Monthly Archives: May 2009

Heather & Chase’s Engagement Session Video

I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday weekend! I can’t wait to share with you my very eventful weekend which included an awesome shoot on Friday for Eli Cook’s new album, two wonderful weddings that I will be sharing with you soon, and a busy Monday in the office producing this very awesome video!

I am very excited to share with you my very first Fusion Style Engagement Session! Fusion Style is a new term that we use to describe a coverage where we mix photography with cinema. With our new cameras being able to shoot both HD Video and high quality photographs we have really taken advantage of this to expand the types of coverage we offer. The one thing I really love about video is it’s ability to compliment the photographs in telling a story! I was really inspired to start offering this type of coverage after talking with The Bebbs (who were named one of the top 10 wedding photographers in the world by American Photo Magazine). What they told me is that often a picture can show you a moment in time, but it might not be able to tell you the full story. LIke when you see a picture of a couple laughing during a toast, you can see that the speech was funny, but you can’t hear what was said. Now with the advances in technology it is easier than ever to share the full experience of that moment with you! 

With Heather & Chase’s Engagement Session I wanted to share a little more about them then you usually get to see. After having a fun afternoon shooting during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC we sat down on the mall and talked about everything from what they loved about each other to a funny moment involving hot sauce and pizza! Needless to say we had an awesome time and I am really looking forward to being a part of their wedding this coming weekend! 

I would like to thank Erin Manfredi who assisted me in shooting video, Alison Harbin for helping with lights and schlepping equipment through DC, Ashley Chipman who did an awesome job editing everything together, and finally Heather and Chase for being so awesome! I hope you enjoy our first official Fusion Style Engagement Session!

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Tell It Like It Is Tour – Brandon Whyde

Since I have so much to share from spending one day with the guys on the Tell It Like It Is tour I thought I would break this up into 4 posts and share a little bit about each artist. First, I’m going to start with Brandon Whyde who was the first of the two opening acts. 

Before I met Brandon I was told he looks like a young Bruce Springsteen. What I found was not far off, like the boss Brandon has the distinct beard and facial features, but even more surprising is his powerful voice! His onstage performance was amazing! Folk Rock mixed with a little Soul that features the raspy qualities of his unique voice (check out his MySpace page to see what I’m talking about). Off stage I enjoyed getting to know Brandon and talking with him about his hometown of Indianapolis. He has a great personality and sense of humor that makes him entertaining and captivating. I was amazed by how many people showed up early to see him play! It’s not often you see the same amount of people in attendance for the opening act as the headliner. If you have the chance, I highly recommend checking him out on his next tour! 

 Here are some shots from the concert as well as some quick head shots we had fun with while relaxing outside:

 

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Teaser for Tell It Like It Is Tour

If you are a fan of music you should be a fan of Josh Kelley and Ryan Cabrera! While you’re at it check out up and coming artists The Kin and Brandon Whyde!

Wednesday my good friend Matt Ryb and I had the pleasure to team up with all of them on their Tell It Like It Is tour to produce a behind the scenes/live concert film from their show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. We had a lot of fun hanging out all day and the guys put on an amazing show that evening; even they said it was one of the best shows they had done all tour!

We’ll be rolling out some teaser videos and pictures as soon as we start getting them cut. Here are a few behind the scenes teasers from the afternoon …

One of Josh’s pictures of us in the limo: http://twitpic.com/53ro8 Gabe (their tour manager) is the guy on the left sleeping, I’m in the middle, and Matt is on the right. Below is Gabe chilling in Josh’s lawn chair with the models!

 

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Jennifer and Jason’s Engagement Session

Two blog posts in two weeks! So much better than one blog post every few months, don’t you think?! 

… anyway, I thought I would share a few pictures from Jennifer and Jason’s engagement session which took place last weekend at the beautiful King Family Vineyards and Darden (UVA’s school of Business)! Jennifer and Jason met while attending Darden, and although they now live up in DC, Jennifer told me that they wanted to come back to Charlottesville for their engagement pictures. I think they made the right choice as I had the hardest time trying to choose my favorite pictures to show you as they were all so beautiful! Here are 5 of my favorites, some of which I had a little fun with in Photoshop!

 

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