Today is the Open House of my friend’s Paolo beautiful Colonial House in Brookfield Connecticut. I’m sure homebuyers visiting his house today will fall in love with its charms and coziness.

We had a wonderful time with Paolo’s family and Connecticut friends last night. It was sort of a farewell get together. I felt like I was in Europe listening to so many languages. Paolo and his gorgeous wife Alessandra were the perfect hosts. She made the most delicious meat lasagnas I’ve had.

Alessandra and Paolo, I wish much luck with the Open House today, and to those of your looking for a house on that part of town, run to see it; you will not be disappointed.

Here is the complete listing of the House. http://www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/9H92D

The flowers are blossoming and it shows the beauty of the mature landscape.

We had such a nice evening yesterday in this spacious family room. It is a great room for entertainment.

The gourmet kitchen is so pretty and functional.

After giving it much thought, I decided to publish this blog. I hope I don’t offend any of my fellow wedding photographers, or any photographer for that matter. But again, I said, I had given this much thought, and decided to post it with a Free Lightroom Preset.

Recently, our second photographer, Jarlen, and I were having a discussion about retouching and post processing photographs. I believe most wedding and event photographs can benefit greatly if they process their pictures either in Lightroom, Aperture or Photoshop. He is just starting in the photography world and is more of a purist photographer, so he is still not sure he agrees with this whole post processing and retouching business of Lightroom presets and Photoshop actions.

Today is Jarlen’s birthday, and I decided to post this Free Lightroom preset as a birthday gift for him – hint, hint, I hope I finally convince him that is OK to use Lightroom presets.

Happy Birthday Jay and Good Friday to you.

I really like this picture Jarlen took of the bride’s aunt dancing. She was mostly behind cameras, so getting her was really difficult, but important, and there was not much time to change color temperature and other settings.

This is a Free Ligthroom preset for Ligthroom 2. This preset was designed to remove the color red from indoor wedding pictures. It changes the color temperate and gives a cream skin tone and soften features

Free Lightroom preset – Download

I was eighteen years old when I met my dear friend Paolo. I started working for a high profile businessman from my home country. Young and with little experience of Corporate America, I looked up to Paolo and learned so much from him. Not only because he is one of the most intelligent and honest men I have ever known, but also because he was willing to share his knowledge. When people were betting the market was going up, he was ahead of the crowd and was warning it could crash.

Recently, Paolo asked me to take pictures of his beautiful house in Brookfield, Connecticut, which he is putting on the market because he is moving back to New York City. I have to confess that I was a little nervous. Yes, I’m a photographer, but I have never done real estate pictures before, and there are tricks of the trade to real estate photography, or at least I believe so. Besides there was much on the table for me to play with his pictures.

I overcame my nervousness of navigating into a different field of photography because I was really excited to see my friend Paolo and his lovely wife Alessandra after many years, so Danny and I headed out to Brookfield.

As soon as I arrived at their home, I fell in love with their house. It was beautiful, cozy, huge and picture perfect. Everything was so immaculate and in mint condition (as they say in the real estate world), nothing less for a family with the most exquisite taste. Right away, some of my fear went away, and we started taking pictures and spent a wonderful afternoon with them.

Here is the link for the listing with some of the pictures we took.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/21-Long-Meadow-Hill-Rd_Brookfield_CT_06804_1117453322

Danny took this picture of the house. Paolo did an amazing job with the landscaping, and I can’t imagine how beautiful it will look in a couple of weeks once all the flowers have blossomed.

It was pouring outside, and I was debating whether or not I should go to the city to a Photographers seminar sponsored by Photoshelter and Adorama. To attend or not to attend, that was the question. Finally, I decided to get out, confront the wind, rain and the cold, and I headed to the city. A bus and a subway ride later, I was home.

The water dripping on the entrance to the subway, the sound of the train making its way downtown, people rushing during peak hours, the taxis, the sirens: this is home. It’s been a good couple of years since I graduated from film school, and I haven’t been back to 23rd street, but walking through these streets, I couldn’t help but be inspired; the Flat Iron building, 5th avenue, the photographs hanging from store windows, its people. I don’t know how best to describe it, but there is something different in this city. I head back home happy about what I’ve learned, but happier to be inspired once more by this beautiful city.

From accross the river, it sits quiet, the vibrant and beautiful New York City.

I want to wish anyone who reads this post today a Happy Valentine’s Day. Six years ago, I received a terrific present, an engagement ring. It was sweet and romantic; I said yes, and six months later, Danny and I were married.

This year we decided not to give presents to each other because we already have the best present of all, our baby Isabella.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Hi Everyone,

After spending quite a long time setting this blog, and thinking all morning about all the things I wanted to say, now I don’t really know how to start or what to say. Me without having what to say is really surprising. It’s easy just thinking in your head what you are going to write than actually doing it, but that is part of the purpose of doing this blog.

I need to get into the habit of writing again. I’ve had writer’s block for six years, and now I feel I need to get out there and start where I left off when I finished film school.

The other purpose of this blog is to showcase my work. I’m an wedding photographer, and I love what I do, so I want to share it with the world.

So I can say that I’m a film director by education, and a wedding photographer by occupation.

My other love in life is my family. Here is a picture of my little princess Isabella.