Photographing a wedding in Glastonbury CT is easy when its Jen and Kevin.  Jennie and I shot their big day from getting ready in separate houses to the big dance at the reception at the Glastonbury Hills Country Club.   A nicer couple you couldn’t meet!  It’s funny how you get infused into family situations as a photographer and there are those rare occasions where you wish you could be adopted.  Jen and Kevin, you can think of us at Strawberry Road as the family members that would be glad to shoot your family’s moments forever :-)  We also had the pleasure of working with Audio Media Solutions, a great DJ company! Godspeed to you both Jen and Kevin!  Now pictures!!!

    As you may have already heard in one of our previous posts, Jennie and I had the great fortune fortune of attending Mystic 5.  A photographers dream, specifically a wedding photographers dream, the event taught us a lot.  We also had the opportunity to hang with our Strawberry Road friend, Brad Smith, of Brad Smith Photography.  Just days before the conference, the wheels started turning and we’d decided a little hookie from the conferences might be a nice idea.  So what did we do, we lined up a gorgeous model and challenged ourselves to a time restrained high speed fashion/boudoir shoot.  Jennie and I shot with no real theme in mind except to get great images that captured the attitude and beauty of our model Sarah…        

We are so excited to have Jennifer Opeka as one of our guest bloggers!  Jennifer is going to write a series of articles for us based on eyebrow grooming, make-up for weddings/boudoir and skin care.  Come back next week and check out her first article on brow shaping 101!  Without further ado – here is a little bit about Jennifer’s background. Jennifer Opeka is a make-up artist and brow specialist with nearly 10 years experience in the fashion, entertainment, and wedding industry. Her skill set includes everything from clean and classic beauty, to edgy and dramatic with an emphasis on weightless yet perfect-looking skin. Since 2000, she has been perfecting her craft while working with the top industry professionals including Laura Mercier, Trish McEvoy, Jillian Dempsey and Jeannine Lobell. Her years of experience on the celebrity circuit in Los Angeles have landed her backstage at Fashion Week, on-set for TV