A wedding photographer’s life is not as glamorous as what some of you may think. It’s often a test of stamina and will to keep on creating great images in the most demanding and stressful situations, but when you are passionate about what you do; you can walk through fire without noticing the burn.

Here are few of my favorite images from Kristina and Joe’s wedding created by using Lensbaby.

Wedding reception at the North Hempstead Country Club, Port Washington, Long Island, NY

After my initial tryout with Lensbaby, I was excited to see what I can create and get on a wedding day when everything happens fast and furious.

I went into my closet and took out the neglected and abandoned Canon 20D and gave it a new lease on life. The Lensbaby was attached to the 20D and around my neck so I had instant access to it whenever I needed it.

Here are some of my favorite images from Dea and David’s wedding.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I had fun shooting them!

Dea and David’s wedding celebration was held at Bridgewaters, situated in the heart of the historic South Street Seaport.

After the recording of Elena & Chris’s Wedding Story, I wanted to make sure I was present for the next one. Willi forgot to press the record button. He may know all the buttons on his cameras, but with everything else it may be a different story.

We’ve recently updated our website to include the Story of Amanda & Jordan. We named Amanda & Jordan’s Story, “Since Date One”. There’s a very special reason to why we chose the title. I don’t want to ruin their story by introducing it any further. You will not be disappointed, because their story is like a Russian matryoshka/Babushka doll; a story within a story.

Once again we want to thank Amanda & Jordan for coming into our studio to share their story with us even though 6 months have passed since their wedding. Thank you for your time and effort and we really enjoyed talking to you, Jordan while waiting for Amanda.

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Amanda & Jordan’s wedding was held at The Heldrich in New Brunswick, New Jersey

Many of us go through life making mistakes without a second chance to make it right. Chris and Elena first dated for 3½ years and took a 2 year break before a meeting by chance brought them back together. They seized upon this once in a lifetime opportunity to treasure one another and fall in love all over again and in their own words, “It’s much better the second time around”.

It must be fate, but without the appreciation of what life offers us we can not profit from the opportunity. One can see that Chris and Elena genuinely appreciate this gift that brought them back together and they are profiting from this reunion and turning their life into one of love, caring and appreciation. I can truly sense these energies in the presence of Chris and Elena.

Check out my conversation with them at the end of their wedding images.

This is my first audio interview with a couple and I look forward to more exciting and insightful conversations with brides and grooms who have given me the opportunity to be their storyteller.

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Elena & Chris’s Prom and Wedding were held at  Glen Island Harbor Club New Rochelle, New York

As I was searching for an old episode of Vern Yip’s Deserving Design on hulu.com, I found the following video instead.  My eyes were drawn to the introductory sentence.

“Sometimes deciding where to get married is more complicated than deciding who to marry. Planning a reception is complicated. But Carley Roney, editor of TheKnot.com, has great advice to make planning the reception manageable.”

If you find this video helpful, then you may want to check out the rest of the wedding related videos on howdini.com.