tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299683682024-03-13T09:45:47.394-06:00decent urban lifestylea boston-based freelance photographer's adventures in making imagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-14921832345422518272008-03-31T14:22:00.002-06:002020-05-05T07:28:29.018-06:00[ new site ]What are you doing here, everyone?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 180%;">new site: <a href="http://rachelhadiashar.com/">rachelhadiashar.com</a><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-16480595667777587542008-03-12T09:27:00.000-06:002008-03-14T21:35:50.303-06:00yay!I was so excited to see that two of my couples for 2008 made it to the finalist round for Boston Magazine's special wedding edition. <a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston/myownbostonwedding">Check out the website</a> and if you feel so compelled, vote for Robin & Erik or Christina & Phil because they're the best.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-32544151954413220872008-03-11T02:12:00.002-06:002008-03-11T02:13:48.301-06:00olive tree: athens<p align="center"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2325635625_354a3f9452_b.jpg" width="500" /></p><br /><br /><strong>honeymoon update</strong><br />we've been in crete for the last four days. everything is closed due to some kind of religious-pagan carnival (think mardi gras but with religious restrictions on serving meat) so all the stores, many restaurants, and most tourist destinations are just plain closed. basically every day we walk around and have little adventures, which if you know ali and I is exactly what we do best.<br />I like being in a place where you can't understand what anyone is saying or what the signs say. it puts a sort of hyper focus on the sights and on one another without distractions. I can't even find an english magazine here!<br /><br />tonight we take another overnight ferry back to athens for one more night... then back to Boston and real life. both of us are kind of ready to go back but not looking forward to the daily non-honeymoon that awaits.<br /><br />the photo above is an olive branch outside the church of the holy apostles near the parthenon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-78118049289771709742008-03-06T05:16:00.001-06:002008-03-06T05:17:02.336-06:00Greetings from the Parthenon!<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2314498984_e745351ae9.jpg" /></p><br />Ali and I spent our first day in Athens with a short list of things to accomplish. He didn't get to eat his gyro yet, but we did walk around incognito, successfully causing several people to talk Greek to us, and even someone to ask us directions. We saw some ancient stuff and walked around, shopped in the flea market, and ate some delicious "country fries" from McDonald's Athens.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2313687279_5fe5848f50.jpg" /></p><br />Today we are headed out for a few hours after a lazy morning and determined to check out the styles and fashion of the Greeks. Let's just say so far Greek fashion seems to be a mixture of influences without being particularly stylish. I can see the impact of H&M on the younger women and a sort of international poverty on the men. The dudes look pretty cool on their motorcycles though. And the women love high heeled boots... even when hiking up the slippery rocks on the way to the Parthenon.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2313683369_c79c43c4f7.jpg" /></p><br />The streets we have seen are dirty and run down; graffiti of an unskilled type is prevalent. There's a lot of trash everywhere, even in more tourist-focused areas which are typically the most manicured in a city. Dogs are everywhere; we don't see people walking them on leashes but rather they run free in the city without being curbed. Public transportation seems quite good and the trains run on time. There was some sort of employee strike on the trains from 12-4 yesterday but it did not affect us because we were frolicking among the ruins.<br /><br />The weather has been cool in the morning and dusk, but gets pretty hot in the sun during mid-day. We have not seen the rain that was predicted.<br /><br />Tonight we're headed on an overnight ferry to spend the next 5 days in Crete. Looking forward to settling into a hotel for more than a couple of days.<br /><br />ps: we have found some great chocolate but can not find any Dr. Pepper here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-77787881798318432672008-03-03T17:08:00.002-06:002008-03-05T00:18:39.378-06:00First Class Shoe Shine<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2308906452_7d13cc25b6_o.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">One of the seven flower girls thought my shoes were ugly!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >That made me laugh.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">image © Marina Miller, <a href="http://redheartphoto.com/blog/?p=126">redheartphoto.com</a><br /><br /><br />Now we're off to Greece. Maybe I'll get some sleep soon.<br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-4241165902792164022008-03-02T18:48:00.003-06:002008-03-02T18:50:26.987-06:00...<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2300/2301659754_9cf33f31f4.jpg" /><br /><br />image © Marina Miller, <a href="http://redheartphoto.com" target="new">redheartphoto.com</a>.<br /><br />we are indebted to the many people who helped make our wedding a happy and beautiful celebration. thank you, friends.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-91963064648926408062008-02-29T03:29:00.003-06:002008-02-29T03:38:27.221-06:00143637Just after midnight I called over to where Ali is staying to find out the status of the facial hair and vows. He wrote them beautifully.<br /><br />There's nothing more reassuring than knowing someone, <i>that</i> someone, has your back when you weren't sure if he did or not.