Stephens Wedding Sneak Peak

A beautiful winter wedding in a castle— could a girl wish for more? Last weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph the Stephens wedding at Beardslee Castle in Little Falls, New York. After first meeting Mr. and Mrs. Stephens at Greenlakes State Park for their engagement photos in December, I was so happy to be able to finally witness their marriage and share in the celebration with their friends and family.

Congratulations to Beck, the beautiful bride, and her very lucky groom, Jake :) Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day–with more to follow soon!

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Happy 2011!

Ok, so I am a tad late with this post, but it’s only because things have been sooo busy lately. In a good way of course! The beginning of 2011 meant the start of a new job for me! After nearly 2 years out in the “real world” I was offered a job at a local studio and am finally working (full time!) as a studio assistant. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to finally have the opportunity to spend my days learning the ins and outs of the professional world of photography! Since I graduated in ’09, I’ve definitely missed being able to talk ad nauseum about Photoshop tricks and techniques, focal lengths, and lighting! I feel very blessed that I now have the opportunity to do what I love for a living!

Snowy Syracuse weather made for a postcard perfect white Christmas!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In other news, I refuse to make resolutions for the New Year, but I do have several goals, the first of which is to be more organized! I’ve already gone through several intimidating stacks of old school papers, bills, paper scraps etc. and contributed quite a bit to the weekly recycling bin! I also bought one of those handy dandy cloth A-Z file folders and have filed (what seems to be) my life away in that. No more stacks! I love the feeling of being completely organized–and I think everyone will agree, life is just so much nicer when your DVD collection is alphabetized.

Really though, what’s really driving this goal is my freelance work! I’ve had so many emails, letters etc. that I’m being forced to be business-like at home. No more scribbled-on scraps of paper acting as coasters for my tea mugs! I’m determined to organize my paperwork without reverting to my beloved “piling system.”

Another one of my goals is to try more new recipes (yum) so I can break out of my Kraft macaroni and cheese rut! Thus far I think I’m doing ok–I made bread from scratch last weekend, and I’ve been incorporating more fun grains in my diet (like quinoa) when I cook. My mission for this goal is to find a favorite tofu recipe and stop being lazy about my tofu prep (I usually just fry it in olive oil and salt). A very lofty goal, to be sure.

I’d say I’d like to stick to a regular workout routine, stop drinking so much coffee (read: coffee creamer with coffee), blog more often etc. but I know as soon as I write those down as legit goals they’ll immediately become much too intimidating. We’ll just categorize those things under “miscellaneous musings” and maybe that way they’ll actually get accomplished once in a while. ;)

Either way, resolutions or no, I do love the first few weeks of the new year–so full of potential and possibility! (But much too much snow).

So here’s looking at a beautiful 2011–full of file folders, studio chats, cookbooks (and those other things too!)