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Scenes from a Staycation

Sometimes you just need a new set of walls. A place where your stresses aren’t piled up on the dining room table or sitting in your empty refrigerator. Brooke and I stayed a night at XV Beacon on Saturday and got an injection of happiness in our snow-covered, poorly-lit winter lives. Someone should have prescribed […]

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Elizabeth and Patrick

Elizabeth and Patrick live in St. Louis. So, we got together for their engagement session while they were in town for Christmas. Since the city had record snowfall two days prior, we did the whole session at the Boston College Club, the site for their wedding reception in June. I hadn’t had the privilege of […]

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Elizabeth and Joe

Elizabeth and Joe’s wedding was my last of 2010, and I can’t think of a better way to close out the year. I really enjoyed getting to know the two during their engagement session this summer and felt lucky to be a part of their winter wedding at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. There’s just something […]

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Sara and John

A plus to being a wedding photographer is that once a week I renew my wedding vows. Brooke doesn’t know that, but I always take to heart the reminders to treat commitment as a daily choice. I’ve seen many beautiful ceremonies and even dropped a tear at one or two (the air was a little […]

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Abey and Greg

I love winter weddings. And I really loved Abey and Greg’s December wedding at the Willowdale Estate in Topsfield. Abey and Greg were excited about the vegetarian menu (absolutely delicious, by the way) and the band (made up of friends, including a groomsman on drums), and I was blown away by both (Especially the band. […]

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Three Thanksgivings

Brooke and I had three Thanksgivings this year. All within a week. We started with the Stonehill Thanksgiving that is a gathering of Brooke’s college friends and one of the highlights of my year. This year the host, Kate, wrote a toast on the back of her wedding invitations from three years ago. It was […]

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