I had an absolutely delightful day yesterday, filled with crazy-fun photographic creativity! You see, Elizabeth Craig of Craig Photography and Elizabeth Craig Intimates invited me to accompany her on one of her intimates/boudoir shoots, and so with camera and adventure packed, I went, I shot and I had an awesome time!
Our model, bride to be J., was super beautiful, sexy and fierce! We could have photoed her all day/night, and almost did - our results were well worth it; take my word for it! Ed at The Parador Inn in the historic North Side Mexican War Streets district was accommodating and delightful and the Inn was a photographer's dream come true! Our makeup artist, Rachael Ryan of Ryan Makeup was perhaps the sweetest and most talented I've had the joy to work with - everyone needs to hire her fast, because her schedule is about to become full, if Elizabeth and I have anything to do with it!
It was another one of those cases where the four of us were meant to be together in that one space all at once to create a beautiful and lasting friendship and bond through all of our artwork and kindred spirits! Thanks for the great time together ladies! I can't wait to do it again! Enjoy the teaser image!!!
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Kathryn and Troye came to me by way of one of my 2003 wedding clients, Robbie and Tom. Tom's sister referred me to them, and well, the rest is history!
This was a wonderful group of people - I loved how many of their friends and guests were musically inclined, as are Kathryn and Troye themselves, so the reception took on a musical theme that was very specific to music and really, really cute. The day was BEAUTIFUL - it poured while we were in the church for the ceremony, but the weather held for us from afterward and through the portraits outside. Their reception was at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott, and as ALWAYS the Marriott team did a spectacular job taking care of the couple and their guests. They are an amazing team!
I hope you enjoy the sampling of images from your wedding - there are hundreds more to see VERY soon!
Beautiful ceremony moments...I LOVED the design of and light in the church: St. Anne Parish in Castle Shannon!
Troye made the kiss count! It was perfect!
I LOVE the expressions on Kathryn and Troye's faces: pure joy and amazement! LOVE IT!
These are two of my favorite images from the day - the light in St. Anne's was so beautiful and then we had beautiful light for portraits afterwords.
The girls wore two different shades of blue dresses and the flowers matched perfectly!
Details, details...the flowers were so beautiful...
I like this photo of the guys - they were a great group of really good friends and were a LOT of fun to photograph!
A sweet romantic image of Troye and Kathryn...and there are MANY, MANY more! Gotta love flare!
A favorite way to end posts and wedding story book designs: the couple walking away and kissing...
I had a wonderful time with you Kate and Troye! And it was such a pleasure to photograph for you and your family and friends! Thank you for having me with you!
BIG love, Joanne Bartone Photographer | www.joannebartone.com
Beautiful ceremony moments...I LOVED the design of and light in the church: St. Anne Parish in Castle Shannon!
Troye made the kiss count! It was perfect!
I LOVE the expressions on Kathryn and Troye's faces: pure joy and amazement! LOVE IT!
These are two of my favorite images from the day - the light in St. Anne's was so beautiful and then we had beautiful light for portraits afterwords.
The girls wore two different shades of blue dresses and the flowers matched perfectly!
Details, details...the flowers were so beautiful...
I like this photo of the guys - they were a great group of really good friends and were a LOT of fun to photograph!
A sweet romantic image of Troye and Kathryn...and there are MANY, MANY more! Gotta love flare!
A favorite way to end posts and wedding story book designs: the couple walking away and kissing...
I had a wonderful time with you Kate and Troye! And it was such a pleasure to photograph for you and your family and friends! Thank you for having me with you!
BIG love, Joanne Bartone Photographer | www.joannebartone.com
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It's interesting to me how photography has always been such an important medium that evokes powerful emotions and interesting discussions, no matter what the subject or who the photographer. Wedding photography has progressed from photographers using view cameras in the early years of photographing weddings, to the now popular digital SLR cameras with video capabilities! Completely unimaginable technology only a few years ago is now a reality. It's amazing.
