Retiring #96
After over a decade of photographing and filming weddings, I'm retiring from the industry to pursue something new. With this Mighty Ducks hockey jersey exhibited next to me in my Delaware studio, akin to a post-retirement athletic heirloom, there are many things I...
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Assia + Christian’s Brantwyn Estate Wedding
We lucked out at Assia + Christian's wedding at the impressive Brantwyn Estate. The weather was perfect, and it allowed us to capture the character of this incredible venue. We took a quick trip from Brantwyn to Gibraltar Gardens for some portraits, both just a...
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Joelle + Lee’s Coxsackie NY Wild Wedding Weekend
So much interesting stuff happened with Joelle + Lee's upstate NY wedding at Owls Hoot Barn, I'm at a loss trying to recap in words. If only we had a film, or maybe some photographs... It was a properly incredible weekend, the perfect blend of two of the most unique...
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Michele + Chris’ Deerfield Golf Club Wedding
Michele + Chris and I had fun together from the moment we met and I poured us each a drink at my studio. When their wedding day finally rolled around, it was the ideal situation - we felt like friends with cameras. It made for authentic images throughout the day, and...
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Alex & Ryan’s Engagement Session at Buena Vista, a Delaware Country Estate
When Alex & Ryan arrived at our shooting location, Buena Vista: a Delaware Country Estate, they poured three shots of tequila and we got right to business. What a great way to start any photo shoot! We enjoyed beautiful golden hour light, abounding color, and a...
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Sam + Kyle’s Grand Marquis / Kirkpatrick Chapel Wedding
Sam + Kyle are the type of beautiful people, inside and out, that any photographer would be so fortunate to receive as clients. Two of the sweetest people I've ever met, and fiercely loyal and authentic human beings; I was honored to document their wedding day. They...
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Rebecca + Mike’s Hagley Museum Wedding
I have so much to say about my friends Rebecca + Mike, and how wonderfully they set up their wedding day. Time and trust are two key ingredients for creating beautiful imagery on the wedding day. One example - late in the evening, I snagged them away during a less...
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Jessica + Mark’s Wedding at the Manor House at Prophecy Creek Park
I had the pleasure of shooting an Engagement Session with Jess + Mark at a park right down the road from my Greenville studio. They brought their beloved dog, Izzy, who also joined them at their wedding. We had a wonderful day together at a truly beautiful and unique...
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Arielle + Alex’s Deerfield Golf Club Wedding
Arielle + Alex, and all their family and guests, were incredibly positive and friendly; there was a lightness in the air on their wedding day. It was such a joy to photograph their wedding, and a double joy to create this Cinema Highlight Film for them: Here are a...
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Rebecca + Jon’s Mountaintop Keystone Colorado Wedding
Rebecca's sister, Devyn, is a professional photographer, who took all my classes and workshops and has since become an incredibly valued photographer on my team (and a wonderful friend). Her mom had taken my classes too, so when Rebecca, who lives in Colorado, got...
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Tiffany + Phil’s Baywood Greens Wedding
Tiffany and Phil were two of the most fun and relaxed people we've ever shot with. For both their engagement photos and their wedding day, they gave us the two most valuable things any client can give us: time and trust. We were able to explore the grounds at the...
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Lauren + Chris’ Greenville Country Club Wedding
Lauren and Chris know how to host a classy event. Not only did they choose one of my favorite local venues, the Greenville Country Club, but they had amazing weather, chose a wonderful officiant and band, and were all in when I had ideas for creative portraits that...
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Kim and Matt’s Waterfall Wedding
Kim and Matt had one of the most outrageously fun receptions yet. We stopped at Gibraltar Gardens (Marian Coffin Gardens) in Greenville on our way from the church to the reception at the Waterfall in Claymont, Delaware, and captured some really fun images with them...
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Candace and Ray’s Baywood Greens Wedding
"It's always a good time!" is the song I hear in my head the entire drive down to Baywood Greens, every time we shoot there. Candace and Ray's wedding was no exception, with the exact weather people envision when they choose to have their wedding there. Here's their...
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Melina + Mike Lewes Yacht Club Beach Wedding
Melina and Mike had one of the most emotional and powerful weddings I've shot -- nothing felt forced or overproduced -- followed by a nonstop stream of partying that spilled over from their Lewes Yacht Club reception into a huge shuttle bus and into the famous...
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Christy and Jamie’s Rockwood Carriage House Wedding
The evening that Christy and Jamie first met with me in my studio, they mentioned their passion for craft beers. I suggested they explore a place right near my studio. They looked at each other and said, "what are you doing after this?" Their meeting was the last...
