Laurie Beck Peterson – Photographer

COME VISIT MY NEW STUDIO THIS WEEKEND!

Many of you who know me well know that I work in many areas of photography, from commercial to wedding, I teach at The University of The Arts and Pennsylvania College of Art and Design and I produce bodies of art work in pinhole and non-silver photography which I exhibit regularly.  For the past several years I have participated in The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.  I have done this through organizations that I belong to such as Inliquid, Philagrafica and The Print Center and shown my work jointly with other artists who did not have a space for people to visit..  Well this year I have my own brand new space and will be welcoming POST visitors at my new studio!  Please stop by for a visit, some food and drink and to see some new art.  I will be showing my pinhole and non-silver artwork and if the sun is shining I will be making cyanotypes outside.  Hope you can come by!

RACHEL + NEEL

Brantwyn was the beautiful setting for the August wedding of Rachel and Neel. Rachael and Neel came to me after attending Deanna and Aaron’s wedding at The Camden Aquarium about a year ago. After a wonderful first meeting with Rachel and Neel and Neel’s family at my studio, (where Neel’s dad and I enjoyed talking about the techie aspect of photography), I was really excited to shoot the wedding.  They were planning what was sure to be a festive and colorful event. They didn’t let me down and provided me with so much to photograph. You can’t miss with a first look at a staircase like this!

Once again, I had the pleasure of having Rebecca Barger shoot with me. While I was busy photographing the bride getting ready, she was busy with the groom and the detail shots below.  Thanks Rebecca – always a pleasure to work with you!

After the outdoor ceremony, Rachel and Neel changes into traditional Indian clothes for the remainder of the evening. I must say, Rachel looked stunning in her wedding dress and was a knock out in the brightly colored saree.

I think this is one of my favorite shots of a family welcoming a new bride.

Neel’s mom decided that the wedding would not be complete without a bollywood dancer, Inessa. It was so wonderful when the beautiful grounds of Brantwyn turned into a backyard party as the guests got up to dance with Inessa.  At first I was concerned about the challenges of lighting a group in the almost pitch black outdoors, but found the setting to be wonderful and rich once I set up my lights.

Congratulations Rachel and Neel and thank you for letting me be a part of such a wonderful and photogenic celebration.

IRIS + SAMUEL

Iris and Samuel chose to have their formals at the beautiful Woodrow Wilson Hall at Monmouth University in New Jersey.  Although it rained most of the day, luck was with us for the formal session outside.

Iris had her Aunt, a fashion designer in NYC, design and make her dress.  As luck would have it again, her Aunt enlisted her friend who designs for Vera Wang, to make the beautiful veil seen in the opening shot in the blog!

In the Chinese tradition, it is customary for the groom and groomsmen to fill red envelopes with money to bring to the brides house before the wedding.  Providing they have filled them correctly, the brides family and bridesmaids will let the groom see his bride. Since the couple was getting ready at a hotel, Samuel and his groomsmen had to walk down the hall to Iris’s room to be let in.  Thanks goodness he put enough in there!

Sam’s Dad is a jeweler and ordered the rings that are on top of the beautiful chinese invitation Iris designed.

Iris had a keen eye for detail.  In addition to designing her invitations, she planned all aspects of the details of the wedding and reception, right down to the color themed candy bar. I loved the white and red chinese “to go” containers for the candy.

Iris poses here with her Aunt, the designer of the fabulous dress!