Monday, July 28, 2008

Congratulations Blake and Jamie!

I had an absolute BLAST with Jamie and Blake yesterday!! We sailed out from Sneaky Pete's off of Lake Lewisville, and had a little mini cruise! A dockside ceremony while the sun was setting, swimming, throwing babies on big bean bags, what else could you ask for?!?!

Jamie is the chillest bride ever. She has become one of my good friends, and I expect our title as friends will looooong outlast the title of "client and photographer"! I love you Jamie!

Here's some of my favorites from the day!


































Congratulations Jamie and Blake!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

My Pooky's gone...

I am so bummed because John is gone! He'll be gone for 2 and half weeks in South Africa. He's going over there with a group of students and professors (only about 6 total) to speak at several Bible Colleges, Non religiously affiliated universities, and some churches about "the Christian Mind". It turns out, pretty much the two main people that are speaking are him, and the professor! He's such a stud! The professors, from where he got his masters, are really showing a lot of confidence in him lately. I think he is probably going to get booked on more and more speaking engagements. If only we can get them to pay for me to go too:( He gets to go to all these cool places, and I get all weepy missing him.

Awesome Bridal and my thoughts on style

I just had one of my most favorite bridals that I've ever done!! I love this imagery! I never really knew if I had a "style" or not, (a cohesive style that is the same throughout most of my images). You can look at a picture and KNOW if Richard Avedon took it or not. Or Jill Greenberg (awesome chick!!!), she has an unmistakable style.

I think that as a photographer, you are too close to your own work to really look at it objectively. It's like a mom with twins who thinks that they are super easy to tell apart, because she knows them so well. Anyway, so I think I'm actually starting to understand my style a little better. I've known what I like, but I never placed a cohesive theme to it: I like nature. I know the real "vogue" thing right now is to do all that super grungy stuff next to graffitti with a homeless dude in the background digging through the garbage, but I only do that occasionally. When the time, place, and subject are all screaming for that kind of look. But for the most part, I REALLY love the outdoors, and especially tall grass.

There is something organic about being shot in nature. Its like you attempt to take your humanity, and diguise yourself among the earth, from whence you came. I know that sounds all Kum Ba Yah, but you get the point. Oh, and I'm also obsessed with people "parts" and not just their face. You can make a portrait of a person with almost any part of their body, but I tend to gravitate towards their posture, their feet, and their shadow.

Anyways, here is the shoot that I'm in love with. Tell me what you think!!