And with the technological advances every now and again, this medium gets a surge or rebirth from professionals and consumers alike. Here's a small sampling of the progression of photography: camera obscura, pin-hole cameras, view cameras, twin-lens reflex cameras, medium format cameras, Polaroid instamatic cameras, 35mm SLR cameras, and now the digital SLR cameras. It's an exciting medium and field to work in because it is ever evolving.
The digital advancements of photography, in my opinion, are akin to the advances of wireless cell phone technology; it's made it easier for almost everyone to have access to a camera! In fact, if people aren't photographing with an actual digital camera they're using their cell phone cameras to photograph! It's just way too much fun and tremendously exciting and has really inspired people to connect with photography again...and then there's scrapbooking...wow!...it just goes on and on.
The possibilities to create beautiful imagery and specialized creative pieces of photographic works are really becoming endless, which is very, very exciting for us creative types. Based on what I've seen by some of the leaders in the professional wedding industry from the UK, it appears as if the trend in professional wedding photography is merging with art and design more and more which has led some photographers in the industry to an intense discussion of should photography remain pure: the photo out of the camera is what it was as captured VS. the photo out of the camera is enhanced into a specialized piece of art. I think either way is fine, but in this ever evolving industry I think an image artfully created in the camera and then artistically enhanced image beyond the camera is going to be the next big identifier of professional photographers and this is VERY exciting, indeed!
Here are a few of the award-winning images from one of my favorite industry leaders: Yervant Zanazanian, one of the most talented and genuine photographers I've ever had the good fortune to meet. His recent awards from the AIPP have sparked quite a debate amongst professionals - a debate that has been around for centuries and only will stimulate us to progress further, i'm sure!
THE FOLLOWING THREE IMAGES ARE Yervant's PHOTOGRAPHIC ART that has sparked an important discussion amongst photographers. Yervant INSPIRES me! What are your thoughts?
Yervant, I love your style, your documentary work and your art, and I couldn't agree with your insights on the subject more! You are an incredible inspiration to me and to our industry, and I can't wait to see what you create for us in the future! Thank you for your inspiration.
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Yervant, I love your style, your documentary work and your art, and I couldn't agree with your insights on the subject more! You are an incredible inspiration to me and to our industry, and I can't wait to see what you create for us in the future! Thank you for your inspiration.
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For this post, I'm going to try to do my best to speak "from my heart;" that figurative place where many of us think our feelings of love originate...
I was recently commissioned to photograph a wedding in the Berkshires and found myself so thoroughly moved by the entire experience I know I will not likely forget it or my feelings, ever. I've tried to think hard to put the experience and my feelings into words in an attempt to convey this wonderful occasion, but I'm afraid I'll probably fall short of doing justice to it all. So, I'm hoping that in the end the images seen in the slide show below will speak loudly and clearly for me. But, I should try at least, to set the stage...
This past May, only one month before the wedding, I received an inquiry from Texas where the couple wanted me to photograph their destination wedding in Lenox, MA. Always being honored at the opportunity to work with couples no matter where they may be, I was honored to the brim here mostly because out of all the photographers there are - literally thousands of them between Texas and Massachusetts - I was the photographer they wanted. Jeffrey said he "looked through hundreds of photographer's websites" and chose me as the photographer! Most couples look through maybe 10, 20, 50 sites, but hundreds? And then they chose me? I was almost afraid they had someone else in mind, but Jeffrey assured me that it was me they wanted! What an honor for me! Little did they know what a gift THEY would become to ME! It was an intensely magical and transcendental experience, where everything and each of us who participated were exactly where we were supposed to be, and love was the destination.
