Jewel Photo

New Blog!

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I started a new blog please refer to http://jewelphotosstudio.blogspot.com/
This blog will have larger images for you to view!

Need to Shed Some Winter Pounds!

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I need to shed some winter pounds and I need a little motivation and I figure so does everyone else. So! I am hosting a little get together on Saturday, February 20th at 3:00 at my studio!

Whats this get together about!

I will take a before photo of you on this day, then in 10 weeks you will come back and take an after photo. A fun more sexier photo. The after photo is your reward for working so hard. During the 10 weeks you will have to keep up with your diet and excercise. Just think 10 weeks from the 20th it will be May1st! Just in time to start pulling out the spring and summer clothes.
I will also start a facebook page where we can all join and discuss our progress and share recipes.

Please email me to RSVP to this event at jewelphoto@sbcglobal.net

Oh did I mention this is for free and I am not trying to sell anything.

If you can not make it to the studio and you would like to join in the group you can email me a photo of yourself.

Whats new!

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Last weekend was a great weekend! We were at the CT Bridal Expo meeting lots of excited new brides! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth. It was a pleasure speaking with all of you.

Next, you may have noticed that my blog stopped in August. It stopped because we decided to use facebook to display previews. The reason for that is most of our clients are on Facebook and it was easy for them to share there photos with friends and family. We will go back to displaying photos on our blog as we love to show off our work in everyway possible.

Please feel free to contact us using any of the following, Facebook, Twitter, Email ot Text Message.
Lastley, If you are interested in doing a boudoir session please check out http://www.bijouboudoir.blogspot.com/

Please check back for the 2009 Best of Weddings Slideshow. It will be up on Monday!

Holiday Sale!!

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Celebrating a New Year! I decided to have a sale on the wedding prints! Please check your galleries and email your family and friends the great sale prices. The sale will only last until January 10th! Have a great New Year Everyone!

Out of the Counrty!

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I will be out of the counrty from 10/15- 10/22. It is my anniversary and we are going to Irleand for a short trip. Please feel free to email and I will get back to your email when I get back on the 22nd.

Thanks!

Amy & Chris A Real Love Story!!

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Amy and Chris were married on 7/11. Amy and Chris are friends of myself and my husbands. They are 2 of the nicest people you can ever meet and they have great families too! Their wedding was beautiful and we had a great time. I was very happy that they choose me to photograph their wedding. They gave me a choice to be a guest or be the photographer. I could not pass up being the photographer!!

If your are friends or family and you would like to view more photos from this wedding click on the link below http://jewelphoto.zenfolio.com/amyandchris

The password can be obtained from Amy and Chris

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Renee & Jim

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Love this Photo! Renee just took off running with her veil in her hand as if it were a kite she was going to fly!

Renee and Jim were married on the 4th of July. They had a beautiful wedding. The ceremony was at St. Cyril in Hartford and the Reception was at the Riverview. Congratulations Renee & Jim. Looking forward to the Trash the Dress Session.

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Deb & Mike Engaged!

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I photographed Deb and Mike's e-session in June. We had a blast we started a Wadsworth Falls in Middletown and went on to a few other locations. The location above is a secret location I found a in early June and was dying to shoot at. Deb and Mike were great sports and went along for the ride. There wedding in planned for October 3rd thats why we used the pool table balls below. I had so many great photos to choose from it was hard to only a choose a few to blog.

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Lita & Keviin Married!

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Katti & John, The Wedding and The Rain!

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Love this, Katti hid behind her flowers everytime she was going to cry. Looking at her Mom laughing at her! So cute!

Katti and John were married on June 20th at the Lakeville Inn in Lakeville, CT. It was beautiful and scenic but it rained and rained! The rain did not stop everyone from having a great time. The only thing it did was make formal time a little more challenging. That's okay because I love a challenge and look how great the photos came out. Everything worked out perfect and Katti and John were perfect to work with. They never stopped smiling the whole time and the wedding party was equally as great. All of them helpful and not complaining as we went from one porch to another in the pouring rain. Congrats Katti & John!

If you would like to view more of Katti and John's wedding photos

please click on the link http://jewelphoto.zenfolio.com/kattiandjohn

You can get the password from the Bride and Groom!

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The wedding party took over the band! This is the Bride singing Love Shack and the Groom on the Drums! They were great. I think if their day jobs don't work out they may have a few bookings for weddings!

