Kristen Williams and Amit Patel

Kristen’s wedding was at 5:00 and her reception wouldn’t be until 7:00.  This allowed us to some time between the ceremony and the reception to get some great pictures of the couple.  It rarely happens that there is extended time for me to work with the couple. Too often the reception follows the ceremony and [...]

Amanda and Justin

This one is from Amanda and Justin’s engagement session at our portrait gardens.
I asked Amanda and Justin if they could get in the hammock together.  That was easier said than done.  It took a couple of failed attempts but they finally managed to both stay in the hammock together.  They got to talking and what [...]

Ashley and Ben Expecting

Okay, this would be one of the most unusual session I have photographed in a while.
I photographed Ashley and Ben’s wedding about eight? years ago.  Since then, I have photographed a family portrait with them and their two dogs.  I was excited to hear they were expecting.  It’s always fun to see couples start families [...]

At 1

I got to photograph the CUTEST one year old girl the other day.  Her mother had called earlier in the week and said she had few days off and needed to get this done.  We managed to find a time in her schedule and we photographed her daughter outside.  The variety of expressions we captured [...]

Tara and Bryan

Tara had seen the photographs I had done for some of her friends (Staci McCart-Johnson and Melissa Richardson-Jones).  The wedding was at the Capitol with a reception at the History Center.  Both of these locations offer wonderful opportunities for creative and fun images.

Tara had one very specific request at the reception.  She wanted a photograph [...]

Construction – The Middle Steps

This is the view of the new camera room after the sheet rock was installed.  Light painting with a flash light.

Video “Photography”

I happen to be looking at a website of a videographer who was suggesting that the still images taken from his video could substitute for hiring a professional wedding photographer.  It is to laugh!  That would be the equivalent of using a 3 mega-pixel camera.  My wife’s camera has better resolution than that!
Now, there is [...]