Jennie and I like to take our winter time and stretch ourselves creatively.  It’s a chance for us to get out and learn, create and mingle with our photographer compatriots.  One of the main benefits of this ‘exploration’ is the opportunity to test ourselves and our equipment so that when your wedding day comes, we can be ready quickly to create something that looks gorgeous for our brides :-) This past weekend, I had the pleasure of working with Micheal Spirito and Brad Smith in at a photo session with 3 great looking models and a really cool location.  Except for the skateboard shot below, all the images were made with one or two lights.  This means that these techniques can be adapted to the fast paced wedding environment rather easily without compromising the day’s schedule.  Although these images tend more toward the ‘artsy side,’ there are plenty of ways

    As you may have already heard in one of our previous posts, Jennie and I had the great fortune fortune of attending Mystic 5.  A photographers dream, specifically a wedding photographers dream, the event taught us a lot.  We also had the opportunity to hang with our Strawberry Road friend, Brad Smith, of Brad Smith Photography.  Just days before the conference, the wheels started turning and we’d decided a little hookie from the conferences might be a nice idea.  So what did we do, we lined up a gorgeous model and challenged ourselves to a time restrained high speed fashion/boudoir shoot.  Jennie and I shot with no real theme in mind except to get great images that captured the attitude and beauty of our model Sarah…        

T’was just weeks before Christmas and all through the Hilton, the hotel was abuzz and all the food had been wheeled in. Lori and Nik all dressed to the nines, threw a party in a snowstorm, and were looking so fine. Friends and family’d all traveled from places near ‘n far. All seemed so pleased there’d be an open bar. ;-) With formals complete let the reception begin. The doors to the ball room soon we’d be in. A first dance so sweet had never been seen. But it would soon be overshadowed by a Journey karaoke cover that was just plain MEAN!!! Stories from friends with hands on hind ends, Made everyone laugh while they read their…hind ends! He danced with his Mom, she danced with her Dad, Never a better time had all ever had. -fin