Goodbye 2010! This past year has brought many great opportunities to Small Moments Studios. For one, we were hired to shoot a wedding for an episode of David Tutera’s “My Fair Wedding” (for those of you who watch the show, it was the Swamp Bride episode.) Keith and I can be spotted throughout the episode. We also had a lot of fun shooting the cover of Boating on the Hudson magazine! Inside the magazine featured a two page spread including images we captured for Tara and Paul’s wedding on the Hudson. And as for our video, we were honored by TheKnot.com as they featured our work on their site. They searched through videos from all over the country and our video was selected as top ten for Great Current Video Trends.
Thanks so much to all of our brides from 2010. We had a great time working with all of you, and you all made it such an awesome year for us here at Small Moments Studios. We had the pleasure of working with 35 brides and grooms this past year and I love looking through every one of their blog posts and ROCK STAR videos.
Welcome 2011! Our 2011 is already looking great… announcements are being made in a week or so for “Best Pick for 2011” from TheKnot.com and we are being interviewed by Brides.com and Brides Magazine for a feature on one of our NYC Central Park engagement sessions. Okello Dunkley of DSLR Workshops has asked me to join him on his “Canon vs. Nikon” project. The Canon versus Nikon website will be up and running shortly, featuring a podcast and photography advice from Okello and I. Looking forward to 2011 weddings, we’ve already got 25 weddings booked and we’re looking to work with more couples this year than any other year. In addition, we’ve got great plans for taking our work to an even higher level this year. We’ve got a lot to look forward to, because if the engagement sessions that we’ve already shot for 2011 brides are any indication, it will be a fun and exciting year.
One of the things that has become apparent to me in this past year is that I am blessed in my life. I have a beautiful wife and amazing kids. I do work hard at what I do, but when my wife watches me edit, she always sees me smiling… when she asks why I’m smiling, my answer is always about something funny a couple said, or some crazy thing that went on at the wedding, or how I’m just happy for a couple. And so I’ve realized that there’s always something for me to smile about in what I do. So thanks so much for entrusting us with your memories… and thanks everyone, for all the smiles… past, present and future.
Be well.
-Ryan.
note: I’m ending here with one of my favorite images from the last engagement session of 2010 which also happens to be the first wedding of 2011, coming up at the end of the month. See you soon Natalia and Jonathan!
