Rules schmules.

We have all been on one side or the other of a wedding.
OMG.
Who the heck came up with all these rules?!  Why must they be SO expensive?!  There is SO much stress.  -Over what?
Who is sitting next to who.  Who to invite (and not invite).  The venue.  The tuxes.  The Bride's Maids dresses.  YOUR dress.  The caterer.  The florist.  The cake.  The invitations.  The dj.  The photographer.  The honeymoon.  And the budget...yeah.

You see where I'm going?

You've found "The One", and you've decided to make it official.  Now what?


Scenario 1:
You spend every waking moment over the next few months trying out 15 different cakes, trying on 15 different dresses, calling every venue in the area, keeping your mother inlaw to be happy, developing a world class Pinterest page of wedding ideas, and figuring out how long you're going to be paying for this.

*The AVERAGE wedding costs $25-$30 T H O U S A N D  DOLLARS.
Dang.


Scenario 2:
You contemplate scenario 1, and realize what is important.
Being the frugal-minded, sensible person you are, you spend the next couple of weeks deciding where you've never been, and how cheap can you get there.  And, even though you've succeeded in creating the perfect love storm, you DO want the occasion memorialized.  And let's face it, you want to show off your romantic prowess.  So, you hire a photographer (ooh!  Me me me!), and come home with images that will make your mother cry.


Whether you decide to put together a wedding fit for a princess, or make it a more casual, romantic affair, I want to be there to record it.

Congratulations.

I've got an idea...

Your senior portraits are supposed to be a snapshot of an era.  Lots of exciting things happen your junior and senior years -Prom is one of them.
I think it would be pretty awesome to include a Prom shoot with your Senior pictures package.  And, I suppose if you want traditional, we can do that.  But if you want images as creative and different as you are, I think we should have a conversation.  If you dig, call me for details.

Here are a few of my favorites.

"We look at each other like that all the time."

I sat here for a long time trying to figure out a way to blog this session.  

After failing several times at explaining the moment(s), or how I felt, 

I decided to just show you the pictures.

I will say this:

In 50 years, when I'm looking into my wife's eyes, laughing about the moments that keep us 

smiling and holding hands,

the moments that never get old -no matter how many times we relive them,

I will, undoubtedly remember my session with Mrs. and Mrs. C.

"Our fathers were best friends, so we've known each other all our lives."

When Mrs. C. would try to get her husband to smile naturally, she would say, 

“Think about Gurtie.” 

(their cat). 

"We sowed our oats for a few years and finally married.

We always knew we would."

"This is how I would touch him if we were at a party and didn't have a place to sit."

"We started courting when we were about 13.

We would make ourselves scarce after church..."

On speaking of a photographer she is acquainted with;

“I Tweeted him something a while back and now he follows me –idk.”

"We look at each other like that all the time."

Happy 60th Anniversary.

Personal work with John and Kaylee

John and Kaylee were nice enough to hang out with me for the evening to

shoot some personal work.  It's always refreshing to my spirit to shoot rule-free.  We skipped around town gorilla style to get some awesome images.  

I embarrassed my little brother, and Kaylee impressed me with her charm and beauty.  John brought his usual wit 

-and a bow tie.