Alexis+Joe's South Philly Wedding.

Alexis and Joe: February 17, 2013

A few Sundays back I had the great pleasure of photographing the lovely wedding of Alexis and Joe at the Paradiso Restaurant on E. Passyunk in South Philadelphia. A few of these images were taken at The Hotel Monaco where Alexis got ready as well as a few along Passyunk of the guys just before the ceremony.  I think it's easy to see from these images that this is a happy crowd! Lots of smiling and joking, dancing, and cheering complete with New Year's Eve style noisemakers for everyone to blow into when prompted to show support for the happy couple! 

 They thought I'd left but I turned to ask a question and caught this moment :)

Wedding Pie!

Congratulations you two! The joy of your love and the love your friends and family have for you is evident all around you and certainly visible in these images. 

Got Juice? A recent shoot with Irma Jennings of Food For Healthy Bones

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Irma for the second time and in addition to a few favorites I want to share this link to a very interesting article she wrote about living the "Food Stamp Challenge" for two weeks organically! 

For those that don't know the good mayor of Newark, Cory Booker (really a good guy in NJ politics), recently set out to show how difficult it is to live for one week on the equivalent of food stamps. I feel his heart was in the right place but he fell short on promoting healthy and sustainable eating.

 Let's hold off on the discussion that SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the new name for Food Stamps) is supposed to be a program designed to supplement and assist in purchasing nutritious food and not meant to be the entirety of one's grocery funds, that's for a different day. I'm more concerned that our mainstream food is killing us and the message that Organic = Elitist too often dominates the average consumer's thought process when making choices at the store. Instead of promoting healthier and more economic choices he chose to use his celebrity to lobby for a few more dollars that the unenlightened will ultimately end up spending on items with questionable nutritious benefits. Sounds like he's lobbying for frankenfood... 

Anyway, my friend Irma felt the same way and being an advocate for Food for Healthy Bones (her business) she and a friend lived for TWO WEEKS under the same budget buying 98% organic.

Ok, enough ranting from the crazy photographer. Let's see some pictures! 

 Got Juice?