It’s been a long, tough winter around these parts and the arrival of some fantastic spring weather seems to have lifted everyone’s spirits.

I had the opportunity to get out a bit over the last few days to capture some of the beautiful spring scenes around Charlotte.

Uptown Charlotte framed by a blooming cherry tree

Amazing color as spring comes alive

Nature's art outside the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte

Dogwood trees are coming alive as well

A sun god? No, but the Firebird sculpture outside the Bechtler Museum appears to be welcoming the sunshine

In a little change of pace, I photographed a wedding last Sunday for The New York Times.

The article, featured in today’s Style pages in the Weddings/Celebration section, gave me a chance to get back to my journalistic roots. But I didn’t do anything differently than I normally do at weddings with the exception of not photographing formal and couple portraits.

The images ran in the print edition as well as the online edition, which included a nice slide show of the images. Mary and John live in Brooklyn, NY, but Mary is from the Rock Hill, SC, area and the wedding was held there. The story about how they met makes for a fun read.

Rock Hill, SC, wedding featured in Sunday's New York Times

One of the slideshow images featured on The New York Times' website