Michelle and Jason

Michelle and Jason married on January 23 at Drees Pavilion. Secret Garden Flowers provided beautiful red roses for the bride's bouquet and table centerpieces. Jeff Thomas catered an eclectic food which started with lobster cakes with chili mayonnaise, teriyaki burgers with wasabi mayonnaise and ginger caviar, and goat cheese wontons with apricot red chili sauce as hors d'oeuvres. The music was provided by Karen Addie on violin and Greg Lee on piano for the ceremony and Greg Lee Music provided dj services for the evening dancing. Michelle and Jason were a happy and stylish couple and we wish them the best! To see more of their pictures you can go to http://www.photosmith1.com/index2.php?v=v1#/proofing/

The password is panmcintosh.

Payton

Over the weekend, I photographed little Payton. She was adorable! As soon as Suz and Kat saw the pictures, they were oohing and ahhing over how precious Payton was in her pink princess dress and blue sailor outfit.

Edward

I photographed Kim and Rob's wedding in 2008, and they recently brought in the newest addition to their family: Edward. Still practically a newborn, he is only one month old. Here are just a couple pics from the shoot.

Maggie and Chris

Maggie and Chris married on January 2, 2010. This was Photosmith's first wedding of the new year. The ceremony took place at Mother of God and the reception was at Drees Pavilion in Devou Park. It was elegantly decorated with a touch of the holidays and winter. The bridesmaids had chocolate brown dresses with a mixed bouquet of cream colored roses and mottled pink and green hydrangea. They even went outside for just a few quick pics and didn't complain once, but undoubtedly, they were happy to get back inside. The meal consisted of fish and beef with a potato cake and aspargus wrapped in zuchinni. By the time we ended for the night, the party was still going strong and people were up dancing and having a great time. To see more from their wedding go to
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The password is kathmanwest

Tiffany and Phil

Tiffany and Phil married on December 12. The ceremony took place at Hyde Park Community Methodist and the reception was held in the Newport Aquarium's ballroom. Tiffany's wedding attire had the special winter touches of a white wrap and muff. After the receiving line and bubble exit, we did a few pictures in the church and then headed to the couple's home for a few candid shots. The groomsmen made the tree in the front yard festive with a few rolls of toilet paper (which Tiffany and Phil were very good spirited about). We met up right before the reception started. The ballroom is a really lovely space. They have a medium sized aquarium of fish and a few light-reflecting sculptural ceiling fixtures which resembled jellyfish. It was a modern, abstract design that was sophisticated while still adding to the ambiance of the space. One big attraction was Paula the penguin. Accompanied by two biologists, Paula was brought upstairs from her usual habitat to mingle with the guests. Everyone got to pet Paula and really seemed to enjoy the experience of interacting with a penguin. She was a sweet African penguin and Suz thought she felt kind of like a wet cat. At each table was placed a little booklet that told the story of Tiffany and Phil. They placed a different rubber stamp at each table so guests could mingle while collecting stamps for their books. This was done in the spirit of letterboxing: one of the couple's favorite hobbies. From what I gathered, it is usually an outdoor quest where you collect artistic stamps. I'm sure I'm over-simplifying. My wife seemed interested so I'm sure I'll know more about it soon. LOL. The evening was filled with friends and family and lots of fun special traditions. Steve Bender was the d.j. for the evening, they had a multi-layered cheesecake for dessert, Funky's catered, and the flowers were done by Benkin. To see more of Tiffany and Phil's pictures, go to http://www.photosmith1.com/index2.php?v=v1#/proofing/

The password is kreutzerjensen

The Bell Family

This is the Bell family. What a good looking bunch!

Lauren

This is Lauren. I photographed her last year. She's grown so much!