Andrew Welsh

This should have been posted long ago. Rochester Wedding Photos has a new (well not new anymore!) photographer. I'd like to introduce you to Andrew Welsh. Andrew is so dedicated to photography and shooting it's really exciting to watch him. Make sure you look at his potfolio on the site. Be sure to start seeing alot more action from Andrew!

Tammy & Mark

A prefect june wedding. Tammy & Mark, Rochester natives currently living in Manhattan returned to host their wedding a the Rochester Divinity School. A wonderful venue for beautiful couple. I really felt honored to shoot this hip NYC couples big day

Gettin' around to it....

I've had this blog for 6 or so months and I'm Finally putting something here. You would think I was afraid of computers or something. The complete opposite actually, I'm a bit of computer dork/ photoshop maniac/ pro- anything web, digi & I even used a site called Google once! I'm funny too!

The wedding season is upon us and things are in full swing. So far all my couples have been fantastic! I think the universe directs people to you for a reason, not that I'm all new age and consult my crystals before grocery shopping but it's true, think about it. I know Bridezilla is out there but we haven't met and doubt we will. I do understand the pressure todays wedding couple must endure. planning, dreaming, meetings, web searches, phone calls, phone calls not returned, returned phone calls with mega attitude, parents, budgets, friends that don't understand, jealous friends and the occasional fiance issue. Whew..... That was a mouth full!

There I blogged.... My next post will have pictures!