The cake topper was from Elizabeth's Grandparents wedding cake!
this is the golfing cake for Stephen
people often ask why i have two cameras. this was a fun way to show one reason why. his camera had just captured this image from on top of the glass rim. point and shoots can be painfully slow and i was able to record my image before theirs disappeared
a fraction of a second later i took this image with my other camera
i couldn't decide which dress shot i liked better so i thought i would let you decide
This was a fun wedding for me to shoot. It was close to home and it kicked off part two of a very hectic schedule with extensive travel. Most of the shooting schedule has come to an end so please look forward to several blog posts with some really great couples and awesome images. My shooting style and doing weddings every weekend in distant and different locations can and does take a lot out of me. It takes a huge effort to back everything up in multiple places, and get my gear and body ready in time to do the next one. I am very careful not to overextend myself but it doesn’t leave much, if any time to work on post-production or blogging. That is the nature of this business when you live and work in the North East. It all happens at once. Believe me, no one wishes more than I that I could get everyone their images the following week, but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. Good dependent help is hard to find, and my ultimate goal is to deliver superior quality images to my couples and their families. I do outsource some things but there are other things that I feel have to be done by me to maintain my personal touch. Most of my couples understand this and appreciate what is involved. I like to think it is why they hired me in the first place. Elizabeth and Stephen are definitely in this category, and I would like to thank them and everyone who is waiting for something from me. I get the greatest emails from my couples all the time, and I must say that they are very much appreciated. They provide me with the fuel to do what I do, and are very dear to me. I wanted to include a little piece from one Elizabeth wrote recently. In it she says, “Thanks for getting back to me! I hope that you are holding up okay with all of the weddings and traveling! Stephen and I were just at a wedding in Chicago, and man is there a difference between you and the other guys! 
Thanks again for doing a fantastic job!” I really can’t say enough how much something like that means to me. To me it says that she saw how hard I worked for her at the wedding and she appreciates it. My couples are the best! They are so patient and understanding, especially when I know they can’t wait to see the images and can hardly wait to share them. I assure you it will be worth the wait, and thank you again for your patience and understanding.
This was my first wedding at the Double Tree Hotel in Rochester (i love their logo) and I have to say that I was impressed with their layout, presentation, and service. It really is a nice place for a wedding. Savoia Pastry Shoppe did a great job on the cake(s) and cookies. Yes, there were two cakes. One actually had the original cake topper from Elizabeth’s Grandparents wedding cake. Stephen is a great golfer (he won the 2006 NCAA Division III National Championship-Wow!) so the other cake was shaped like a sandpit and topped with a groom eagerly waiting to golf (with his golf bag over his shoulder and looking at his watch) while the wife looks on with her arms crossed. DJ David “Jickster” from 97 Rock, (the voice of the Buffalo Bills) was also a lot of fun to work with. Thanks to Rachel Gracie for joining me and helping out. But most of all a big thank you goes out to Elizabeth and Stephen. It has been a pleasure planning and exchanging emails with you over the past two years, and shooting your engagement session and the wedding together. I wish you much love and happiness and excitement on your journey together.
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