<br /><br />I am about to go get married in a somewhat chaotic fashion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-76625622080197512792008-02-28T04:43:00.002-06:002008-02-28T04:45:55.576-06:00the final stretch<blockquote><div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /> Hi Rachel-<br /><br />I just read your latest blog entry and it resonates with such familiarity.<br /><br />The stress, the family, the shuffling of people, the multitude of events leading up to the big day....it is all soooooo much to take in. More so, it is soooooo much to actually deal with it without going temporarily crazy.<br /><br />It is a rite of passage, though. We all had to experience it to some degree. Some folks seem to glide by without a care in the world, while others enter full-on bridezilla mode. How you deal with everything will become an ingrained part of your memories of the days leading up to and the actual day itself. Try to keep that in mind...<br /><br />For me, it meant a five days of hand wringing, mild panic attacks, and an inability to actually eat a full meal. I was experiencing everything on the emotional spectrum....anxiety, excitement, fear, elation, sadness, love, hate....it all washed over me at one point or another.<br /><br />But after all the craziness, all the preparation, the worry, the events....it comes down to that one moment. The moment you see the person you are committing yourself to for the rest of your life. That moment where you are lost looking at one another and nothing else matters. That moment where you shed the skin of your old life and step into the new.<br /><br />I promise you....it is all worth it. :)<br /><br />You exchange your vows, look out to the crowd, and realize that things are happening exactly as they should. All that worry is swept away with the waves of happiness and you think to yourself, "Life is good, let's eat cake." (Well, maybe not the cake part...)<br /><br />The point is, you'll do just fine. And you'll love every moment of your big day. It is a guarantee.<br /><br />The one piece of advice I can give is to be aware of the day. Things happen so quickly that people are gone before you can say one word to them. Chances for photos are missed and you are left wondering where that last hour went. If there are particular people you absolutely want to talk to or commiserate with, be sure to do it before the<br />dessert course, because someone is bound to leave after that.<br /><br />Well, this is thoroughly too long and I should be working, so I'll stop now before it's too late. I wish the best to you and your husband-to-be. You guys are definitely in the thoughts of myself and Diana.<br /><br />-Micah<br /><br /></span></div></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-64632740264624873632008-02-27T00:41:00.003-06:002008-02-27T00:57:31.305-06:00wow guys. this is hard.So... yes, the wedding photographer gets married. I've seen it happen more than sixty five times. In fact, I have been intimately involved in the day and usually spend more time with the couple than anyone else on their wedding day. I love the joy and even the drama.<br /><br />What I have <i>not</i> yet experienced is the buildup. The week before when all the relatives start to gather and coo.... a culmination of all of their hopes and dreams vigorously and vicariously thrust upon you and your wedding. The questions. The group salon visits.<br /><br />Add to that that this is a 'destination' wedding of sorts - I and everyone dear to me is completely out of their element and their time zone and ethnic grouping and language. I've been sharing a bedroom in the in-laws' house <i>with my mom</i> for a week now and I've been hanging out with his family for three weeks.<br /><br />And then finally, seemingly out of the blue came the breakdown. I found myself so upset and frustrated I made a small excuse to get out of the house and ended up taking 22 minutes to get out of their neighborhood because I kept going around the same block more than seven times.<br />I just had to cry to let out some of the emotion, and scream a little and say things out loud like "I am upset and frustrated right now and I don't want any of this to be happening the way it is."<br /><br />When we made the decision to have the wedding in his territory and embrace Persian traditions, it didn't take me long to figure out that this is not our wedding. It is theirs. Firmly, historically, culturally, sociologically.... his family becomes the oligarchy by which every decision is made.<br /><br />I love their family. I love their culture. I don't agree with everything, but I am trying to at least understand.<br /><br />But... it is difficult to give up control.<br />And my emotions are DEFINITELY a roller coaster of craziness this week.<br /><br />I can only imagine how my beautiful clients feel the week before the wedding. I think I am going to start taking them [you] out for drinks.<br /><br />Also... I would not recommend that you offer to house and transport your friends. Make them find their own way. This is insane.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-61604147108763481802008-02-20T02:30:00.003-06:002008-02-20T02:40:40.627-06:00unforgettable (V)<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2279353362_630fe81e1e.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><br />Jen and Joe - who are and will always be my favorite archaeologists - were married on June 16, 2007 in Boston's Public Gardens under a glorious huge tree. They're completely unpretentious and really really into one another. I can't wait to see where life takes them in these next few years.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/2278567399_6a574ac453.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><br />Jen writes that the reason they have chosen these as their most unforgettable images is that they are "gorgeous artistic photos that happen to have us in them - <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">they capture the day as beautifully as we saw it at the time.