Archives for November 2012

Missing Summer

November 30, 2012 | 1 Comment

Humans are strange creatures. We always want what we can’t have and the harder I try fighting this notion the truer it proves to be time after time. I had an amazing summer, I way overachieved all my goals, I traveled around the globe to shoot weddings, I met some amazing new friends, I rented my own beach flat, I was super busy. So busy that I almost had no time whatsoever for anything other than traveling, working and the ocassional sleeping. 😉 While I enjoyed every minute of the hectic jet set wedding photographer lifestyle I was often longing for quieter days, sleeping in late, watching a movie or reading a book, not to mention spending time with my much neglected friends.

Summer has come and gone and as the leaves started falling and I’ve finished shooting my last weddings of the season, I finally started to slow down and settle into normality. Lots of snoozing, lots of sports, dinners and nights out with friends and a fair amount of work to keep me busy. It’s been a few weeks of normality now and I’m starting to have that way too familiar unsettling feeling… I miss summer! I miss the wedding season! I miss meeting new people and capturing their love story on a weekly basis! I miss all the hours spent at airports (ok maybe I don’t miss it that much….)! I miss the craziness! I miss being constantly on the go!!!!

Being a wedding photographer is still a relatively new life for me and I have to get used to the seasonality of the job. Crazy summers and slower winters. At least I know that in a few short months things will turn and I’ll be back at those airports sooner than I can make up for all my missed sleep from last summer. In fact December/January is already shaping up to be quite the busy months, but I’m of course not complaining! Can’t wait in fact! Bring it on! and summer… if you could hurry up a bit please… I can’t wait to complain about the heat and the way too long hours of work again… THANK YOU! 😉

Agi & Gaspi | Budapest Wedding Photography

November 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Now that the wedding season is over it’s finally time reorganize and look through what the past summer has brought. Looking over my folders I’ve realized that I’ve have not posted the images from one of my favorite weddings of the year, one of my best friends’ Agi’s wedding. I always aim to have an excellent relationship with my couples so that by the time their wedding day rolls in they’d feel like I’m a good friend taking their pictures, but when it’s someone’s wedding who has been one of my besties for over ten years the friend with the camera thingy gets real! Being a guest and a photographer at the same time sure has its challenges but I couldn’t let anyone else taking Agi and Gaspi’s pictures so I was gladly wearing two hats on the big day (and brought along a second shooter for the party time)! 😉

Agi and Gaspi (remember their Parisienne engagement session?) got married in the Buda castle in Budapest and guests flew in from all over the world to celebrate their true love story with them. Some nasty rain clouds were trying to scare us, but luckily the rain held off until the dinner party under a tent, so we were overall lucky to have been able to celebrate and shoot outside. I must highlight the amazing catering of the wedding, I still have dreams about the vegetarian stuffed cabbage they served at midnight! Yummmmyyyyyy…..

I LOVE YOU GUYS and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for the two of you! Thanks for letting me capture your big day! 😉

Engagement Session in Paris | Adam & Monika

November 20, 2012 | 7 Comments

A few months ago I received an enthusiastic email from Adam, explaining that he is about to propose to his girlfriend Monika and he would love to surprise her with an ad hoc engagement session while they would be vacationing in Paris. Excited is not the right word to describe how I felt, I was awwwwwwwwwing at my screen for minutes before I could formulate a proper response. My “proper” response was along the lines of YOU ARE THE BEST BOYFRIEND EVEEEEEEEER… etc. let’s just say lots of capital letters and lots of exclamation marks! 😉

November quickly came and I finally met these two in person in a very very chilly afternoon in Paris (but at least it was not raining like on my previous two Parisienne engagement sessions… see here and here). After spending the whole afternoon and a fun filled evening together I can confirm what I’ve suspected… Adam IS the best boyfriend ever and their love with Monika is crazy, passionate and oh so right!

I’m beyond thrilled to have met you two and I wish you nothing but the best of the best, exciting adventures, a life full of travel and happiness together!

Slowing down Settling in

November 8, 2012 | 13 Comments

Welcome to my new home! 😉 One of my big personal goals for this year was to rent a small apartment and live on my own again after sharing a place with other artists for months. My lifelong dream has been to live in Barcelona on the beach, to be able to see the sun rise from my balcony, take long walks and go running on the beach and have a place to call my own. In September this dream came true. Some people called me crazy (I am sometimes :)) for taking on such a huge project in the midst of wedding season but I was determined and the perfect cutesy lil flat presented itself so I just had to go for it! The original Spanish tile wall, the beautiful old wooden doors and the modern, renovated interior was everything I was looking for and I couldn’t help falling hard for this space. The move was stressful to say the least, but it was oh so worth it! I havent had a chance to actually decorate the place and hang pictures, quotes up until now, but it’s coming along nicely and I’m proud to have a home where I can invite friends, family and I can watch the sea from my tiny balcony. Independence ROCKS!

Flower decorations courtesy of Urban Plant – my favorite floral studio in Barcelona

Carol & Carlos | Barcelona Wedding Photography

November 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Sometimes I really wish I was a much better writer…. There are so many things I want to tell you about these two, I don’t know where to start and how to put it into words…. Carol and Carlos have a very special 16 year old love story. Yes, that was not a typo… sixteen years old!!! I know what you’re thinking…. did they meet in kindergarden? Well almost…. they sure took their time 🙂 but when they decided to tie the knot their whole family and circle of friends was ecstatic and they threw one hell of a celebration for these two. (you may remember their pretty engagement session from a few months ago)

I love people who smile when it’s raining and putting on a smiley face when it’s raining cats and dogs on your wedding day must be extremely difficult. Not to mention that due to the extreme weather conditions they had to reorganize the whole wedding ceremony and get married at the reception venue instead of their planned outdoor garden wedding. There were bumps on the road yes, but you couldn’t tell.. and that is the true spirit of love! This is the advice I always give to all my clients… let it go… whatever happens happens and there is no point in stressing over things out of our control. C&C sure let it go, danced in the rain, celebrated big time, kissed like teenagers in love and I was overjoyed to have been able to be part of this very special day. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! I really really do! You were beautiful and radiant, it was a true honor being by your side on the big day!

I fell totally in love with Carol’s AIRE Barcelona gown and killer Adolfo Dominguez heels