Sugar & Sophie

Last week when I got home, i got hit by a few ideas from the previous shoot with angela and nick, and their two Great Danes.  I’ve always wanted to get some good fisheye images of my two dogs smelling the lens.  I don’t treat either dog very nicely when people come over.  I try to hide them as though I don’t have any. Pretend they aren’t there in the backyard, and proceed with the meeting.  In the background you can hear them slightly scratchy at the door. It makes me blush slightly and it makes feel terrible when I hear them hoping to get in the AC.  Sorry dogs.  I love you both.

 I don’t know why I didn’t ever think of this before, but I grabbed their favorite snack, held it behind the camera.  They smelled around in search of the snack as I held down the shutter release. And yes they got the snack.   

Elizabeth & Chad’s wedding

Elizabeth and Chad’s wedding went smooth.  Jess an I hung out with the girls and the guys before the ceremony and neither Chad or Elizabeth were remotely nervous.  Chad was very confident and relaxed.  All the guys were just laughing and checking the clock ever now and then. Elizabeth was quite excited about the fact that she and chad were getting hitched.  A lot of weddings have slight tention in the air before the ceremony.  That wasn’t present, everybody was just excited.  That’s pretty fun to be around. I wasn’t sure what to expect of their reception at the Tuscany, It was just recently finished, fortunately.  

me pondering…hmm…

Amanda & Barrett’s wedding

It was ridiculously hot outside the afternoon of this wedding, which didn’t seem to be a factor in everybody enjoying themselves. I can’t imagine what it was like wearing in a tux or a wedding dress. My clothes were thoroughly drenched, and I don’t really sweat. Amanda was really smart and provided the transportation for the wedding party and the guests of the wedding. That made it a much better chance for everyone to be on time. We took several group shots outside, but had to make them extremely fast. It was a lot of fun because no one seemed to complain. Brett and Amanda really loved each other, however cliche that might sound. That shows up in the images and is that much more enjoyable.

Sara Love

Sara and Luke were relaxing to take photos of. They both liked to look camera, which is a plus. And they were both ridiculously cute.

Dr. Seuss?.. 

Angela & Nick

Honestly I had no idea what to expect out of this shoot. Angela called me asking about the shoot and her last question was “do you care we take a few with my dogs?” “Not at all” I said. “What kind of dogs do you have?” She told me…. “two great danes.” That wasn’t anything I as expecting, and was pretty exciting. Playing with those dogs was amazing.

This will be Angela and Nick’s first.  It was pretty easy to sense how excited both of them about the baby on the way.  

Johnny Blue light

River pointe church is starting a series with “Johnny Blue Light“.  The website has some little video clips… that’s some funny stuff.

Alexandria & Roger’s wedding

Alexandria and Roger started their wedding last weekend with a pretty cool rehearsal brunch.  The next day the ceremony was at Ashton Gardens, but it wasn’t the typical Ashton Garden wedding.  They had the wedding in the chapel and then headed to a nice country club.  When we got to the reception, the weather looked a little scary.  There was a pretty brutal thunder storm not too far away, and it was getting mad.   We got inside before anything went crazy and yes that is real lighting in that one picture. 

Brittney & Josh’s engagement

Saturday, Brittney and Josh met me at the bar in Hardrock. We relaxed a little, prayed the heat would kill itself. Which didn’t happen, but Briittney and Josh were very ambitious and endured the sweat. We went all over the place, and yea, got some nice images.

Guzman Family

Wednesday I met with the Guzman family at the Oyster Creek park. It was little hot, and the little one was in a great mood, but a bit rambunctious. I’m always impressed how good my wife is with children.