Connecticut Wedding Photographer Bruce Plotkin

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Welcome To Our New Blog!

I'm truly excited to welcome you to our new bigger, better, brighter, bolder, did I say better, BLOG. Long in the planning, finally it's here. And what better timing, than with the recent announcement by the Knot that we've been once again included in their Best of Weddings issue, selected by our very own brides and grooms as one of the Northeast's top wedding professionals. What an honor for us, but truly a testament to the many wonderful couples that we've had the good fortune to meet, who've allowed us into their lives on their most special of days, and with whom we've truly developed life-long friendships. Thanks to all of them, and thanks for taking a peak at our new site. I hope you'll continue to follow the action (which will of course encourages us to post the newest and the latest on a regular basis) and I hope that you'll let us know what you think of what we're doing. Peace and best wishes, Bruce

A Brief History

You might say that it all began with a certain very distinctive fragrance creeping up the stairs from the basement. You see my dad-the infamous and beloved and talented Sid Plotkin-was a wedding and portrait photographer for more than forty years in Worcester, Massachusetts, my home town. In addition to having his studio over the garage, his office and darkroom were in the basement. And while it was far from an everyday occurrence, every time he'd mix that sepia toner to make those beautiful brown-toned prints, the smell was not unlike rotten eggs. And while this may sound like a rather inauspicious manner of being drawn into the family business, something about knowing that at those key moments "magic" was happening downstairs clearly made a lasting impression. Miles travelled and years later, having spent considerable time as a magazine and advertising photographer in New York, having shot covers for the likes of Time and Us News and World Reports, the wheels have come full circle. For the last decade I've had the unique privilege of photographing hundreds of wedding celebrations, sharing in the lives and stories of countless brides and grooms at the start of their extraordinary journeys. The magic happens every weekend and my thrill is being there to record the moments when it does. As famed director Mike Nichols told Vanity Fair Magazine in talking about the making of "The Graduate", "There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love".

Kerry and Jay’s Wedding on August 29th

Monday, September 21, 2009 Posted in Weddings

While here in New England we’ve been enjoying the most spectacular last few days of summer weather, let’s not forget what a wash it was for at least half of this summer almost past. Do I have to say “June” for you to remember that it rained for something like twenty days? And yet, truth be told, there ended up not being one wedding that we photographed all summer where we were totally washed out and unable to take at least a few pictures outside. Kerry and Jay’s wedding at the end of August was no exception.

Always fun for me to photograph the sister or brother of one of our earlier brides or grooms and while I wasn’t personally able to be there at the wedding of Kerry’s sister Tara a couple of years ago, I was very much involved in the designing and creating of their beautiful wedding album and in the process felt like I got to know the whole family.

And what a great family they are! The ceremony took place in Westport and the reception was at one of my very favorite locations The Stamford Yacht Club. Recently renovated, the club is the perfect blend of old world “nautical” charm and extraordinary views of the Long Island sound. Rain or shine, always a great place to work ( especially with the help of our good friend and most charming and efficient catering manager you’ll ever meet James Fedorchak), but then we always, of course, hope for at least that window without rain for those outdoors portraits.

When we arrived for Kerry and Jay’s reception on this otherwise gloomy and rainy August Saturday, we had just that little opening that we needed, but the light was disappearing as quickly as we could get out there. I’d have to say that one of my favorite photos of the day is when K&J first walk outside and she looks up and discovers that the rain has stopped and the skies had cleared. And thanks to our trusty new Canon 5D MII, we simply don’t need a lot of light to capture those twilight moments.

An amazing party with never an empty dance floor, a killer band, a Southern gentleman of a groom and a gorgeous “Weston” bride, I hope you’ll like the results as much as we do. Congrats to both Kerry and Jay and their families.

Happy Fall to all!!
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