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....

Willie and Mary - An intimate wedding

Willie and Mary were wed at Willie's sister's home on the east side of Orlando. It was a small, intimate wedding that had just a handful of people which consisted of family and the very best of friends. I was very happy and honored to of been able to record this event. I hope you two enjoy your photos and here are a few that I liked.










I love the look on mom's face...

Costello Family Portraits

Last month, I stepped out of my wedding comfort zone to shoot some family portraits. Ok, maybe thats a bit of a stretch, but shooting portraits one on one with no other distractions (except for a park full of on-lookers) is definately different than shooting weddings. None the less, I love doing it.

Now that I think about it, there is at least one striking similarity; families coming together and having their photos taken as one big group. Most families havent had everyone together for a big photo in either a long time and some never have. I hear that statement a lot at weddings, too!!

The Costello family and I met at Lake Eola park to get photos of their daughter wearing the dress she wore for her 16th birthday. While we were at it, they invited the rest of their family too. So here is a hidden secret for those that have read this post and didnt skip to photos.... the daughters of the family are the official babysitter(s) for our son. All of them have watched him at one time or another!





Here is the extended family...



Here is mom and dad... they told me that when they got married they had shots done under this weeping willow. I decided there wasnt a better place to shoot them!!



And the 4 kids...






A fun family shot...



And the final of the day...



Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday...

My Granddad, His Book

I was asked by my granddad to shot some portraits of him for a book he is writing about a skirmish he was involved in during WWII on the Pacific front. My granddad can be fairly conservative so I went after safe, Navy Portraits (you know, the desk, the flag). I really wanted to pull of a dramatic photo like
Peter Yang's Esquire magazine shot of Admiral William Fallon, but thats ok. After I set up and he came over to the house, I found out that he wanted full length shots and some with a sword. In fact, he wanted to swing the sword as it relates to some story in the book. Hmm.... wasn't ready for that, but that's OK, I can adapt!!





Here comes the action shots!!! Just look at his eyes in the next few.... WOW!!

Robert and Michelle's Wedding

Back on the first of March I shot the wedding of the now Robert and Michelle Rivera. Michelle and Robert got married at the always gorgeous St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park. We then moved down to the Florida Mall Hotel and Convention Center.

Everything was set up perfectly and running just on time due to the hard work of Shannon Stinson at A Belle Soiree Weddings & Events. I have to say the room was absolutely beautiful. I have always thought that its the little things that make a huge difference and on that night there were a lot of little things that were just perfect.

I had an amazing time at Robert and Michelle's wedding and I cannot wait to sit down and share these and the rest of their photographs with them. Thanks you two for letting me be your wedding photographer!!

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

Bay Hill Engagement Shoot

This last weekend I met Kelly and Aaron at Bay Hill Country Club to shoot their engagement photos. Turns out they have some connections at the club and we were able to take a couple golf carts out on the front nine and do what ever we wanted. Bay Hill is preparing for the PGA tournament on March 10-16 and doesn't take tee times after 2pm, so we had the whole front nine to ourselves!

I had a blast and what started out to be a dreary, gloomy day ended with perfect blue skies and a great sunset.

Thanks Kelly and Aaron and I cant wait for the day you two tie the knot!!

Enjoy...