Zoë Photography

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!!

2009-03-20T04:21:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping in! This blog has moved, as I have a brand new site!

Please visit this blogs new location at: www.zoebowen.com

See you there!

Israel

2008-09-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

This is a little more personal then my usual posts, but I just put together a bunch of photos from a trip to Israel I took with my mother and her sister, and I thought I would share that with you. Most of the photos are in and around Jerusalem, and straight out of the camera. Click here for the slideshow.

So It's been awhile!

2008-09-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

Well. It's been a long time since I've posted here as you can see below - but I'm going to try and change that!! I'm sure it will still be a little off an on, due to such a busy season, but I'll do my best!

2007-10-04T00:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a fun new type of slideshow with some photos I took of my cousin :)

Laura and James

2007-09-16T19:13:00.000-07:00

It turned out a bit rainy that day, but in the end cleared up in time to get some really great outdoor shots :) Here are a few, and to view their whole slideshow click here!

Lauren and Christopher

2007-09-01T22:59:00.001-07:00

Here are a few photos from a beautiful New York wedding! The reception was held at the United Nations building, which was so fun. You can view the whole slideshow HERE!

The blog hiatus ends!

2007-09-01T22:56:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the delay in blog updates!! Been SO busy, but I have a ton of weddings to put up so keep posted!

Trashing the dress in NYC!

2007-07-26T11:15:00.000-07:00

Loved it!! Trish was such a fun person to shoot, and was a great sport, performing like a pro - even with about 50 people staring at us and applauding as we shot in the middle of Central Park to get the photo below! Here are a few shots from the day, and I'll have a slideshow with more soon :)

Kylee and Neil

2007-06-20T00:36:00.000-07:00

I had an engagement shoot last week with Kylee and Neil, who are such a fun trendy couple! A couple of my favs are below and you can watch their slideshow here!

Trisha and Dennis online!

2007-06-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

To view their slideshow, click here!

Sara and Greg

2007-06-11T18:51:00.000-07:00

I got back rather late last night from a super fun engagement shoot in Hoboken, NJ! Having gone to high school on Long Island, I'm used to hearing how horrible New Jersey is ;) but actually Hoboken is such a cool place! Great New York skyline, nice downtown, and Sara and Greg were really fun to work with. Here are a couple of my favorites below, but you can watch the whole slideshow by clicking HERE!

2007-06-06T15:57:00.000-07:00

One more photo of Cate that I really loved :)

Cate and Tim!

2007-06-06T02:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos from a gorgeous wedding I shot last weekend!

Panama

2007-05-23T04:09:00.000-07:00

I spent a day in Panama last week, and here is the slideshow! It was an amazing experience, and I didn't spend nearly enough time there, but we saw quite a lot in just one day including the Canal, Panama City, and both oceans! The country was such an interesting blend of old and new, and you could see the many different cultures merging together. A few of my favorite photos I'm posting below, but I recommend the slideshow ;)

Melissa and Michael - The Wedding!

2007-05-12T00:27:00.001-07:00

The rain stayed away and we had a beautiful afternoon wedding :) Here are some shots I picked out from today!

Christina and Michael!

2007-05-12T00:17:00.000-07:00

I finished the slideshow for their wedding yesterday: Click here to watch it!

Melissa and Michael

2007-05-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

Today I'm off to shoot what looks to be a beautiful wedding down in Branford, CT! I'm hoping for the weather to hold off and give us that fabulous overcast sky we all love as photographers :)

2007-05-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

A bunch of us photographers got together for Steve Depino's birthday on Friday! We started at his softball game and ended up at his super cute and clean house :) In attendance were Paul and Crystal, Justin and Mary, Carla, Jacklyn and Chris, as well as some of Steve's non-photographer friends! It was a blast, and you can view a slideshow of it HERE!

Nikon users unite!

2007-05-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

This afternoon Dru, David, Carla and I got together in downtown Hartford to lunch at Agave and to play with our Nikon settings....

David didn't bring his camera, so Carla loaned him her little Fuji so he could have fun too ;)

Serious setting checks going on!

I snapped a couple cute photos of Carla... as she did me I believe :)

David tried to show Carla some subtle uses of flash...

But clearly it didn't cure her hostility towards it!

Flash off!

