Archive for February, 2010

27
Feb
10

look at all the pretty pictures…

I dig the blog method of displaying my work, but truthfully I get a little jealous when I see other photogs super flashy portfolio sites.  So I decided I needed one too.   I still need to actually work on the home page, and whatever other pages, but I did get three portfolios put together for people interested in viewing a variety of my work.   The hardest part was narrowing down the images to include.  Initially I had over 1,000 wedding favorites, getting that down to a favorite 75 was challenging.   Choose one of the links below to view my new portfolios!

A few of my wedding photo favorites

Faves from engagement sessions

A collection of other stuff I like to shoot. Mostly models and cars.  A few from the Final Four events I did too that bring back fond memories for me :)

23
Feb
10

1 late photographer + 1 broken finger = Erica + Charles Engagement Photo Session!

I’ve been looking forward to photographing Erica and Charles since I met with them a few months back to talk about their wedding.   They had so many great ideas, not too mention just seemed like they were going to be a really fun couple.   An email sent late at night (my fault), and a wrong phone number (my fault again) resulted in me being 1 hour late for the photo shoot.  I felt soooo bad, I’m seriously never late, and I felt worse given that Erica and Charles wanted to go to two locations for their photos.   With the late start, we only had time for one.  (Sorry Charles and Erica!!  I’ll fit you in another day if you’re up for it!).   Once we did get started with the photos,  the very creative groom-to-be Charles, had the awesome idea of climbing on a rock for a quick photo.   Got the photo, but on the way down, Charles landed on some ice and did some painful damage to his finger (ouch!).    Not sure if he dislocated it, sprained it or broke it, but either way, Charles was in some serious pain.    I thought that was it.  Game over.  But nope, Charles insisted he was fine and wanted to finish the photos.    Now most people would have been cranky and pretty annoyed at this point but Charles and Erica are so easy-going and cool, that I had a blast taking their photos.  They laughed, joked around, and came up with some great ideas.   It was truly a pleasure to photograph them.    Here are a few from their session:

02
Feb
10

Beer is good, God is great, Melcher’s (and Spencer’s) are crazy! :)

The hardest part about doing this blogging thing is deciding on just 20-30 photos from each wedding.  Especially from such a fantastic wedding as Elaine and PJ’s.   The Melcher’s and Spencer’s are NOT crazy as the title of this post suggests, they are incredibly kind, generous, and FUN people and were a pleasure to work for.   Elaine and Paul (a/k/a PJ) and their amazing bridal party were down for whatever, even freezing their butts off outside in January Michigan weather, so I was able to get tons of photos.  Here are a few of my favorites —>>

The title of this post is inspired by a CD I spotted laying on top of the stereo at the bride’s parents house:

Elaine’s “something blue” was the blue sharpie that her bridesmaids signed the bottom of her red (!) shoes with.

I haven’t even started going through all the ceremony and reception photos yet, but here are a couple from inside the church:

We had 2.5 hours before everybody needed to be at the reception so that left lots of time for photos!   We started by going back to Elaine’s parents house with the bridal party:

Yes folks, these next photos are from the Rec Bowl!   Personally, I think going bowling on your wedding day is the most fantastic idea ever.  I was so excited about getting to climb in the gutter to get this next photo:

The introductions at the reception was awesome.  Blues Brothers for the bridesmaids and groomsmen and then they made a human tunnel for the bride and groom to run through.   I photographed everybody making their entrance and than ran to the end of the tunnel just in time to get this snap:

Coming soon….the video highlights!  I can’t wait to go through all the video footage!

Congratulations Elaine and Paul!!




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