Allison & David's Wedding

Well I totally had an awesome time on Saturday with Allison, David and of course the one and only Robert Norman!!! I tagged along with Robert for Allison & David's Wedding.

Last Monday evening I actually met with a couple who are having their reception at the New Haven Lawn Club next year, so it was totally awesome to be able to check the place out as well as the surrounding area before hand.

The ceremony was at St Mary's and I must say the church was absolutely breath-taking. The colors were so brilliant they almost looked unreal.

After the ceremony the four of us walked around Hillhouse and the architecture was just wonderful, of course the New Haven Lawn club was totally rockin' and the moment I arrived I was scoping out the brick walls and the peeling paint and said, we definitely need to do some shooting out here after the sun goes down and fire up the video light!!! Needless to say Allison, Dave and even Rob were up for it!

When I arrived at Allison's Mom's house the dress was hanging on a door and the skylight was hitting the dress just so right, enough to grab the shot below. How awesome was that dress with the flowers kinda/sorta built right in!







Allison doing her own shoes! Imagine that!!!



Forward view of St. Mary's, how unbelievably awesome is this Church, I couldn't get enough of it!



Rear view of the Church



Couple special moments after the pronunciation!



I was digging the hand-holding and how Dave looked at Allison



Walking down Hillhouse with Robert in action!



Couple shots here of Allison & Dave





Down and around the psychology building!! How convenient!





The psych building had some serious pillars! I was loving it, definitely check out Rob's blog for another angle.



Something about a couple walking, and an angle that just absolutely does it for me.. (hmm photographically speaking - that is)





This area was so perfect - the grass nearly matched Allison's bouquet



Totally digging this shot and the expressions as well as the B&W





Little Smooch!!



Their first dance...



There was this odd, yet friendly, totally cool guy at the reception who just popped right up in fro... oh wait.. That's him! That's Mr. Robert Norman - at least part of him (his best part!!!)



I grabbed a light stand, extended it about 8 feet, put on Nikon's 14-24 and held it high above the crowd, was really digging the results - this is a time when a flip LCD screen would come in handy!



Allison and her Dad...



Okay, the following few shots have to be just - well - some of my best work... Remember earlier I mentioned the video light and the brick walls! Here we go!

Allison and Dave enjoying a little intimacy!



Loved these next few shots of Allison, she was just posing up a storm, but, it was totally natural!







Allison, Dave it was great meeting you guys! Robert, as always thanks a bunch for having me tag along..

-Rick O

Shannon & Rob's Wedding

When Shannon contacted me last year to shoot her Wedding last Friday, she was so worried from the first conversation I had with her that it was going to rain on her wedding day and, it did! Fortunately it started raining during the ceremony and for the beginning of the reception only!

I didn't realize the amazing talent that Shannon's Dad had as he offered up a couple solo's at the reception on the (Violin/Cello) - Not sure which instrument it was, but he had lots of people on the dance floor doing the Jig!

Starting out with some images of Shannon being made up!





I don't go to crazy with textures, but this is a shot where I was really diggin it!



Before Shannon went to put her dress on, we took a couple photos in her living room, was totally digging her big picture window and the light coming through it!



Shannon's sister helping her lace up!



Shannon looking in the mirror - something about this shot I am just loving, I think its the small mystery in her eyes or something, the little touch of color tone.



Before we headed off I grabbed a couple shots of the girls outside Shannon's parents house.





Shannon's nephew was the ring bearer and I must say a charming little chap!



Shannon was so much fun to photograph because she really is a happy-bubbly person, I really was digging her silliness through out the day.



We went to Edgerton park in Hamden, one of Shannon's favorite places to do some photos. This was a test shot that I ended up really liking, so alas here it is!



Once again Prince Charming!



Really liked this shot of Shannon & Rob in the garden.



Loved the way the light was beating through her veil, dress and flowers.



It was raining by the time we arrived at the Aqua Turf, so we did a couple shots during cocktail hour in the vestibule.



Shannon & Rob's first dance together as husband and wife!



This cake made me hungry!



After it finally stopped raining, it was pitch black outside, so I grabbed the video light and we went outside to grab a couple more shots on the grounds of the Aqua Turf.



Shannon was dancing up a storm all night and I really loved how in this shot her dress sort of opened, feet off of the floor.



One of Shannon & Rob's final dances at their reception!



I had a great time guys, hope to see you soon.

-Rick O

Alex & Chris

This past Saturday I had another opportunity to shoot with Robert Norman.. The Wedding was at The Inn at Longshore in Westport.

The weather was perfect although it did rain a tiny bit, but it held out until after the ceremony, which was held outside!

Here are a few of my favorites from the day starting with Alex having some last minute adjustments made for her.



She has a beautiful smile I was lucky enough to capture it here!



This little girl was just so precious, I couldn't help but point my lens at her numerous times through out the day.



Little three piece string ensemble played music while the guests started to arrive and during the procession.



I absolutely adore this little flower girl and her moment of confusion "where am I suppose to be?" - too cute



During the ceremony I took a little walk and captured the moment from a distance.



After some formal photos we went over to this totally classic/vintage Cadillac for some photos. I really love the way Alex & Chris interacted with each other.



If you look closely you can see that Robert is the apple of Alex's eye!



The couples first dance from a distance!



At one point I saw the Ring Bearer and his pal walking along the stone wall (hidden from view) and had to capture that moment.



A little wide shot of the reception area.



-Rick O