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Sam + Milton’s Baywood Greens Wedding
Sam and Milton won from the beginning, having selected Baywood Greens as their venue. When they had their daughter come down the aisle in a custom painted yellow Radio Flyer wagon, I knew it was meant to be. Here is their Cinema Highlight film, featuring selected...
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Hair n Motion Magazine
When we launched our talk show / Podcast "How to Make Your Wedding Not Suck" (dazzlephotography.com/tips), I interviewed J Christian, the owner of J Christian Studio in Hockessin, Delaware. His salon worked with Dominique, the owner of Hair n Motion Magazine, for a...
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Styled Wedding at the Gables
I recently helped out with a styled shoot, a collaboration between a lot of really cool people. We shot at the Gables at Chadds Ford, which is where we filmed our talk show, How to Make Your Wedding Not Suck, where I've shot many weddings, and the location of the...
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Catherine + Rostik’s Deerfield Wedding
Catherine's mom had taken my photography classes, hired me for photos at her place of business, and we'd also done family photos together, so it was only natural that mom would call on me once Catherine got engaged 🙂 Their Cinema Highlight film is available...
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Lexi + Alex’s Wilmington Wedding
Lexi + Alex had an intimate ceremony at the courthouse in downtown Wilmington, Delaware with only a select handful of family. Afterwards we drove a few minutes down the road to Gibraltar Gardens (aka Marian Coffin Gardens), which is only 5 minutes from my Greenville...
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Loren + Nick’s Water Works Engagement Session in Philadelphia
Loren + Nick live right in Philly, which has an abundance of beautiful locations to shoot in. We wound up at the Water Works, behind the Art Museum, which is where Nick proposed. Loren works in film production, and we go way back - she's helped with many of my...
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KiN NYC: Luxury Streetwear Company
As part of a recent partnership with Johnny McCartin, owner of a web design / online marketing / SEO company called Xero Media (www.xeromedia.com), I had the opportunity to create the initial media for a luxury streetwear company called KiN, which means "family"....
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Krista + Earl’s ridiculously awesome New Years Eve Wedding at World Cafe Live
Krista and Earl have become good friends ever since we met through Ashley and Carl (also good friends) whom I know from shooting their wedding and from climbing Mount Rainier with Carl just a little while ago. Krista and Earl's wedding included a playful first look,...
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Jennie + Bryan Engagement Session at Verona Park
I photographed Jennie's brother's wedding many years ago, so it was a real treat to hear that she had become engaged and I'm honored to get to be their wedding photographer. We did our engagement session at Verona Park in north New Jersey. Paul Madsen joined us for...
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Lindsay + Matt’s Wedding at the Phoenixville Foundry
Lindsay and Matt's wedding day built up steadily, with a lovely and quick ceremony, some fun portraits, and then... a party among parties. The images are just a small glimpse into the incredible vibe that dominated their awesome night at the Phoenixville Foundry. All...
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Lauren + Will’s Rustic Vineyard Wedding
Lauren + Will and I connected the moment we met. They live just a few minutes from my Greenville studio, and we did our engagement session at a hidden gem of a location that I'd never been before, but I've since recommended to many of my clients. They were...
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Jens – LA Actor / Model Headshots
I flew into LAX a few weeks ago for a number of things before flying to Seattle to climb and film Mount Rainier (www.rallyonrainier.com), including a film project in San Diego and a film / photo shoot in Los Angeles. While I was there, I caught up with Jens...
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Desiree + James Portrait Session at Baywood Greens Golf Club
Desiree + James had their wedding at Baywood Greens this spring, but we got rained out and the ceremony was moved inside. It did make for some truly unique images, but they (of course) wanted more photos of them + grounds at Baywood. When we had first met, they...
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Ally + Damion’s Wedding at the Executive
Ally + Damion were some of the most authentically fun people we had the honor to shoot this year. They laughed and loved each other like there was no tomorrow and it was so refreshing to be around. Two of the young'ns at the wedding took an interest in my Without...
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Jessica + Mark’s Enchanted Valley Green Park Engagement Session
Jessica emailed me asking if they could fit in their engagement session before I traveled to Washington to climb Mount Rainier. Just in case I died, I guess 🙂 So we scheduled our shoot at the same location where I shot this film: https://vimeo.com/178520749, which...
