Archive for September, 2008

06
Sep
08

Rose and Dan’s Wedding!

I had sooooo much fun at Rose and Dan’s wedding! Dan and Rose selected the Toledo Art Museum for their photo location and there is so many possibilities for photos there, I could have easily taken all their wedding photos in just that one spot. It must be the Toledo hotspot for weddings….I think we saw at least 5 or 6 bridal parties pulling up in limos to pose for photos. Rose and Dan most def had the BEST bridal party though. They were willing to do just about anything and were all so much fun, which is like a dream for wedding photographers. I was chatting with the limo driver about where to park my car, turned around and saw the bridal party climbing the “art” and knew I was about to have an awesome photo session.

I was barely able to snag this one before we spotted security walking over…

A few more from the art museum -

Rose pointed out the space between the building and the pillers, I can’t believe I missed it! This one turned out to be one of my favorites -

These next 2 are for Dan:

And this one is for Rose:

And finally, i dig this last one because it was one of those not planned, not posed, totally candid shots. The girls were walking back to the limo to leave for the ceremony and somebody honked their car horn. All the girls simultaneously threw their bouquets up and did a good ole’ WOOT! I pulled out my camera and snapped one but it happened so fast I thought I missed it. So I yelled out “do it again!” and got another. The “do it again” didn’t come out well at all, but the original did! :)

01
Sep
08

Carrie + Brett Engagement Session

It’s always been a dream of mine to move to Chicago.   Me and my high school best friend drove there for my 18th birthday and we spent the whole car ride talking about how we were both going to make the move after college.   She got married to a Michigan guy, and my DJ business took off, so both of us are still stuck in the “D”.     When I started doing photography a few years ago,  it occurred to me that since all of my camera equipment can fit in a backpack,  I could work anywhere I wanted….I could just fly to wherever I needed to go.  10 years later, that moving to Chicago dream is looking like it could actually happen.  This is awesome!  In 2009, my goal is to have at least 1 wedding booked per month in Chicago.   Last week, I went there to meet with several couples who are interested in hiring me for their 2009 weddings, and I also was able to fit in a couple of engagement sessions.

Carrie and Brett met at Loyola University, and are getting married this coming November.    They asked me to meet them at a bar, and I kinda thought that was just a spot they figured we could meet at, chat a little bit and then head off to do their photos.   Turns out they actually wanted their photos taken in the bar…..sweet!   I’ve never done engagement photos in a bar before, sounds like a challenge!

Special thanks to the bartender at Bruno and Tim’s Lounge for letting me snap a few::

These next two are my favorite:

I usually have a couple ideas for photo sessions before the clients even show up.  I check out the area I will be shooting in and try to plan ahead a little bit.   The bar was a total surprise, and I had not a thing planned, and last minute ideas can be hit or miss… so I thought it would be best to try and talk Brett and Carrie into walking down to the beach for a couple shots (just in case they didn’t like the photos of themselves drinking beers and making out behind the bathroom doors).




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