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Photos of the Heart

Lisa and Chris: Murphy’s Law was sure active on this wedding day. It became very interesting at Lisa’s home in Brentwood, Long Island, New York when she received a phone call from the groom saying he couldn’t make it to the wedding. What? It seems he threw out his back really bad. Needless to say Lisa was stressed. I don’t know how she did it, but my wife Debby got on the phone and somehow got a chiropractor on a Sunday morning to the groom’s house (with a folding table) and worked his magic. The bride was so stressed about the situation, she didn’t get dressed at the house on time. As you can see in the photograph, the bride left the house in her bathrobe. At the hall (Woodbury Country Club in Woodbury, near the Crest Hollow and Fox Hollow) I photographed the groom and the guys and his family while Debby helped the bride to finish dressing. After the ceremony, we photographed the bride with the girls and her family. It turned out to be a great wedding with wonderful people. Please remember that the photographer(s) are with you longer than anyone else, from before the bride is dressed till we all wave and kiss goodnight. We are prepared to help in many ways, in addition to taking the memory photographs. We are not just in the photo business, WE ARE IN THE MEMORY BUSINESS!

Second wedding; the groom had this adorable 6 yr old boy. When he started playing with his “new” mom’s dress we all let him continue. When we made the album, we told the boy that the most important thing to the bride and groom is always on the last page. You had to see the delight on his face when he saw the finished album. He won’t see this photo elsewhere and I guarantee you that this was truly a Photo of the Heart for this young man and his family.

Tammy: All weddings are as different as people are. For us, it’s all about getting to know the bride and groom and their concerns. Pre-planning is critical and we are good at it from our combined 40 years experience. All weddings seem to have one challenge or another. As you can see in the photograph, the bride is physically challenged. With our experience, training, and equipment, we’re ready for almost anything. For this wedding, we purchased several pieces of (behind the scenes) equipment to help make the bride comfortable and to help here look her best in the photographs. Tammy was truly gorgeous for her wedding.

Lisa and Danny: It rained on their wedding day, but it didn’t matter at all. The bride and groom actually first met were they were in second grade. After we left the bride’s home, we went straight to the elementary school two blocks away. We photographed the bride, groom, and wedding party in their second grade classroom. We then went to Lombardi’s on the Sound in Port Jefferson for the reception. The rain stopped later that afternoon and we were able to get some outside photographs.

Laura and Cory: The weather was ok in the morning, but then we were in a full hurricane. That’s right, a hurricane! We then went to the Marriott Hotel (instead of the pre-planned beach photos) . At the Bellport Country Club in Bellport, Long Island, New York (one of my favorite catering halls….please ask us why), they handled the situation perfectly. Ceremony and reception was obviously held all indoors. All had a great time. The weather didn’t dim any spirits. We have multiple lighting systems and many extras batteries. If electricity went out (which it didn’t that day) we would still have photographed everything properly. We’ve done weddings in storms, blizzards, etc. (yes, we have a strong 4 wheel drive suv).

Alexandra and Michael: By far, this was one of the best weddings ever. Too many reasons to list here, but please ask us why when you visit us. We did two separate engagement photo sessions, and on the wedding day, we were able to fill all requests. From the first reveal, to the Great Gatsby theme details, to a special photo of the groom with his Dad, to many major group shots of relatives who came from out of the country for the wedding day. One engagement shoot was at the Chelsea Mansion in the Muttontown Preserve (near the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay). Second engagement photo session was at a special lake in Setauket. The wedding day started at the Marriot Hotel in Islandia, Long Island, New York.Even though the bride and groom live in Brooklyn, the ceremony and reception was at Lombardi’s on the Bay in Patchogue, Long Island, New York.