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Rebecca + Ryan’s Island Wedding in Lake Placid
Rebecca + Ryan were married on an island in the middle of a lake in her parent's backyard in Lake Placid, NY. I know, right!? Don't let the term "backyard" mislead you. Check out their Cinema Highlight film and you'll see what I mean. This past Christmas, I had a few...
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Kim + Matt’s Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Engagement Session
After shooting Tiffany + Phil's sunset engagement session in Lewes, Delaware (see the previous blog post), I drove down to OCMD to grab dinner and drinks with Kim and Matt. I stayed at their place that night so we could have a super early start the next morning (which...
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Tiffany + Phil’s Lewes Canal Front Engagement Session
I had the pleasure of meeting with Tiffany and Phil at Canal Front Park in Lewes, DE, just a few blocks down from the beach. The park and the town had a unique vibe, and it was great because we a great variety of elements to pick and choose and incorporate into our...
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Lauren + Andy’s Classy Wedding at Harry Savoy
Lauren and Andy are two of the most genuinely nice, caring, and respectful people I've ever met. Lauren's mom works in the delivery department where both my kids were born, and she's also close with my photography and friend, Stephanie. I first "met" Lauren and Andy...
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Brittany + Matt’s Wedding at the Waterfall
Brittany + Matt enjoyed a day at the marble, water, and fire-laden grounds of royalty we call "The Waterfall". Glorious it was indeed. Check out their film here and then explore our favorite images below:...
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Desiree + James: Baywood Greens Wedding
Desiree and James had, as you're about to see, the most emotional wedding I've ever shot. Us photographers love a good waterworks display, so this was a great match from day one 🙂 It was raining all day and night at Baywood Greens. We've shot at Baywood many times...
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Victoria + Mike: Epic Celtic Salem NJ Wedding
It's always an honor when a professional photographer chooses to have us capture their wedding day, so it was an honor when Victoria invited us for her wedding. I called in my long time film partner, Paul Madsen, to head up the cinematography for the day. He captured...
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Kelly + Bill’s Dewey Beach Wedding at the Hyatt Place
I had been looking forward to Kelly + Bill's wedding since we met in my studio over a year ago, and with good reason: they're amazing people, their venue choice was fantastic and meaningful to them, and a number of my former wedding clients were in attendance (shout...
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Katie + Ben: Maritime Parc NJ Wedding
Katie and Ben enjoyed an incredible day surrounded by their closest family and friends from all around the world. With breathtaking views of the NYC skyline across the Hudson, Maritime Park and Liberty State Park were the ideal locations to celebrate. We visited Flag...
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I’m doing WHAT!? (Rally on Rainier announcement)
So... I'm doing this. https://vimeo.com/156929722 I still can't believe I've committed myself to getting to the top of this: To make things more challenging, I plan on documenting the climb with film and photography, which adds a whole new level of complexity as I...
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Jenn + Brian – New Years Eve Wedding at Deerfield Golf Club
Jenn and Brian hail from Washington DC, where we did our EPIC engagement session (here: ___ ), but with family in Delaware, they had their wedding at the Deerfield Golf Club in Newark. Oddly enough, it was warm enough on New Years Eve to do our first look and many of...
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Proposition to Photograph a Proposal: Longwood Winter Engagement
Alex contacted me and to see if I could photograph his proposal to Dana, at Longwood Gardens. Of course, we said yes and hoped that she would too so that we could all avoid an awkward evening adventure. He led her out into a lawn behind the fountain show at...
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Christine + Rob: Wedding at the Executive
Christine and Rob are two of the sweetest clients I've ever had the joy of working with. Rob is like a cantaloupe: tough but fun to touch on the outside, yet so sweet and squishy on the inside that you just want to scoop him up. Sorry, Rob, that I compared you with a...
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Bobby + Annette Halloweeen Wedding at Baywood Greens
Bobby and Annette are mellogetic. It's a term I've coined in response to their remarkable way of simultaneously being mellow and energetic. It's hard to describe but I think once you see their film you'll somehow know what I'm talking about. When we first met, we all...
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Katie and Ben: Engagement Session in Brooklyn NYC
Katie + Ben and I (and their pup, Hershey) went for a romp throughout Brooklyn for their engagement session. Find fun photos of our...
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Katie and Joe: Wedding at Rockwood Carriage House in Wilmington Delaware
Shooting at the Rockwood Carriage House in Wilmington, DE is always a pleasure. There is so much to work with that our images look radically different each time we shoot there. Katie and Joe wanted the rustic barn vibe and Rockwood was perfect for that. I even got a...
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