Author Archives: Steve Burns

A Classic November Wedding

TweetBy Steve Burns Good wedding photographers are a flexible bunch.  One day they are doing something one way and the next, due to a different set of circumstances, they are approaching things differently.  All the while they must have a certain consistency about what they do. My taste, or style, in wedding photography is photo journalistic. However [...]

Who’s the most nervous at a wedding?

TweetBy Steve Burns Who’s the most nervous at a wedding during the procession?  Is it the photographer as the bride and her father approach?  Is it the groom in anticipation of his bride to be?  Is it the bride anticipating joining with her groom at the alter?  Is it the father of the bride who [...]

…The Music Matters!

TweetBy Steve Burns A ways back I covered a wedding of one of the leads from “The Phantom of The Opera.”  The newly married couple had a small intimate wedding.  Their wedding reception was held at the Westbury Manor on Long Island, NY.  At the reception places were set for 40 guests, with the music [...]

It was Greek to me…

TweetBy Steve Burns A while ago I had the pleasure of photographing my dear friend Manny son’s wedding. Karyn and George where married in a Greek Orthodox Wedding Ceremony at St. John The Theologian in Tenafly, NJ. Their ceremony is one that I particularly love to witness.   It’s with good reason that I’ve fallen in [...]

Wedding Photography, And A Little Help From Your Friends.

TweetBy Steve Burns The phone rings and the words you hear are, “Help me, please.” The Group of 10 was founded in part as a support group of friends, for friends.  All of the members are friends whom happen to be independent photographers, and all of whom are very active in the wedding photography industry. [...]

Any day is a good day to be…

TweetBy Steve Burns “Little White Rose” Little white rose that I loved, that I loved, Roisin ban, Roisin ban! Fair my bud as the moring’s dawn. I kissed my beautiful flower to bloom, My heart grew glad for its rich perfume- Little white rose that I loved. Little white rose that I loved grew red, [...]

Art and Commerce

Tweet By Steve Burns This has nothing to do with wedding photography, and then again it has everything to do about it. Art is the skill that is acquired by experience, study and observation. It is the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects or works. Art implies [...]

A place in the country.

TweetBy Steve Burns Perona Farms in Andover, NJ during the 1930′s was known as the place to go were one could get away from the bustle of the city.  Quite a few well known personalities were known to have enjoyed the peace of the country air there through the years. Years later it became know as a place to go not [...]

Scenes From a Wedding

TweetBy Steve Burns We put a lot into our days, both wedding photographers, as well as the families of the bride and groom.  When it is all said and done, we all look forward to unwinding for a few moments. I recently  had the pleasure to photograph the wedding of Eileen and Jason at New York City’s wonderful and [...]

It’s the details that count… or is it?

TweetBy Steve Burns It’s confession time friends; I like food, good food. In another life, I’ve worked in several kitchens, and in this life I still enjoy cooking. I have several friends whom through the years have enjoyed sharing with me their expertise in cooking, and I truly enjoy sharing in their meals. I’ve learned [...]