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Picture Perfect Package | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:34:50 +0000

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…

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

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

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::

Things We Love Today | Rochester NY Photographer

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:36:16 +0000

As the gang here at Tammy Swales Photography go about our day, our conversations and our (very VERY rare) silences are often punctuated by a cry from any one of us of OMG I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! Which then of course requires everyone to stop and see what kind of awesomeness we have found today. So…rather than keep all these fantastic discoveries to ourselves we thought we’d share some of them with you!!! See how much we love you? That’s right.

So, for starters, I love this. Actually, I love everything in her entire store! So purdy.

I am currently OBSESSED with the Creators Project. If you have not checked this out yet, then DO IT! Do it now!!! But be forewarned…once you’re hooked there is no going back.

Any greeting card company that organizes its cards by the subjects of Food, Drink, Educational Sort Of, Work, Cheer and Pessimism gets my vote. Fomato has some amazing cards. Some super cute illustrations. And some seriously exciting salutations.

I am constantly calling Jess “Martha Stewart,” especially those mornings like today when she shows up with still-hot, crusty homemade bread. Seriously!!! And Martha/Jess is head over heals for these aprons right now. She just bought this one, and apparently is threatening to either not take it off, or go back for more. (And no. She hasn’t worn it to work yet. Thank God.)

Jess also tells me you can’t go wrong with anything that combines words and coffee, literally!!!

She’s a big fan of both Rochester and earrings….

And lastly…Hi. I love this. That’s all.

These Days Are Very Engaging | Rochester NY Engagement Photographer

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:06:36 +0000

So here’s the thing about engagement sessions. They are SO. MUCH. FUN. I love how laid back they are. There is so much raw emotion at weddings. So much love, so much tears. But at engagement sessions you’ve got two people, completely in love, and it’s just them in their normal clothes and everyday habitats. There’s no crowd, no gowns, no wedding party, no pressure. Just a boy and a girl (and a crazy redhead yelling directions). And it’s all about THEM. About the love they share and what makes them such a unique and incredible couple. I can’t even tell you how much fun this is for me to watch!!!!!! And how much we LAUGH!!! I’ve literally come home from engagement shoots with my face sore from laughing so much. It really is fantastic to see couples open up and be their crazy, playful selves.

All that said, I’ve had a MAD number of engagement shoots lately. What an amazing way to start off the summer!!! I am PSYCHED beyond belief to shoot every one of these weddings. I am overwhelmed by how each of my couples “get” me and how I work..which is the MOST important thing in getting great photographs.

Sometimes crazy fun engagement shoots take a little extra maneuvering, and my couples really step up to the plate. Literally! Valerie had to do some serious pre-planning to get us into Frontier Field so she and Keith could incorporate their love of baseball into their engagement images. But what a great experience that was!!! And Jessica and Clark impressively managed to get their ENORMOUS (and gorgeous!) dog all the way up to my forth floor studio without event! Talk about hard core…

And Stephanie and Micah were right there when I started yelling “AH! There! Light! Underpass! Run! Now! Go!”

And we NAILED it!!!! We make a great team. ::grin::

I love my couples and I am SO excited for this summer.

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

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:03:07 +0000

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

Reckless Necklace | Rochester NY Commercial Photographer

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:49:48 +0000

I had the opportunity to work with the amazingly talented and uber-cool chick behind the genius that is Reckless Necklace. Seriously. These pieces are original and GORGEOUS. Blynn needed help updating her website — and although it is not live yet — I can promise you that when it IS — it will be CRAZY COOL.

This was a multi-person collaboration and I could not have gotten these images without the cool headed and idea driven talent that is Stacy K – and the technical genius that is Erich Camping. We ALL had input into these images and I love love love them so much. We had a great group of girls who modeled for us — and I was super impressed with the professionalism and energy all the girls put into delivering images that sold Blynn’s cool necklaces!

Check out her work: www.recklessnecklace.com

Faces of Heart Disease American Heart Association Rochester NY Chapter | Tammy Swales Rochester NY Photographer

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:22:33 +0000

You know it’s been busy when two MONTHS creep by and you don’t update your blog. Then…when you finally DO want to update your blog you can’t remember the password to…erm…update your blog.

OBviously I’ve figured that out! I have a bunch of stuff to share — so I’m blogging this morning — so forgive me for the blog dump today (that sounds funny and somehow…wrong…doesn’t it? ::laughing::)

I had the opportunity to work with the AMAZING team over at the American Heart Association in Rochester. They contacted me to do a series of images of survivors with the concept being “The Face of Heart Disease”.

I have never been so moved and touched by a project. I LOVED meeting each and every one of these incredibly resilient and awesome people. Truly. I am a better person because of it. I took on the project because my family has a MAJOR history with heart disease — and as my mom tells me — my grandfather is very proud of me right now. ::sniff::

The posters will be on display at the Heart Walk on April 10th – if you are participating or cheering your loved ones on — see you there!

Who Doesn’t Love Getting Email Like This? | New York City Engagement Photographer

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:52:59 +0000

I have to tell you that everyone LOVES the photos (as do we)!! Our friends have said that the pictures are beautiful, sexy and belong in a magazine. My mother is so excited and she said that she is so happy to have you for our wedding. (She even said she likes the serious ones, which is surprising.) I just thought you should hear the compliments that we are hearing. THANK YOU!!

FACEBOOK HACK

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:28:23 +0000

I am experiencing technical difficulties — somehow my facebook has been taken down and I’m working on it…GARRRRRRRRRRRR (isn’t this exciting?!)

Update: Thanks to the FABULOUS Traci Gill (yes, my clients are amazing and wonderful ) — I know this — there are issues with one of the facebook servers — and of course — it is the one my profile is one — so some people are having difficulties while others are not — and facebook is working on it!

PHEW.

Things Gettin’ All Crazy in Here Part One | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:12:39 +0000

Lindsey and Tony. Their wedding was so cool in so many ways! They have been waiting patiently for this sneak peek (my trip to California slowed things waaay down. More about that later) so it’s going to be a big one!

I am always touched by families. Lindsey and Tony are blessed with two of the most amazing families and countless friends than I have ever seen! Fifty people in their wedding party — everyone was great!

Getting ready — Lindsey was simply stunning:

Her beautiful family and friends were right around her helping to support her on this beautiful day…

Perfect Day. Perfect Ceremony.

At the end of the ceremony — mom had a surprise — a bag piper playing! I love her reaction…

Stay tuned for part two…

The Nicest Couple Ever. And More. | Rochester NY Weddings Chapel Hill Inn on Broadway

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:06:45 +0000

So. Kelly and Craig. The title says it all. We met way way long before I was really involved in my own Tammy Swales Photography world — they cheered me, believed in me and encouraged me. I was inspired by their thoughtfulness, happiness and pure joy of being together and in love.

I have more to share about their wedding — they got married at Chapel Hill in Rochester NY and had their reception at the Inn on Broadway — but to begin with I just wanted to celebrate how much I love these two. Kelly and Craig – thank you so much. You have changed me in ways that I can’t describe and I am so grateful!

Kelly’s Dad seeing her for the first time in her dress. I love the synergy between these two!

One of Kelly’s portrait location requests was going downtown and getting some fun pics with buildings in the background. LOVE!

They rented this cool trolley from Diamond Limousine. It didn’t hurt that the sun was in a perfect location for this shot, don’t you think?

More to follow…