Does even the thought of the traditional reception make your collar start to tighten? Not all that excited about sitting at the bridal party table apart from all your guests? Skip the stress of picking out the menu and wine pairings, bypass any seating chart fiascoes, and avoid excessive formality by opting for a cocktail reception.

Cocktail receptions are a fresh, modern approach to the age-old dilemma of planning your post-ceremony festivities. They create a relaxed atmosphere where mingling rather than table hopping is the order of the day.

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Pink Galoshes Photo has deep roots in photojournalism. John is a working photojournalist who has traveled five continents, photographing stories as diverse as the Karen Rebellion in Burma, Buddhist healing ceremonies in Cambodia, the life of Berbers in Morocco, and the role of Sri Lankan UN peace keepers in Haiti.

But his photographic achievements don’t stop there. He was ranked the 11th best photographer in the world by the Wedding Photojournalist Association (wpja.com ). His wedding images have appeared in Southern New England Weddings Magazine, The Knot Online Magazine Boston, Boston Brides, La Bella Bride, WedPix.com, and Gala Wedding Magazine. To top it off, in Spring 2009, a 4 page spread of his work will appear in Modern Bride.

John’s vision for the wedding day is ever expanding. Recently, his focus has been drawing on influences from a very particular subset of fashion photography. Drawing on his work with models and fashion designers in NYC, portraits of actors, and of course his work with past wedding clients, his new work is fun, carefree and downright sultry. To better do this he has started spending on average two hours before the weeding shooting these fashionable portraits for those brides who wish to augment his traditional photojournalistic coverage with this trendy, chic, and sophisticated edge.

His passion for assisting his clients in getting the most from their wedding day inspired him to create www.PinkGaloshes.com.

Though he is based out of NYC, this past year alone he has photographed weddings from places as far flung as the la Finice in Venice Italy, Port Au Prince in Haiti, the Ritz Carlton Battery Park in NYC, and a private hideaway in Northeast Kingdom in Vermont. He regularly travels over 300 miles to photograph both elaborate ceremonies and quiet remote retreats.

He finds it a little strange to be interviewed for his own website, so he’d like to leave it at that…

His wedding images can be found at Pink Galoshes Photography

The glory days of uncomplicated air travel have long since disappeared into the great blue yonder. With a six hour wade through security, meals that leave anorexics pining for more, and overhead storage that won’t even hold your new Perlina carry-on, it’s amazing that anyone arrives at their destination, much less, arrives with style. Kick the terminal blues with chic footwear that gets you through your commute in cool comfort.

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