The wedding of the century…

Happy Christmas to everyone! So I’ve accomplished a couple of things these last few days: fixed the broken links on my blog… successfully began editing past shoots (long way to go)… began preparing my big “2009″ year-end post… AND… finished one of the most rewarding jobs I’ve done yet to date.

A month ago my good friend Ira Lippke got married to the wonderful Andrea (now) Lippke. It was an elaborate and beautiful elopement. My part? Well, I traveled to Brazil to document the whole event (along with Ira’s brother, talented photographer Samuel Lippke). I also designed poster/announcement/save the dates along with Ira that included photography from the event and custom screenprinting. Additionally I put together a blog/website to house the photos, video, and story.

Surpassed only by a fashion line and historical exhibit I put together for my alma mater a few years ago (which took months), this job has been the most elaborate job I’ve yet taken. But so fun and SO fulfilling. Zac from Kayrock Screenprinting in Brooklyn handled the custom screenprinting and I would recommend them a thousand times over (as well as commend them for working with such a complicated project). The photo printing… well let’s just say that Ira and I weren’t happy with the original proofs so we hopped on his motorcycle, bought a printer–which we both hauled home on his motorcycle– and worked for 24 hours straight to print all 150 double-sided posters (as wells as 150 8.5×11 mailing labels).

But now I can breath a sigh of relief because (most of) the project is behind me, I’m excited with how things turned out, and THE SECRET IS OUT. Ira is married. I’ve linked photos from the printing process below as well as the (rough cut) of the video.  Enjoy!