Boston Wedding Photography: Maggie and Kenny in Cambridge!

Oh man you guys.  I admit it: I was wicked nervous for this wedding. There I said it.  I was nervous.  Wedding photographers are not picture machines--we are living, breathing, emotion having anxiety fighting human beings.  And I was nervous for this one...

Why? Really I was mostly nervous because this is my first wedding since November and I was worried I would be rusty.  To fight the nerves, I packed my bags and charged my batteries extra early and made a big checklist so that I wouldn't forget anything.  For some reason list-making is comforting for me.  I packed my stuff, hopped in the car and we were off.

What I wasn't nervous about? Working with Maggie.  I met this little peanut last fall for brunch and she was so lovely and gracious and happy and energetic.  She really trusted me and my work, and I cannot tell you how important that is--when a client really trusts me, I feel totally free to do my thing and I feel so much more confident about my process and my work.  I don't waste time worrying if the bride is going to like my work, I just get to pour all my brain power into getting inspired and being creative.


Funny thing: I just started swimming again after a 9 year hiatus (yes, believe it or not, this beer drinker used to be a competitive athlete).  Damnedest thing: I hadn't swam a lap in years and I dove in and swam 1200 yards (remember when that used to be our warm up?).  And it felt great.  My body just snapped back into swimmer mode.  My hips were up, my chest was down, I rolled through every stroke--and I just glided (glid?) through the water. My body just remembered what to do and I was just sort of along for the ride.  

Turns out taking a few months of of weddings and jumping back in is pretty much the same thing :)

Maggie thank you thank you so much for inviting me into your day, and for your enthusiasm and trust in myself and my team.  You were a freakin' doll to work with.

Vendor Spot Light: Artists for Humanity in the South End, Boston

Calling all urban brides!! Last July I had the pleasure of photographing Sena and Jovan's colorful, spirited, BEAUTIFUL wedding at the amazing Artists for Humanity in the South End.  This venue was a dream: white walls creating lots of beautiful soft light, but covered in art! So much art!  No need to worry about bringing in outside decorations because your wedding is decorated with the original art work of all these talented young Boston teenagers. So so so cool. It was great because the day of Sena's wedding it was oh, say, 95 degrees outside and WAY sunny, so photographing outside would have been problematic, to say the least--but this place has seemingly endless space and places for us to shoot--we found this huge open gallery space on the 4th or 5th floor (where they were already setting up the cocktail hour!), that was huge and open, and covered in art.  Perfect.  We did all the group photos up there, and then I shooed everyone away to do some pictures with just Sena and Jovan.  I had so much to work with inside it didn't even occur to me to do more outside.  I can't wait to work here again!

Here are some of my favorite shots that I feel highlight the venue:

Oh and I forgot to mention one of the most fun parts: that huge glass industrial door that you saw in the first few pictures opened up for the ceremony: so after a hot hot July day, the air cooled off, they opened up the door, and the party spilled out onto the terrace outside the building.  SO FUN.  I wasn't there for this part, but Sena told me that later in the night after we had left, it started raining, and everyone was dancing in the rain...I can't imagine a more spectacular celebration! 

To all photographers reading this: this place is a photographers DREAM to shoot in.  As I mentioned the place is mostly white with HUGE windows everywhere, creating this incredible soft ambient light for every picture.  I think I shot at about 400 or 800 ISO for most of the day and only used flash during the reception when it got dark--and even then, with all the white walls bouncing was a cinch. I love venues in which I can really take advantage of the natural light because then I just get to focus on the subject matter and the actual photographing, and not worrying about if my flashes are set up right, if they will see each other etc...I just can't be bothered.

Anyone out there getting married here? Call me. Hire me. Please.