Busy wedding bees

HB is here visiting me and we're going to embark upon a photographer search for the next two days. Among the shortlist are:

• Merri Cyr (we're meeting at Union Square on Tuesday! #$%^&*&^%$#!!!)
• Modern Wedding Photography (the wedding slideshows were the first photos I've seen that made me cry)
• Sherwood Triart (photographers to the unfairly rich that wed in Long Island. Not sure why we're meeting with them)

So, for the next few days we'll be busy, busy bees, or shutterbugs, or something. Hopefully we'll come out with a clear idea of who we want, but suspect this may take more research. I'm not going to jump into Merri Cyr's arms without doing my homework first! (Or without her autograph.)

I seriously need an intern. I plan to post an application here on the blog soon.

MERRI CYR EMAILED ME!

Holy shit. Merri Cyr, like, totally emailed me back and said that she's free on 8/3/08 and would be very happy to travel to Queens and Long Island.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?? I'm seriously losing my mind!!

So, would it be totally inappropriate to bring my copy of A Wished for Song: A Portrait of Jeff Buckley and ask her for her autograph??

Merri Cyr could do my wedding!!!???

For any Jeff Buckley fans out there, this is big.

Merri Cyr, famed photographer, and photographer for every beautiful photo of Jeff Buckley you've ever seen, apparently does weddings too!!

Of course, her photos are beautiful, but shockingly her prices are pretty much on par with other photographers HB and I are considering in Long Island.

I've sent her a message through her site and I'm currently waiting (seriously) with bated breath for a response. In the meantime, I'll continue to freak out in the privacy of my room.