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Picture Perfect Package | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

June 22, 2010

Everyone likes to open presents. I love to see the delight and wonder in people’s eyes as they wrestle with ribbons and pull off paper and ooooo and awwwww over what’s inside. And……I know my brides are going to be opening their fair share of gifts. The martini glasses and quesadilla makers, blenders and Le Creusets.  There is so much wonder and excitement when couples first see their wedding images, when they can first relive their incredible day without all the hustle and bustle and nerves of the wedding day.  So we thought, why not couple the wonder of opening an amazing gift with the wonder of receiving and seeing your wedding images??!!! Totally makes sense, right?! Right. So…a fabulous new husband and wife just received another wedding gift…

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Wait. What? You mean you don’t know what this is?! ‘Cause you got to open it, Silly!

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  You still don’t know what it is? Let’s open it a little more!

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! And along with images and other sundry necessities, there are also a few little surprises. No. I’m not telling you what they are. You’ll just have to wait to find out. ::wink wink::

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Anat and Josh’s Photobooth Madness!!! | Honeoye Falls NY Wedding Photographer

June 4, 2010

CRAZY fun at Anat and Josh’s reception at the Rabbit Room in Honeoye Falls, NY!

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And with a BANG…Wedding Season Begins | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

May 24, 2010

Stephanie and Adams Wedding.  We’ll have a lot more to say about that later…but I just can’t RESIST posting one sneak image.  Because I LOVEY it.  A LOT.

And I just wanted to tell someone.

Thanks for listening.  I can sleep now.  ::grin::

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The Last Wedding | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

November 22, 2009

Wait.  What?

You didn’t think this is REALLY my last wedding did you?!  No.  I didn’t think so.  It was, however, my last wedding of 2009.  The. Last.  One.

Now.  The rest of November and December I get to whip all these weddings into shape for the brides and grooms who are waiting for some rocking images.  You know I love you guys!  I have more to say about that (don’t I always?) but first…doods…how COOL are these?  The Inn on Broadway is the most BEAUTIFUL room ever for receptions.  I love it there!

Yummy yummy yummy.

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Tom Kostecke
11.22.2009

Tammy, thanks so much for the great job taking pictures for my daughters wedding. It was a fabulous job on your part!

Pam Kostecke
11.24.2009

Tammy,
You made such a great impression on me—your style is both very professional and also humorous which somehow doesn’t sound like the best combo for wedding pics. You definitely have transformed photography into an art!
Pam Kostecke

jess
11.29.2009

love that light sistah! you rock!

 
 

 

A New Favorite | Skaneatelas NY Wedding Photographer

November 19, 2009

Flowers are handmade by the UBER Talented Diane at DK Designs!  I remember S sharing the link with me early on and being SO EXCITED about these flowers.  I remember thinking…eh.  CLAY flowers?  Are they going to be weird?  So not weird.  So AMAZING and cool.  And SO MUCH FUN TO PHOTOGRAPH.  Cuz you know…having fun is why I do what I do!   Now I’ll tell you a little secret:   it’s possible that we’re all going to be in a top secret project — more later — if it really happens!  ::wink::  Woot woot!

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The Tiniest Update Ever | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

November 9, 2009

Flu.

Travel.

Catch up.

Someone said something nice about me – -holla!

A tiny sneak peek.  SO MANY MORE NEED TO BE POSTED.  And will.  Soon.

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Mabyn
11.09.2009

I’m playing catch up now too. It’s even worse when you’re sickipoo! Feel better soon love!

Jason Dufair
11.09.2009

Feel better.
Breathe deep.
Breathe deeper.
<3

kristi
11.10.2009

Love these!! The dof on the underpass shot is just divine!

 
 

 

Week Peek: A Recap | Rochester NY Photographer

August 19, 2009


Here we are.  The absolute HEART of busy season.  I don’t know if you know this about me — but I follow over 500 blogs daily.  (I know, right?  Srsly.)  I don’t read them every day — but I do know this — that right now is when you find your favorite bloggers — photographers especially — sort of trail off into silence…or a post begging you to understand how busy they are.  ::grin::

So I am blogging to tell you:  I am busy.  I am blogging.  And I am here.  Crazed.  But here.

This week (okay.  last week.  I am a wee bit behind in most things in my life.  ::grin::).

Here’s all the fun stuff I got to do:

Jess and I re-wrote the FAQ section on the blog.  That sounds boring, doesn’t it?  But truly, it was fun to work with Jess on it and fun to see it all come together so awesomely (is that a word?)!

I put together some FUN AND CRAZY WEDDING SLIDESHOWS for Kelly and DanBrooke and Dave, and Bethany and Patrick.  But only check them out if you’re serious.  My slideshows are long and elaborate and I am in love with every single one of them.  Also – let me know what you think — cuz I’m still working on a format…

A 70th birthday party with a PUPPY and BOYS and LAKE and SAND.  Could the day have been more perfect?  I think not.  It was so much fun!

