CT Wedding Photographer Val Nanovsky

Sophisticated. Charming. Time frozen…

Once you park your car at Candlelight Farms Inn in New Milford CT, time really stops. You open the door, step out, and the breeze fills up your lungs with freshness. A group of trees meet you in the distance. Wavy hills surround you from all directions. Several horses in the field turn their heads toward you and start waiting for your next move. Some lift their noses up trying to pick up the tiniest trace of smell in the air going their way from you. It’s all about horses here. All about country, pure, rustic, elegant…

Nancy, the inn owner and manager comes and greets you. She takes you to the many buildings, showing you every little detail around. At some point you almost lose track – from the inn’s countless rooms, to the newly renovated barn, to another building nearby, to the beautiful lake, to the horses and the airfield (yup, that’s right)  – there is so so much to see. All made with love. Up to the very last detail.

If you are planning your wedding and are looking for something exquisite and authentic, you owe it to yourself to stop by and check this one out. Chances are, you’ll fall in love with it. Forever.

GALLERY 1:

GALLERY 2:

And here’s the contact info for you:
214 Candlewood Mountain Rd., New Milford, CT
Web: www.candlelightfarmsinn.com
Phone: 860-210-0594
E-mail: lilybird051@aol.com

Yours truly,

Val

a.k.a. Valdorama CT Wedding Photographers

Hey folks,

After an amazing e-session and a gorgeous wedding at the Water’s Edge in Westbrook CT, round 3 of our photo adventures with Sarah & Scott continues with their Underwater Afterglow session.  Every single Afterglow session is unique, and this one was not an exception. Water was the main idea of the shoot, but because of the cold weather we had to go indoors so we decided to do the shoot at the brand new Indian Valley YMCA in Ellington.

Mamma Mia, what a place! It made us feel right at home.  Sarah was having the time of her life. Scott was assisting with many things around us, and having an absolute blast… …how many times do you see your wife swimming in a pool in a bridal gown!? LOL…

Here’s what came out:

Finally I wanted to extend my sincere thanks to John and Kim from YMCA for so generously providing their beautiful facilities to us and helping us make all this happen. Thank you so so much! You made us feel right at home, and our whole experience was so amazing.

If you are from the Greater Hartford area, East of the River, and are looking for an all-in-one workout facility, Indian Valley YMCA is the place. It is absolutely amazing, and everybody there is totally awesome. Here’s how you can find them:

http://www.ghymca.org/indian/

Your Pal Val

/a.k.a. CT Wedding Photographer Val Nanovsky/

WOW, these girls were such a riot!

This was one of those once in a lifetime photo shoots you just can’t forget. Seriously, how many times do you get to meet not one or two, but FIVE so amazing sisters together!?

And yeah, you read that right. “Army” is indeed their last name, believe it or not. We covered a whole bunch of mood variations – ranging from HOT all the way to FORTE, with everything in between. The following is a quick sneak peak of what happened with that “army” a couple of days ago.

Wild? Crazy? Heck yeah :) Fasten your seat belts.

Happy New Year everybody!

HOT

HOTTER

FORTE

Yours truly,

CT Wedding/Portrait Photographer Val Nanovsky

a.k.a. Your Pal Val

These days I had the opportunity to review some long forgotten photo sessions. Many of these pics never saw the light of day…until today.

If you are a photographer, it doesn’t hurt to look back every once in a while and revisit your old work. You’ll be surprised how much life you’ll find in these photos. And boy, my archives are a true Mecca. Sometimes I just keep repeating to myself: “Don’t go there, don’t you dare!!!”, simply because I know darn well how long I’ll spend looking and editing these pictures. Yeah, you do rediscover yourself this way. A little bit of touch up here, some adjustments there, total noise annihilation (Lightroom 3 does a killer job here), and booom! You’ve got a brand new, totally sparkling image! Don’t forget though, you gotta restrain yourself every once in a while – because otherwise new work is going to hit you like a freight train.

Enough said. This post marks the beginning of an ongoing “Rediscover Valdorama” project as I will be digging all kinds of cool images out of the dust. The wedding season is cooling off a bit and I’ve got some really HOT wedding-related surprises for you coming up (did I say HOT!?), but this  particular project is going to be mostly about glam photography.  These are all fantastic girls I had the pleasure photographing a while ago. I had a total blast doing it. The next couple of days I’ll be adding new pictures…  a new girl each day.

It’s late Tuesday night right now, and I am starting with a Maya’s photos. EN-JOYYYY!!!

Day TWO, Wednesday night. Blue eyes. Golden hair. Let there be pink. Let there be Jessica.

Day THREE, three girls. Paige, Rebecca & Monica. Happy Thanksgiving!

Day FOUR & FIVE. Irma, Pt. 1:

Day SIX. Irma, Pt. 2:

…Don’t forget to check the blog every day. More sweet stuff coming up real soon.

Yours truly,

CT Wedding Photographer Val Nanovsky

Hi Everyone,

This post is going to be slightly different from my usual wedding photography ranting. Along with Stop & Shop, JJ Promotions, Quest, to name a few, Valdorama recently sponsored a wonderful group of Braeburn Elementary School kids led by Pickard Chilton Architects and united around the idea to help the victims of the destructive Haiti earthquake. The effort was a part of the Canstruction event hosted at the CT Science Center. I was there to cover the event and take photos of the entire process of building a ship using only one material – cans.

Needless to say, it was totally breathtaking to watch these kids working so hard and pouring their heart and soul into what they were doing. The result was nothing short of phenomenal. Check it out for yourself:

Hi folks,

In recognizing and celebrating Earth Day I’ve got something really exciting for you today – a landscape Photo Contest!

Submit your most beautiful landscape photos for a chance to win a FREE out of this world Valdorama GREEN artistic outdoor portrait session – for you, your loved one, your kids, family or friends!
This is the perfect opportunity to raise more awareness, generate appreciation and show everybody how beautiful our planet is.

IT IS REALLY EASY TO SUBMIT:

* There is no charge to participate. The contest is open and FREE to all residents of Connecticut (CT), Massachusetts (MA),  NYC and Rhode Island (RI);

* Send your images to valdoramaphoto@yahoo.com
The subject should be “Earth Day Photo Contest”;

* You can submit up to three landscape photographs;

* Images should depict wild places with no traces of human activity. Flora and fauna are acceptable, as long as the subject is wild, and not domesticated;

* Physical size – up to 1024 x 768 px;

* File format: JPEG;

* It is OK to watermark your images should you feel the need for that;

* Images will be judged based on 4 main factors – 1.originality, 2. impact, 3. composition & 4. technical execution;

* Results will be announced on this blog on Tuesday, May 4th;

* The top 5 images will be displayed in a gallery on this blog (make sure you are OK with that before submitting);

* If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment (below) or send me an email at valdoramaphoto@yahoo.com.

Cheers, and GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!

- Val

Hello my friends,

I just wanted to touch base with you with a couple of quick updates from the Valdo-Bloggo-Rama world. A lot has been going on lately.  As the wedding season is fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about some really cool ideas for my photography. Can’t wait to start shooting! Online at least a dozen new blog posts are in the works. I’ve got some great new photos to share with you – stay tuned.

In the mean time, another exciting new thing around me is the new customer testimonial video I launched in the “ABOUT” section on the main web site a few days ago.  Check it out over here:

Cheers & see you around,

Val