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July, 2008

Christina & Stephen!

Christina and Stephen’s wedding was a crazy day of going place to place with little time to shoot. It was non stop action the whole day! They had a big wedding party, and a 300+ guest reception at the newly remodeled Anthony’s Ocean View. The ceremony at St Anthony’s in New Haven featured 2 amazing singers who sang a piece towards the end of the ceremony that got the whole place to turn around and watch. It ended with a huge round of applause! I felt like I was at the opera!

I’ll get all the detail images up soon. For now, here are some of the highlights.

All the bridesmaids had matching purses that matched the dresses and flowers.

A pre-ceremony wave to the guests.

Watching their guests during communion.

It was back to West Haven for some photos at Bradley Point.

Then to Anthony’s for a few more.

Christina and her mom started off the dancing.

Everyone was watching the band play.

I tried out a new lens and shot some natural light images in the hall. Pretty good for a dark room!

I got out the sparklers again!

This has been wedding announcement #167!

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Adrianne & Joe!

My posts for my weddings seem to get longer and longer. I’m at a point where I figure out what I want to show, then start taking images out, and still end up with over 20! So here I go again!

Adrianne and Joe got married at the Trinity Chapel. The place is beautiful with an insane amount of wood carvings. The pew even face the isle! The only down side is that I had to photograph from 1 spot up front the entire time. Oh! At the end of the ceremony, they walked down the isle to the organist playing the theme from one of the Star Wars movies! I can’t remember which one it was, but my assistant and I looked at each other and thought… “Star Wars? Star Wars! Awesome!” From there, the reception was at one of my favorite places, the Goodwin Hotel. I’ve been fortunate to have a great relationship with the Goodwin as they have recommended me to many brides to be.

Adrianne had white shoes for the ceremony, then the purple ones for the reception.

The elevator security camera view.

Adrianne rocking the shades.

Someone did NOT want the camera pointed at them!

My point of view.

They didn’t say I couldn’t go out the door I had to stand next to!

I went outside the church to go in back and grab this one.

This has been wedding announcement #166!

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Rnormfoto
7.25.2008

that church IS restrictive but VERY cool inside!

Dawn
8.11.2008

Hi Rich!

The new pics you have posted on your blog these past few weeks are FABULOUS! You have an amazing talent!

I have told all our friends and family about your work and everyone who goes out to your website is amazed.

Brian and I are very excited about our Get To Know You Session and upcoming Wedding Day!

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RE:WORKSHOP Testimonials

I’ve been getting a lot of great responses from the RE:WORKSHOP in Sacramento. How can I not share a few?!?!?!

If anyone wants to host the RE:WORKSHOP at your studio, let me know! I’m available across the US!

“I first wanted to thank you for the fabulous workshop in Sacramento. You were great! … Your workshop was just what I needed. A good kick in the pants to get going! I’ve had a website that I’ve been meaning to update for a year. Plus, no real “plan” set. Thanks. You’ve inspired a few sleepless nights already because I’m just too excited & motivated! So thanks! I am so grateful! More that you’ll ever know!” – Jo Merandi

“Thank you so much for sending all this information. You taught me so much during our time together. Thank you for being so open and candid. I truly appreciate all that you did for me. And sharing your files so freely has just saved me so much time. Thank you, thank you, thank you!” – Jennifer Moon

“Thanks so much, RE. It was great to meet you and learn from someone who takes the business of photography so seriously. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself with us as it really was refreshing to learn what you do without any hesitation. I never felt you were just telling us a few little things to get us by…. I’ve already used the materials you provided to gather more details about the day and to help keep me on task. I love it and I feel like the bride already sees more value in what I am providing her. Thanks!” – Caryn

“Thank you so much for your presentation and ever giving spirit. You were so generous to go over the extra hour and to give us so much information. I was most interested in the organizational aspect of your presentation. I have started to check my email twice a day and keep my inbox clean. This is an example of it. I just sat down to check emails and I am now dealing with them. That has created a huge space in my brain because once I have dealt with the email, I don’t have to keep trying to remember to do it…IT’S DONE. I’m still working on folder structures, but I’m progressing. Thanks also for the extensive examples of the technical camera setting stuff… Thanks again so much for your time.” – Mark Dong

“Thank you sooo much! These are going to be so helpful as was your workshop. I’m totally overwhelmed and feel so unorganized but at least now I know where I want to end up. You gave us tons of good and needed information and I can’t thank you enough. I hope to see you soon” – Crystal Jones

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Jennifer Moon
7.18.2008

We meant every word. This workshop is a “must”!!

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JibJab!

I know I never put this stuff on my blog, but I love Jib Jab stuff.

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Random CA

I just loaded a few pics off my Canon G9 that I was carrying during my recent trip to CA. Here’s a random few that I wanted to share…

First off… I left San Francisco Tuesday around 5pm and it was a cool 72 degrees. By time I got to Sacramento the car was reading 107!!!!

After the RE:WORKSHOP about half of us from the workshop went out for dinner.

Leaving Sacramento the next morning I wanted to see the capital building. It was just a drive by, I needed to get back to San Francisco.

