Author Archives: Dina

The Wedding of Sonia Sharma – Part 4 of 5

One of the reasons I love shooting day-after sessions is because there’s no rush, no stress and nobody pulling the B&G away from my camera. It’s absolutely lovely to have a few hours to play with backgrounds, lighting and posing. And it’s really a nice time for a couple to spend together, away from the...

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The Wedding of Sonia Sharma – Part 3 of 5

More stylish decor from the wedding of Sonia Sharma from Sonia Sharma Events. Sonia’s excellent pre-wedding decor adventure included trips to flea markets, antique stores and unique online sources to secure birdcages, vintage luggage, books galore, vintage glassware, metal table numbers and a wealth of other unique accessories. The end result? Fabulosity at its finest....

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The Wedding of Sonia Sharma – Part 2 of 5

An outdoor wedding in seven inches of rain? Only Sonia Sharma could pull it off with such style. When I arrived at the venue, I handed Sonia a bottle of champagne, encouraged her to enjoy it with her friends, and then said, “Don’t worry: We’ll do a day-after session.” The day-after session (which will be...

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The Wedding of Sonia Sharma – Part I of 5

I was so honored when the delightful Sonia Sharma (of Sonia Sharma Events) asked me to shoot her wedding. There’s something very special about watching someone you know say their vows in front of the person they love, and I’ll admit that I cried a bit while listening to Sonia deliver her vows. Sonia married...

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Back to the Blog . . . With a Vengeance

It’s hard to believe that I haven’t blogged in three months, but my shooting schedule and end-of-year album production deadlines truly occupied all of my brain power for the past few months. At one point, our end-of-year album retouching burden consisted of more than 2,700 images. We take our retouching seriously, and put a lot...

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Please Help Heal Isaac

I just got the devastating news that my photographic colleague Stephanie Williams’ dear husband Isaac (who I have met several times at various get-togethers) was unexpectedly diagnosed with a brain tumor, then had surgery, then had a grand mal seizure and then had a stroke that has now paralyzed him on one side. Isaac is...

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