May 2008

May became one of our busiest months. With the spring real estate market we book more properties to shoot than any other month ever. One particular day we shot 5 homes in one day! It was great fun and I want to thank all the folks at Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate for keeping me busy.

I was able to sneak away to my daughter's graduation and we booked a house in Newport for the week. My husband's entire family came from Ohio and it was incredibly fun to have everyone together for the event. As soon as the bagpipes starting playing to bring the seniors in, the tears started flowing. Ashley looked beautiful and she received a special award for excellence in French.

The wedding that was the event of the month was with Joanna Shrewsbury and Ted Hasse. Joanna is a reporter for NBC 29 in Virginia and both the bride and groom were gorgeous. The poring rain began early in the day and lasted throughout. But that didn't stop us from incorporating it into fabulous images. The ceremony was at the Union Church of Pocantico Hills in Sleepy Hollow. Yes, the same Sleepy Hollow as in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. The window in the church were commissioned by The Rockefellers and painted by Marc Chagall. We were not able to use flash in the Chapel and required to remain in one spot but used the bag of tricks to record the event anyway. Just a few of my favorite shots.

"The photos are stunning! I feel like I am reliving the entire day going through the slide show. It's something I would expect to see in a magazine, not my own wedding album. Thank you so much. Ted wants to buy them all and my mother can't believe how beautiful they are. I can't wait to show them off tonight. We've never had such beautiful portraits of our family. This is a treasure!"
-Joanna Shrewsbury

"I love the pictures of Jo and Ted’s wedding… I think they’re just fabulous and really capture the joy we all felt. You have my rave reviews for recording our event in a totally professional and unobtrusive manner and then producing absolutely stunning images of the day... I really appreciate the way you put Joanna at ease about the possibility of rain on Friday. But even more, I love the way you actually incorporated the weather into the wedding story. Thanks."
-Linda Shrewsbury

Good Bye for Now,
Janet