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Leila and Steve were married the other day at the First Congregational Church on Nantucket Island and had their reception at the groom's grandparent's home on the waterfront in Squam. The bride got ready at a home her family rented across the street from the church so she got to have a sneak peek at guests arriving. Her bridesmaids wore the most wonderful shade of pink and carried bouquets created by Soiree Floral.

We stopped at a couple of secret locations along the way to Squam ; ) for some portraits of the couple. They were such troopers and gave a lot to me in the way of working the camera!

Another very cool thing is that George from Over Nantucket did a fly by and captured the entire scene by air. As you can see there is yours truly completely distracted and waving at him excitedly. He actually uploaded this photo to Facebook and I got to see it before I got home that night. I am excited about the prospect of offering this service to our future clients. Thanks George!

The getting ready part of the day is one of my favorite times to photograph the details. I found this little calendar and Tammy's name scheduled in the date book at The Cut Above when I arrived to photograph Tammy getting her hair done. Later at Tresses, where Tammy got her makeup done, I found their notes that had been recorded during their trial session. Dawn Kelly of Soiree Floral created the daisy orbs that Tammy described as being "exactly" what she had envisioned.

A heartfelt congratulations to Tammy and Ronnie who after being together 15 years finally got married last weekend at their home on Nantucket! I have known Ronnie since he was a kid and he has always been one of the nicest kids around. Now he's joined in marriage to his sweetheart and their wedding was amazing. We did not expect good weather at all, but we were blessed with a gorgeous and warm day here on Nantucket and everyone was grateful. These two were so fun to photograph and their details were so cute. Kendra Lockley of Simply with Style put out a mean filet mignon (I know because I got to try it!) While we were in the car going around to some awesome Nantucket photo spots I asked them if being married would change anything for them and they said, "Not at all. We've been together 15 years and nothing will change!" Love to you two forever!

This slideshow is one part of the culmination of the year's work by little Nantucket ballerinas and the wonderful Ms. Jackie. While I was photographing the rehearsals of this performance I was struck by the dedication, patience and efforts put in by the girls. With a reverence toward Ms. Jackie they worked so hard to get the steps right. They were very serious while still having fun doing it. This slideshow is available on DVD to play on your computer for $30. Click here for more details. And thank you to the wonderful Maura Moore for producing it.

Lynn and Josh were married last weekend at the White Elephant on Nantucket Island. They had a glorious day after many days of rain. I decided to have some fun with their rings using props from the wedding, including the kid's table and Soiree Floral's wonderful details. I have to mention Placesetters as well since the tables looked so marvelous. I love my job! Thanks guys for having such an awesome wedding!

Fetching is a Boston-based personal shopping and styling firm founded by Kerry Waterman who happens to be a bride-to-be (guess who's shooting her wedding this October?) with a very discerning eye for style. Kerry called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me if I'd come up to Boston to photograph her out and about on Newbury Street so that she had some material for her new website. Well, that was a very cool assignment for me, so after waiting for an agreeable weather forecast, I grabbed a puddle-jumper over and met Kerry for an afternoon of shopping. (She actually turned me on to some very cool and comfortable shoes to wear for working weddings). I think a personal shopper/stylist is in order!

The six month mark is certainly a milestone: not quite sitting up, but so aware and adorable! This is our third session together: maternity, newborn and now six months. It so wonderful to have your baby documented this way because as you may know already you can't go backwards and do it again! I've certainly learned that with my kids and though I'm kind of like the shoeless cobbler, I try to capture my children's fleeting childhood while I can.

I loved the color scheme and details paid to this wedding! Libby from our studio helped me out by shooting from different angles so she was in the balcony of the church when she got the ceremony shot shown here.

Beca and James were married on Nantucket the other day. The day started rather dark and cloudy only to give way to one of the brightest, most beautiful days of the year so far. Beca had her hair done at The Beauty Bar and her makeup done by Mandy from The Calming Room. Flowers on Chestnut created the gorgeous bouquets and center pieces and the reception was held at The Galley Beach.

We had so much fun doing what we love to do: photographing the gorgeous couples and settings we are so blessed to have with a Nantucket wedding. A kick off to a great season!