mystic shoot the cake wedding photography

The 2010 wedding season is in full swing. Of course, every wedding season in Mystic is accompanied by gorgeous beach weather,  and picture perfect weekends. We’ve already had the privilege of photographing several unions already, and with Summer rolling along, we’re looking forward to even more! However, for those of you visiting the blog, maybe for the first time, you may be wondering what we at mystic shoot the cake do on a daily basis. Perhaps you’ve seen our work, and are curious about what makes mystic shoot the cake tick. Well, on top of this blog, we now have several more options for our patrons:

Twitter:

Every Tuesday-Friday from 10am until 2pm we are updating our twitter. This has become a valuable resource, not only for us to update our patrons, but to help educate past and future brides and grooms. We’ve been able to network with over 100 local vendors, venues, and wedding magazines and we make their best posts available to our followers. If there is a deal on wedding day makeup, you’ll be the first to know about it!

Facebook:

Of course, we are also available on Facebook! The great thing about following mystic shoot the cake is that we provide update on our day to day, as well as picture samples from the most recent weddings, and videos of our photographic team in action. For those of you looking to see the inner workings of wedding photography, this is the resource to check out.

Look forward to a post next week on our studio’s radical face lift!

I can’t count how many times I have heard someone say, “The day just went by so fast and I feel like it is hard to remember everything”. This is why your wedding day photography is one of the single most important investments you can make for your wedding. In this day and age of drive-thrus and one hour photos, customer service as well as custom service is something that is getting harder and harder to find.

Here at mystic shoot the cake, we believe that a custom photography experience is essential in recreating all the occurrences and emotion of your special event. In order to customize your day, we provide a team of photographers for every wedding we photograph. You’re not getting two or three “back-up” photographers just in case. We are a team of artists, each with a distinct style, constantly at the ready. Having a team of photographers allows us to capture all angles and aspects of every situation that we are presented with throughout the day.

mystic shoot the cake featured in Spring 2008 Connecticut Bride Magazine

It’s finally the big day, and after months of planning and hard-work its time to concentrate on you.  To fully enjoy your wedding and all the efforts you have put forth, make sure you pay attention to all your needs today.  The less stressed you are, the better you will look and feel.  Start the day with some stretching or a leisurely walk to release any tension and give yourself a moment to reflect.  Continue to take slow, deep breathes to keep calm and relaxed throughout the day.  Eat a balanced, wholesome breakfast to boost energy levels and sustain you until you eat next…most brides barely get to touch their food amongst all the excitment and greetings, so breakfast is key to keep you running.  Fruit, yogurt and granola is a light yet filling option, and an egg-white omelet with veggies provides the protein you need to keep yourself energized.  Allow enough time for styling, most brides usually allocate three hours to get ready.  Hair should be done first, usually taking an hour.  Wear a loose shirt that buttons or zips down, so that it does not interfere with your hair when you change.  The second hour is used for make-up, and the third is for dressing and any additional prep.  Be sure to only put on your dress after hair, make-up and perfumes are set (as the oils in fragrance can discolor your dress.)  Have a bridesmaid put together an “emergency kit” to have on hand that includes tissues, nail file, dental floss, breath mints, pressed powder, lipstick, concealor and nail polish etc.

Having grown up in the historic town of Mystic, CT, I have become familiar and intimate with everything from the popular tourist attractions to the lesser known but equally celebrated locales. My mother is a professional harpist and at an early age she taught me to play and, eventually, I even began to accompany her to wedding venues to watch and get a feel for the routine and atmosphere.
Throughout grade school I had a passion for the arts, specifically the human form, which led me to focus on figure drawings in traditional media and portraiture in photography. I applied with a portfolio my senior year of high school to the Savannah College of Art and Design and am currently studying there to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography.
What I love so much about working with people in my photos and portraits is the range of connection the subject makes with the camera. The feel of a photograph changes so much depending on the amount of eye contact and focus that the person whose picture is being taken makes. It can take an image from being personal and close to that of viewing someone in secret, without their knowing.
I believe that the honesty and preciousness of a picture comes from the people in it and the memories they reinforce. This is why I love what I do; I get to reflect that kind of joy through my lens (literally) every time I work with someone.

My passion for photography developed early on. It’s amazing the dreams that can come from a little blue Fisher-Price camera at the age of four. Growing up I was constantly out photographing everything surrounding me. As I got older I began to enjoy photographing people, and events. Today, I can be found on any given day with a camera in hand searching out local beauty.

I have always enjoyed a photojournalists approach to weddings, catching true emotion of the moment has always thrilled me. I also enjoy many aspects of traditional wedding photography. When photographing a wedding, my objective is to capture the full beauty of the event the way the bride and groom have dreamed it will be.

Everyone knows that second.

That split instant, when a laugh, a grin, a look, reveals everything, and the rest of the world fades to gray in comparison.

That’s the second I look for. That one, that minuscule, tiny insignificant fleck in time, that will, that does, make all the difference in the world to the people who know. The ones who know that smile is just for them, who know that when he’s really smiling, his right eye squints, or when she’s really happy, her nose crinkles almost imperceptibly. These are the things that make us individuals, and these are the things that carry across pixels and megabytes and digital files to become a representation of what makes us, us.

we all know that second, and my aim is to show you.