Karen & Angelo

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Karen and Angelo were married on June 13th. The wedding from getting ready to end was about 12 hours. The day turned out to be perfect, it was never to hot and did not rain until the late evening. Karen is a great girl and she is always checking my blog, which I LOVE! I posted about 20 photos but believe me I could posted a 100 or more from this day. Congratulations Karen & Angelo!

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Christina & Chandler Heart Boston Red Socks

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I spent the day in Boston with Christina & Chandler and their bridal party. We had a blast! We started out with a great lunch and then walked around. We stopped at Trinity Square, Public Gardens and then Fenway Park. It was great to get to know the whole wedding party before the wedding. Thanks Christina and Chandler for having me part of this great day! I can't wait for the wedding. We are going to have a blast.

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Jessica & Mark

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Jessica and Mark were married on April 25, 2009. It was the hottest day of this year so far. Funny how we can have a day in April at 90 degrees. Anyway it was great weather and a beautiful wedding. Congratulations!

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Kelsey's Sweet 15

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Kelsey had an amazing and fun sweet 15 birthday party. Happy BirthdayKelsey!

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Cheryl & JD 2 Firefighters and a Love Story....

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Cheryl and JD won a free engagement session from the CT Bridal Expo. They are planning their wedding for next May. They are both firefighters so that is where we got the great old fashion fire truck from. They were both fun to work with and clearly in love!!!

Winnie & Walter

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Photographed in front of the shark tanks!

My photography as a second shooter

Recently I had the opportunity to work with my friend and photographer Misty Enright. Walter and Winnie's reception was at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. It was a beautiful Wedding!

I had a blast walking around looking at all the fish and I know their guest did too.

Monique & Matt

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Monique and Matt were married on a February afternoon. Unfortunately all the snow had melted but regardless is was a beautiful wedding. Matt is the brother of my previous wedding client Stacy. Monique and Matt were both in Stacy and Eric's wedding in 2007. I can't say how much I love doing family members weddings. Thank you for having me at your wedding. It was perfect.

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There was a little patch of snow left over! :)

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Seminar Yesterday!

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Before

After

Yesterday I went to a seminar in NYC and I learned some new photo shop tricks. You can see the before and after photos of what I am able to do now. I love learning new things and I really love adding art to my photos so this was a great thing for me to learn. This photo is from Monique and Matt's wedding. I will have more photos of their wedding to share early next week.

Ryley!

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This is her mad face!

See her shoe in the air!

This is my daughter Ryley! This past weekend was a nice weekend so I decided to dress Ryley up and take her out for a photo shoot! She is a pretty good model, she only does half of what I say!

Trina & Marc

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Trina and Marc were married on January 24th. They were referred to me by my son's baseball coach. They are very nice couple who happened to be Red Sox Fans! That is where Marc proposed to Trina. The story is she went to the bathroom and when she came back to her seat Marc spelled out will you marry me with peanut shells! Hence the peanuts with the rings in the photo above. Congratulations! I am sure I will see more of you both this year!

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Jen & Sasa

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Jen and Sasa were married on January 10th in the biggest snow storm of the year. This of course made for beautiful winter wedding photos. I met Jen and Sasa at Sasa's brothers wedding last year. It was nice to see the family again. I love doing family weddings. It is so nice to share one of the best days of someones life and to share it again with another family member. It makes the wedding personal when you get to know the person you hire for your photography and any other leading role in the wedding day. Congratulations Jen and Sasa, Thank you for having me be part of your beautiful winter wedding.

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The Cuteness!

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A few more photos of my cute little nephew..

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Here is my nephew Caleb. He came in for his photo shoot last week. He was pretty good but he his the strongest 3 week old baby I have ever seen. Every time I put him in position he would wiggle around and move himself. Too cute! I can just eat this baby up!

My Last Wedding in 2008 Maggie & Tom

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Maggie and her parents made cloaks for the whole bridal party. You can see more photos in my up coming slide show of their wedding which should be online by next week.

Maggie and Tom were married on December 5, 2008. The wedding was perfect and had magical through out the day. The ceremony was at the First Congregational Church of Wallingford and the Reception was at The Country House in East Haven. Maggie and Tom were referred by Aimee and Scott who were married in April.

This was my last wedding of the year and it was a great way to end a great wedding year. I had such wonderful couples this year and I was able to see a lot of the couples I photographed in 2007. Congratulations to everyone and Have a great new year as husband and wife!!

