For the second year in a row Earl Christie Photography has been ranked in the top 5% of Wedding Pros nationwide! The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ are determined solely by the reviews from over 1.2 million newlyweds.

 
Moment Junkie forgos the gauzy details of flowers, shoes, decor, and portraits to serve up a daily stream of emotional, humerous, memorable and otherwise remarkable photos of unscripted instants from real weddings—providing a counterpoint to the genre of photography purveyed by most wedding blogs.

For me nothing is more gratifying than artfully capturing these fleeting moments because they often become the images my couples cherish most.

Fearless Photographers is a site that recognizes unabashedly bold wedding photography. The images selected in the most recent Fearless contest are truly amazing and were created by some of my favorite photographers. It’s an honor and a thrill to be counted among them.

You can check out all the winners and ‘Like’ your favorites here on facebook.

How many wedding magazines do you have on your coffee table? C’mon be honest!

If you have more than a couple, chances are one of them is the latest issue of The Knot Boston. Open up to page 193 to check out JeeSoo and Joe’s colorful Menemsha garden wedding.  I featured more photos from their wedding a while back on my blog. You can see them here.

And if you don’t have this issue of The Knot Boston on your coffee table, maybe it’s time for a stroll to your local newsstand!

Yup, weddings are my first love, but I also occasionally shoot fashion. In fact it’s my fashion work that most heavily influences my Modern Intimates boudoir photography sessions. You can get a taste of the fashion side of my photography in the current issue City Living Magazine.

The article is the consummation of Cambridge writer Rachel Worrall’s vision for a project that combined her love of both fashion and literature. She enlisted four local designers to create couture dresses inspired by author Edith Wharton (best known for her book The Age of Innocence). Rachel then modeled the designers’ work in Wharton’s magnificent Gatsbyesque home, The Mount. The designers who participated were Kelsey Bacon at Bedagi Fashions, Barbara Poole at B-Felt and Julia Ebel and Meredith Ionelli both of Celtic Dragon Dress Designs.

That’s just the short story. If you interested in learning more, Rachel elaborates on her inspiration for creating this project, and chronicles the process of pulling it all together here on The Mount’s blog.

The Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) just announced the results of their Q3 2010 Contest. I’m thrilled to learn that one of my favorite photos from the past year placed in the top 20 in the Groom Getting Ready category. I love this photo because it shows a moment that is both amusing and authentic, and also really illustrates the relaxed nature of Aimee and Jason’s backyard Nantucket wedding.

Thanks for the early Christmas Present, WPJA!

The first winning image from the Getting Ready contest category was shot at Jacque & JJ’s Wedding Backyard Irish Wedding. This is one of those times where I saw the finished print in my mind as I was taking the the photo. I knew that to make it sing was going to require some additional processing to highlight her silhouette, eliminate some distracting elements, and control the color. I’m really pleased with the result:

The other winning image was in the Reception category. It was taken at Aimee and Jason’s Nantucket Wedding. Aimee did most of the design of the wedding herself, including finding a gorgeous Indian tent. When it came time for her and Jason to dance, I wanted to show them dancing under the stars.

The AG|WPJA is comprised of outstanding wedding photographers, who are at the forefront of the wedding photography industry when it comes to enhancing images. The chief objective of the AG|WPJA is to provide members with a platform where the finest enhanced, manipulated and/or artistic wedding photojournalism in the world is spotlighted.

Jason asked me to take some publicity photos for his new website. Here’s a few of them.

And of course, any post about Jason wouldn’t be complete without showing off some of his cuisine.

Trust me, Jason’s food tastes even better than it looks. Yum!

Cake & Pictures is an exclusive directory of simply the finest wedding photographers in the world. I know because they say so right on their about page.

But seriously, I’m honored to be featured in today’s Cake & Picture’s Photographer Spotlight.

You can see the Spotlight here.

Looking at all the great pictures in today’s spotlight makes me want cake. I bet they planned that. Is it lunch time yet?

I was away for the past few days without a good internet connection and I saw that the winners for the Wedding Photojournalist Association’s (WPJA) Q4 2009 Contest had been announced. It was killing me to not be able to check out the results and when I finally got back to boston, it was the first thing I checked out.

I’m proud that one of my favorite photos from the past year placed fourth in the Wedding Details category. I’m especially happy that one of the judges commented on the moment-driven nature of the shot, which is what really makes it for me. Earlier this year, this image placed in the Top 10 in the First Dance category of contest by the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP).

I’m really happy I said yes when fellow ShootStyle member and Maine Wedding Photographer Andree Kehn asked if I wanted to help her out with this wedding!

This is the news that I’ve been building up to over the past couple of days. I’m just thrilled beyond belief to be able to announce that my album “Lake George Wedding” was presented with the Court of Honor Award for being the highest scoring album in the Professional Photographers of Massachusetts 2010 Print competition.

Wow!

In competition, an album is judged both on the artistry and technical proficiency of the individual images it contains, as well as how well those images combine to give the viewer a feeling for the way the day unfolded, and the personalities and relationships of the participants. That’s why I’m especially proud when my albums do well in competition, because I pride myself in telling a story with my images.

Thank you to Kelly and Nick for inviting me to share their beautiful day with them.

You can check out the album here:

Best Wedding Album in Massachusetts 2010

As I mentioned in my last post, this past weekend, the Professional Photographers of Massachusetts held their annual convention and print competition. I’m a happy to announce that my album “Our Fantabulous Wedding” won the Fuji Masterpiece Award in the album competition. This is the second year in a row that the Fuji Masterpiece Award was presented to one of my albums.  Big thanks to Maine Wedding Photographer Andree Kehn who helped me shoot this wedding, and to Suzanne and Rick for being such a fun-loving couple.

You can check out the album here:

2010 Award Winning Wedding Album

And you can see my post about last year’s Fuji Masterpiece Award winning album here: 2009 Award Winning Wedding Album

And stay tuned, there’s more news to come!

This past weekend, the Professional Photographers of Massachusetts held their annual convention and print competition. Many of the best photographers in the state submitted prints and albums into the competition and it was inspiring seeing all of their great work. I’m lucky to have done pretty well with the albums I entered, and I’ll have more news on my results over the coming days.

Right now I’m a happy to announce that my album Vineyard Heaven scored a Blue Ribbon in the album competition. Big thanks to Cory Ann Ellis who shot with me that day, and to Jee and Joe for having such a beautiful wedding.

You can check out the album here:

2010 Blue Ribbon Winning Wedding Album

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The wedding of Samantha and Brian is being featured today as a real wedding over at the Beantown Bride blog. They are one my favorite couples ever! Who else do you know who would have have been inspired by a zombie film to dance their first dance to Queen’s Your My Best Friend? Author Andrea E. McHugh did a great job telling the story of their wedding.

As a boston wedding photographer I’m doubly lucky as I to get to attend the weddings of wonderful folks like Samantha and Brian and shoot in beautiful places like the Crane Estate in Ipswich.

I’m tickled pink to learn today that The WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings, just announced Earl Christie Photography has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards for Photographers!

Earl Christie Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada.

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Thank you so very much to the couples I’ve worked with for nominating me for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards. I’m honored that you each shared your wedding day with me.