English sky, long evening sunset, an English rose and a gent, a country pub and a quality breakfast to start the day... a full English

I just got back from the UK after a great week visiting my family, then spending a stag week (that's bachelor party to all ye Amerian peeps) in Wales, followed by the wedding of my best friends Tom and Michelle in the countryside of the English Midlands at Melton Mowbray. More photos to come, but here's the shot of the day...

Diane and Jake Welton were married at the end of July on an extremely hot and bright Saturday. We met Diane at her parents' new home in Marlborough, before heading to the Immaculate Conception church just down the road and then up to Castleton in Windham NH. It was a relaxed day with a lot of guests, but just a few bridesmaids and groomsmen, who all were great sports with the heat and were incredibly attentive with Diane and Jake throughout the day. I could sense a few nerves from them both before the ceremony, but once they were out of the doors and into the arms of their friends and family their characters came out. Congrats to Mr and Mrs Welton!



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To watch their slideshow enter Diane's maiden name as the password. Turn up the volume and hit that full screen button in the bottom right!




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Epic. One word to describe June 20, 2009! I met with Molly and her mother, Alice a year ago when she was visiting from her home in California. As natives of Massachusetts along with her fiancé Ken, they were married in true New England form in Molly's home town of Wellesley. The day was a little different; I had already had Elena Gormley on the books to help assist me, then after a run-in with a baseball bat, Doug Levy (professional baseball umpire / photographer) also joined us. Seizing the opportunity to work a different angle, I sent Doug straight into Boston to meet with Ken who was getting ready at the Liberty Hotel. He picked up the bus with them as they rode over to Wellesley, which made for some cool sequencing of images for the slideshow (I had synced all our cameras up to the second in Apple Aperture), to allow Molly and Ken to see what each other was doing before the ceremony.

A packed church witnessed the two tie the knot, with ever darkening skies outside. A few tears and cheers later and we were all on our way to Post Office square for the group photos. My light meter was going all over the place as dark clouds flew over the skyscrapers. Quite how it didn't rain, I don't know, but our luck held out as I ordered the bridal party to go forth and drink as Molly, Ken, Doug, Elena and I bundled into the Limo for a quick jaunt around the cobbled streets of Beacon hill. The residents looked on as we took over a private street and shot away at the new Mr and Mrs Martin.

Back at the Boston College Club (wow, what view!) we still had plenty of time for them to enjoy some cocktails with their friends.

After a hilarious speech session, dinner, dancing and drinking proceeding full swing.

Thanks to Doug and Elena for their help and to Molly and Ken for being great sports and allowing me to do my part for them. Best of luck to them as they move from CA to DC! I'm sure your mothers will be much happier with that location!

Here's the slideshow. Please plug in some headphones (cool music), book off 10 minutes in your diary, hit the full screen button in the lower right and enjoy! The password is molly's maiden name. If you'd like a 1080 Blu-Ray or DVD of this made, please get in touch for pricing.


To view all photos click here or on one of the images below. Again the password is Molly's maiden name:

Carly and Sam were married in Lynnfield at the Our Lady of the Assumption church a few weeks back. Kate and I were at the very relaxed Carly's parents' home just up the road, before heading off to see Sam a few minutes before the ceremony. Sam did us grooms proud and was suitably nervous before he saw Carly walking down the aisle! Following the service, we headed over to Topsfield Commons and the newlyweds partied HARD (the second couple I've witnessed doing that at the Commons) into the night.

To view the slideshow below, enter Carly's maiden name as the password. Click on the HD button on the right to watch it in high definition, full screen and turn that volume UP!

The photos will be available for purchase until September 22. You can view the photos by clicking here or on one of the photos below. The password is again Carly's maiden name.

All the best to Carly and Sam!

Meredith and Gregg contacted me last September to shoot their wedding - Meredith is an old High School friend of my wife's so naturally I accepted. Earlier in May I headed to Meredith's home just down the road in Winchester for the preparations before heading up to Danversport Yacht Club for their ceremony and reception. The day went perfectly with gorgeous late afternoon light coming in on a hot afternoon after some terrible weather all week. Despite the shutter destroying itself on one of my $8000 cameras (that's why we professionals always bring backups, so I was able to carry right along!), we came away with some beautiful shots of the happy couple enjoying a great party with their closest of friends and family. For a small wedding, they certainly made up for it with the celebrations!

To view all of the photos, click here, or on one of the images below. The password to the photos and the slideshow is meredith's maiden name.

To view the following slideshow in full-screen, click the full screen button in the lower right.