It was a whirl-wind wedding weekend/two days: my assistant and I photographed a wedding Saturday in Seven Springs, PA, made it back to Pittsburgh by 11:30 PM Saturday night, then immediately left at 5 AM Sunday morning on a flight bound to Albany, NY. Once we landed in Albany, we rented a car and drove to Lenox, Massachusetts to an exclusive hotel, Wheatleigh, where the ceremony was being held. The Wheatleigh staff were superb; bar none. All I can say about them is ' WOW!' They anticipated every need and delivered the highest level of service I have ever had the good fortune to witness or receive! A special thank you goes out to Ana who took great care of us and made sure we had everything to make our work easy and our stay delightful! Here's an image of this magical place...a hotel so divine I'm going to have to leave explaining the wonderful experience with them for a separate post!
We arrived at 10 AM and just before my assistant and I walked out of our room to begin photographing at 11:30 AM I said, ' This is THE most important day in this couple's lives; everything we do for them today must come from a place of love from within us.' And so it was. We had a brief break late in the afternoon then photographed until, oh, I don't know, 10 or 11:30 PM that night - time truly was irrelevant! Traveling and putting in many hours photographing two consecutive days was a bit taxing, but the experience was so energizing that I could have continued photographing for hours long after we finished!
There was the couple, Jeffrey + Allen, two top medical professionals from Texas who were so delightful and generous - they shared their champagne, their lunch and their cake with us! The officiant, Mary Coburn from Connecticut, who was simply so special and genuine. And then there was me and my assistant photographing throughout the day - it felt as if we had all known each other for years despite only meeting at this moment; all of us together on a beautiful terrace setting at Wheatleigh, just as it was meant to be! With Jeffrey + Allen in supportive spirit on their wedding day were their parents by way of beautiful photographs watching over them as their marriage ceremony was held. I'm looking forward to meeting them when I travel to Texas for a visit!
Mary Coburn had the perfect demeanor and made the ceremony meaningful and celebratory! I've never witnessed an officiant who had so much grace, sincerity and respect while officiating. Mary's ability to make the marriage ceremony all about Jeffrey + Allen made capturing their precious moments easy for me! During their exchange of vows, Mary stepped aside. During their kiss, Mary stepped aside. Mary instinctively knew how important those moments were to Jeffrey + Allen, so when I photographed them, it was just about them. Perfect. Mary, it was such a delight to meet you - you are a gem!
The setting at Wheatleigh was magical and idyllic and no one else existed in the world at that place and that time except the five of us. It was a transformative and breathtaking experience for me and I will not ever forget the feelings I felt throughout. I find myself becoming overwhelmed while photographing at many weddings, but this time there was a moment when I found it difficult to quiet my sobbing behind my camera. I was overcome for a multitude of reasons, but mostly because of the love that was present; the love I got to witness and create from. It was a profound experience for me.
The ceremony began, and...well, I'll just let you see the magic through the images in the slide show I created. There are hundreds of images we created from the ceremony alone (and thousands from the day!) and although the slide show is a condensed version of the imagery we have, it should give you a flavor of the beauty and specialness of Jeffrey + Allen's ceremony. I've made one of my favorite images from our portrait session the link to the slide show. I intend to add much more to this post later by way of another slide show of the remainder of the day, or more single images, or both, so stay tuned!
Jeffrey + Allen, thank you for choosing me. Thank you for allowing me to participate in your most beautiful marriage ceremony and special day and thank you for our new-found friendship. CONGRATULATIONS! I couldn't me more proud to present your love by way of my images here on the blog. ENJOY the love everyone! And don't forget to comment!
CLICK ON THE PHOTO to start the show...
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We arrived at 10 AM and just before my assistant and I walked out of our room to begin photographing at 11:30 AM I said, ' This is THE most important day in this couple's lives; everything we do for them today must come from a place of love from within us.' And so it was. We had a brief break late in the afternoon then photographed until, oh, I don't know, 10 or 11:30 PM that night - time truly was irrelevant! Traveling and putting in many hours photographing two consecutive days was a bit taxing, but the experience was so energizing that I could have continued photographing for hours long after we finished!
