January 5, 2010
I’ve mentioned both Valerie and Will on this blog before. Valerie is a founding partner in BLANQI, which I can’t tell you much about but she called me with some really exciting news this morning that I can’t wait to share, and Will is a world-class stylist with Van Michael Salon who I’ve worked with before and hope to work with again soon.
I first met Valerie when she was a bridesmaid in her sisters wedding a couple years ago and have looked forward to shooting her wedding ever since. They’ll be getting married soon at the Ritz Carlton, Downtown Atlanta so it provided a great opportunity to grab some interesting portraits of the two of them. I’m saving some of my favorite locations at the Ritz for their wedding images. I can’t wait to see what we come up with at the wedding!
So here we go…
And just fyi, there was no “posing” in the image below…
November 12, 2009
Apparently there’s been a little bit of discussion about the very first image that I posted of Sarah and Christopher in my last post. It seems some people were wondering if Sarah was looking at Christopher or at the camera. It does look a little odd in the first picture but the Photoshop resizing and sharpening algorithms are playing tricks. I think this [rather extreme] crop of the original image will settle the matter. 
November 8, 2009
Let’s see. I’m not sure where to start except to say that when I asked Sarah and Christopher to “just stand over there next to each other for a second” and this is the image that I captured, I knew all was well with the world…
Rewind… when Sarah contacted me about their wedding next year she told me something that’s always nice to hear: she had come across my site years ago, and had saved it because she knew she’d eventually need it. I’m glad she did because it has been an absolute pleasure getting to know them and their family the little bit that I have so far. They invited me up to their beautiful family home on Lake Burton for their engagement session a few weeks ago. What a beautiful area!
I don’t think I’m going to say much more and just let the images speak for themselves…
One of my favorites aspects of my work as a photographer is that I get to capture people in ways that they’ve never seen themselves or even imagined themselves. These two are for Christopher…
I can’t wait to see the two of you again!
August 9, 2009
I first met Abigail and Peter last year when she was a bridesmaid at Vicky and Jason’s wedding. As it turns out, they’re getting hitched next April at the All Saints Chapel on the University of the South campus in Sewanee, TN where Abigail went to school. Naturally, the campus seemed like a great place to do their engagement session.
This is the chapel where the wedding will take place. Much of the grounds are just as beautiful so you can imagine that my brain was racing thinking of all the shots we could get on her wedding day. Just amazing!
As it turns out, it was scorching hot and we were all dealing with the heat as best as we could… lots of water and breaks in the shade… they did fantastic!
I loved the light on this one.
In case you’re wondering why they look so relaxed in the image above…
The family has a cabin just around the corner from the school, so we went back there to relax and get a few photos.
Then a quick visit to the lake near the cabin before I headed back home.
Abigail and Peter, I really can’t wait for April to roll around and see what the day has in store for you. And thank you for being such gracious hosts!
July 20, 2009
So I was browsing the web this evening checking out traffic sources and geeky web-type stuff that we have to do to stay on top of our online business. I was happy to see The Knot online running with a lead photo (again!) in the destination weddings section. It’s a photo from Nikki and Johnny’s Florida Keys wedding. That was such a fun wedding!
The other is the cover of a book. My first actually. I just got a few of them in the mail and I told Vicky when I saw her the other day that I’d send her a copy. She’ll get a kick out of it and I’m sure her friends will harass her about it.
And I can’t even read it… It’s a german translation of a book by Christopher West, “The Love That Satisfies.” They contacted me last year after seeing Vicky and Jason’s engagement images on my blog. I mean, they are both stunning, passionate, and madly in love so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that someone would want to use them on the cover of a book about… uhm… “marital love”.
, destination Germany
