Last weekend, Jennifer and Nate got married! A few days before their gorgeous wedding at Wynn Las Vegas, we shot their engagement photos on the strip.
Images from their wedding coming soon…
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Tammy & Dave: Wedding
Finally catching up on my blog! After a crazy few weeks, I finally have office time to catch up… *many* blogs coming at you this week!
Tammy and Dave were married on September 19th at one of my favorite locations, Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort. It was a beautiful, colorful wedding and I was so excited to have lots of time for portraits on the gorgeous property!
Her gorgeous dress
The GORGEOUS shoes, hot pink Stuart Weitzman’s! You know I was in love with these!!
The bridal party, with more gorgeous pink 
Stunning bride!
I love these gorgeous, color flowers by Pam at The Palette - she always does the most beautiful work.
The guys hanging out on the golf course
Fun detail… all the groomsmen wore different ties incorporating the pink and blue theme
And the groom, incorporating the blue theme pretty well himself!
A sweet moment from during the ceremony
Following the ceremony we headed out on the grounds to do portraits with Dave and Tammy, I was so stoked to find these lovely flowers
A moment captured by my second shooter Chris, I LOVE the expression on Dave’s face in this one
Tammy looks so radiant in this one, pure happiness!
Tammy hamming it up for the camera
Heading off into the gorgeous sunset light
One more shot by my second shooter, lovely flare!
On another note, I’d like to thank all of you who left me kind comments and emails about my mom. At this point, she is still in the hospital but after a huge dose of steroids to control the swelling in her brain she is much more stable and aware. Thanks again for your kindness and patience :):)
Busy busy busy….
A quick update… On Tuesday I flew back from my trip to PA. Wednesday I shot a baby/family, Thursday and engagement session, yesterday a wedding, today another wedding, another e-shoot tomorrow, and yet another e-shoot Monday.
I think that is a record for me of most consecutive shoots! Tuesday I will be leaving town again for a quick trip to Chicago, followed by two more weddings next weekend. Talk about busy!
Needless to say there will be *several* new blog posts in the next few weeks, so be sure to check back for the latest.
Here is a quick shot from yesterdays beautiful wedding…
In other news…. I *finally* got an iphone! I am loooving it and don’t know how I lived without for so long! My favorite new application is fuzzyshot which automatically sends the pictures I take to a blog through their site, you can check out what I’ve been up to by following that blog - updated daily:
http://fuzzyshot.com/ashleybartoletti
Warning personal blog! Lots of pictures of my personal life, dog, etc
Carrie & Greg: Wedding
Yesterday I had the opportunity to second shoot with the amazing Bob Davis for Bella Pictures. It was a awesome learning experience working with someone so knowledgeable, and it was so great to be a second shooter and capture all the great details and portraits as an onlooker.
The wedding was amazing with so many beautiful details at the picturesque Bonnet Island Estate, any photographers dream!
The gorgeous location
Some of the lovely details
Their signature drink the Bonnetini
The reception room was gorgeous, with long rectangle tables filled with simple bouquets of different types of flowers
The boathouse/chapel where the ceremony was held, lots of beautiful natural light flooding in through the huge doors
The bridesmaids bouquets
The groom hanging out before the ceremony
The absolutely stunning bride
Love those huge, natural smiles!
Heading out back to do some portraits at sunset…
Such a great location for portraits. Need more of this in Vegas 
Dusk
The first dance, love their expressions
Couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful end to the day!
I had an amazing time spending the last two and a half weeks back here in Pennsylvania. Three weddings down, lots of time spent with my mom and family. Tomorrow I am heading back to Vegas for 5 shoots between Wednesday and Sunday. Many more blogs to come!
A Beautiful Day…
I shot the most beautiful wedding yesterday on the New Jersey coast (blog coming soon) and we were blessed with this gorgeous sunset. I just had to share!
Marilee & Luke: Wedding
Last weekend I shot the wedding of Marilee & Luke at beautiful Merion Tribute House. The coordination was done by the fabulous Mark Kingsdorf of The Queen of Hearts Wedding Consultants. I’ve known Mark for years because he used to work with my mom! I was so excited to finally have the opportunity to work with him. Now on to the images!
