{ yearly archives } 2009

Lara and Michael ~ wedding photobooth studio

New York sweeties, Lara and Michael, were married in Annapolis this weekend. Inspired by this their ineffable charm and delightful style, we set up a studio at their Chesapeake Bay Beach Club reception. Equally charming and delightful families and guests received prints. Carefully cutting prints with an array of groovy scissors, the guests created an on-site…

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The St. Vincent’s Center ~ NACE volunteers making a difference

Neon cotton candy coated little lips. Hundreds of smiles and the latest dance moves decorated the gym. For 10 years members of the Baltimore National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) have brought ketchup and snowballs, bubbles and brownies to the St. Vincent’s Center in Timonium, MD. This year was no different as 45 NACE volunteers…

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Life Complete ~ a dinner

Last light touches the pink petunias in the window box. We hold hands. It’s dinnertime. We ready for our ritual feast with a quick scan of the table. Ketchup…Check. A1 sauce…Check. Steak knives…Check. Each night we choose our blessing style, a song, take-turns spoken grace or silence. Tonight we choose a song. They sing low….

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Of Lavender Tutus and Sour Cherries ~ a summer solstice

On the longest day of the year, there’s a party…music, children, hula hoops, neighbors, friends and cobbler. Each cobbler is a three hour process. She makes two, one with sour cherries picked from the tree in her front yard, the other with rhubarb from the farmer’s market. I am entranced by the child in the…

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Miss Jenny Wren

Miss Jenny Wren fluffs her feathers. She hunkers down. She makes a home. Four tiny eggs nestle within the curve of the wreath on my studio door. Her soft belly coaxes four new lives. She has knitted with twigs and stray string scraps. She has created a refuge tucked under the words faith, hope and…

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Blue List Photographers ~ destination photographer collective

Blue List Photographers, brainchild of wedding photographers Huy Nguyen of F8 Studio and Anna Kuperberg, is a collective of local and destination wedding photographers from the US and Canada with a shared philosophy: great service and great pictures. A big thank goes to classical violinist turned Blue List Photographers concierge extraordinaire, Kathryn Krueger. I am…

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Amy Deputy published in Wedding Photography UNVEILED ~ write some words and receive the book

Jacqueline Tobin, longtime editor and writer at Photo District News, has published her first book, Wedding Photography UNVEILED: Inspiration and Insight from from 20 Top Photographers published by Amphoto Books and available at Amazon. Wedding Photography UNVEILED, with cover photographs by Jose Villa, highlights twenty contemporary wedding photographers whose work is considered among some of…

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