November, 2008
Today was the YMCA Holiday Portraits Fundraiser at the Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club. We had a good number of families come by for a quick holiday portrait with all proceeds going toward the Soundview YMCA and the building of the new YMCA in Branford.
We had a great natural backdrop. Everyone was able to see their photo right there and plenty of orderes were placed!
Kelley and I took the opportunity to take our holiday portrait by setting the camera on the tripod and running in front of it! Happy holidays to all! We hope everyone had a family filled, and turkey filled, Thanksgiving.
I photographed Melissa and Matt’s engagement session not that long ago. And now here’s their wedding! There was one big difference between the two days, besides the obvious ones. We had a high of 32 degrees for their wedding! It was the coldest day of the year. The wind didn’t help either, especially when Melissa almost lost her wrap off the bridge! The wedding was at the Lake of Isles at Foxwoods Casino. While Melissa was getting ready, Matt and company were at the craps tables.
What a view from the Grand Pequot Tower.
Good catch Matt! That wrap was almost gone for good.
Melissa and Matt had a comic book that was special to them. They contacted the person who drew it and got the last copies of the book. They wrapped everyones name and table number around them for the reception.
This has been wedding announcement #179!
So in an effort to fix some DNS settings for rephotodesign.net, I threw off more than I thought. If you were trying rephotodesign.net today, it wasn’t there. You also noticed all the photos on this blog are missing. Guess where those are hosted! On .net. Also if you were trying to sign up for the YMCA event, that wasn’t working either.
As of 5:30pm this evening, everything is working! What happened was, basically, that my server company does not like certain changes made to your url settings with a certain other company. So I went back in and put everything back to the way is was when it was working. The thing about making these changes is that it doesn’t happen instantly. It could take a few hours to change. The last 20 hours I thought I was waiting for the change to happen, when it was just the server not liking the change. Lesson learned.
So everything is working… the YMCA signup page, images on this blog, and most importantly rephotoesign.net
On November 28th from 12-5pm, REPhotoDesign and the Soundview Family YMCA are having a holiday family portrait day at the Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club in Branford. All proceeds will go towards the construction and services of the new YMCA in Branford. This new YMCA will support Branford, Guilford, Madison, and the surrounding area. This new YMCA is slated to have 2 pools, one being handicap accessible, a teen center, fitness center, child care center, and more!
Holiday family portraits are on the day after Thanksgiving, so all your family should be in town! Gather them up, pile in the SUV (gas prices are low again, it’s ok), and come on down! You will see your photo immediately. Your photo will be e-mailed to you so you can make your own holiday cards OR you will be able purchase prints on site through REPhotoDesign.
The YMCA is a non-profit organization and they need your help! A suggested donation will be asked for (to be determined). Again, all proceeds will benefit the YMCA!
Please sign up so we know how many people to expect!! SIGN UP HERE http://www.rephotodesign.com/ymca
NY, NY! Central Park… I love going into the city. It’s not a bad train ride from home, about an hour and 40 minutes. I guess I’m getting used to it with all the trips I’ve been taking to the city. I’ll be back next weekend too!
I met up with Maureen and Joe at 5th and 59th, the corner of Central Park, or what I like to call the Apple Store. I really need to stay out of there. We took a nice long walk through central park on a perfect for photography day. I took a lot of photos and can’t help but to post a lot of them here!
Joe use to work in the building behind the Apple store (I’m jealous). He asked Maureen to marry him in the park across from there, in front of the Plaza Hotel.
I tried to keep the Apple logo out of the shots… something keept drawing me to it.
I was editing the images on the train ride home. The women sitting next to me really liked this one.
I had to ask Maureen if she modeled before cause she would naturally give me these looks and poses that were fantastic.
Then an onlooker tried to do the same? Not as effective.
After the shoot I enjoyed a city vendor pretzel and headed to Grand Central. Sunday nights are always crowded going back to New Haven. I got there a little early and managed a good seat next to a window. Then an announcement came over the speaker that the train was broken and we had to get on another train. It was a mad dash! The next train didn’t have as many cars, so seats were even more limited and I ended up on an isle. It was crazy.
12.03.2008
Nice orange Alien Bees and cool studio set up RE!
12.10.2008
Will I be receiving a holiday card with this lovely photo?