I just saw this article being sent around and thought I would drop a quick post about it.

Vera Wang partners with David’s Bridal

“Embarking on a collaboration with far-reaching implications in terms of the wedding market, the woman who symbolizes the epitome of high-end designer bridal has officially linked up with the ultimate mainstream bridal brand….”

There’s a lot of interesting commentary across the blogs as to whether this will help or hurt the Vera Wang brand.  What are your thoughts, we’d like to hear them?

We recently finished shot an engagement session for Erin and Anthony. These two were a great to shoot and we had a wonderful afternoon. Getting to know my clients better is one of the reasons I enjoy these engagement sessions, you get to find out their story and what makes them unique as individuals and how they fit together as a couple.

The engagement session also helps to put everyone at ease so on the wedding day you aren’t meeting your photographer for the first time. The wedding day is a busy and sometimes stressful day and do you really be wanting to be making introductions with your photographer just minutes ahead of when they will be documenting your memories of a lifetime? The engagement session is a chance for us to work together and get to know each other so on your wedding day we are sharing it with you not only as your photographer, but hopefully also as a trusted friend. We believe it is an honor to be chosen to photograph your wedding and we understand the trust you place in us, these session help us to bring out the best pictures that we can and that is why we  are firm believers in doing an engagement session.

For instance we did this session in Newburgh and in the course of walking around we found ourselves near 26 Front Street, the now closed nightclub on the Newburgh waterfront. Well it turns out that is where Erin and Anthony first met so it of course warranted a shot! It’s learning about small details like that that makes our clients special to us. We want to know your story and help you tell it in the best way that we can.

Erin and Anthony, you guys were a blast and I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did, thank you!

Pete

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What an awesome day this couple had for their wedding. With all the wacky weather that had been going on we were all watching the forecast as their wedding date drew near. As it turned out we couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous day for these two!

Surrounded by family and friend, Raquel and Nicholas said their vows at a beautiful, simple ceremony at the Kingdom Hall in Otisville. Wearing a spectacular dress, picked out by her father no less, Raquel looked absolutely stunning as she walked down the aisle.

After the ceremony the couple were whisked away to their reception at The Fountains at Wallkill Golf Course for dinner and dancing.

Thank you both Raquel and Nicholas for choosing us to share your very special day!

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The title is a little phrase that is often used in the medical schools. It’s a way for the students to learn how to do a procedure. First you watch it, then you do it, then you teach someone else to do it. It’s really a great way of learning because no matter how much you think you have something figured out, it is when you are teaching someone how to do something that you find out you may not know as much as you thought you did. I learned that all too well a couple of weeks ago. There’s always a new question waiting just around the corner to make you look a bit silly…

I recently had the pleasure of going out to Pittsburgh and assisting my good friends Mike and Cody, of TriCoast Photography who were up from Texas to teach about wireless flash at the Triangle Institute of Professional Photography. It turned out they ended up with the largest class and because of the hands on nature of their instruction they asked if I would mind coming out to help as the students split into groups. I jumped at the chance to help out because a lot of what I have learned about flash photography I learned from Mike and Cody. But it was more than that, Mike and Cody have always been willing to share their time and knowledge of photography to anyone who asked and I thought this would be a way for me to do the same.

It was a blast! I met so many new friends who share the same passion as I do for photography and together we furthered our understanding of our art. From equipment to business discussions to just plain fun photography, I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch of folks to share a week of learning with, thank you all!

-Pete

Our group at TIPP 2010

Mike from TriCoast demonstrating a technique at TIPP 2010

A few of the other shots from the workshop.