On the highway I spotted a ‘72-’73 Volvo 1800 ES. I’m a car fanatic, and a former Volvo owner myself. My wife now has a XC90. But what struck me about this 1800 ES is the similarity to the new C30’s. And I thought Volvo was trying to put out something “new.”

The haze from the wildfires was evident almost the whole drive. You can just about smell it too.

Some of the fires were pretty close to the highway! I even hit some traffic while some fire trucks were spraying foam on a burnt tree.

Before leaving CA I had to gas up the rental. And I though CT had high prices at $4.37 a gallon. CA was at $4.69!

Then the most confusing thing happened on the plane. This was on all of our screens on Jet Blue:

Everyone was confused and commenting on it. We were on a Jet Blue plane!!! After 15+ minutes of seeing this, the video finally played. It seems we are no longer flying… we are “jetting” with Jet Blue.

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Jen & Brian!

Jen and Brian got engaged in February! The last time I saw Brian he was a groomsmen in my cousins wedding a few years ago. He’s known my work for a while. Now I get to come out to San Francisco to photograph their wedding next June. I can’t wait! San Fran is starting to feel like a second home, so any reason to come out here is a good one.

It was a pretty cool day today and the Golden Gate Bridge was completely fogged in. The fog started to break while we were taking pictures.

I had to post some pics before I left… I’ll be flying back to CT in the morning!

Ahhhh… San Francisco.

How can I not come out here and photograph a steep street?

Pier 39! It was tough shooting around all the tourists.

A great view of the city from the Palace of Fine Arts.

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Photography by Blair
7.11.2008

LOVE the kissing shot with the GG Bridge in the back. That one is amazing! The last one with the engagement ring is my second favorite! Awesome stuff as always!

Jacuzzis in Strange Places
7.29.2008

The kissing shot did elicit a verbal response from me as well! I can’t wait for the wedding! (Now if only there were anyone else we knew who could get married next year……..)

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RE:WORKSHOP Sacramento

I’m back at the hotel after a really long and TOTALLY AWESOME day. The RE:WORKSHOP took place today and I couldn’t have been happier about it. It was a great group of photographers. I crammed so much information into the day. It even went an extra hour! That was followed by more Q&A over dinner! I’ve never talked so much before. It was awesome. I’ll get some pictures posted when some of the photographer’s send me some :-) I’m headed back to San Francisco in the morning and meeting up with Brian and Jen for their engagement session!

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Ruby & Tony!

I made it out to San Francisco! I got no sleep on the plane… I can never sleep on a plane. So I went right from the airport to meet up with Ruby and Tony at the Golden Gate bridge to do their engagement shoot. It was a little hazy from the wild fires, and the wind was kicking up on the bridge. But I guess the wind is normal? Then it was off to the beach! Ruby has a thing for jumping. It was her big request to get some jumping shots.

Thanks to Ruby for taking the long walk up to the bridge columns in her heals!

They only had one side of the bridge’s walkway open so the bicycle riders were on the pedestrian side. They were going through non stop.

Great for the album layout!

We went as far as taking shots UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge.

Ok Ruby… you can jump.

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Anonymous
7.10.2008

Babe– I LOVE these pics of Ruby and Tony!! Talk to you soon–Kelley

Erik Maziarz
7.11.2008

RE these are great! love the bridge shots and the shot with the motion blur of the biker riding past.

Jacuzzis in Strange Places
7.29.2008

Ruby got engaged! Congratulations Ruby, it was so nice to meet you out in CA!

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Sacramento Here I Come!

I’m sitting here, very tired, in the Jet Blue terminal in NY. It was a late night last night getting everything together for this trip. I finally got to sleep around 1am, only to have left the house this morning at 4am! 3 hours of sleep! I can’t wait to sleep on the plane.

When I get to San Francisco I’m meeting up with Ruby and her fiance to photograph their engagement session. I’ll then do the hour and thity minute drive to Sacramento to meet up with Carmen Salazar who is hosting the workshop.

I’ve had a few last minute signups for the RE:WORKSHOP. It’s going to be a nice group of people. Can’t wait to meet everyone!

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Syreena B
7.08.2008

Hope you have a blast in Cali! I stumbled upon your blog the other day and I love your work! I’m a newbie photographer in South Jersey just trying to network with awesome photographers and learn as much as I can.

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Back in CT, And About To Leave!

So it wasn’t so much Maine that I spent my time in. It was mostly New Hampshire. Our night out with Kelley and her friend Sara and Sara’s brother Scott was quite amusing. Stories to be told… stories, and mainly photos, that shouldn’t be shared! I’ll have to really review those pictures before posting any. Portsmouth NH was a blast!

From Maine, er New Hampshire, to Boston to see out friend Christina for lunch. She’s an amazing pastry chef at Flour in Boston, the one near the Children’s Museum. I just ate all the deserts we brought home in 1 day. They are that good.

Then all in the same day we drove down to Mohegan Sun to meet up with my assistant Greg and his wife Melissa for the Billy Joel concert. It was AWESOME! This photo was taken from my iPhone.

I’m finishing up work on the RE:WORKSHOP! I fly out on Tuesday!

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