I am so happy to be featured again in the Summer 2013 Issue of NY Magazine’s Weddings issue. The Magazine chose to feature one of my images from Caitlin and Michelle’s wedding in Fort Tryon Park in a feature about getting married in different landmark locations around NYC. Cailtlin and Michelle took Fort Tryon Park by storm and got married on a stunning ivy covered staircase in the Fall. Really beautiful ceremony and a fantastic couple. Thanks to Christine Walsh at NYMAG
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I love it when my two worlds collide! DNA info, a fantastic hyper-local news site, has featured me in a post about the rise of the Brooklyn wedding. Thanks to Sonja Sharp and DNA.
100 Layer Cake’s vendor listings page has put the “spotlight on” Craig Warga Weddings this week. Pretty cool!
I think the award for sweetest couple of 2012 goes to Jess and Evan. Really one of the kindest couples I’ve ever worked with. And the way they took such joy in their gifts for each other, and making the day special for each other, was truly inspiring. Additionally, they picked one of the most unique, eclectic, and fascinating locations for a wedding I’ve ever seen and it was perfect fit for their style and sensibilites.The Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. If you ever get a chance to visit, don’t pass it up. The place is full of visual surprises and amusements like few other parks.
Congratulations to Jess and Evan!
So when I found out that Bobby and his childhood friends were all comedians my first thought was, ”awesome! This is gonna be a great wedding to shoot!” Then I thought about it a bit and started in a bit of a panic….”This is a roomful of very funny people… and I am in that room…. and I am a wedding photographer… It could really be a long night.”
Alas, my fears were assuaged and Emily, Bobby, their families and friends put one one of the most fun, and funny, nights I’ve had in a while. Seeing the speakers turn the Apawamis Club into a comedy club was something I won’t soon forget.
This wedding reinforced for me the way I try to approach weddings. Quite simply, you just have to sit back and let people be who they are. Don’t direct too much, let them be themselves. If you can do that, you will capture them in a way that they will undoubtably love.
Wedding ceremony: Rye Presbyterian Church
Reception: Apawamis Country Club, Rye, NY
Cake: Sugar Flower Cake Shop
Flowers: Ariella Chezar
And a special thanks to event planner Roxanne De Prado Bretton for bringing it all together.
Bye now!
