Downtown Orlando - Church Street with Jeni and Justin

Saturday, September 29th, was a great day with Jeni and Justin. I started out with Jeni at her home in Clermont. After we met the guys at St.Luke's Methodist on Apopka-Vineland Road for a beautiful ceremony. The reception which is seen here(other than the overhead shot of Jeni at her home) was at Church Street Station in downtown Orlando. We had to go out and play with the train and the tracks a bit to make some memories together. Also included are some reception photos with some background mood type lighting using the second light. Fun stuff. The silhouette photo on the dance floor with a light showing through the chandelier was taken by my good friend and 2nd shooter that evening, Jesse Clements...nice stuff Jesse, very creative. The 5th image again shows how a second light can make your table shots pop! No way to get this detail and 3-D effect with just on camera flash. Every image posted in this section used a second light somewhere in the photo. Tryout the second light if you haven't done so yet. If you want to learn more about it go to a Kevin Keelan K2 on the go lighting workshop for a killer seminar on 2nd lighting.

God's Color Palette October 5th

Trevor and Janell had a wedding gift on Friday night with a most spectacular sunset. This a was special wedding shoot as I have know Janell and her family for over 20 years. They celebrated at Gulfview resort in Clearwater right next to Sand Key where we took these photos. Thanks to the Haberling and Stultz families for having me as a part of their special day. Trevor and Janell I hope you treasure these wedding gift photos from God. Skies like this on a wedding day are rare. We started with a few shots on the ceremony location then went over to Sand Key where the sun was beginning to set. As it did the night sky lit up with some amazing colors. One off camera light and my on camera dialed down a bit preserved the color of the sky and Wow, let the images speak for themselves.

Eagle's Crest CC, Albany NY Sept 22, 2007

Travel anyway for me a is a wonderful experience so when my friends Jean Paul and Michele asked me to go to NY for their wedding I was thrilled. They had a beautiful wedding in Albany, NY at a really nice golf club, Eagle's Crest. The outdoor wedding was beautiful and all their family and friends had a great time throughout the day. Thanks JP and Michele for having me as a part of your special day. Here are some samples from throughout the day.

Life Savers

Labor Day weekend on Sunday I spent a beautiful & HOT day with Tamara and Michael Stone. I titled this "life savers" because that's what they do every day. They both are paramedics and it was a pleasure to photograph their wedding at Leu Gardens. I used a fisheye on the ceremony shot to bring in everything and the other two were both with a 70-200 lens with a vivitar well placed once again. I love how the light makes this look like portraits...amazing stuff.





I also spent Saturday with Patrick and Kim, another wonderful couple. We stopped at Baldwin Park in Orlando on the way to the reception and these are two of my favorite images from the 15 minutes we spent there. Thanks guys for having some fun.

Cocoa Beach Engagement Shoot

I spent the evening with Beckie and Richard at Cocoa Beach and the shoot was a blast. They are alot of fun and I'm looking forward to their wedding in November. It was 7pm and sun was directly on us so a single vivitar was all I needed to pull out the beautiful blues of the sky and ocean. Without the extra flash the background could possibly be washed out. I wanted to keep the colors vivid and even try make them look better so I pumped in some extra light to make the background pop. I love how they are separated from the background and look almost 3-D. My daughter Roen also enjoyed the shoot because she played in the ocean for about 45 minutes.

My two girls!

This is Roen my oldest (2 years) and Reis the newest addition (3 months). Roen is beginning to love on her sister alot and she was lying down next to her today and I couldn't resist this shot. I had to get it. Those of you with children know they capture your heart like nothing else.

Starbuck Wedding - Leu Gardens

I'm still amazed at what two small lights can do to add depth and light to a photo. These were all shot in a dark reception hall and if I only used on camera flash by itself I would never be able to acheive the look these easy to use flashes produce. K2 on the go lighting from Kevin Keelan, check out his workshop to learn more. For all your techie folks, they were all shot at f/4 and 1/100 to 1/125 and iso 400. The results are so sweet, fun, and easy to acheive. Before using these extra lights I would photograph receptions at 1/30 to 1/60 at 2.8, would get good and occasionally very fun shots, but I would never be able to use my 70-200 sweet lens because it was just too long for dark rooms. Now it very rarely gets put down, and I have so much fun at receptions with it. These techniques can be used anytime anywhere to get consistently good images in all lighting situations. Thanks Shawn and Teresa for having me celebrate your 10 year reception renewal. It was wonderful.