Always fun to spend a pleasant afternoon with fellow photographers! You know you have a great job when work and play so easily merge :)

The Real Wedding Crashers

2007-04-30T22:07:00.000-07:00

I'm not usually into this type of show, but having been to a zillion weddings... it really is funny! I would love to photograph a wedding that was being crashed (well as long as I was in on it!). The preview of the show is below, and they do one wedding every week. It really is amazing how they torture the friends and family... enjoy!

Trisha and Dennis

2007-04-22T13:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was such a BEAUTIFUL day for a wedding, and Trisha and Dennis had a fabulous one at the Goodwin this Saturday! We shot at the Old State House and here and there around Hartford, and here are a few of my favorites that I pulled out!

(as always, you can click on the image to see a bigger version) :)

2007-04-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

It was so fun to meet up with David and Dru for Chinese food a couple days ago! It was interesting to get different perspectives on albums and packaging structures, but mostly I think we just enjoyed hanging out. I'm hoping to convert Dru to Pictage so she can come to the PUG meetings :)

2007-04-13T01:27:00.001-07:00

Yes.. you just saw a Klingon dis Matt's Canon .. and that would be the Nikon users laughing in the background ... heeheehee

On another note... here are some photos I took on the WPPI trip that I wanted to share, however belated :)

And somehow I couldn't get out of Vegas without taking a wedding photo ;)

A Minute in the Life

2007-04-09T21:30:00.001-07:00

I came across this interesting project that anyone can participate in: a simultaneous photography project! And no, you don't have to be a professional to participate!

Bascially the idea is that everyone will take a photograph during the same minute of time and submit them all to Martin, the one who started this, and he will post (or even perhaps create a book) of all the photos he collects.

The minute is going to take place Saturday, the 2nd of June, between 2:00 and 2:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time - so lots of time to spead the word! It is a couple months away, but if you email him (aminuteinthelife@gmail.com) he will send a reminder out closer to the date.

It sounds like an interesting, fun idea to see what everyone captures during the same minute of life :) You can view all the details HERE.

2007-04-06T22:31:00.000-07:00

I got really excited recently about designing albums with graphic interlay instead of just pure photos, so I wanted to share my recent design of an engagement photo sign in book where I used this technique. Click here to see the layout. Let me know what you think!

WPPI - Las Vegas!

2007-03-26T19:39:00.000-07:00

I made it to Vegas and we have had an amazing day, which isn't over yet! Vegas is full of fun things to see just walking around, but we have barely had a chance to see anything because our first day at WPPI was so packed!

The volcano in front of The Mirage...

Connecticut dominated at the Pictage lounge - go CT PUG!

We love to tease Steve DePino about his resemblance to David Jay who we got to chat with today :)

Here is a photo of them together.... Steve is on the left and David on the right in both ;)

Matt and Teresa Wagner oogling David Hasselhoff...

Fun in a photo booth! From left: Steve, Amanda, me and Carla

I'm off to watch a photo shootout, but I'll post more soon hopefully when I get a chance!

Christina and Michael

2007-03-24T23:31:00.000-07:00

I just got back from an awesome wedding at Mohegan Sun! I only had a few moments to look through all the photos because I'm leaving for WPPI in Vegas in just a few hours, but I pulled out some of my favorites and here they are!

ps - if you look closely (you may have to click on them) you can actually see me taking the picture in one of the photos! :)

2007-03-23T23:11:00.000-07:00

I'm just finishing up preparing not only for a fun wedding Saturday at Mohegan Sun, but also going to Las Vegas for WPPI the next morning! This wedding should be fun because there are lots of interesting backdrops to work with at the casino hotel lobby area - I posted a photo below that I took the other day when I was scouting out cool places to shoot.

Being in a casino just makes me all the more excited for Vegas this coming week!

Dust-Aid

2007-03-19T18:44:00.001-07:00

Cool new sensor cleaner! I just got the message below in an email from Dust-Aid which I had heard about from Kevin Kubota!

For a limited time Dust-Aid is available to be purchased from our website. We only have a small quantity available but we are busy at work trying to meet the demand.

It looks like it will be really cool - and easy! Check out the instructional video HERE!

2007-03-19T18:31:00.000-07:00

So I saw another photographer getting into photo puzzles by JigZone, so I thought it might be fun to try out... enjoy!