</span></span> I can't believe that when we're 80 well be able to look back at these pictures and remember being as young and beautiful as these make us feel."<br /><br />And yeah, their favorite moment working with me was when I got my car towed at the engagement session. Good times.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-85975467513799259692008-02-19T17:42:00.004-06:002008-02-19T23:59:35.803-06:00unforgettable (IV)Rima and Dave... they were married on October 27 in what they self-describe as a "secular-but-ecumenical... informal/not-stuffy... lack of family drama/over-involvement" wedding in Harvard Square. It rained on their wedding day, thus thwarting their plans for an outdoor courtyard ceremony, but nonetheless they still did photos with the Harvard Marching Band (Dave: "My favorite moment was Rachel avoiding a major bicycle spill whilst photographing us alongside the Harvard band.")<br /><br />His favorite image:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/2277723431_2e53b4cda4.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">"this is how I <u>always</u> see her."</span><br /></div><br /><br />Her favorite image:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2332/2277722535_8ecaa889d9.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >"Dave has this magical power wherein he puts his hand on my back, says any number of sweet things in my ear, and BOOM! instant calm and instant perspective. This photo captures that moment."</span><br /><br /><br />I know an extreme amount of careful consideration went into their wedding plans, and it went off without a hitch. Beautiful people, beautiful day.<br /><br />Runners-up for their favorite wedding images:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2278515664_8ef1067a92.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2277727419_cc4c0da8cd.jpg" /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-63111876723344626002008-02-17T23:15:00.005-06:002008-02-19T11:39:29.646-06:00kayla II<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2272960209_c651123325.jpg" /><br /></div><br />Here's a deep-calling image of sweet Kayla during our shoot this morning. The location was a vineyard full of yellow flowers behind an old abandoned train station near Napa.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">[ <a href="http://mergeweddings.com/clients/slide_show.php?viewGallery=1124" target="new">more photos here</a> ]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-86436806377995637612008-02-17T15:13:00.005-06:002008-02-17T23:17:39.873-06:00Napa = stunningHere are a couple of photos from my fashion shoot at a vineyard yesterday.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2271872015_829c5f53ce.jpg"><br /><br />Napa is probably the most overall stunningly beautiful place I have been for a long time. I love it all here. Not only the many many vineyards but today I spent the morning shooting fashion shots at an abandoned train station with a bunch of photographers.<br /><br />So. Now I really really really want to shoot a Napa wedding. Anyone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-9999389220628191992008-02-14T18:07:00.000-06:002008-02-14T18:08:22.741-06:00fearless bridals<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/2265222211_0491f6bb9a.jpg">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-35512036741267615072008-02-14T15:11:00.002-06:002008-02-14T15:13:17.074-06:00unforgettable (III)<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2265667698_3c61207d45.jpg"><br /><br />Marilee and Nathaniel were also among my first clients. They hired me to photograph their Episcopal ceremony that was officiated by Nate's mother, who is an Episcopal priest.<br /><br />Their favorite images come from the quick little walk on the sunset beach when I grabbed them for a couple of minutes before leaving the wedding for the day. The light was magical, and they are so beautiful together!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-20901102876417784412008-02-14T15:08:00.001-06:002008-02-14T15:11:04.558-06:00playtime, interrupted.<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2262543960_ddb2dfeba6.jpg"><br /><br />I'm enjoying spending some time this week with Ali's cousins. The little girls are BEAUTIFUL.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-49160312500412156992008-02-14T12:37:00.004-06:002008-02-14T13:07:36.110-06:00unforgettable (II)Here's the image Leigh and Rob loved the most from their wedding back on September 23, 2006. One of my first weddings!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/2264797919_c88e8d5e93.jpg" /><br /></div><br />I still vividly remember meeting up with L & R at a Starbucks in downtown Boston that I had come to know as 'my' starbucks. I was rushing to our meeting after my daytime job at MIT, and I was wearing work clothes... a skirt and nice top... with my black Chaco sandals. I remember Rob both knew that I was coming from my job (I was not volunteering that info at the time because some people think it's bad if you don't do photography full-time) and he knew about Chacos, and loved me for both reasons.<br /><br />I also vividly remember their wedding. Leigh and Rob are people who are just so filled with love for one another and their friends and family... the day was filled with the kind of emotional energy of a magnitude I have only experienced a few times in my career as a photographer.<br /><br />Gwyn and I had so much fun with Leigh and Rob and their entire bridal party! They wanted to go out to the beach for photos and they stood on the rocks for us and one of the bridesmaids even fell in the water. Leigh was so cool; we were hiking her really beautiful beaded dress up with Gwyn's hair scrunchie in a way only DIY-happy people could appreciate. The wind was fierce and their feet got dirty but they were so happy and in love and cool and up for anything... let's just say G and I have a very special place in our hearts and our beginning wedding photography careers for these two.