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Emerson’s “Big Boy” blog debut!

February 5, 2010 – 11:19 am

I’ve been getting a lot of flak from family members about the lack of Emerson photos since his birth a little over 3 months ago. You have to understand, it’s just not in my DNA to take snapshots. I’ve tried, and I just can’t seem to do it. So, when I take photos of the family, it’s done like a “real” photo shoot. So, THAT’S why it has taken this long. Emerson is a pretty laid back guy, and he’s a great photography subject too, especially with those big blue eyes! So, I finally got around to photographing my little guy, and I’m SO glad I did. Hopefully, I won’t wait another 3 months for another shoot though!






Emerson already has some teeth coming in. And where there are new teeth, drool isn’t far behind!




Tubby Time!






By Todd | Posted in Emerson (my son), Kids, Personal Work | 11 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. Neil van Niekerk   -  

    Those eyes!

    I won’t be the first or the last person to comment on how captivating his expression and eyes are. :) Beautiful.

    Neil vN

  2. Amanda F   -  

    How absolutely adorable!! Those eyes!!

  3. Kay English   -  

    Awww!!! He’s so handsome! Can you believe those eyes?! hehe the last one makes me smile :)

  4. Ashley Higgins   -  

    Todd - He is definitely your son that’s for sure! Great photos

  5. Angie   -  

    Amazing. His eyes are just amazing! Great photos.

  6. pavel mayorov   -  

    his eyes - two okeans )))

  7. rachel darley   -  

    the drool! the eyes! that smile!! … you have one beautiful baby there. I love his expression on the 4th pic down (all covered in towels) Sooooo cute. =)

  8. Shannon   -  

    He is absolutely precious!!! What wonderful pictures….and charming eyes!!

  9. Todd   -  

    Thanks everyone! :)

  10. mum-Grandmum   -  

    My lovely grandson is the next Paul Newman. He looks so adorable and happy. Can’t wait to see him again.

  11. Corey Sewell   -  

    He is absolutely adorable!

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Rachel + Greg’s wedding Published in Brides New Jersey

February 1, 2010 – 5:08 pm

I was so excited to pick up the new Spring/Summer 2010 copy of Brides New Jersey today! Featured in their Real Weddings section (pg. 142) was a great couple I had the pleasure of photographing a few months ago. Rachel and Greg’s wedding was just awesome and I couldn’t be happier to see their glowing faces in print! As an added bonus, the magazine also printed a photo of Rachel and Greg’s “reveal”, along with a a great quote from Rachel. I didn’t even know about this, and only happened to see it by chance on the last page! YAY!




Here is the actual photo.

And Rachel’s quote.

By Todd | Posted in Press, Weddings | 4 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. Georgi Anastasov   -  

    Congrats, Todd!
    That’s great:)))

  2. Bernie   -  

    Fabulous Congrats!!

  3. Kay   -  

    Awww!!! How sweet is that quote. Great picture too ;)

  4. Patti Wallington   -  

    Fantastic photo shoot with the bride and groom. I love the spread in the magazine..Keep up the amazing work!

{Best of} 2009 Bride+Groom/Bridal Party

January 29, 2010 – 12:28 am

Here it is, the grand finale of my favorite photo recap of 2009! This being the Bride and Groom/Bridal Party category. I did not sequence them in any particular order. I’m really proud of this collection of shots. And of course a HUGE, GINORMOUS THANK YOU to all of my 2009 couples, without whom these photographs would not exist. It was an unbelievable year, and I am just SO honored to have been entrusted to capture your special days! I’m really looking forward to 2010 to be another stellar year for Laffler Photography. Thanks everyone!















































































































By Todd | Posted in Best of 2009 | 15 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. jeff tisman   -  

    F’n AMAZING!!!

  2. Alice   -  

    Fantastic presentation!!!

  3. Jessica   -  

    Wow Todd - you are seriously unbelievable. I cant wait for you to shoot our wedding in a few months!

  4. melissa   -  

    stunning. all of it.
    any plans yet to have a photo seminar?? i’m there.

  5. moo   -  

    i love every shot in this collection. insanely gorgeous work.

  6. Lee   -  

    Wow those are so great, I love them all. What a great year of photography, can’t wait to see what 2010 brings.

  7. Michelle   -  

    Speechless

  8. jason   -  

    wow. a-ma-zing. i just love these. made me smile. made me laugh. made me want to go take photos. you rock!

  9. Melissa   -  

    Todd - I can be a silent stalker no more! These pictures are so moving - I’m compelled to comment!! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Can’t wait for you to shoot our August wedding!

  10. Melissa and hugo   -  

    by the way, we’ve had your site up the whole morning because we love your playlist!

  11. Todd   -  

    Thanks SO much everyone!!!!

  12. Krystal Radlinski   -  

    (Sigh) dreamy.

  13. antoinette   -  

    i’m coming out of my blog stalking and finally commenting…these pictures are so amazing…jon and i can’t wait for you to shoot our wedding this october!!!

  14. Naqib/Qippy   -  

    Hi Laffler I just can’t get over how amazing your shots are, I really wish you would do workshops to teach people to shoot the way you do, cos I really find your approach fresh and vivid and above all,real..I just attended a workshop by Joe McNally last week as he was right here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was really good fun learning first hand all his strobing techniques..Do you strobe much? are most of these shots purely daylight? Thanks

  15. Todd   -  

    Thanks for the blog love Krystal! :)
    qippy, thank you so much! Well, I am seriously considering putting together a workshop, so stay tuned. In the meantime though, I have committed to speak at Mystic 6 next January in Mystic Connecticut. More detailed information to come on that. ;) I just saw Joe at Mystic 5, he’s great! I would say that a majority of these shots are available light only. Some have supplemental flash used behind the couple to rim light them, and there are a few that were lit just with flash, but not many.

