Steve and Lynn

Another wonderful wedding. Which is another great opportunity for Lindsay and I to get more and more experience. At this wedding I did black and white shooting for the first half and then went back to color. Shooting and black and white just adds another dimension and feeling to the pictures. Although, I like shooting in color better because I love to capture the color contrast, I still enjoy shooting black and white as well.

One might think shooting weddings may get boring, you know shooting the same things over and over. I feel that could not be further from the truth. With every wedding there are different emotions and personalities. With that I am just there to document everything as it happens throughout the day. I love just being able to capture these oh so important moments for the bride and groom so they can look back on it and remember it together.

With all that said, Lynn and Steve's wedding was just that, capturing not just a wedding but the details, family, friends and just all the love that was going around that day. Thanks for letting us be there to document these moments for you both!

Diana and Thaddeus

What a fun wedding! The wedding was so simple and personal, just so much emotion and love. Lindsay and I felt a connection with the couple and the guest right away. The couple Diana and Thadius were just so in the moment, which made the pictures just awesome. Really they needed very little direction, which we were able to get a lot of candid pictures. I couldn't of picked a more perfect wedding to do our first shoot together as a company.

Lindsay shot the wedding in black and white and I shot it in color. It was great to look over all the pictures and see the differences with the color but also the style that we both have. It is such a great advantage to have two photographers at a wedding because you get shots from every angle and together we didn't miss a beat.

After all said and done we took about 1500 images. As I was going through them all to pick some to put up on my blog, I was having such a difficult time narrowing them down. I just have so many favorites but I did finally make a decision. I just want to say many thanks to the happy couple Diana and Thadius for letting us capture your day! Much Love to you both!

Weddings in Maui on 7-7-7 Part II

After our first wedding. We headed to our second wedding. The second wedding was a local wedding for the bride and groom so it was much different than the wedding we did earlier that day. This wedding was held at the Sheraton in Maui with over 300 guests. So we had our work cut out for us.

During this wedding Mike let me use his wide angle lens, which I fell in love with. With this lens I was able to get so much more in my shots. For example, shooting the bride with her bridesmaids or the groom with his groomsmen I was able to get everyone in the shot. I had so much fun with this lens, I was just shooting almost everything. I decided this might have to be my next purchase for my camera:)

Shooting this wedding was a lot of fun. I felt like I was able to make a better connection with the bride and groom, since we were able to spend all day with them. As a result of this connection, it allowed me to get closer and capture all those moments without making them feel uncomfortable. I realized a big difference with the other wedding earlier that day because that bride and groom instantly froze when the camera got close to them. With this couple they still acted natural, just being in the moment and enjoying everything around them. It reflects this all in the pictures.

Overall, both of the experiences, although totally different, was such a great exposure for me as I am still developing my style and work. When it comes to weddings anything can happen, you just have to be ready on your toes and be there to document it all.

Thanks Mike, really you're the best!

Weddings In Maui on 7-7-7 Part I

On my vacation in Maui, I had the perfect opportunity to shadow a friend of mine Mike who happens to be a professional photographer. He had me assist him on the the busiest wedding day of the year 07/07/2007. Originally he had three weddings booked that day, but he did eventually narrow it down to two weddings.

The first wedding started at 10am. This place in Maui that we went to you had to line up and wait your turn for your wedding. On this small spot, which was just amazing, they had four weddings going on at the same time. Since it was extremely crowded, we had a spot that we had to stay in and could not venture out of. Every Bride and Groom each only had an hour to get their ceremony and pictures done. As a photographer, or one assisting, I felt so rushed. Our couples ceremony was beautiful and afterwards Mike and I used the remaining hour to get all the pictures done. The couple was very nice and cute. Due to the fact that we only had an hour I don't feel like we connected as much as I would have liked. Overall it was a great hour but it just went by way to quick.

The pictures, due to the place being amazing, turned out great. But since the connection lacked the pictures could have been better. Once the couple started to get comfortable and relax in front of the camera the hour was already up. It was a great experience, I learned how it is to be under pressure and having to get the pictures we needed done.

If you would like to check out some of his work his website is http://www.mangotreephotography.com/.

Road To Hana

In my opinion, its the best of Maui! Erik and I would love to vacation again to Maui but next time spend our whole vacation time discovering everything there is to discovery on the Road to Hana. Thanks to Mike, we discovered another place called Bamboo Forrest, the place was amazing, breath taking! Oh and the road to Hana has the best banana bread ever! I wanted to include my favorite picture that I took on this journey. I didn't take a lot of pictures only because it was just so nice to enjoy the view with my eyes and not through a viewfinder! One of my favorite places was the hike that we did at the seven pools. Halfway through the hike it started to rain and when it cleared there was the most amazing rainbow!

Maui

Just got back from Maui. Taking pictures in Maui is just totally awesome. I don't think you can take a bad picture in Maui its just impossible.

I went to Maui with my family and had just a wonderful time. The lighting in Maui, when the sun is setting, is just magical. So most of the pictures I took in Maui, besides the road to Hana, was on the beach with the family when the sun was setting. I have to say the best things in Maui are free, besides the amazing food of course.

Here are just a few pictures of the family on the beach, it was hard to narrow it down. I love you Maui!

Ella's Photo Shoot

This day was just a typical Sunday hanging with family and friends, enjoying our time together. I decided to take some pictures of Miss Beautiful Ella who is the daughter of my really good friends Craig and Tiffany.

Taking pictures of Ella was just so much fun. Since Priscilla's wedding I had enrolled into another digital photography class with my husband Erik, so I had learned how to have some more control of the pictures I was taking. Of course taking pictures of a baby who is only seven months old does present some challenges. Of course Ella doesn't just pose for the camera, she moved around exploring the world through her eyes. I found this so interesting making the pictures uncandid and allowing me to get down to her level. In all the pictures I was taking of Miss Ella her eyes where so captivating and it just showed in all the pictures.

It was a little tricky to shoot Ella in manual because she was moving so fast, but I was able to get some amazing pictures out of it. Maybe even one of the pictures will make it in Craig and Tiffany's house!

Thanks Miss Model Ella!

Priscilla's Wedding

So this was the first wedding that I have shot, of course with my digital SLR camera. You all know that I love my little point and shoot camera but learning this digital SLR is all brand new!

To prep for the wedding I did a lot of reading on my manual, digital photographer books, books on weddings, books on photo shop, took a few classes and of course had a lesson on photo shop with a good friend. So going into this wedding I felt that I knew enough to take some great pictures, but of course not perfect ones, not there yet!

Priscilla is a old childhood friend of mine and she was very kind to let me come and take pictures of her and her girls getting ready before her wedding! Being in the room with all of them was emotional and exciting all in one and I was able to capture moments that would last a lifetime. I took the (as the saying goes) "save shots" meaning all the pictures that are straight on and sometimes boring, but after those I did get creative. Shooting this wedding was so much fun, and it was such a learning process.

After shooting this wedding I did realize that I still have a lot to learn about my camera. But I was still impressed with the pictures I produced!

Thanks to Cilla for letting me be apart of your wedding day and giving me the opportunity to get the experience that I did!