The busy summer keeps rolling! Here’s a few from Jessica and Jason’s engagement session. We had to dodge the summer thunderstorms as we explored around Warwick but we still had a great time!

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Just a few quick images from Danielle and Chad’s engagement session. We headed out early in hopes of beating some of the heatwave and while it was still hot these guys were great! Thanks you guys!

Just a couple of photographs from Danielle and Chad’s recent engagement session. We did our best to beat the heat by heading out early in the day but this summer getting away from the sun is proving to be tough! Thanks guys!

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Dodging both the rain and the latest heat wave I had the pleasure to get out and shoot Kellie and Mike’s engagement session. We decided to head down to West Point to take a look around at the Thayer Hotel because that is where they will be getting married this December. After a quick look around at where the festivities would be held we headed out on a quick little tour of West Point. If you have never been, I highly recommend it because both the history and scenery are spectacular and we had a great time with their session.

Thank again Kellie and Mike, we’ll see you guys soon!

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A couple of weeks ago I met up with Ashley and Walter and we spent some time around Port Jervis shooting their engagement session. As much as I enjoy the excitement and emotions that I get to capture at weddings, engagement sessions are also incredibly fun for me. It’s a chance to get to know the couple who have entrusted me with photographing one of the most important days in their lives. That’s a huge responsibility and the better I know my clients, the better chance we have to make photographs that are beyond the ordinary. All the little stories about how they met and things that they enjoy doing add up to me being able to showcase them as a couple so much better than if I was meeting them for the first time on the day of their wedding and that can go a long way toward making the photographs of their wedding just a little bit more special. If you are looking for a photographer and want to find out more about why we feel this way, drop us a line.

Thanks again Ashley and Walter, see you guys real soon!

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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Here’s just a couple of quick shots from a recent engagement session we did. After a few weeks of trying to get the weather to cooperate Raquel, Nicholas and I decided that we were just going to to brave the elements and have some fun and do their engagement session. It was a beautiful day…except for the wind! The wind wasn’t our friend but we managed to make it work as we toured around downtown Middletown and did some shooting and got to know each other a little bit better.

Couples who have worked with me knows how important I feel that an engagement session is. It is a chance to get to know each other so that on your wedding day it isn’t the first time you have had me pointing a camera at you. As a wedding photographer we are asking for special access on a very important day and it is much easier if we have developed a strong relationship with our clients and sessions like this go a long way toward that goal.

Thanks again Raquel and Nicholas!

First of all, congratulations to all the Valentine’s Day engagement brides! If you were one we’d love to hear your story. You never know, we might have something special for you too!

Here we are more than halfway through February and as you can see, the blog has been barren. I am glad that my New Year’s resolution wasn’t tied to the blog…

Resolutions aside, we are going to get back on track here. With all the various social media such as Facebook, Twitter and the like it can bet tough to decide which one gets the attention. And when you do a short Twitter burst you sometimes feel like you that doesn’t warrant a post. It can be crazy to keep it all straight but we are going to work better to do that. We are also going to start adding more more little tips and things to consider to help add value to your photography dollar. The economy has been tight lately and we want to help provide the best value we can for our clients. And with 2010 booking up quickly and 2011 inquiries rolling in we should probably get things rolling. So here we go!

Today I want to post a link to a sunrise/sunset calendar. One of the things that, as a photographer, we often have to take into account when planning your session is the location and time of day, especially when it comes to wedding photography where we often don’t have a lot of extra time to be setting up elaborate lighting and we may cover two or three locations throughout the day. One of the first things I do when I get a wedding inquiry is to look at the date and time of the ceremony and do a quick guesstimate of how much time we might have for any outdoor photographs. The summer months are usually not much of an issue but in the beginning and at the end of the year this is one of those little items that can sneak up on you if you aren’t careful. Let’s say you want to do some outdoor photographs to capture the scenic venue you have selected and your ceremony is around 5pm. Well that shouldn’t be too much of a problem if your wedding is in July, but if you are getting married in November or December it is a bit of a different situation as the sun may be down before your ceremony is over. That’s not to say that there aren’t ways of capturing the beauty of that venue after the sun has set, but it may be different than you had been envisioning and it’s certainly worth discussing with your wedding photographer. Here is a link where you can take a peek at some of those sunset times. www.sunrisesunset.com

I recently had the opportunity to do a New York City engagement session for one of our 2010 brides, Jennifer and her fiancé, Mike. We had to reschedule because of the rain the first time around but we we fortunate enough to have a beautiful day for our second try so we just kind of headed off around the city to see what we could find, and of course to hit some special places! We headed out to the Staten Island Ferry, still the best value in NYC, and enjoyed a great view of the city and Lady Liberty. And in one of those weekday only kind of lucky breaks we were able to catch the same ferry back, no Staten Island layover for the ferry tour!

Our next stop was going to be the Brooklyn Bridge but as luck would have it our path took us past the wonderful Table Tales Café owned by one of Mike’s relatives, Steve. So we poked our heads in to say hi  and the next thing you know we were treated to one heck of a meal! Talk about a bonus for me, thanks Steve! After filling up on some fantastic pasta and Sunday gravy we strolled, albeit much more slowly, on up to the bridge. We enjoyed the bridge for a bit and then it was off to One if by Land, Two if by Sea. This little restaurant on Barrow St. has been called one of NYC’s most romantic restaurants and it just happens to be where Mike popped the question to Jennifer so there was no way we could not stop by there and take a quick shot! They weren’t quite open but it’s amazing what a smile from a beautiful girl can do and they let up pop in and take a quick shot at the table where it all went down. A big “thanks!” to the folks there for indulging us and helping to make the day complete!

Here’s a few shots from the day! Enjoy and as always, comments are welcome!

Below is a quick little video of shots from the day. Thanks again you guys!

It took a while, but schedules and the weather finally cooperated (sort of) and we were able to spend some time shooting Janine and Matt’s engagement session. Janine was determined not to let the howling wind get the best of us so we pulled on some warm clothes and headed out! As a photographer you spend a lot of time trying to “find the light” and sometimes that can really be a challenge. Couple that with trying to find a place that your client doesn’t get whisked away and it becomes really fun!

Thanks for hanging in there and making the most of the blustery day!

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*Yes it is a thinly veiled Winne the Pooh reference, but it sure fit the circumstances!

A little over a week ago I met up with Katie and Joe in Port Jervis to shoot their engagement session. Those of you with whom I have spoken know that I think the engagement session can play an important role because it gives us the opportunity to spend some time together before your wedding day. There can be a lot of stress on that day and when some new guy comes walking into the room pointing a camera at you it can be daunting and because of that I like to try to get together with my couples beforehand.

Katie and Joe came out and we had a blast! We got to do a little exploring around town and I think we captured some wonderful pictures. I can’t wait to shoot the wedding!

And here are a few images from the day. Katie, I told you I was going to lead off with the “fierce” shot!

Thanks guys, you were awesome!