{Best of} 2009 Reception

January 27, 2010 – 11:19 am

Next up we have the fourth installment of my favorite photos of 2009, this being the reception category. I have not posted them in order of my favorites, but instead I tried to group similar shots together, so hopefully you will see the connection between photos. I had fun putting this together, and stay tuned for the last installment, the Bride and Groom/Bridal Party photos! Thanks for looking.







































































































By Todd | Posted in Best of 2009 | 7 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. Shang   -  

    Sooooo many fun images! I really feel like jumping up and dancing myself just looking at them. t’s also fun seeing how there can be similar moments between different weddings. Another job well done! I

  2. Brandi   -  

    Dear God, I heart you so much! Love them all :)

  3. Todd   -  

    Aaaawww shucks guys, thanks! :)

  4. Nadya   -  

    Great pics! Always fun to look at. Todd what would you say are your top 3 lenses you use most? Just wondering :) thanks!

  5. Todd   -  

    Thanks Nadya! Hmmm, probably my 70mm-200mm, my 85mm 1.2, and 16mm-35mm on the dance floor. Although I do probably use the old stand by 24mm-70mm a lot too, but those others are my favorites I suppose.

  6. paul   -  

    as always, great pictures again todd! hey todd I was just curious, do you have any books to recommend about photography? also any other great reads on post-processing? tx ^^

  7. Todd   -  

    Hi Paul. Thanks so much!

    Recent books I have purchased were, Joe McNally’s book “The moment it Clicks”. It is entertaining and has some good useful advise in it as well. I also found Annie Leibovitz’s book “At Work” pretty interesting. I also just recently bought Vanity Fair’s “Vanity Fair: The Portraits: A Century of Iconic Images”. That’s a cool book of images as well! For more technical stuff, you can’t really go wrong with any of Scott Kelby’s books.

{Best of} 2009 Ceremony

January 26, 2010 – 12:59 am

Here is the third installment of my photo recap of 2009 in the Ceremony category. Again, in no particular order. Add a comment if you have a favorite (or even if you don’t have a favorite, comment anyway)! Thanks.



























































By Todd | Posted in Best of 2009, Weddings | 2 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. Kay   -  

    I love 4 & 5 and the one of the guy yawning cracks me up!!

  2. Shannon   -  

    I think this might be my favorite category- there is so much emotion in all of these pictures, not only did our wedding pics bring tears to my eyes, all of the other photos did too! Love all of your work!

{Best of} 2009 Prep

January 24, 2010 – 10:16 am

Next up are some of my favorite shots from the prep stage of the wedding day, all taken in 2009. Again, these are not in any particular order, but if you have a favorite, chime in with a comment! Stay tuned for the next category which will be the Ceremony. Thanks































































By Todd | Posted in Best of 2009, Weddings | 8 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. melissa   -  

    i love that you are doing this, Todd. so fun to see.
    this is probably biased, but i LOVE the one of my nephew in his underwear looking up at me. : )
    they are all great, but another fave is the one of the guy buttoning up his last shirt button.

  2. Ryan Young   -  

    I continue to be amazed at your work. Photo 0046fortney (the bride in the field/woods) isn’t wedding photography…it’s fine art.

  3. kris rupp   -  

    Wow, pick one favorite??? How about 21?? Your work is awesome… (Heard about you from a bride so thought I’d check out your stuff). So cool and such great storytelling :)

  4. Shannon   -  

    I love all of them- but I think my favorite is the one with the bride looking out the car window and her father’s (I’m assuming) reflection is in the window- what a cool moment! I also love the one with the bride and the gardening tools! Too difficult to decide, they are all wonderful :)

  5. Sabrina Morley   -  

    thanks for putting me in there! it was such an amazing day and u captured so much of it and made it into even more~~you are a master of your craft!

  6. ChristopherDavid   -  

    Rockin’!!!

  7. Deana   -  

    Todd your work never stops amazing me! I agree with Shannon’s post with the Bride with the father’s reflection is breath taking! I teared up! That Mrs. McGuire is quite a stunning bride, as were all of them! ;)

  8. Kay   -  

    Great shots!!! There are too many good ones to pick a favorite. The flower girl one cracks me up though :)

{Best of} 2009 Details

January 23, 2010 – 3:54 am

Better late than never right!? At least it’s still January though! Anyway, I wanted to recap 2009 with some of my favorite photos throughout the past year. I’ve already posted the engagement sessions, and now it’s time to conquer the weddings. I will be posting the best of 2009 in several categories; Details, Prep, Bride+Groom and or Bridal Party, Ceremony, and Reception. First up is the details category. These are not posted in any particular order by the way. Stay tuned for the rest of the categories over the next week or so! Have a favorite? Chime in with a comment…I dare ya!

I want to give a GINORMOUS thank you to all of my 2009 couples who have entrusted me to capture their wedding days for them, it’s a HUGE honor for me!













































By Todd | Posted in Best of 2009, Weddings | 4 comments         Hide Comments | Add a Comment
  1. Rachael Earl   -  

    Too many favorites to name-awesome job, and I bet 2010 is even better :)

  2. melissa   -  

    the shoes in the box. so simple and so awesome. : )

  3. Kay   -  

    LOVE the heart shoes! How the heck did you get the timing of shot #1!

  4. Todd   -  

    Thanks Rachael, I hope so! :)
    Thank you Melissa.
    Kay, those heart shoes belong to Melissa, who’s comment is right above yours. :)
    Hmmm, timing, I guess serendipity! Seriously, though, I noticed the brides maids watching TV, so I had the idea in my head, framed up the shot and waited for something (anything really) interesting to come on. Well, after about only a minute, this came up, click and DONE! :)