A good friend of mine sent me the link for Color Suckr last week and I've been having a ball testing it out!  All you have to do is link the url of an image you'd like to pull a color scheme out of and it automatically pulls the most common colors out of it!  It also gives you all the info needed on the colors to pull them up in programs such as Photoshop.  You can also drag around the colors on the page to move and compare.  Besides this being a great tool for decorating your home, it could be very useful in coming up with your wedding palette.  Maybe pull some colors from one of your favorite images or paintings.  Here are a few of my favorite prints that I tried it out on...

A print by JMW Turner
a print by Vincent Van Gogh

I had the pleasure of attending a networking event a few weeks back at a brand spankin' new venue in Philadelphia - The Chestnut Club at Arcadia Theatre.  This venue is perfect for couples looking for a hip place for a cocktail reception or small seated reception in downtown Philadelphia. 

A little about the history, from the website "The Arcadia Theatre opened April 24, 1915 as a first run movie theatre with the movie "The High Road" and prices of 15c for matinee and 25c for evening shows." 

"Today you will find the upper portion of the former auditorium, now a second floor, still retains the ornate decor including the upper portion of the proscenium arch and a ceiling dome."

Check out their website and their blog to see some images and view more information.  I can't wait to shoot a wedding there! 

I've taken forever to hang these images from Sandy and Allen's shoot at Eastern State Penitentiary.  I printed these images on Fine Art paper - very much like a watercolor paper, and framed them without glass so you can really see the paper quality.  The printing is so yummy!  Anyway, here is the wall collection from the shoot.  It's looks so much better hanging than propped up against the wall.  Don't mind the awful lighting, they look so much better in person, but you get the idea though  :)

Upon googling myself today (oh, you know you do it too!), I found that I placed in the top 20 for 2008 Best of Engagements by Modern Photographers!  I entered some images and didn't think anything of it until now!  Guess I'm a little out of the loop on the contests.  There is some inspiring imagery up there, and I'm honored to be part of the group.  Here is the winning image... none other than Sam + Pete!  You can see the rest of their e session here.

I'm am out of the office for the holiday weekend.  We are going snowboarding with with our ski club, Bucks Mount Ski Club at Sunday River in Maine!  It's been 11 years since I've gone on this particular ski club trip.  The last one was so much fun, even though it was about 18 below a couple of the days.  Keep your fingers crossed for me for warmer weather and fresh snow!  Check out this monster of a mountain with 131 trails, 31% percent of which is diamonds and double diamonds!  I'll be back on Tuesday and replying to phone calls and emails then.