Year in Review : 2011

We're slowly making our own Christmas traditions and it's nice to start things on our own terms. One of my favorite things is hanging the Christmas cards we receive on twine strung in our living room. It's a proud display of those we love, trust, and support.

Another yearly tradition is creating a display of behind-the-scenes photos from the wedding season. Every year we amass hundreds of photos of us photographing our amazing clients as a way to remind us how fortunate we are to do what we love. The 2011 wedding season treated us well and 2012 is shaping up for a repeat…which makes me excited because I love documenting how incredibly and unfathomably cool we are. How we've remained this cool boggles my mind. Every day.

Let's start with this picture because, really, Adam looks like he's begging JD to SAVE HIM, PLEASE.

Yes. Yes, I know I laugh too much…

JD secretly wished to wear Stephanie's veil and tried stealing it from her…

Yea…Yea…I got TEAM SPIRIT!

This was the hottest wedding we've ever {ever} photographed. JD discovered that if he blew in a cup of ice, it created a ghetto fab air-conditioner. We air-conditioned ourselves the entire afternoon and felt like geniuses.

Where's Waldo Jasmine?

Here I'm defending my Speed Walking Champion title…

There are few who work a cocktail hour better than JD…

This year seems to have revealed what we refer to as The Claw…it comes out when I shoot and has a personality all its own…

Just in case JD doubts my sense of humor, here's PROOF THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE AMUSED BY MY ANTICS!

Yup…he's working the cocktail hour…again…

The Claw likes to make an appearance when I'm trying to prove a point….aaaaaand in other news, what's up with this outfit?! Why didn't anyone stop me? It looks like the only thing I'm missing is a pile of fruit on my head.

Sometimes The Claw decides to become a MUSTACHE!

That's the last time we eat Mexican before a wedding…

“We represent the Lollipop Kids…the Lollipop Kids…the Lollipop Kids…”

Oh, don't mind me…just walking by minding my own business…

Oooooh, I'm SO telling on JD…he's not wearing WEDDING DRESS GLOVES!!!!

I wouldn't share my speed walking tips because they're top secret and we were about to race…

In addition to working cocktail hours, JD loves mothers…at the end of the night, they're usually his best friend. Here Mrs. Adler might be asking for a specific picture…or be giving him her secret recipe for matzah ball soup…

When the hotel room is too small and all else fails, stand on furniture. I think that's what you call PROFESH.

He's a top notch bouquet holder, one hand shooter, and good lookin' squinter…

Oh, sure…go right ahead…standing riiiiiight there…I'm not trying to take a picture or anything…

The Claw can sometimes be scary to my grooms…

JD's also in a one-man photography marching band…

And then my dreams came true…

To see a slideshow of our Year In Review, feel free to CLICK HERE for a slideshow or watch it here…