Annandale Photography

This photograph was true inspiration. I used a decorative metal flower I found in the room to shoot a flash through and create the flower shadow on the wall. I Simultaneously light up this beautiful brides face bringing her out of the shadows with my video light

This is the room where the above photograph was taken. In the above photograph the bride is sitting on the bench to the left.

I took the lamp shade off the lamp to the left, turned the lamp on so it lit up the red wall, moved aside a few pieces of furniture and placed our beautiful bride in front of the light for this very clean and beautiful portrait.

I had this spot and the idea for this photograph picked out a week before the wedding. This is one of the reasons I feel so strongly about putting significant preparation and planning into every wedding. With out spending many hours looking for locations for this couple I never would have taken this photograph. Once the bridal party got out of the limo I was able to work very quickly because I new exactly what photographs I wanted to take and where. This was important as they did not have much time between their ceremony and there reception at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville CT.

The location for the above photograph

This photo was taken on the rocks in front of Castle Hill Inn in Newport RI. I circled the area in red in the following photo where this photograph was taken.

After placing my beautiful bride and groom at the far end of the puddle I laid down on this side of it and positioned my camera so it was almost touching the top of the water.

The next photo shows how I created this one. The reception for this wedding was at the Westmount Country Club in Paterson NJ

To create the above photograph I positioned Maria behind the front door to the left. At the same time I had my second photographer from the right shoot a flash through the glass in the door. This created the beautiful light pattern over her and on the wall.

Using off-camera lighting to give it a fashionie feel, I used the sign and the car as props, and then took out the barn and replaced it with a photograph of the desert I had taken earlier in the day. Notice the difference in shadows and light in the two photographs. Notice how well lit and bright her face is in this photo compared to the dark shadows cast by the sun in the following photo

This photograph was taken outside of Las Vegas on rout 66. We found this sign on the side of a barn and backed the Mustang up in front of it for the final photograph

I sometimes joke that I am half furniture mover and half photographer. In this photograph I moved the couch off the wall into the center of the room and took the shot from the balcony. The reception for this wedding was at the Society Room in Hartford CT and the wedding ceremony was in the English Garden at Wickham Park

This is the room where I took the above photograph

This photo was taken at a wedding at the Great River Golf Club in Milford CT. I set up the lights ahead of time so when I brought the bride and groom out I was prepared and was able to work quickly.

The location where the above photo was taken

This photo was taken on the beach at the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa in Westbrook CT. I positioned the bride facing a breeze coming off the water and had her fan the vale out letting the wind lift it into the air for this beautiful photograph.

Here I am taking the above photograph

This photo was taken on short beach in Stratford CT in the middle of the day. I used some very powerful lighting to overpower the light from the sun. This allowed me to under expose the day light and light the people up with my lights.

This is the location for the above photograph. Note the daylight and how the scene looked to the naked eye before I introduced lighting.

Positioning the Bride and Groom where I wanted them and taking the photograph was only half the work on this image. I had to do a good amount of Photoshopping on the left side to build out the black wall. It was time consuming and a challenge to make the part of the wall I created look natural. The reception for this wedding was at the Officers Club in Newport RI

This is the location where I took the above photograph.

Unfortunately I do not have a good shot of the living room where we took this photo. I had the brides father move a chair in the living room to open up a space to take this photograph. The reception for this wedding was at the Westmount Country Club in Paterson NJ

James and I worked together to create this photograph. I had Maria's father move the chair she is sitting on in this photo and then had Maria stand where the chair was. I pulled the plant you can see in the right corner away from the wall and James positioned himself to my right to take the photo. I shoot a flash through the plant creating the shadow of the plant on the wall.

This photograph was taken during a reception at the Great River Golf Club in Milford CT. I was using a light about 12 feet off the floor as accent light for photographs on the dance floor and noticed how it was creating the arch shadow on the wall in the bar. This was the moment of my inspiration.

This is the room at the Great River Golf Club where I took the above photograph

The following picture shows me taking this photo and the way I positioned my light to light up the wall behind my subjects. Controlling the sun light with the exposer of my camera and the power of my light facing the wall behind them I was able to achieve this photo out of the camera with very little editing.

Yours truly on the left. As you can see this photograph was taken in the middle of the day

I took this photo using natural light.

The location for the above photograph

This wedding photograph was taken behind the Residence Inn in Hartford CT. The following photo shows the location

I moved a few pallets and had the guys stand infront of the vented wall on the right

When I met with Cassandra and Eric they showed me the below photo from Thomas Barbey and asked if I could do a photo like that for them on their wedding day at St Clements Castle with the two of them flying over the castle. I said I thought I could figure it out and they booked. Unfortunately there was not enough time on there wedding day to take the photograph. When they got back from their honeymoon I asked if they would still like to do the shot. They still loved the idea and were excited to still have the opportunity. We had a lot of fun at St Clements creating the photograph.

This is the photography they showed me by Thomas Barbey