Seniors.  If you are looking at my photographs and thinking – wow.  I love those  – I need Tammy to take MINE ( or my son/daughter or my neighbor who’s a senior or the girl in Ontario) — my answer:  get.on.the.calendar.  My sessions are booking so fast my head is spinning.  But there’s still some.  Grab one.  that’s all I’m saying.

And for the record:  when did seniors get so sophisticated and beautiful?  I know.  a definite fact.  That I NEVER looked so good.  And my senior pictures?  Big ol’ zit right in the middle of my nose.  The Rudolph Series.  Nice.  ::laughing::

An AMAZING WEDDING with two families that were beyond wonderful.  And a couple of silly fun incidents (hello — the priest almost fell on me!) that made taking photographs EXTRA fun!

A guitarist with dreams of making it big and writing his own music.  Rock on!

A family of girls so beautiful that I could NOT take ONE bad picture.  Not one.

Did I mention the PUPPY yet?  OMG.

I love this time of year.  One of my photo buddies said — you know Tam, you use sun flare A LOT — but somehow…I never get tired of it!  Right?!  I NEVER get tired of it!  So stay OUT SUNSHINE!

Here’s my recap in the VIZZUUUAAALLLL:


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Rachel H
8.19.2009

Tammy, I spent the morning organizing business receipts, and you spent the morning doing this??? you’re always amusing and wonderful. your life inspires mine.

Jason Dufair
8.19.2009

Tasty, tasty. The dog is too much! And the dude rocking on the water. You have the coolest job ever, T.

tara leigh
8.19.2009

i was sooooo excited to watch p&b’s slideshow… and it made me smile and giggle just as much as i knew it would. you are such a wonderful friend, photographer, and inspiration. seriously… love you to bits. and bits.

and bits. :)

debbie McGeorge
9.28.2009

I continue to scroll down your blog… I am blown away. I continue to think I have a favorite and then I see more!

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Making Beautiful Images is Amazing to Me | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

August 7, 2009

So.  This week.

Here’s the cliff note version:

wedding.  fun.  pink.  amazing sunset.  (you’ll have to wait for those however.  they’re still a secret.  ::grin::)

senior Bryanna with the most.amazing.hair.and.blue.eyes.ever.

crazy fam session that included sand eating (8 month old) and falling into the lake (3 year old).  Yep.  I laughed the entire time.  So freaking cute!

a pair of adorable Llapso’s and their moms and a great sunset.  but lots of mosquitos.  You’d be surprised at how many mosquitos I have to photoshop off people’s faces at this time of year.  srsly.

an engagement session that started with a soccer ball being kicked quite dramatically at the poor fiance.  And yep.  My suggestion.  Luckily Victor didn’t actually HIT her with the ball.  But I made a note to self:  bad idea.  ::grin::

Whirlwind week.  New ideas.  New components that I can hardly wait to share with you…but I must.  Self restraint is never good for me — but I am trying to improve as I get older — so you’ll have to stick with me and see when it rolls.  But I mean it — so cool.

Without further ado…I give you:  this week in pictures.  Sort of.  this week in sneak peeks for clients.

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gwyneth colleen
8.08.2009

um, these are really cool!

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Sneak Peek For the Week | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

July 9, 2009

There is a problem.

When I neglect the blog — there is a log-jam of sessions that I want to show you…talk about…tell you how amazing and fun they were….and I realize that I would have to post like…a bajillion entries to catch up.  And then I get overwhelmed.  And then I don’t post.  It’s such a VICIOUS cycle!  ::laughing::

So — here’s today’s brainstorm:  the “here’s what Tammy is currently working on” Sneak Peek.

Some of these sessions haven’t been blogged or facebooked (oh.  facebook.  there’s A LOT more work on my facebook profile!).  Some of them have.  Some of them are weddings where I got to shoot cool places with other cool photographers like Gwyneth Colleen in the Cayman Islands and James Bass in the Thousand Islands ::waving::.  I love them both and had sooooo much fun – I mean, seriously?  Is it possible to have a cooler job?  (Although I do not mean to suggest that Gwyneth is in the Cayman Islands — she’s a wedding photographer in New Hampshire and James is a wedding photographer in Syracuse!)

But mostly — it’s just me working.  If you can call what I do work.  I love my clients so….freaking….much!  ::waving::

Rochester NY Wedding Photographer Tammy Swales

Wedding Photographer Tammy Swales Rochester NY


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Jason Dufair
7.10.2009

I love how you can be classic and then turn around and break all the rules with joy and Tammyness.

carla Ten Eyck
7.10.2009

Seriously? COME ON SWALES!!
Love this little / big / crazy pretty snippet of your work- you are so crazy talented girl!

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Miss Hudson Valley | Rochester NY Headshot Photographer

March 21, 2009

Katie.  On her way to a New York State Pagent — and stopped to have me take her photographs.  OMG I am so glad I did.  More to follow — but just take a peek…how GORGEOUS IS SHE?!

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