Jennifer and Jason - Downtown Orlando eShoot

ou know when you start an engagement shoot off at a bar, drinking, things are going to be fun. Well, Jennifer and Jason are certainly at the top of the list of the fun couples I get to shoot. Despite some ominous skies, we had a great time. We started at Latitudes, where they met, with the friends that actually introduced the two of them. It was great listening to the story told by everyone of that day. We ended the day down by the rail road tracks some four blocks north!

It turns out that their wedding will mirror a similar timeline and locations that my wedding did some 5 years ago. They are even getting married by the same Priest. As Jennifer put it, "It will be a walk down memory lane". I agree... and I cant wait to shoot your big day this Saturday!!





Recreating the moment they first met.... :)



Although less dramatic, I stole this idea from Robert McClory (thanks man!)...

Baby Portraits

Our friend, Melissa, brought her baby over the other day to hang out and exchange Xmas presents. The funny thing was that it was so close to MLK day that we called the MLK presents. Anyway, you cant bring over a beautiful baby like Sanae and me pass up the chance to take some pics. Nothing fancy here, no light set up... in fact no flash at all as I shot these with available window light.

Hope you enjoy!!









Oh and while I am at it... we babysat a puppy not too long ago. The most adorable chocolate lab, just 8 weeks old. So, how does this fit in with the title, Baby Portraits?? Well, it doesnt, but the puppy is still a baby! Does that count? Here are some pics of her...











Here she is hiding from our 2 year old....

Jason and Dilenia Engagement Shoot

I have the pleasure of shooting Jason and Dilenia's wedding on February 9th, but in the mean time we met at Gaylord Palms resort to shoot some engagement photos. They got engaged at one of the restaurants so it was only fitting to shoot there. Thanks you two for being great sports... and for the memory card!!! Lets not forget to exchange at the wedding...

Here are some of my favorites from the day.....



I love that the two of them are smiling here... almost on the verge of laughing....






Nice ring.....





By far my favorite shot.... I think you guys should use this one as your canvas print.

Sharon and OW Wedding

On December 29th, I worked a wedding at a local, private Golf Club named Rio Pinar Country Club. Great staff, good food and a great venue all together.

Sharon and OW got married among their friends and family and as you can see they had a great time and were extremely happy. I specifically remember that Sharon was very cool and collected and was smiling a lot. When I started reviewing the pictures, her smile was every where. I mean, each and every shot of her she was beaming from ear to ear. It was fun editing the photos as I couldnt help but to start smiling myself....

Congratulations to Sharon and OW on their recent marriage and may every day bring you the happiness you experienced on your wedding night.

Here are some of my favorites of the night....

Downtown Orlando Wedding

So, I worked with Robert again as a 2nd photographer at a wedding in Downtown Orlando. The ceremony was at the United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando and the reception at the Orange County Regional History Center.

Typical church restrictions, stay in the back of the church, no flash, etc. On top of that the History Center had these black ceilings that absorbed light like crazy which made using the normal light set up impossible. So we set up our big studio strobes and used bounce off the inside of umbrellas. It was a great wedding with a positive party vibe that was infectious (think 100 people on a 20x20 dance floor for at least 30 minutes straight). We jumped in the middle of it all, got pushed around like we were in the front row of a rock concert, but came out with some great pictures. Here are few teasers with more to come after Robert delivers his proofs to the bride (in a few weeks).

Orlando Weddings on Flickr's Places

So Flickr introduced a new feature the other day called Flickr Places. Its essentially geotagged Flickr Photos. Geo.. what; you say? Geotagging in its simplest form is nothing more than assigning a location (map, Latitude/Longitude, etc) to a certain photo or set of photos. It has existed in Flickr for awhile now, but it has always been a bit slow. Now, the new version is much faster and allows you to narrow your search before you look at a map. Anyway, I digress....

So, I typed in Orlando and was presented with a lot of neat photos of.... you guessed it.... Disney. "Figures!", I mumbled to myself. However, there was a search tool on the left of the page that allowed you to search further in the Orlando geotagged photos. I reluctantly typed "Weddings" and low and behold... one of my pictures pops up. At first I felt very honored... then I realized what it all really meant.....

It meant nothing more than I was one of a few photographers that has actually tagged a photo "Wedding" and then geotagged it in Orlando. I really only saw a couple of "Photographers" in the feed, as the rest were just party snapshots by guests.

Oh well.... it was my 2 and a half seconds in the lime light....

Announcing Google Checkout!

Brides have asked... so now East Orlando Photography offers Google Checkout

As part of my commitment to continually improve your experience with East Orlando Photography, I'd like to let you know I now offer Google Checkout(tm).

If you've used Checkout before, you can make convenient, secure purchases simply by entering your Checkout username and password. If you're using Checkout for the first time, you only need to fill out one page of information to complete your purchase. And you can shop with confidence knowing that Google will protect you from unauthorized purchases should they ever occur.

As of now I do not offer a store front and will send invoices, created by Google Checkout, via email. The email will have the amount due and a link to Google Checkout to complete the transaction.

To learn more about Google Checkout, visit http://checkout.google.com.

Sincerely,

Chris Honour
East Orlando Photography

Wedding in Lawrenceville, GA

So awhile ago, my wife's best friend found out she was having a baby (Yeah, Rhonda and Scott). Turns out that Rhonda is a wedding photographer just outside of Atlanta and had booked a wedding in September. Well, being a wedding photographer and 6 months pregnant is not an easy thing to do. So, she had seen some of my work and asked if I would help her out. No problem, my wife said. Well, I said it too.... but she was just as excited to be able to make it up to see her friend... and her "belly"!!

Of course, we have a 10.5 month old and were a little nervous about how we were going to make the trip. We choose driving (the obvious choice) and decided to pack up the car at 3am and start the 7 hour trip. Well, we didnt leave until 4am (it is so hard to get out of bed sometimes!!) and Zach only slept for 3 hours. However, I was so proud of him, he just sat in that seat and checked out the scenery and watched his DVDs. No complaints.... The ride home we left at 9pm and he slept off and on all the way home. He did wake up to the flashing red and blue lights when I got pulled over for speeding... but thats another story.

Oh, I almost forgot. Zach started walking (assisted) when we got up there! You got to admit... he is so darn cute (just ignore my foot in the bottom left corner).



All in all, we had a great visit and I got to work with yet another amazing photographer. Here are some of my favorite wedding shots from the evening...