There was the couple, Jeffrey + Allen, two top medical professionals from Texas who were so delightful and generous - they shared their champagne, their lunch and their cake with us! The officiant, Mary Coburn from Connecticut, who was simply so special and genuine. And then there was me and my assistant photographing throughout the day - it felt as if we had all known each other for years despite only meeting at this moment; all of us together on a beautiful terrace setting at Wheatleigh, just as it was meant to be! With Jeffrey + Allen in supportive spirit on their wedding day were their parents by way of beautiful photographs watching over them as their marriage ceremony was held. I'm looking forward to meeting them when I travel to Texas for a visit!
Mary Coburn had the perfect demeanor and made the ceremony meaningful and celebratory! I've never witnessed an officiant who had so much grace, sincerity and respect while officiating. Mary's ability to make the marriage ceremony all about Jeffrey + Allen made capturing their precious moments easy for me! During their exchange of vows, Mary stepped aside. During their kiss, Mary stepped aside. Mary instinctively knew how important those moments were to Jeffrey + Allen, so when I photographed them, it was just about them. Perfect. Mary, it was such a delight to meet you - you are a gem!
The setting at Wheatleigh was magical and idyllic and no one else existed in the world at that place and that time except the five of us. It was a transformative and breathtaking experience for me and I will not ever forget the feelings I felt throughout. I find myself becoming overwhelmed while photographing at many weddings, but this time there was a moment when I found it difficult to quiet my sobbing behind my camera. I was overcome for a multitude of reasons, but mostly because of the love that was present; the love I got to witness and create from. It was a profound experience for me.
The ceremony began, and...well, I'll just let you see the magic through the images in the slide show I created. There are hundreds of images we created from the ceremony alone (and thousands from the day!) and although the slide show is a condensed version of the imagery we have, it should give you a flavor of the beauty and specialness of Jeffrey + Allen's ceremony. I've made one of my favorite images from our portrait session the link to the slide show. I intend to add much more to this post later by way of another slide show of the remainder of the day, or more single images, or both, so stay tuned!
Jeffrey + Allen, thank you for choosing me. Thank you for allowing me to participate in your most beautiful marriage ceremony and special day and thank you for our new-found friendship. CONGRATULATIONS! I couldn't me more proud to present your love by way of my images here on the blog. ENJOY the love everyone! And don't forget to comment!
CLICK ON THE PHOTO to start the show...
BIG love, Joanne Bartone Photographer | www.joannebartone.com
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simone says:
omg! how precious was it when they were both crying AND the minister was dabbing her eyes. i do have to say that i got misty. love is real. love is true.
(07.13.09 @ 02:49 PM)
English Muffin says:
Breathtaking, Joanne. Love comes in all forms and is such a blessing.
(07.13.09 @ 03:07 PM)
Karen says:
I also teared up watching the slideshow! Thank you for capturing such love and tenderness. Georgeous images!
"We can do no great things; only small things with great love" Mother Theresa
(07.13.09 @ 03:38 PM)
Heather Ganss says:
Beautiful Joanne! Your slideshows always make me cry!
(07.13.09 @ 09:21 PM)
Dinah Denmark says:
Holy Cow, did those guys play on a winning a Super Bowl team?!?! Those rings are unbelievable.
But seriously ... nice work
(07.14.09 @ 11:43 AM)
Kim says:
Beautiful images of such an intimate day. Brilliant job capturing the details and emotions in such a moving way. Kudos!
(07.23.09 @ 12:38 PM)
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I'm sure you've been noticing some new and exciting changes that have appeared on the images on my blog. Well, many more will be coming soon, so I thought I'd start by showing you my new logo and business card! ENJOY!
And feel free to comment!
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Barb Barry says:
Awesome job Joanne & Karen. Thank you for sharing your experience and the photos of this beautifully touching wedding ceremony. A wonderful reminder that love lights the way.
Kisses to you and congrats to the happy couple, may you live happily ever after.
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