Kristy and Justin

I very rarely get to be the one with privileged information, but this story is about how I was one of two people who knew about a great surprise about to happen.

Kristy's friends and family decided that they wanted to surprise her with a 40th birthday party and "somehow" Kristy found out. Well she wasn't about to let them get one over on her, so she decided to surprise her friends and family right back by marrying her fiance Justin during the party!! Only the minister and I knew the event that was about to unfold. We anxiously awaited her arrival to the restaurant, looking around at the faces that thought they were surprising her. I smiled as she walked over to the microphone to spring the good news on the crowd. I was all too ready to capture their looks of double surprise! It was so neat to be "in" on this little secret!
The wedding turned out to be wonderful! Great music, delicious food, and fun fun times had by all! I only wish I had more time to photograph the bride and groom in the wondrous late day light that fleeted away much faster than our memories will.

Another Wedding!

I had a great time yesterday working with Cliff http://www.cmphotography.com/ at the wedding of Danielle and Micheal. The Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia http://www.fourseasons.com/philadelphia/ always does such a nice job. And take it from me, when The Eddie Bruce Band http://www.eddiebruce.com/ plays, the dance floor is NEVER empty!! Wow, what a band!

The bride Danielle was absolutely beautiful despite her battle with rheumatoid arthritis, she glowed like any bride should on her wedding day. It was cool outside for a summer in day in July but the entire wedding had to take place completely indoors. That is always a challenge for any photographer. But Cliff and his amazing "window light" made it happen! Of course I was there with a boom flash to fill in what we couldn't find naturally.

After shooting with Cliff's lenses last night, it was clear that I am going to forgo my shoe fetish and start saving up for some new Nikor lenses! Oh I love my shoes, but Nikon, you have my heart completely! :)

Images by Nicki - My First Blog

Hello first blog! OK so I feel like Carrie Bradshaw. But that isn't such a bad thing at all. In fact Sex And The City is one of my favorite shows. Instead of writing about those wonderful creatures we call men, I thought I'd write about the fish eye lens. I know I know, you'd rather hear about men. Well, maybe next time. ;)

The thing I love about any wide angle lens is the way it forces you to get right into the scene, and I mean INTO the scene!! It's hardly as much fun standing aloof and zooming in with our big fancy zoom lenses. When you switch gears and put on a wide angle things get tiny unless you move in. That my friends, is the funnest part of taking pictures!! Unless of course you are in a patch of poison ivy as I had the unfortunate experience of doing a couple weeks ago. OK but lets say you are driving around the back roads of small town and you find a dilapidated old diner. Hello! Get your butt out of the car and walk right on up to that magnificent piece of Americana and shoot it UP CLOSE!! Trust me, it's so fun. Any one up for a Nicki road trip?? Visit me at my new website at www.imagesbynicki.com