I could not get a good angle trying to photograph Ken`s and Jess` wedding party on a bridge at the North Side Park, so I waded into the pond under the bridge. On the upside, I got some really great shots. On the downside, I had to photograph the entire reception wearing wet pants. Video clip courtesy of Steve Foggle. 
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Today I took a trip to Ohiopyle with my family. In a way, it was an experiment. We have been having a hard time traveling with Daniella, and we wanted to see if she could survive 3 hours in the car and another 2-3 hours on the trail. She passed with flying colors!
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I had so much fun photographing Michelle`s and Mike`s engagement that I could not decide which photos to post on my website. So I put together a slideshow of the entire shoot. Mike and Michelle, thank you for being such good sports:) http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5795098&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
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My favorite part of any wedding is the couple`s first dance. As a photographer, I see the first dance as a perfect opportunity to capture a multitude of expressions and emotions that are usually impossible to catch during a church ceremony. As a human being, I love the first dance as a moment where it`s just the newlyweds, just the two of them on the dance floor and nothing and no one else matter.
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I am like the proverbial shoemaker without shoes – I photograph weddings, bat and bat mitzvahs, engagement and portrait sessions every weekend and spend hundreds of hours editing photographs for my clients. Alas, when it comes to photographing my own daughter, if it weren`t for my wife, we wouldn`t have any photos:). I took this photo a few days ago – I came home from an engagement photoshoot and saw my sweet little angel sleeping in her swing. Luckily, I had my camera hanging around my neck, so I snapped a few shots before she woke up and showed her true nature by peeing on my shirt.
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A few days ago PDN (Photo District News) magazine published an article titled “The Five Biggest Photographers on the Internet“. In this article, they interviewed 5 iconic photographers about how they use online resources such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr to drive their business. One of the photographers, Christopher Becker (http://www.beckersblog.com) is my personal icon when it comes to wedding photography and self-promotion. He is an incredibly talented photographer who managed to build an amazingly profitable wedding photography business and is generally considered one of the highest-paid wedding photographers in the world. I decided to learn from TheBecker and from the others and expanded my online presence to Facebook and Flickr. From now on, I`ll be posting my photographs not only on this side and on WideOpenLens.com like I`ve been doing so far – my photographs will also appear in my Facebook album and in my Flickr photostream.
