Rachel, you have no idea how thankful I am for you. Our pictures are more beautiful than I could have ever imagined; your talent really made this day even more special and our memories are going to be so well-preserved because of the amazing time and effort you gave to us.

thank you so much.

-Leanna
(Brooklyn-NYC July bride)

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I’ve not been so amused by wedding reception photos in a long, long time. Last weekend I had a chance to try out a photo booth option at the end of Sofia and Mike’s wedding reception, and it was hilarious. It’s not actually a booth - it’s a big red panel that gets clipped to stands and serves as a background. I also bought a box full of costume props in case people wanted to be silly. So we got this eclectic range of somewhat-solemn Chinese family photos to large groups of friends in various states of craziness.

[ see more photos here - funniest ones are at the end ]

Who should do a photo booth? I think it’s best if you have large groups of friends coming to your wedding but not necessarily the time to get formal photos with everyone during the earlier part of the day. It was so funny to watch people come out of their shyness for some fun photos and I have no doubt these will make a fantastic addition to Mike and Sofia’s wedding album!

Next time I would like to bust it out a little bit sooner and get more of the grannies out in front of the photo booth. I can just picture my mom and her friends (not necessarily correlated to the grannies comment) having a really good time with those feather boas and groucho marx glasses!

ETA: here’s a link to another cool “crazybooth” done by some fun photographers.

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I am so excited about Aimee and Adam’s wedding in Connecticut in September! They have this fabulous area behind their house that will host the reception, and the church where the ceremony will take place is literally a few houses down the road.

I did a sexy little photo session with them (and their pets!) on my way through CT a couple of weeks ago. The birch tree in the photo above has such a cool story - Aimee’s mom and dad picked it up from the side of the road as a sapling on a roadtrip through Canada when they were newlyweds… and now it is this huge and beautiful tree in their yard! This is a family of fierce loyalties and local roots.

[ more photos here ]

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I did this trade with Bella when I was looking for someone to do bridals in New York City with me during a trip to the city (for a seminar with Yervant and Joe Buissink). We had a lot of fun with the session, and really punked it up at the end. A lot of time has passed since I took these photos in May! Sorry it took so long Bella.

location: Chinatown NYC
model: Bella
makeup: Erin Green
more photos: here

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Christina and Phil are ready to see their photos! I’m currently on my way to England, and have been battling dodgy airport internet connections since noon trying to get the photos online for viewing. I’ll be adding more photos and words to this post when I get a better connection.

To start, [ view artist select photos here ]

Then, go explore the rest of the images [ HERE ]

Ceremony: Harbor of Hope Christian Church in Lowell MA
Reception: Westford Regency in Westford MA

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Melissa was my fifth JUXTAPOSITION session. Last week, she took us out to Old Stone Church in West Boylston MA and we also explored a few other places… Jungle Jim’s Garden Center, Vivian’s Café, and this little Best Western that looked like it was stuck wayyyy back in the 40s (in a bad way). Of course we stopped to get ice cream at the end.

Here are a few of my session favorites.

This morning I met up with Brittany at the Franklin Park zoo and did the sixth JUXTAPOSITION session in the butterfly house and on the carousel!! Thanks to Brian the awesome carousel operator for rocking our world!

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I have finally finished editing the Portraits by Request session I did with beautiful, charming, and super talented Cambridge illustrator Julia. I had the idea of using some of her art layered with a couple of the portraits… with mixed results

[ more photos here - and here ]

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I photographed a session with Cadence and Jesse in their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island back in March. I love these photos they chose to use on their website!

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