Peter and I recently had the privilege to do the photography for Trevor and Toni's wedding. Trevor is a talented graphic designer and Antoinette is also a talented photographer. Trevor had designed the invitations for the wedding, the programs, and other things that ran the theme through the wedding. I thought the designs were excellent. I believe Toni also did the photography used in the designs. Be sure to check out their work.

View a short video of us finding a wild animal with big claws during their wedding day, after the jump.

On May 9, I photographed a national and worldwide competition for chamber ensembles held at the University of Notre Dame. It was a great experience hanging out with these talented musicians, and as a classically trained guitarist myself, I was able to appreciate their dedication to their craft as well as the complex pieces they performed. Congratulations to the gold medal winner, Old City String Quartet! And my personal congratulations to Jia Cao, of the Chimeng Quartet, hailing from China on their silver. View the slideshow post HERE. Click "Full Story" to see more photos.

This afternoon, Frank called me up and said, "Joe, we're in the New York Times!". Frank and Megan were married yesterday at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Notre Dame and I was priviliged to photograph their wedding day with Peter Ringenberg, my new associate photographer. Be sure to check out the National Edition May 2, 2010 issue of the New York Times under Sunday Styles, page 14. Here's the link the NYT's online article. The photo at the top of the article was taken at a mansion in Mishawaka, Indiana during their engagement session. Click on "Full Story" to keep reading.

Back when I was in college, Peter introduced me to photographing weddings. At the time, I was working for the yearbook and had recently picked up the camera. I figured it was the best college job anyone could get, especially since you could easily get front row seats to any event for free. One summer, I helped Peter shoot a few weddings and my life was changed after that. Since then, we kept photographing weddings and I started a company with one of the studios focusing on wedding photography. I'm very excited to have joined forces with my college friend and have him aboard. Peter's role will be assisting and second shooting weddings. He will also be available to photograph weddings for the studio when I'm already booked and all the post work and customer satisfaction will be handled by the studio. Peter not only has a great eye, but has a great personality and brings several years of experience as a wedding photographer. I look forward to working with him on several weddings this year. View the full post by clicking on "Full Story".

Ted and Sheila had this to-scale cake of the Empire State Building for their reception. It was about five feet tall and instead of King Kong, they had a badger to symbolize Sheila's taking over New York. Thanks to Hellen Wellin, the Notre Dame coordinator, who kept things running on time. Also to Rascia's Creative Cakes, who made the spectacular cake. And Michaelangelos, who provide consistently high quality flower design. The reception was held at the Summit Club in South Bend. Hair and makeup by the lovely ladies of Ja Ross Salon. Check out the slideshow in the Recent category or click the "Full Story" button to view some more photos.