Has a nice ring to it doesn’t it?

I’m in the Florida Keys right now writing from my hotel room as I prep for the start of shooting tomorrow. It was a fun plane ride with a little turbulence and the woman next to me was watching me edit the images and said “now, I like THOSE kinds of pictures!” which was a very meaningful compliment to me as a photographer because they aren’t the kind of pictures wedding photography is associated with in the minds of most people. The stars you see on the covers of magazines had hours and hours of makeup and then hours and hours of layout and photoshop work to make them look that way. When I shoot wonderful couples like Cat & Zach I want them to see their images and feel like a star. It sounds hokey but any one of my couples could be on the cover of a magazine and I want to help them see that through my images. Anyway, I tend to ramble…

I’m here for the weekend in Islamorada shooting a wedding (I’ll post some images after the weekend) but last week back in Atlanta at the Country Club of the South I met Cat & Zach for their engagement session. Cat booked me sight unseen so it was great to meet them before the wedding and get them comfortable in front of the camera. They’re getting married next weekend in Atlanta and I’m totally looking forward to it. Check out their images… we started in the clubhouse while I got my bearing straight.

This one is for Zach…

So I have a question — I couldn’t decide which if these two images to post so I put both up and I want to hear from you. Which one of these two do you like better?

I always love it when the wind is cooperative…

See you soon!

Ben

P.S. The woman on the plane also said (and her friend agreed) that you two looked very much in love!