With several roaring fires warming their vintage colonial home (complete with duck pond out back), Jess and Trevor got ready for their winter wedding before heading to the classic New Haven Lawn Club for their beautiful ceremony and reception.  Jess and Trevor’s home showcased some of Jess’s artwork, including the graphic zebra print behind Trevor in the blogshow.  Check out her website to see more about her cool work.

The New Haven Lawn Club’s halls were decked with Christmas garlands and beautifully lit by candlelight for their event.  The ballroom–a large yet intimate space–features antique Austrian crystal chandeliers and sconces…the perfect setting for a wedding.

Later in the night Jess and Trevor braved the beginning of the blizzard to run outside for some night shots.  The falling snow along with the warmth and decorations inside lent a magical holiday party atmosphere to their wedding.

Congrats Jess and Trevor and thanks for having us photograph your wedding!

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Just got the email with winners of the 3rd Quarter 2009 WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) photo contest…and Jane’s pic of the dancing flower girl at Valerie and Nicholas’ wedding at the Hyannisport Club on the Cape won 5th prize–great job Jane!  For more wedding photos please visit our website www.photoiris.com.

Are you smarter than a second grader?  That’s what Catherine and Justin’s colorful table signs (with questions inside) asked guests at their winter wedding this past weekend at the The Riverhouse at Goodspeed Station in Haddam, Connecticut (Justin knows just what to ask…he’s a second grade teacher).

Their games theme started in the cocktail hour with crossword puzzles using clues about themselves along with paper fortune tellers and the Magic 8-ball.  And after the ceremony Catherine and Justin presented trophies to their families and friends for their various “achievements”…..it all made for a very fun wedding.  They even had mini-me Justin and Catherine custom made yarn dolls by Bamboletta.

White dress, white sky, white snow….let’s go outside and take some photos….so we dashed outside for some cool shots of Catherine in her pretty short dress huddled next to Justin.

Really nice family and friends and a terrific couple….thanks Catherine and Justin for having us document your day!

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Amanda and Matt, who were married in June in Fairfield, were announced in January’s Town & Country Magazine.  Great folks, great wedding…happy holidays guys!

Keri and Michael Mendoza’s August wedding at the Glen Manor House in Portsmouth RI was just featured in an extensive article in the Green Bride Guide, a well written blog dedicated to the green wedding movement.  Keri and Mike incorporated lots of green ideas into their wedding that you can read all about in this great article.

Nice job guys!

Jane and I recently photographed “A Night Out in Style”– a 1920s themed gala held at the Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury, Connecticut, which raised money for Gifts of Love.  Gifts of Love is based in Avon and helps local families in need by providing food, furniture and other household items–a great organization.

Our friend Adria spearheaded the planning and did an awesome job–the gala gets better every year.  The very dapper crowd (check out our friends Ken and Sally–the first pic in the blogshow below–looking awesome) participated in a variety of events from a silent auction, a runway fashion show, a live auction, and casino tables.

The fashion show emcee’d by 96.5 TIC’s Damon Scott was great fun to shoot.  The celebrity models–who had a blast working it down the runway–included Billy Grant, chef and owner of Grant’s and Bricco restaurants in West Hartford, West Hartford Mayor Scott Slifka and Simsbury State Representative Linda Schofield, Terry Dietz–former CBS Survivor contestant, and Kevin Cottle, a recent finalist on the Hell’s Kitchen series.

Lastly…we even had a “3rd shooter” at this event….thanks to Val for taking a nice pic of us late night (last shot in blogshow below).  To view the photos, click on a pic and use your arrow keys to cycle through them.

I love shooting families year to year and am sometimes completely blown away by how much the kids have grown!  This was definitely the case with Shelley’s kids (including adding baby Beckett!).  Great shooting at their home where their kids have grown up just before they move to their new home…to me, it gives an extra meaning to the photos.

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Recently we traveled down Route 9 to New Britain to meet and photograph Douglas Hyland, the Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art, for the November issue of Connecticut Magazine. It was a pleasure talking with Mr. Hyland and seeing this gem of a museum, which we’d been planning to visit for a long time.  We loved Lisa Hoke’s “Gravity of Color” artwork, a beautiful kaleidoscopic arrangement of thousands of plastic cups dipped in paint alongside vintage paper cups (see our photo below).

If you haven’t been, it’s definitely worth a trip to see the NBMAA—the address is 56 Lexington Street in New Britain CT and website is www.nbmaa.org. And the Museum runs many kids’ classes as well.

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Great meeting Lauren and Mike’s family and being able to capture the end of fall as the leaves we shot were literally vacuumed up during the photo session!  …and great meeting their kids who actually go to school with Sebbie!

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I loved meeting and shooting Amy and Brendan’s beautiful new baby, Aiden, after getting to know them while shooting their wedding at the lovely Hill-Stead Museum a few years ago.  It’s been very rewarding watching (and capturing) the changes of different wedding clients as they become parents…all I can say is…congratulations and welcome to our world!