Homemade lenses

as the ground freezes up here and the wind kicks in, we are settling into our "post" wedding mode and are slowing down a bit. we've had a couple weeks off from travel and shooting and have been on our computers editing like two little wedding elves. it's so cool to reflect on all the wonderful moments that we have had the pleasure to witness (and capture). the photograph above is from the wedding we've been working on the past couple days. we love the photos "in between" the photos. the quiet pauses at weddings when the couple just stands side by side and takes a deep breath or sneaks a kiss in the back seat on the way to the party. those are always the unexpected tender moments that you can only find when everyone just slows down a bit and takes it all in.

 meg over at "a practical wedding" just wrote the most thoughtful and insightful post on wedding planning, you must go read it! she also posted a pair of my favorite hasselblad shots from her wedding along with the wonderful post titled in praise of the slow wedding (and a slow life).

in a beautiful vibrant blur

misty and aman married at summit rock in central park, new york.

many more to come but these caught my eye immediately.
 
   

Topography

after we flew across the country we

got in bed, laid our bodies

delicately together, like maps laid

face to face, east to west, my

san franciso against your new york, your

fire island against my sonoma, my

new orleans deep in your texas, your idaho

bright on my great lakes, my kansas

burning against your kansas, your kansas

burning against my kansas, your eastern

standard time pressing into my

pacific time, my mountain time

beating against your central time, your

sun rising swiftly from the right my

sun rising swiftly from the left your

moon rising slowly from the left my

moon rising slowly from the right until

all four bodies of the sky

burn above us, sealing us together,

all our cities twin cities,

all our  states united, one

nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

–sharon olds

many more beauties to come from this august wedding, we can't wait to share more. whitney and dan were a complete dream to work with….

we have been on the go for the past three weeks. this last weekend was the summit of our wedding mountain. we shot two weddings in new york. it was beautiful, exciting and a little bit exhausting. on our way out on day two, we did a little fist bump as we zoomed down the elevator. we walked out onto the bustling street with cameras hanging every which way. smiling while dragging our feet. knowing that it's all down hill from here.

we are in boston this week, waiting to shoot a wedding at a summer camp on saturday. can't wait for this one, our timeline starts off with canoe races. oh boy!