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Jenny & Aaron’s Wedding (Part 1 - The Shot Spot)

July 29, 2008 – 3:59 am

This past week I had the pleasure to travel out to Washington State to photograph Jenny and Aaron’s wedding! I flew in on Wednesday along with my awesome team/entourage of Eric Kelley and Thomas Dalton who I want to thank for helping make everything a great success! The first couple of days we had the chance wander around Seattle and chill out before we went down to the Olympia and Tacoma area for the wedding. I will try to give more details about our experiences in Seattle in my next post, but for those of you who are dying to know: no, it wasn’t raining - it was actually quite nice, and yes, coffee is considered a food group there! :) 

It was truly awesome to be a part of Jenny and Aaron’s wedding and experience it as more than just a photographer, but as a friend with a camera! I had the amazing opportunity to not only get to know Jenny and Aaron better, but also their family and friends who I look forward to staying in touch with and being life long friends! I am sad that everything went by so fast, but looking forward to sharing the pictures with everyone and hopefully returning soon!

The first pictures I want to share with you are from the Shot Spot (my version of a photobooth) which was a huge hit! There were so many great pictures that I put them into a little slideshow to show a quick glimpse of all the fun! Enjoy and stay tuned for some more awesome pictures from throughout Jenny and Aaron’s Wedding to come!

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Erin & Dwayne

July 8, 2008 – 12:46 am

As you can tell from my lack of blog posting I have been busy! I will actually be out of town 3 out of the 4 weeks in July traveling to 4 different States! Tomorrow I will be heading to North Carolina, but before I go I wanted to take a moment to give you this update and share a few recent pictures (read to the end for an exciting announcement) …

For me the story of Erin and Dwayne starts many years ago … but to keep this long story short I will fast forward to almost a year ago. Erin’s brother, Kyle is one of my best friends, and at the time this story takes place I had the pleasure to attend and photograph his black belt test. During the intermission Erin informed me that she had been looking at my website for awhile and that I had to photograph her wedding! I was both honored, shocked, and very happy for Erin! Obviously I didn’t hesitate and months later I ended up in a field with grass up to my chest all around me. I guess this is a good time to introduce you to some pictures …

The Beautiful Erin:

The [insert adjective] Dwayne:

Recipe for these pictures:

Add 1 field of Tall Grass (optional)

and 1 Fun Couple

lastly throw in a spontaneous photographer (preferred brand: Aaron Watson)

Creates lots of fun and beautiful pictures

For spice add a little Fine Art

This is one of my personal favorites. Often I am inspired by other photographers and I sometimes like to mimic their look and/or style. Feel free to leave a comment guessing what iconic photographer inspired this one:

Nothing kills a nice moment like a cell phone. If you don’t want your fiancee to kill you leave it at home or turn it off.

Now I couldn’t leave you without a little tease from Erin and Dwayne’s wedding day at the beautiful Delfosse Vineyards! Erin had one of the most beautiful bouquets I have ever seen!

Why wait around when you could be having fun releasing the model within!

If you have made it this far congratulations! Look out for a brand new website and many more great pictures coming soon!!!

 

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Ingrid & Aaron’s Wedding

June 12, 2008 – 3:29 am

This past weekend was hot! Like heat index of 106 degrees hot! Perfect weather for a nice tan, swimming in the pool, and Ingrid & Aaron’s wedding! You may remember Ingrid & Aaron from our recent engagement session in New York (if not check it out), a truly awesome couple who first met in Law School at the University of Virginia. So for their wedding they returned to Charlottesville and had the most gorgeous wedding at the Clifton Inn!

Thanks to my awesome team (the amazing Erin Manfredi and Thomas Dalton!) we captured many great moments and beautiful pictures! Unfortunately, that has given me the impossible task of choosing a few of those pictures to share with you. … I just couldn’t choose a few though … so I choose over 130 and made a fun little slideshow.

Lastly, I love the song for the slideshow and found it to be very appropriate for Ingrid and Aaron’s story. I have provided an english translation for the lyrics below. Depending on your bandwith the slideshow may take a few minutes to load, so check them out while it’s loading. Enjoy!

Song: Ya Tu Veras (You’ll See)
Artist: Canvas

Lyrics (English Translation):

IT COULD BE THAT THE LOVE I HAVE INSIDE CAN FINALLY CONVINCE YOU THAT I’M YOURS AND YOU’RE MINE. COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT WITH THIS SONG I CAN FINALLY GET INSIDE YOU WITH EMOTION.
DON’T THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE. LET THIS GREAT LOVE BE A BIG SURPRISE WITHOUT FEAR. DECIDE AND LET’S MAKE GOD AND DESTINY TALK ABOUT THE TWO OF US.

CHORUS:
YOU’LL SEE THAT THIS FRIENDSHIP IN TIME WILL TURN TO SOMETHING ELSE. YOU’LL SEE THAT YOU’LL FALL NATURALLY IN MY ARMS.

IT COULD BE POSSILE THAT MY FIERY PASSION ACHIEVES INVADING YOUR BODY MAKING AN EXPLOSION WHEN WE TOUCH EACH OTHER. IF YOU WANT LOVE. DON’T THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE. LET THIS GREAT LOVE BE A BIG SURPRISE WITHOUT FEAR. DECIDE AND LET’S MAKE GOD AND DESTINY TALK ABOUT THE TWO OF US.

CHORUS
YOU’LL SEE THAT THIS FRIENDSHIP IN TIME WILL TURN TO SOMETHING ELSE. YOU’LL SEE THAT YOU’LL FALL NATURALLY IN MY ARMS.

 

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Anne & Nick’s Wedding

June 8, 2008 – 8:44 pm

These past few weeks have been a fun filled and crazy time. Wedding season is in high gear and this promises to be one of the best years ever! Over the past few weeks I have been happy to add a few new faces to the team and they already are kicking butt with amazing images and lending a hand with all of the miscellaneous details. Unfortunately, it hasn’t left me much time to update my blog, so I hope to reconcile that over the next few days with some pictures from a few great weddings and shoots I’ve had over the last few weeks!

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to document Anne and Nick’s wedding at Ft. Meade in Maryland. The chapel at Ft. Meade was not only a very special place for Anne and Nick, but also Anne’s parents as that is where they got married! It was a truly amazing day as it had been raining all afternoon and then 10 minutes before I arrived the clouds parted and some of the most beautiful light filled the church!

I loved Anne’s little umbrella!

When I took this picture it reminded me of a painting, so I decided to have a little fun and make it into one. This is actually a very new service that we are offering and has become very popular for bridal portraits and looks especially stunning when printed out on a 16×20 canvas!

Anne had the most amazing smile all day and this moment has become one of my favorite pictures ever! The lighting was very surreal and I love how you can almost see Nick smiling in the silhouette

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