<br /><br />Here's why they love the image above: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"Because it was taken on the rocks at the beach, with our wedding party right behind us (literally and metaphorically :). It was taken after the stress of the ceremony, before the celebration of the reception. Because it's a little windy, very natural, very real.<span style="font-size:130%;"> It's just wonderful, and the most meaningful. <span style="font-size:180%;">We love it."</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-79141736898350208412008-02-14T00:57:00.004-06:002008-02-14T01:11:37.368-06:00well that was interesting.<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 398px; height: 265px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2263880605_6638cc3b4c.jpg" /><br /></div><br />I think today was the first time I have actually had a camera break as badly as it did, while shooting something as important as an engagement session. One of the internal mirrors actually fell off my shutter today after only hanging out with Niloufar and Amir for about five minutes! Talk about a bummer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2262/2263881141_b0068c6eba.jpg" /><br /></div><br />To be continued at a later date, obviously.<br /><br />And a side note is that <i>this</i> is why everyone should have a wedding photographer who has adequate equipment... which means bringing two camera bodies to every wedding. Not that I wouldn't have had backup on me, but if this had happened in an actual wedding situation, the photographer would have had to to mug the nearest uncle with the expensive camera (you know the one I'm talking about - there's at least one at every wedding!).<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2264671560_7948b8b178.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Not bad for five minutes, eh? These two are so beautiful together.<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-35168426367166519292008-02-13T01:45:00.001-06:002008-02-13T01:45:50.923-06:00scientist valentines[ <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_scientist_valentines.html">click here</a> ]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-60114813398586131142008-02-11T23:11:00.000-06:002008-02-12T16:57:09.689-06:00I love the way he smiles at her.<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2257821209_42394f77d3.jpg" /><br /></div><br />It was fun and cold to hang out with Jaimie and Jeff before leaving Boston. We took a walk around one of my favorite streets in Boston and also went to the "most photographed" street in Boston. They're quirky and hilarious and in love times one million, and we ended up taking photos in a hardware store. I love watching people come alive together.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2259920112_a843251a4e.jpg" /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2259921444_3a704f3943.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">[ <a href="http://mergeweddings.com/clients/slide_show.php?viewGallery=1121" target="new">more photos here</a> ]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-9864521888564104042008-02-11T20:43:00.001-06:002008-02-11T20:43:21.751-06:00hello.<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2257819007_3165566c4e.jpg">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-65219737998757509982008-02-10T11:03:00.000-06:002008-02-10T11:05:08.468-06:00shake it like a....?Polaroid is going to discontinue making film.<br />The NYT comments are even more interesting than the <a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/polaroid-abandons-instant-photography/">article</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-45966008175411533082008-02-09T16:22:00.000-06:002008-02-09T17:18:38.298-06:00what a photographer, what a day!Yesterday I got to hang out all day with Sarah Maren and her wünderhusband Dustin. We shot a Friday wedding in Sacramento for a beautiful and centered couple called Felicia and Peter. Felicia's from Australia and was warmly welcomed into Peter's hometown and community. Coincidentally, they both currently live in the Boston area and we shared a dinner with a couple of Peter's MIT friends.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2270/2252928063_580d669221.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2412/2252930239_d6494f5d89.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><br />I don't usually get a chance to shoot the guys since most of the main photographer's attention is usually focused on the bride getting ready. But as a second I got to spend a few minutes with Peter, Patrick, and Daniel before they headed over to the ceremony.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2286/2253725540_1ee9bed162.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2252841051_0851cf3b6f.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><br /><br />As usual, I really loved second shooting with Sarah. She's super energetic and has a really innovative and creative way of approaching a situation.<br /><br />Here's my lomo-ish photo of Sarah outside the California state house. Aren't I emo? We actually walked right past Swartzenegger's office!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2294/2253623676_83e3f74000.jpg" /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29968368.post-76803171711738403712008-02-09T11:01:00.001-06:002008-02-09T11:03:57.143-06:00I love this.Wow. I really want to do an image like this. Anyone have a major shaving planned for the near future?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/anendfor/1752623209/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2068/1752623209_2afc5ba0d9.jpg" target="new" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">[ photo © Fernando Schlaepfer ]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1