Nicole and James Long Island NY with Angelica!

A couple weeks back I headed out to shoot Nicole and James' wedding out on Long Island with my friend, and AMAZING photographer, Angelica Glass. If you aren't familiar with Angelica's work you have to check it out, she is a true artist. Her work is so true to who she is, very cool to see that authenticity.
I got to New York City on Thursday evening and immediately headed into town to a couple of bars that I was not even close to cool enough to be in lol! I kept looking around and thinking "I remember the 80's and this is more '80's than the '80s were!" We also ate at some BBQ place that really did a number to my gut, it took me over a week to get over that food poisoning! Good times, right? Gotta love being super sick 2,500 miles from home and having to shoot a wedding!
Well, the good news, besides the fact that I felt okay for the wedding day, is that Nicole and James ROCKED! They were such an hot couple and truly in love with each other. Funny thing; they met because of a prank phone call, how great is that! They were totally down to shoot whatever we wanted and were not shy about their vices at all...quite a refreshing change from all those who go sneak a cigarette out back haha!
One fun fact about me shooting this wedding (for any tech geeks out there); I shot the entire wedding with my 1DsMKII, a 50L 1.2 lens, a set of pocket wizards and a 580 flash! Lol, I've always wanted to just shoot an entire wedding with just one focal length!

Great dress, great shoe, beautiful bride; what more could I ask for!?


This picture really sums up the weather, it was a cold day!


Nicole figuring out her dress




Yeah, nice to have good looking grooms too :)










With the cold, finding a good spot for the guys was tough but we made it work


I tried to adapt my style a bit so it would work better with Angelica's


Beautiful details! You should have seen how much food there was. It was like, eat, dance, eat, dance, eat, dance and on and on!


In addition to his day job as a banker, James and his buddies all do a bit of DJ'ing so the company brought in quite a setup, it was rocking!


Every had a great time. I had to throw in the groomsmen dancing, too funny! They were a great group.


I had to throw in some Colin Michael style while I was there :)


Thanks to Nicole, James and their families for being so gracious. And a huge thanks to Angelica for flying me out to shoot with her, can't wait to do it again!

New Site!!!

Okay, I went underground for the past week and finally got my website update done... Yay, what a relief to be done!
If you haven't seen it, check out ColinMichaelPhoto.com and see the new design. Many thanks to my friends at Big Folio (especially Jeff, thanks Jeff!) for all their help getting switched over to this new design.
I chose to organize my images there in a totally different way and added in some new content. I think the design is much more dynamic and showcases my work better. I also added in an Engagement/Day After and Boudoir sections as I'm always shooting those but didn't put up a lot of it as I already had 100's of images up. There's so many great images from all my awesome couples that I had to make some room!
Over the next few months I will add many more new images so check back often as with my new site it is so much easier to add in new content!