"caught my eye"

Kristen and I spent our day yesterday in the small town of Westpoint, Mississippi, home of "Mossy Oak," as my dad says. (Mossy Oak is a brand of hunting apparel.) I actually had to be at the hospital the night before, so I was pretty tired. With that said, constant exposure, focusing, and arranging was more of a challenge than usual. As you can see by these few that "caught my eye" during the upload, it was a challenge worth the final product:







More to come later this week from this beautiful wedding between Brooks and Laura.

updates...

Well, for the first time, maybe EVER, I feel like I am caught up in the photography world. There's a lot going on, and I am really NEVER all caught up with the things I'd like to do. I have, though, backed-up and edited all photos, as well as designed all albums that were on the agenda. Now, I just have to wait to hear back from my brides about ordering them...

I've got a wedding tomorrow in Mississippi. It should be fun. I've actually never met the bride, Laura, but she sounds so nice; she's super-excited about her wedding, too. I guess, since it's 5 a.m. as I write this, she is realizing that she's getting married TODAY. What great news...

In other news:

- I might be buying a house soon.

- I am all finished Christmas shopping.

- I don't know if you heard about it, but there was an election this week.

- I am off for 6 days straight after Thanksgiving. Man, I can't wait!!!

- I am off orientation and working as a "real nurse" in the ER now. Sorry world, I know that's very frightening.

- I am going to shoot this wedding tomorrow after being awake and working since 12 yesterday afternooon. I think it'll be 36 hours of awake/working. Wow.

Signing off. Boy, do I love taking photos for people!!!!

on an album design ROLL!!!!

the past few days i have felt more like an album designer than i have a wedding photographer, although it has been a lot of fun. :) i really have gotten about 3 done in the last week, close to 4 full albums with edits that needed to be done.

here are some designs from the latest; enjoy!!!






and, if you'd like to see the entire design, click HERE.

what is a second shooter anyways?

that's a good question! i get asked quite often what a "second shooter" is and who i use to shoot with me, so i'll answer. :)

a second shooter is really what it sounds to be -- a second person who shoots pictures all day along with the primary photographer. the majority of the time in photography, this might be a newer photographer or a photographer who is new to the wedding market. sometimes, groups of photographers trade time with each other, so it could be a well-established wedding photographer working for another.

the photographer that most often works with me is named kristen stewart. she and i met randomly through a mutual photography friend and really have been shooting together ever sense. we are a great team, and the combined photos that we get are just always better when she is there.

there are so many benefits to paying to have a second photographer there on your wedding day, and that is mostly why i only offer packages that have second shooters in them. i think it's priceless... that "second set of eyes" gets you photos like this:






and, it's an added benefit to me while editing -- fun photos that i didn't take. so fun!

album designs

Here are the latest album designs, or at least a few of the page designs that I like... Enjoy!!

kristen, the talented

i really fell in LOVE with this photo kristen took at our last wedding... and then i kept editing and found 3 more in the sequence that i LOVE. great work, kristen!!! i love these angles:

slideshow ONLINE

Well, Jason and Cristina's wedding slideshow is online NOW, and I'm hoping to have their gallery online in the next few days...

You can CLICK HERE for the slideshow.

Also, be checking back in for some recent album designs. Hopefully I'll have 2 albums go to the printer in the next week. :)