What Marriage Equality Means to Me

July 8th, 2011 by Elizabeth Beskin | Share Blog

There’s a lot of talk in the wedding industry about how gay marriages will be financially beneficial for New York wedding vendors.  Although as owner of a wedding photography company I understand and partially share that perspective, my feelings run so much deeper.  To me, this legislation goes well beyond the opportunities to be gained by jumping on the PR/marketing bandwagon.

I got teary when I awoke to Facebook and email messages about the law finally being passed.  Friends knew how invested I was in seeing this through. Read the rest of this entry »

Photographing a Gay Wedding

June 20th, 2010 by Elizabeth Beskin | Share Blog

From our perspective, providing photography for a gay wedding is no different than photographing a wedding for any other male/female union.  Each wedding is unique – gay or not – but the wedding for Andrew and Rob stepped up the “different” factor to another level.  And our photographer really had to be her toes to capture all the fun.

The wedding for Andrew and Rob, planned and executed by Shawn Rabideau of Shawn Rabideau Events and Designs, was small and elaborate.  Their 75 guests came from around the world to celebrate at The Mandarin Oriental over Memorial Day weekend, with a full slate of activities.

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