2007-03-16T19:16:00.000-07:00

St. Patty's fun!

My Irish Name Is...

Fiona Fitzgerald

What's your Irish Name?

2007-03-16T16:14:00.000-07:00

Looking at the snow outside, this silly quote made me laugh:

"Traffic is very heavy at the moment, so if you are thinking of leaving now, you'd better set off a few minutes earlier."
Anonymous Traffic Report

I was looking forward to taking some fun photographs at the St. Patty's Parade in Hartford tomorrow - but the snow has rescheduled it for next Saturday. It's cool that they are still having it, but I'll be shooting a wedding that day!

Ode to the wedding photographer

2007-03-09T21:50:00.000-08:00

It constantly amazes me how much more there is to wedding photography than photography itself! We are not just photographers anymore, but graphic designers, web designers, photoshop experts, marketing and advertising departments, and I suspect many of us are accountants as well. It truly is a unique and varied field which I'm thankful to be a part of.

These thoughts are of course inspired by the stack of albums I am designing, and it really is a very different world than when I am behind the camera. Thankfully I really love album design - which makes up for all the long hours at the computer!

Here are a bunch of pages from the current coffee table book I'm working on (you can click to make them bigger) - enjoy!

The Wedding Bells

2007-03-06T22:32:00.000-08:00

To everyone involved in weddings, which is probably most of you visiting here, there is a new series starting on Fox this Wednesday night after American Idol that looks like it could be pretty amusing!

Personally the parts with the photographer entertain me the most (be patient - it is towards the end) :)
Click here to see a sneak peak!

Image placed in top twenty in WPJA contest!

2007-03-03T22:35:00.000-08:00

I was really excited to see that one of my images placed in the top twenty in the Winter 2006 Contest of the WPJA! I'm posting the image below, but you can also view it by visiting the latest contest winners and selecting the First Dance category.

JUDGES COMMENTS: I was taken by the crafty use of front and back lighting, and the way the photographer played with their reflected image in the back. The composition is strong and the moment sweet between the couple. I would have liked if the reflected image behind them was better separated from the actual couple.

Although I missed getting a medallion this time around (you had to place in the top ten) I was flattered to be noticed by the judges and look forward to entering more images in the future!

2007-03-03T22:16:00.000-08:00

This post is a little belated - but I just wanted to say hi to all my fellow PUGers! I've visited a few of your sites and stopped by a few blogs and look forward to stopping by more in the future! It has been so much fun to get together with such a talented group of fellow photographers, and I'm glad that we have such a wonderful outlet to share our ideas and experiences.

For my non photographer visitors, PUG stands for Pictage User Group, and is a meeting for all of us using the PICtage online ordering system. Pictage is such a great way for guests from the wedding to be able to log in and order photos, and has made printing photos so much easier and efficient. They also offer so many fun options like fine art cards and coffee table books!

Photo featured in Wedding Bells Magazine!

2007-03-01T15:37:00.000-08:00

A photo of cake I took at a wedding this past year was recently featured in the magazine Wedding Bells, part of the publication American Republican out of Waterbury, CT. The article was about Ana Parzych who is amazing at creating beautiful custom cakes where all the flowers and decorations are made out of sugar and icing. Congratulations Ana, your work is amazing! A photographer friend of mine, Steve DePino is also featured in the article. Way to go!

2007-02-27T01:43:00.000-08:00

Finally I put together a highlight slideshow for 2006! It was taking me so long to go through all the great photos that we had this past year, and narrowing them down to just a few for a slideshow seemed impossible! In the end I had to not be so meticulous and just grab a bunch of photos I liked :) When I have all that extra time (that I always think must be right around the corner), I plan on making a more intricate slideshow, but this will have to do for now!

You can watch it HERE. Enjoy!

2007-02-25T01:31:00.001-08:00

I've decided lately that many of my favorite images are details - little moments that could belong to anyone. The first photo is a flower girl's toes while she was curled up on a sofa - the reception having tuckered her out.

Welcome

2007-02-25T00:32:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I have heard from one and all that blogging is the thing - so here I am ready to join the throngs! I look forward to adding more posts to my blog as time goes on, and I hope you'll stop by!

Zoe

ps- thanks to Carla for the photo! :)