On to 2009 I photographed a Wedding this past Saturday in the snow storm so be on the look out for that wedding. I am also going to be posting more slide shows this week and my yearly slide show with all the 2008 couples. Oh and mark your calendars I will be at the CT Bridal Expo at the Expo Center in Hartford this Saturday and Sunday.

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I love the next three shots, I know Maggie was thinking "what the heck does she want me to do this for". It always feels awkard to do something your not use to but trust me I know what I am doing most of the time. LOL The rest of the time I just have some crazy ideas that usually come out pretty good. Thats the great thing about being and artist!

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As Maggie walked down the isle all the guests threw rose petals to ground in front of her.
Very nice!!!

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When I was leaving to go to my car, it started to snow and I went back inside to get Maggie and Tom to take a photo. There was not enough snow on the ground so I took the photo up at the street light. What a perfect ending for a magical wedding.

Diane & Dan

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Diane and Dan were married on November 29th. The formal photos were taken at the beautiful Palace Theatre in Waterbury. Their wedding was a beautiful christmas themed weddding.

Congratulations Diane and Dan.

For all of my loyal blog lookers, I am still working, I have one more December wedding to post soon and then I have a couple of weddings this month and February. I have ton of work from the summer I hope to blog soon also. Keep stopping in! I promise I will catch on some of my blogging soon.

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My Cutie Nephew..

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This is Caleb at one week old.

This is a snapshot I took when I walked in the room and he was sleeping.

I am an AUNT!!!!!

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Here is my new nephew! He is so cute!!! His name is Caleb Tavian and he was born on December 23rd (sometime early in the morning) He weighed 6lbs 12oz. This photo was taken from my phone because he is in Nicu now but he doing great! I am so so so excited and I just want to see him all the time. OF COURSE there will be a ton more photos to see soon!!

Have Happy Holiday Everyone!

Santa Baby...

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This is Stanley, he is sooo cute. His parents are Hisayo & Brian and they were married on 7/7/07. I photographed their wedding and now I was so lucky to photograph Stanley.

I love staying touch with my clients and watching them grow as a family. Its the best!

Congratulations Hisayo and Brian and thank you for bringing your adorable baby to me.

Michele & Brian

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Michele and Brian were married in October. They are an very nice couple and very easy going. The whole day went so perfect! Below you will see the formal photo session, well Michele decided to do the formals at corporate park in Shelton. Some of you may work there and know that there are some very eccentric statutes there. Well when we arrived , all I remember thinking is I like different but what in the world am I going to do here. (I don't think I said it that nicely though) Anyway it turned out to be great. I love the photos and the creativity of exploring a new location.

Congratulations Michele and Brian! Thanks for allowing me to be part of your wedding day!

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Michele is posing while putting the ring on Brian's finger. The priest told her to, he was the nicest priest ever!

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Elisabeth & Russell

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Congratulations Lis and Russell! Your wedding was beautiful! Lis got ready at her parents house where it was beautifully decorated. They were married a church in Simsbury and the reception was held at the Riverview. The formals were taken at the church and the Riverview. It was an evening wedding. Lis and Russell went to Aruba for their honeymoon and stayed at the same resort that my husband and I stayed at on our honeymoon. The resort was Bucuti Beach. They loved it as much as we did, so if your looking for a honeymoon spot this is the place.

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Kate & Rob

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Kate & Rob were married on October 19, 2008. The ceremony and reception were at Mahan's in Wolcott, CT. Kate and Rob are a great couple, perfect for each other. The wedding was beautiful do to all of Kate's hard work and effort for all her details. Kate is an artist so it doesn't surprise me. A special thank you to my friend Katrina who referred them to me! Thanks Katrina and Congratulations Kate and Rob!

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Jamie & Ryan

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Beautiful!!!

Jamie & Ryan were married on September 27th. It was an on and off rainy day. The ceremony and reception were at the Barns at Weslyan Hills in Middletown. (That is where I had my wedding so of course I love it) You may recognize this couple from an early blog post. Jamie is the twin sister of Erica (also absolutley gorgeous). Jamie and Ryan did a great job with all of their ideas and decorating the Barn. The wedding turned out beautiful depsite the rain. Congratulations!

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The mini soprano! He is so cute!

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Toscha & Jason

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Jason & Toscha were married on September 20th. The weather was perfect. The ceremony was held at the Zion Church in Meriden. Formals were taken at Hubbard Park and the Reception was at the Courtyard Marriot in Cromwell. Jason and Tosha have been together forever and have a beautiful family. I am so happy for them, Congratulations!

