For fun, I thought I’d highlight some of my favorite wedding photos from 2009.  Different things make a photo a favorite for me.  Sometimes it is the emotion in ones face, sometimes the lines of composition or the lighting, the frozen action, or just really documenting the day.  At a bridal show this last weekend, I had a framed photo on display.  A bride and groom started talking about the photo saying the bridesmaid looked protective of her friend, and the bride looked quite nervous.  It brought me right back to the moment I captured, and as I described the scene to this bride I realized it was very similar to how she saw it.  I was elated to know my photo communicated it so well to someone that was not even part of the day!

Having grown up in New Jersey just outside New York City, I’m a city girl but just love the country too. When I was 20, I drove upstate New York for the first time to a small town, New Paltz, to check out the state university. I took piles of pictures of the country scenes and came back home asking my mom what type of trees they were. I was 20 and had never before seen an apple tree! I ended up living in New Paltz for almost nine years, and it still holds a dear place in my heart.

Back to the wedding, I get amazed still sometimes by open fields and things that might be second nature to others. The setting for Melanie & Adam’s wedding was one of these times. As we were taking their portraits a horse was running by in the background!