Blue Daisy Blog

Mariann February 26th, 2007

No, it’s not a headline ripped from a gossip magazine, I am talking about my website.

My wedding website launched a year ago in February. I love this site and over the year I received so many amazing feedbacks and raves about it. But, I thought it could use a little “face lift”.
I am working on the new site right now and I am hoping to show it off in the next couple weeks. I am really excited about it because it will have some nice new features that will make the viewing/visiting experience even more enjoyable .

So what will be better?

1. Bigger images!
2. Built-in slideshows! You can just enter the site, choose a gallery, sit back and relax while the slideshow starts up automatically. You can also stop it, pause it and look at the images manually.
3. New Gallery: Details! My couples all know how much I love detail shots: the bouquets, the shoes, the cakes… This new gallery will be beautiful, colorful and fun!
4. Organized wedding galleries! Currently, the two wedding galleries have images from every part of the wedding day. The new site will also have two wedding galleries but it will be more organized. Weddings 1. will have getting ready and ceremony images from the wedding day. Weddings 2. will have couples’ portraits, reception, toasts/speeches, cake cutting and dancing.
5. Juke box! There is an option to have a few different songs on the site instead of just one tune that keeps playing over and over.
6. More links! Now you can get to the blue daisy blog from the splash page not just inside the site. Once you are on the site, a link can take you to the featured slide shows or to the blog as well.

What will be different?

I will take off the Album layout gallery. Complete album layouts will be available online per request.

What will happen to the current site?

I really do like this site and I would like to keep it. My original website needs a major updating and more than just a little face lift. If my idea of recycling works out, I will be able to use the current wedding site on my old site which will become my fine art photography site.
But that’s a little while away.
So keep checking back as the new site is coming very soon!!! Very exciting!!

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Mariann February 17th, 2007

One of the things I absolutely love about New York City, is, it’s diversity.
It’s fascinating to be exposed to so many different cultures and events in one city.
I went to Chinatown today to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Here are some images from today.

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Mariann February 14th, 2007

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my couples!
I hope it’s full of romance.

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Mariann February 11th, 2007

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• Boudoir , Portraits
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Mariann February 3rd, 2007

The last several weeks I have been designing wedding albums for my couples and some new sample albums.
I would like to share some of my favorite pages.
The first few are from Melissa and David’s wedding which took place in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Palm House. This is going to be a 13×10 horizontal digital album covered with plum colored Japanese silk. In the past I did a lot of square albums (mostly 12×12 and 10×10) so I was excited to design a different format. This will be a gorgeous album!

This is the opening page. I just love the simplicity of the hands in black and white.

The second set is from the new sample album from Lisa and Brett’s wedding in Sherman, Connecticut. When I was first editing this wedding I knew I had to design a sample album. It had all the right ingredients: gorgeous Manhattan couple, picturesque ceremony site, a tent, a lightshow and a rock band!! This will be a 30page/60 side 11×14 vertical digital album.

• Wedding Albums , Weddings
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Mariann February 3rd, 2007

I had a fun time photographing Liam aka Zen baby.
First time I photographed him he was still in Claudia’s belly.

The second time around he was about three days old.

And now he is a big one year old. He reads, plays the piano and loves his playhouse.
He stands and walks and has six teeth. It’s amazing how much can happen in one year!
Here are some of my favorite images of Liam.

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