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Wedding preparations, Fishkill, NY

The first week of August I have three weddings to attend: one in New York, one in Rhode Island, and one in Connecticut. Two of them fall on the same weekend, on successive days. It's going to be exhausting.

I thought I was done with weddings; I had thought all my friends were married and well on their way towards a second child. Obviously, I was wrong. That said, I was still surprised at the number of weddings to which I was invited this summer. Some, I had to decline.

This photo was taken while my friend D and I were preparing to attend the wedding of our friends Sonjia and Eric. They had their wedding in Fishkill, by a small pond on the fields of an estate. It had rained the days leading up to the wedding, but on the day of their nuptials the sun shone. The weather was beautiful; the setting idyllic.

And speaking of photographs and their wedding, I need to get myself into the darkroom to see about perhaps printing up some wedding presents. I hope I can find some decent shots and make some good prints.

Comments (9)

interesting slice of life.

Posted by Amit Basu - Black and White Photography on 22 Jul 2009, 9.25 PM

thanks amit. it's interesting looking at this image knowing the context. out of context it seems like it could say so many other different things . . .

Posted by eugene on 24 Jul 2009, 5.08 PM

How classic is this? Only film can render it quite this way. Beautiful. Moving. I'll be back.

Posted by Brian on 03 Aug 2009, 4.51 PM

thanks brian! and yes, i tend to agree that film has a certain je ne sais quois. :-)

Posted by eugene on 04 Aug 2009, 10.39 PM

i'm enjoying your beautiful photographs--and now remembering that *we* attended the wedding of a mutual friend years and years ago--anna's! they're still happily going strong, made for each other.

Posted by kirsten giebutowski on 17 Aug 2009, 5.06 PM

kirsten! welcome! it's so great to hear from you. i, too, remember that wedding. or rather i remember elements of it and the setting; i don't remember if we danced. i remember a live band but was there crazy dancing? for some reason, that, i cannot remember.

Posted by eugene on 17 Aug 2009, 6.50 PM

you are on candid!!

Posted by singapore industrial photography on 06 Sep 2009, 9.03 AM

of course there was crazy dancing and of course we danced! i don't remember but i'm sure on both counts :) i think maybe you're traveling now. i will have to look elsewhere on the site! hope you are well, wheresoever you are--

Posted by kirsten on 13 Sep 2009, 2.37 PM

kirsten, i am indeed travelling. in beijing at the moment and heading to uzbekistan on monday. whee!

Posted by eugene on 17 Sep 2009, 12.03 AM

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