Welcome to the blog for Turn Loose the Art! This is the place where I post previews of all weddings and a lot of portrait sessions, and this is the place to find out what’s going on with the studio. Every great once and a while, I’ll even post some personal work. I usually update my travel plans on here as well. I hope you enjoy your viewing!

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This past Friday we met up with Kristina and Scott in the Tudor City area for their engagement shoot and did what we do best: walk and see.

I love this moment of Scott and Kristina cracking up!

I posted about my workflow over on my album design blog. Feel free to travel over there and enjoy!

After a small ceremony at home on Saturday, we arrived for Sunday’s reception at the Fountainhead in New Rochelle. After Friday’s beautiful Sangeet, we were not at all surprised by the beautiful decor for the reception, nor Sadia’s gorgeous gown.
Planner: Shirin at Shehnaai Studio
Venue: the Fountainhead
Entertainment: DJ Kucha Company
Flowers: Arcadia Floral
Video: Jivko
Food: Cafe Spice & Unlimited Creations
on to the images! I’ll start with my favorite image of the day

we played with the window light in an unused reception room

first dance

everyone enjoyed more special dances

and Sadia’s brother had an entertaining breakdance as well!

and then we drove to Sadia and Yusha’s apartment with the rest of their family for another traditional ceremony

Friday we photographed Sadia and Yusha’s Sangeet at Akbar. We really had quite an amazing team of vendors working together to put the event on, and it was an incredibly beautiful Holud.

Planner: Shirin at Shehnaai Studio
Venue: Akbar Restuarant
Entertainment: DJ Kucha Company

a few of the beautiful textures and linens

Yusha — patiently– waiting for his soon-to-be wife to enter

and then helping Sadia out of the doli

Holud

members of the bridal party entertained with several dances after the Holud

Just a quick peek before I run off to the reception!

I just finished a new album design from Elissa and Brian’s wedding, and I’m thinking about making it a sample. Some of my favorite spreads are here, and the rest are available for viewing on the album design blog.

Also known as, a trip down Memory Lane… I laugh as I look at the past of my photography business. Sorry about the broken images. I have no control over what the Way Back Machine remembers! Obviously, the first sites were all Britney Photography before I changed my business name to Turn Loose the Art.
My website as of October 2003, which is the first time the Way Back Machine archived my site.

January 2005

February 2006 - Logo change!

February 2007 - the splash page

September 2007 - it appears none of the archives were with images during this entire time period, and the wbm really doesn’t like the bludomain sites

I started the Turn Loose the Art site for just portraits. The first archive is October 2006

August 2007 - the Into the Darkroom website also didn’t work so well with WBM

November 2007 - current

I’d been itching to get back there with a bunch of snow on the ground… In fact, it was all I could to wait until the storm was over so it would be safe.

when the wind started blowing, the powder flew around me

Sometimes, there’s just a little extra pressure at a wedding. You know, like when both the bride and groom are also wedding photographers! Elissa and Brian met at WPPI two years ago and married this past Saturday, and I was honored to photograph their day. So yes, this is a monster of a blog post… for two photographers! (more photos added at end 8.49pm monday)

Isn’t Elissa absolutely stunning?

I always tell clients, I’ll make a portrait anywhere with great light!

it was kind of windy out there on the Mid-Hudson Bridge…

and this, maybe my favorite image of the day

watch the little one in the center, there

nothing like making your own entertainment, huh?

We went down to San Pedro to meet Randi for some maternity photos

Brian walked into Randi’s baby shower with this little baby gift from Tiffany & Co — yep, he won plenty of points there!

I love this!