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September 19, 2009
Hilary and Adam’s Wedding at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme CT
We were very happy to be back at the Florence Griswold Museum (the Flo Gris) in Old Lyme, Connecticut to photograph Hilary and Adam’s outdoor wedding on a gorgeous September Saturday afternoon. With the sloping lawn leading down to the Lieutenant River (popular with kayakers this time of year) the Flo Gris is a just a beautiful place to get married. And Adam and Hilary’s family and friends looked so happy for them, providing the perfect atmosphere for their wedding.
Hilary got ready next door at The Bee and Thistle Inn, another great coastal Connecticut venue. Adam arrived from the Water’s Edge Resort, sporting cuff-links made from Yankee Stadium’s blue seats, circa 1978.
The flowers by Paul David of The Flower District fit the scene perfectly, and the Gourmet Galley served great hors d’oeuvres from oysters to lobster rolls to crabcake sliders. After the Beatles music for the processional and recessional, the Bruce Saunders Entertainment band from New York played a variety of music perfect for dinner (at times the members playing solo during dinner–nice touch) as well as for energetic dancing.
Adam is very into photography and so it’s great that, in addition to our photojournalistic shooting, we shot in a variety of Flo Gris locations from the gardens to the river to “The Rambles” stick art sculpture, and a late night shoot in the Adirondack chairs (miniaturized in Hilary and Adam’s cake topper) down near the river.
Andrew from Well Spun Weddings gathered footage to make a Super 8 film-looking video. And after the wedding, the party moved to the Copper Beech Inn, yet another classic Connecticut Shore restaurant.
Hilary and Adam, thank you so much for choosing us to photograph your wedding!
To see more IRIS wedding photography please go to www.photoiris.com and click on weddings.
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August 24, 2009
Sara and Mark’s Wedding at the Branford House at Avery Point, Groton CT
Summer finally made its arrival in mid-August with temperatures in the 90s for a beautiful wedding on the ocean for Sara and Mark at the Branford House at Avery Point in Groton, Connecticut.
The blue and white theme fit perfectly with the nautical scene on Long Island Sound. We love weddings at the Branford House, even more so with a tent to bring the party outdoors. During the cocktail party, folks noshed on mussels and cherrystones while ferries and fishing boats sailed by. I (Mike) noticed Kanonkop South African wine being served…a different and great choice…and I thought someone here must be into wine. In fact, Sara is the wine biz, working for a distributor of South African wines.
During the ceremony, Mark’s Dad sang a special Irish song, then Sara’s father, Mark’s brother and the Maid of Honor spread the peace and love in their speeches, noting that the wedding was taking place on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Later that night we chatted with Sara and Mark’s friend Jim who played some awesome bagpipes for the wedding…and it turns out he was one of the 400,000 folks up on Yasgur’s farm back in ’69.
On the music topic, we loved the song selection and found out that Sara and Mark chose all the songs to be played at their wedding…really personalizes the sound and vibe of a wedding. On the food front, Emily’s Catering Group had a huge production in place for this large wedding–nice working with them again.
Sara and Mark, thanks very much for having us photograph your wedding!
To see more IRIS wedding photography please go to www.photoiris.com and click on weddings.
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April 10, 2009
New York Metropolitan Opera Chandelier Shoot for Swarovski
You may remember that we shot the documentary-style project of the re-installation of the Swarovski chandeliers at the New York Metropolitan Opera late last summer for the 50th anniversary of Lincoln Center. Now that the chandeliers are up, we have been hired by Swarovski again to capture product/architectural shots of the lit sputniks. This was a completely different approach, slowing down…using a tripod, high apertures, low ISO and some off-camera lighting. Part one of the project is to capture shots of the chandeliers in daylight:
To see more commercial documentary photography from Jane Shauck go to www.photojane.com.
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