Trash The Dress

Having not posted in a while I want to wish everyone a happy new year. This year started with a bang going to Las Vegas to celebrate a wedding with Tim and Ashley Swander. I'll post some images from their wedding in a couple of days...I hope. Then comes the trash the dress session we did this afternoon with Kimberly and Wayne. What a fun experience and they were amazing. It was really cold and windy today and the mud and water was freezing, but they had a great time and we got some amazing photos. Kimberly's parents, Wayne and Bug, from Ebinger Photography were with us as well as Edmund Rhodes from Rhodes Studios Videography. I will post a video of the shoot once Edmund is finished editing the footage. Also a special thanks to their friend Carson who took he to the mudding hole and lent Kimberly and Wayne the 4-wheelers. The location is somewhere near I-95 and 520 around the Cocoa Expo. We started with some basic shots and progressed into the riding and playing in the mud. I'll let the photos speak for themselves and I'd love to hear your feedback on the images. I sure had a great time with everyone today who went and I hope you all enjoyed yourself as well. If you would like to see all the images go to my website and the proof section. The username is trash1 and the password is 8905. The online gallery will be available until April 21, 2008. Enjoy!!!

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.