A few details about this wedding since I'm feeling short on words.
1. I had the wonderful opportunity to help out Kelley again.
2. If you are looking for live entertainment, Joey K is where it's at!
3. Catharine & Eli were all smiles all day (as you'll see in the pictures)
4. They got married at Loose Mansion, an awesome place for a wedding.
5. I thoroughly enjoy second shooting every now and then:)
Friday, May 23, 2008
Married: Catharine & Eli
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Random Shots, May 2008
This month Drew and I headed to Parkville for our monthly photo walk. They had a few signs up stating that Parkville is "America's coolest small town." I don't know if I'd go that far, but it was pretty sweet. They have signs also that let you know what is and isn't an alley, just in case you get confused. We drove around for a while after Parkville and ended up in Farley, KS (wherever that is). All I gotta say is "Thank God for the GPS!" so we could find our way home. There was also a scary moment when we turned down this dirt road looking for a wide open field and a truck came out of nowhere and followed us for a mile or two. Luckily, they turned off into the field and we made it out safely:)
Post Processing note: I've been playing around with Lightroom lately doing some experimentation, so all of these pictures were processed in Lightroom and never taken into Photoshop at all. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
As for next month, we can't decide if we want to go to St. Joe or to Louisburg, KS. Anyone have any preferences on either?
Monday, May 19, 2008
Doggie Pics: Jackson & Kodie
***Housekeeping - I changed the layout of pics on my blog so that horizontals and verticals matched up, this has been bugging me for quite some time. I also got rid of the white border around the images because the pictures are all you care about anyway:)***
Saturday was not only my 5 year wedding anniversary, but it was also a fun filled day of photography! First, I got to shoot another wedding with the awesome Kelley (images to come sometime soon), then, Jenny and I headed up to Tonganoxie for dinner and a photo shoot with Kelley's dogs, Jackson and Kodie. Kelley warned me that they would wear me out (and they almost did), but after a while, I wore them down and got some awesome shots:)
Before we get to the doggie pics, though, I have to tell a little story, and I'll keep it short. I always think it's funny when photographers hang out with one another, because there are always cameras lying around and you never know when a portrait shoot will break out. Well, we weren't at Kelley's for more than 10 minutes (I hadn't even started to play with the dogs), and Kelley was upstairs grabbing makeup for an impromptu photo shoot with Jenny. My wife was already in a cute little black dress, and she just got her hair cut, so she was begging to have her picture taken (really, she hates to have her picture taken), but from what I saw so far, Kelley got some amazing images! Head on over to her blog to check out a few (actually, check out my pics of Kelley's dogs first, then head to the blog to check out my beautiful wife). Now, here's the kicker. Jenny has an "official" photo shoot set up with Kelley in 2 weeks! So, I guess this was the warm-up to my original warm-up:)
Now back to your regularly scheduled blog post.
Meet Jackson, or meet Jackson running away from me (which went on for about an hour before he got tired:) He was so sweet. Right when we pulled up, he was there to greet us with his tongue sticking out ready for some lickin'. Note to Kelley, don't worry about brushing Jackson before portrait shoots, he's just going to jump in the swamp behind your house anyway:)
What can I say, he is a very active dog
How can you not love a dog with a tongue like that?
One of my favs!
Another fav!
Out of nowhere, Jackson decided to model for me and roll in the grass for a few minutes (he was starting to get really tired:) Bonus points to Jackson for rolling in great light!
Here's Jackson jumping for some beef!
Now, meet Kodie, a cute little PomaPoo. Doesn't she look so sweet?
One of my favs of Kodie (she plays tough, but she's really all bark)
I love catching tongue shots
Another fav
I got tired of chasing Kodie, so I put her up on this stage that Kelley and Sam have at their house, and Kodie couldn't jump down. So, she stood there looking cute while I snapped some nice shots. These next 3 were taken while she was up there.
I love this one, too!
Sam - thanks for the awesome dinner and helping me out with the dogs:)
Kelley - thanks for letting me shoot with you again, taking great pics of my hot wife, and, finally, for making some delicious cheesecake:)
Ok, I'm done, now everyone can go see some teaser shots of my wife on Kelley's blog:)