Saturday, May 30, 2009

Rhonda, Scott and Aiden... Continued

More of our friends from Athens below... I had a blast guys... so I am ready for you guys again.. when ever you want!!!

Some of these have my wife, Lynne and son, Zachary. Funny how they just happened to sneak in... :)

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Family Portraits - Rhonda and Scott

Rhonda and Scott are good friends of my wife and I. They live up in Athens, GA, and are a great couple. I got lots more coming (hopefully by the end of the week) but I just wanted to throw this one up now because I love it!!

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Hope everyone had a great Memorial day weekend!

Friday, May 22, 2009

Keriann & Brian: Wedding to Remember

Keriann & Brian's wedding goes down in the history books as one heck of an event.  Not only was it one of the longest weddings I have shot (12 hours), but it was also a lot of fun.  It started over at Keriann's house with hair and makeup.  The girls were singing and dancing to New Kids on the Block and good ole 80s music.  Dad was playing Xbox on-line and mom was soaking in the moments.  Once we got to Good Shepard Catholic Church, everything flowed perfectly.  We then headed over to Blue Jacket Park located in Baldwin Park to shoot the bridal party.  It was really hot... too hot to do all that I wanted as the bridal party was getting overheated!  We got some great photos anyway and then headed over to the reception at Asociación Borinqueña de Florida Central (That place is beautiful, stunning really).  The party continued all night long...

Anyway, here are some of my favorites...

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

I love this job, by Ryan Brenizer



Some direct quotes from his post that hit home for me...

"But I really love documenting weddings. Spending so many days with people at one of the happiest, craziest days of their lives? Seeing this bliss-plus-stress bring out everyone's personality to the umpteenth degree? It's hard not to spend much of my time eagerly awaiting going to work.

I love the parts of the day that many people would find too stressful to cope with. You start each day with zero pictures. Zero pictures is heartbreak, bitter recriminations, and a failure of duty. Getting from there to the end of the night, capturing such an important day in a thorough, interesting, and beautiful way? It takes everything you have, all day. I love that."

"Couples ask me a lot, almost sheepishly, "Is it OK if we just want some pictures with groups of family together? It doesn't have to be artsy or anything …" It's more than OK -- I very strongly encourage it. I know lots of photographers see this part of the day as "something to get through," but this is important stuff. Family members who haven't seen each other in years? Important. Getting as many guests as possible, people who you wanted to share your day with you (and paid not-inconsiderable sums for the privilege)? Important."

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Band Photography - Forever From Now

You can check out Forever From Now on Facebook or MySpace and you really should!!  Great band, good sound and an amazingly humble group.  We had a great time shooting in Downtown Orlando looking for **that** trademark look without it looking like it had been done so many times before.  We found some great spots that I will definately use again in the future.

Check out some of my favorites...

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