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Photo Shoot w/ Jenny

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Jenny is a great model! I took Jenny out a few weeks ago to play around and I have a tone of great shots. These are just a couple I could'nt wait to share! I am going to post the rest on my other blog soon. I will keep everyone posted, these are photos you don't miss out on. Thanks Jenny your great!

Ali's Senior Portrait Session

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Here a few fun photos from Ali's senior portrait session.

I added some vintage tones to these shots. I did Ali's session over a month ago. I have been shootin glike crazy all summer so through out the winter I will be posting the photos. Keep checking back. I have done some really coll shoots, I can't wait to post.

Danielle & Mike

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Danielle and Mike were married on September 13th. The day was great. Danielle and Mike were so much fun. As you can see in the photos Danielle was having a lot of fun with the photography portion of her wedding. Its was great for me, I was loving it! Congratulations Danielle and Mike!

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This one is for you Mary Lou!

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Danielle is so much fun! She was spinning around holding her veil.

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Jean & Ian

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A cinderella shoe!

Jean and Ian were married in August at the Riverhouse. It was a beautiful wedding! As you can see all the guys wore kilts. The guys also wore something special under the kilts which I will not expose to the public but it was alot of fun. The one thing I can say about this couple is that they are truly in love. It seems to me that every kiss was with meaning. I am true romantic at heart and love to see people in love! Congratulations Jean and Ian.

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I love this! Look how romantic! Ian and Jean love each other so much!

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Ian was having some fun of his own!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYLEY!!!

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Ryley waiting for the train with Samantha!

Ryley with her new dolls Bitty Baby and Nellie!

Me, my mom and Ry in the American Girl Doll Cafe.

Ry sitting with her dolls!

Look at this cake!

Friday, October 3rd was my daughter Ryley's 6th birthday. Ryley wanted to go to the American Girl store and cafe and NYC for her birthday. So, there we went! This was so much fun! If any one is considering doing this with there daughter, you totally should. My mom came with us and we all loved it. The store is 4 floors of American Girl dolls and accesosries. After shopping we went to cafe and had lunch. Look at the cake she got.! It was great. Ver, very, very girly!

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Shopping in the City is fun except when you have to carry around big bags all day.

Ryley never has a problem striking a pose!

It wouldn't be a complete day in NYC if we didn't see the Naked Cowboy.
Ryley thought this was the funniest thing ever.

Christine & Nate

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I love these shots in the rain, poor girls.

Christine and Nate were married in August. It only rained during the ceremony and then we had nice weather for the rest of the day. Christine and Nate were a lot of fun. As a matter of fact me and Christine are very much a like. We both had the same dress for our weddings, my husband is Nate, they went to Aruba on their honeymoon, we went to Aruba. Congratulations, Christine and Nate. I hope you had funny on your honeymoon!

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No worries Christine made it in without a spot of rain on her dress! The limo drivers finally smartened up and realized they could pull right up on the sidewalk to the front entrance.

Here is a funny! During the ceremony the bestman and maid of honor were calling me over to check out the grooms shoe while he was kneeling. I was not in the joke so I thought "he must really like the Yankees" I have seen Brides put things on their shoes but I had never seen it from the Groom. Well come to find out the Groom is a die hard Red Sox Fan and he did'nt know about the sticker. Hence the photo below with the Red Sox cufflings.

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Kate & Geoff

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Kate and Geoff were married in July at Lighthouse Pointe Park in New Haven. Its my new favorite place to shoot. There are so many great locations and the fact that it has Carousel inside and all the guests get to ride on it is awesome. Kate and Geoff's wedding was a blast. Congratulations Kate and Geoff.

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I love the sun in Kate's hair!

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These are all of Kate and Geoff's college friends.

This is the tossing of the bouquet. Look how high the groom's sister can jump!

She caught it!

Angela & Dan

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Angela and Dan's wedding was a blast. I had a smile on my face the whole time. The wedding party was so much fun. Everyone was so easy going and we were able to get a ton of fun photos.
Congratulations Angela and Dan.

On another here you go Nicole! My girlfriend Nicole was asking what was going on with my blog, because I have not blogged in a while. Well I think today is a perfect day for blogging so I hope to get a few more weddings and session blogged today! So for all of you who are sitting at work today bored and tired because of this rain, I hope you all enjoy these happy photos!!!

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