Anna & Jon
October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Engagement Sessions | 2 Comments
It was so fun to shoot today with Anna & Jon at the Botanical Gardens in Asheville, North Carolina. What an adorable couple - we had a ton of fun! And the weather for it? PERFECT.
The McWorkshop Begins!
October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Wedding Photography, Workshops | 2 Comments
With a fabulous party to begin things right, the Rockstar Wedding Photography: Your Backstage Pass to all Things Weddingy workshop (whew!) has officially begun! Hosted by Corey McNabb, and therefore earning a nickname of McWorkshop, we spent the evening at his fabulous studio in Asheville, NC. The decor is beautiful and reinforces his branding all over the place, down the the bright green appletinis that they were serving! (None for me, as I don’t get along with vodka at all.) Corey’s wife surprised him with the fantastic ice sculpture pictured above. Amber Holritz, being the hottie hottie that she is, demonstrated for me just what it takes to be a Rockstar, with her Rockstar Juiced in hand. Of course the cameras made it out as the evening went on, and Corey is in the photo below taking in the events.
I had a great photo of Amber looking completely confused about the weird black thing that I was holding and pointing at her, but I promised I wouldn’t share it online. Trust me though, it was awesome.
The Groom
October 28, 2007 | Filed Under Wedding Photography | 1 Comment
I’m currently in Asheville, North Carolina for a workshop, and I flew up a few days early so that I could assist Regina Holder with a wedding. It was fun to get a chance to second shoot with her and see how she works! I spent the pre-wedding time with the guys, and this is the groom after we got all the flowers on them.
No one ever warned me that being a wedding photographer was going to lead to me being an expert in pinning on flowers.
Mercedes & Tim - Engagement Photos!
October 25, 2007 | Filed Under Engagement Sessions | 1 Comment
Mercedes & Tim are one of those couples that truly enjoy to laugh, and I think that that came out so well in the photos from their engagement session. You can just feel the love and respect that they have for one another — spending time getting to know them and just enjoying the early evening hours at the Rice Village area was so much fun! We started out at Starbucks (as you can see from the first photo), because they enjoy just spending time together at the coffee shops around town. Then we took off and took advantage of the beautiful light, both around the shopping center and in the neighborhood.
Here are some more from their e-session - I can’t wait for their wedding day! (Ok, I feel that way about every wedding - but this one is the next one coming up in November!)
Tri-Coast and Travel
October 23, 2007 | Filed Under Seniors, Travel Notes, Workshops | Leave a Comment
This past weekend, I attended a workshop with the amazing talent behind Tri-Coast Photography and learned things about my own equipment that I didn’t even think was possible. Getting together with other photographers is always such and AMAZING experience, especially nice when it is a number of photographers that live right in the greater Houston area so we can get together again and again.
I am a big believer in learning all that I can so that I have even more “tools” in my mental toolkit to use when confronted with different photography situations - especially when it comes to lighting. You never know when a venue might be less than ideal to lending itself to the shot you want to get. Knowledge is power, because it gives you options and therefore control.
I left Houston just 12 hours after I got home from the workshop to head up here to New York City. I love New York! I have a newborn shoot today, and then I’ll spend the rest of the day out and about exploring the city. I’ll only be here for 48 hours total, so I’m trying to make the most of it!
I’ll return to Houston on Wednesday, only to leave 20 hours later to assist with shooting a wedding in Asheville, North Carolina with Regina Holder and then attending a workshop hosted by Corey McNabb. The next two weeks are going to a be a whirlwind!
I am receiving phone calls and answering emails via my BlackBerry, so feel free to contact me! For now I have internet access, but I’m trying to keep my online time down because there is too much to see and do out there!
Both of these photos are from the workshop; it was truly a good time!
Blast from the Past!
October 17, 2007 | Filed Under Child Photography | 2 Comments
I was looking for something handy on the hard drive to test out my new logo watermark on, and I discovered this gem that I didn’t post earlier this year! This is Cooper, a newborn that I photographed this past spring over in Austin, Texas. His grandmother, Julia and I have been friends for years, and she is a fellow knitter. When I went to his house for his session, I asked his mom to pull out some of the handknits that Julia had made so that we could use them in the photos. He was such a trooper through our session, I ended up with tons of photos of him!
Next time I’m in Austin, I need to make sure I stop in to visit him. From the latest photos I’ve seen, he is growing up fast! Ah, they don’t stay this young and sweet for long!
