Punam Bean Photography (observations)

Jessica and I were in acting school together not very long ago, and before I even realized my ambitions to be a photographer, she asked me to photograph her wedding. (You can imagine the kind of deal she got!). Anyway, I love this woman, and I’ve grown to care for her and Craig very deeply. She was one of the most beautiful and radiant brides I’ve ever seen, and I found myself laughing and crying with her and her new husband, and her family through that fancy lens of mine.

After much toil (have I mentioned I love toil?!), I’ve put together a rather long slideshow of the event. It was just so beautiful and emotional and silly, I couldn’t narrow it down to much less than what follows. If you’re impatient, or you have having loading problems, feel free to skip ahead to the gallery. That’s the little button with the little squares on it.

Leave me a comment, let me know what you think! This being my first destination wedding, I was amazed at how easy it was to find things to photograph, surrounded by so much love and beauty! I definately want to sign up to do more of these. Any takers??

You can see the gallery here also.

Enjoy!

Greetings from Florida! I just flew in yesterday for my first destination wedding! So exciting! My very good friends Jessica and Craig are getting married tomorrow! I’ve never been to the south before, at least not in the East. I took this picture as we pulled into Fort Lauderdale. Once we got over Florida, the clouds were beautiful. From up here the high heat and humidity just seems worth it.

This evening we had a quick rehearsal, which I was thankful for because the light was a bit tricky, and I was invited to dinner as a guest at Buca di Beppo’s. Tomorrow, the lovely bride is getting ready at La Playa Resort and we have an whole hour to go around and take some pretty pictures! I could not be more thrilled! La Playa, you will find, if you follow the link, is such a beautiful and elegant resort, with lots of natural light coming through many high windows. I have to say that I really don’t mind if it rains. Not only will it quell the (feels like) 102 degree weather, but the rain clouds and possible utilization of umbrellas would be so awesome to work with! Some brides worry that it will rain on their wedding day, but I say bring it on! Let’s make some beautiful, unique wedding photos, lets get some umbrellas for kissing under, let’s get some rain clouds for setting scenes. I have informed Jessica of this, and she is happy to oblige if the situation warrants. That’s why I care for her very much.

Husbone is in Tennessee at the moment, making sweet music with various strung instruments.  Weekends like this are nice, when both of us have to go away, and we miss eachother a little bit, and are excited to see eachother when we come home, but we’ve both been busy doing other things. I am a little bummed he won’t be around for some dancing time tomorrow evening, as he and I have been known to cut a rug beyond recognition. If I had nothing else in common with that man, I could have married him just for that!

And on a side note, Jessica and I are going to be on the Rachel Ray show! All I know is that it will be on a Thursday, and beyond that, I am not at liberty to say. I’ll tell you all about it when it airs. We already filmed it, and though brief, we got to hang out on the stage for a minute with Rachel Ray herself and a Celebrity Guest. Who is it you ask? Well… I can’t tell you that…

Check back Monday for pictures from this weekends wedding! See you soon!

First of all, I love film. I am still going through all my rolls, but this one is one of my favorites from a recently developed roll…

This is one of the first pictures I took on my recent engagement session will Karin and Joe, shortly after I saw my car being impoounded by the city from Karin’s mothers apartment window, and also shortly before I went down to the impound lot to retrieve my car. At the end of the day, though, the $200 or so it cost me to have my car with me that day, it was very much worth it. I’ll post more pictures later. Lot’s of editing to do!

And of course! after a surprisingly minimum amount of toil and effort, my new website is up! I love it so much because it’s easy to update, and it was a breeze to put together, so there are ALOT more pictures there than there were before.

 Let me know what you think!

 punambean.com

 -Punam

 I love weddings. I love weddings that make me love weddings. The one I did this weekend for Jill and Don at the beautiful Chauncey Conference Center, and it was one of those weddings that make me think on the car ride home how lucky I am. It was a simple, sweet affair, in a beautiful setting with beautiful light and a very photogenic bride and groom. During the signing of the Ketuba, the emotion in the room was so strong I cried (Thank goodness for waterproof mascara!). I don’t think they saw. I was very discreet. But I felt very privelaged and honored to have documented this very intimate and personal affair. I wish you both the best! I hope you like what I’ve got to show so far!
The place was beautiful, as I have found, much of the town of Princeton, New Jersey, is…

And so was Jill. She really has this wonderful authentic, warm energy about her. She was radiant!

I love this one, because he loves her and you can just see it.

The first dance…

And up on chairs! Sheer Joy! There were a lot from this segment to pick from, so I settled on the biggest of all the big smiles:

Jill and Don, I wish you all the best! Congratulations!