The Wedding

Despite my banner, my friends Jenni & Jeff both wanted me to photograph their wedding. Here are a few of the results:

This was during the ceremony - it rained, so we were under cover. The lighting wasn't great, but this picture of the exchange of rings turned out well.

It cleared up soon after the ceremony, so we got some pictures in front of the river. I tried to take non-posed pictures with a long lens, and the spontaneity of that turned out well, I thought.

Here I told a (slightly) inappropriate joke, and the reaction was priceless.

This one was posed, but they just looked so sweet together. I like that they aren't looking at the camera - it feels less posed that way.

Ah . . . the sun! There were actually several shots with the fluffy clouds and bright blue sky in the background. I like this one for the simplicity.

There are many more pictures I took, but the thing I liked about shooting this wedding was the pure love and joy that radiated from their faces. It was obvious to me, and I hope it is to you as well, that they are deeply in love. I wish them all the best.

The Boy

Okay, so it's been a while since I posted anything on this site. What can I tell you? I've been busy. And when I am busy I tend to neglect certian aspects of my life. I figured 'I can either leave photography alone for a while, or ignore my kids.' It wasn't too tough of a choice. But, at long last, here are some new pictures.

We finally had some lovely weather, so while his sister was napping, my son and I played outside. This swing hangs from our Magnolia tree, which is about to burst forth with beautiful blossoms. (I like alliteration.)

My son is silly. So, so, SO silly.

I recently watched a documentary about skateboarding, Dogtown and Z-Boys. I highly recommend it. The photography of the boys skating was unbelievable, and I tried to emulate the sense of movement and pure joy in this shot. But, as you can see, I failed.

We have a small, but steep hill in the backyard, and my son decided to take flying leaps from the top and tumble down to the bottom. He's not daring at all, so his behavior was a bit of a shock to me and I just had to document it. He, by the way, loves this picture.

Again, the daredevil flying past the camera. He was nervous about this because he had to jump really close to me to stay in frame, but it turned out well. I can't tell he was nervous, can you?

By the way, I guess I have to come up with a more obvious banner for my blog, 'cause one of my good friends asked me to photograph her wedding. I'm excited for her, but nervous for me. There's a lot of pressure that comes with documenting a one time only (hopefully!) event in a way that is quirky, yet pleasing. I'm thinking of shooting it in black and white. I don't really know why I'm writing about this except to say that come August there'll be lots of new photos to post! Yay.

Adios.