Eugene & Kseniya’s Brandeis Faculty Club Wedding

We had great sunny, comfortable weather for wedding photography Sunday, May 16 as associate photographer Don Himsel and I headed to the Brandeis University Faculty Club for Eugene and Kseniya’s traditional jewish wedding. They met on JDate and both of their families are from St. Petersburg, Russia, where they weren’t able to have anything but secular activities. So Eugene and Kseniya decided to have a traditional Jewish wedding, complete with Ketubah signing (marriage contract), Chuppah (wedding canopy), the breaking of a glass, and Yichud, the custom of the couple retreating to a private room for 10-20 minutes after the ceremony.

We were especially honored to take part in what was a rare event for their family because of the nature of the customs and politics in their country of origin.

Don and I were pretty excited about the copper-clad backdrop of the Shapiro Campus Center for portrait photography. Check out this slideshow which is a mix of my photos and Don’s from their wedding:

Vendor List:

Venue/Caterer:
Alison Limpert, Brandeis University Faculty Club
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
(781) 736-4295

Chuppah rental
The Bride’s Maid
Kelly Scriven
kelly@kellythebridesmaid.com

Florist
Watertown Main St Florist
Mary Galvin
(617) 923-7673

Pianist
Robert Finley
(508) 393-6740

DJ
Mike McCarthy /”DJ Mike Love”
(508) 932-7841

Bridal shows, seminars, weddings, portraits…..

The last couple months have been so busy!  I’ve been attending bridal shows, wedding photography seminars, shooting lots of weddings and now I’m doing a lot of portraits too!  I’ve done some family portrait and trash the dress sessions and there are maternity and baby sessions lined up too.  More on the way to be posted soon! 

I had booths at the New England Bridal Affair expo at Vesper Country Club in Tyngsboro, MA and at the first-ever Fenway Bridal Festival Sunday Sept. 27. The turn-out was less than expected, with rain all day not helping attendance, but overall it was a great event. I managed to get a photo of my company logo on the centerfield screen before the show got going as my associate Chet helped out at my booth.

The week before, I photographed a group of brides jumping in the ocean in their gowns for a trash the dress session. All this while shooting lots of weddings and portraits. I also attended the Boston WPPI Road Trip Sept. 30. That was a daylong event at Bentley University in Waltham with speakers Vicki Taufer, John Solano, Ken Sklute, Jed Taufer and Bambi Cantrell. Finally, I attended the Digital Wakeup Call Seminar with David Ziser at the Sheraton in Framingham, Monday, Oct. 5. My associate Elena attended too and she won a door prize!

I’ve got lots of gallery updates and blog posts coming, so keep an eye on the blog! Also visit my booths at some upcoming shows. October 22 I’ll be at the Wedding Event in Newburyport followed by another New England Bridal Affair expo, this time at Stonehedge Inn in Tyngsboro Sunday Oct 25.