Yes, that is a *pink* wedding dress! You know I loved that!!
The gorgeous shoes
Doesn’t Marilee look so classically beautiful?
The beautiful bouquet
The handsome groom
This is a good representation of what the day was like… wet! We were feeling the effects of Hurricane Hanna so everything had to be moved indoors, including photos. I was slightly disappointed about this since the property is *so* beautiful, but all turned out well inside 
Some moments from during the ceremony, don’t they both just glow with happiness?
A detail shot just before the ring exchange. Everything from the wedding ceremony including the readings, vows, prayers, and hymns was hand written into this blue book in beautiful script. What a special memento!
Here’s a close up of the rings in the book, with the words they shared as the exchanged rings.
Some quick portraits after the ceremony. Marilee and Luke opted not to see each other before the ceremony, so we just had a few minutes during the cocktail hour.
Some of the beautiful reception details.
One of my favorite dancing shots ever!
Thanks guys for allowing me to share in your day! I hope you’re having an amazing time in Spain!!
September 11th
Seven years ago today… where were you? I had moved to California 7 days earlier, 2,803 miles away from home. It was my second day of classes at Brooks Institute. I woke up a little bit before my 7:00am alarm to one of my best friends calling me with the news.
I remember picturing in my head a little Cessna 2 seater sticking out of the side of the building… when I got up and looked at the tv the first tower was already gone. A few minutes later I watched the second tower fall. Then I showered and got ready for my second day of classes.
I was 18 years old, thousands of miles away from everyone I knew, on my own for the first time… my dad lives in NYC (safe, thank god). I was terrified. I remember being glued to the tv, praying and crying on the phone with my mom.
My first break from school at the end of October I booked a flight home on a whim. I’m terrified of flying, and it was the first time I ever flew alone. My dad and I took the subway to WTC to pay our respects. Even 7 weeks later it looked like a war zone… debri everywhere, piles of ashes and paper several feet high. I have pictures in my office from this trip — I’ll post some when I return back to NV next week.
I remember very vividly the first time I ever saw the twin towers up close… I was maybe 6 or 7 years old, going to the statue of liberty with my grandparents and brother. My grandfather drove right by the WTC. From my perspective they were so tall I couldn’t see the top. Just hugely massive.
On a recent trip to NYC my dad and I again took the subway to the WTC stop. I took a picture on my camera phone…. but of course I can’t figure out how to get it to my computer
I can’t post without an image… this is image came up when googling ‘america’.. seems appropriate.
Comment and tell me where you were 7 years ago today.
Jeanelle & Samir: Wedding
I flew back to Pennsylvania a couple of weeks back to shoot a few awesome weddings. This was the first wedding of my trip shot in Telford, PA.
Jeanelle and Samir are two nicest people you could ever want to work with, and it was a pleasure to work with them!
Jeanelle’s lovely dress, I love the high neck - so elegant!
Samir and Jeanelle opted to see each other before the ceremony to get some of their portraits out of the way, a great option! Don’t they look so happy to be marrying each other?
Even the horse got dressed up! Samir entered the ceremony on horseback! How cool is that?
There were two parts to the ceremony, here are a few parts from the Indian part of the ceremony. Every time they look at each other they just beem!
Jeanelle was a bit emotional…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a happier groom!
Some of the reception details
We snuck away from the reception for a few minutes to take advantage of a lovely sunset
Hope you two are having a fabulous time in Jamaica!
Cara & Matt: Wedding
So sorry for the huge delay in blogs! Friday I flew back to the east coast for a few weddings and to visit my mom, and with my busy schedule I just ran out of time for blogs! I have two weddings and an e-session still to post; I’m hoping to catch up before my next wedding shoot this weekend so check back often.
Cara and Matt were married at the Wynn Las Vegas on Thursday August 28th, followed by a lovely cocktail reception at Maggiano’s, yum!
The gorgeous dress, and other details…
The stunning bride
Look at those gorgeous eyes!!
This has such a classic feel that appeals to me
Enjoying some champagne on the patio with an awesome view of the strip!
Thanks Cara and Matt for sharing your awesome wedding with me, hope you’re enjoying your honeymoon!!
