I shot 'em all

It was off to Jonesborough, Tennessee this time to shoot a whole family!
The trend to shoot when it's amazingly hot continued this time.
I had to change my shirt three times during the day as I went to shoot a wedding directly afterwards.

This is the fabulous Stacy & Kevin with Kiersten and Camden.
Camden wasn't feeling the photo time so I handed him one of my camera's and he quickly got the hang of snapping away.
I believe he's booking weddings for next year.
We had a fun time walking the street of Jonesborough, checking out the old buildings and taking a welcome, air conditioned break in The Lollipop Shop.
I'd drive to Tennessee everyday for families this gorgeous! They made my job too easy!
Jonesborough.... upon reflection there might have been two streets.

It also hit me as I was editing, Kevin could totally be Sean Astin's brother - or stand in.

CHECK OUT THE WHOLE SHOOT IN THE SLIDESHOW!

Caren & Vincent

I hit the road, traveling to Atlanta for Caren and Vincent's wedding on the 24th of May.
And it was HOT. I was very grateful for all the tall trees giving shade to the whole event.
After acclimating myself from the A/C of my car I got to shooting and had a great time!
I've never seen so much ad-lib and commentary from the guests during the wedding, quite a light-hearted group.
This was one fun wedding.
Congratulations, Caren & Vincent!

Check out the slideshow right here!

Father's Day fun

I had a good Father's Day :)
Gryphyn and Vahn woke me up by yelling and jumping on me. Gryphyn told me to sit up so he could give me a hug; I've had worse demands made of me.
Our church decided to meet at Azalea Park today and just hang out together; it's cool to shake it up occasionally. We talked a while and let the boys run around and play. Then it was off to Lake Powhatan - this was yesterday's plan but we got rained out. So today we made the mile or so hike down to the lake with the jogging stroller and the various peripherals that toddlers require. We played in the water for a few hours and then made the hike back but, now with sand in our shoes. My Men passed out on the hike out so we headed home to chill with Papa John's and some movies.
"No Country For Old Men" was promising and even compelling for a while but, ultimately tanked hard. I'm glad I saved the latest "Rambo" to watch second - much better, at least as far as entertainment value goes.
Along the way I found time to call my dad and catch up for about 45 minutes or so.
Gryphyn and Vahn woke up during the first movie so we took a break and played with dad's present he got this morning - a remote controlled VW bus! We actually played with it periodically throughout the day but I was inspired to make a video this time.

The video edit is pretty rough but I think it accurately captures the 13 seconds of planning that went into it.



And here's a few shots of what makes me happy - what makes me "dad".
These were the day before Father's Day.

David & Alli

If I could shoot weddings like David & Alli's all the time I'd be a happy man!
I can't tell you how much fun their wedding was.
These two, along with their whole clan, are the embodiment of laid back and fun.
I've seen full bands generate less energy than David's iPod nano!

These are just a few details from the day. If you want to see what went down you'll have to watch the slideshow!









David & Alli - this is your wedding!



Many of these amazing pictures are thanks to my second shooter, Sophia Jekic.
She did a fantastic job!
Thanks Sophia!

Double Shot!

It's more of Hillary & Wes!
Here's some shots that we got during the few minutes we were able to escape from the engagement party.
Enjoy the show!

Rooftop Shooter!

I warned you there would be more Hillary and Wes coming your way. Wait no longer!

Hillary is a landscape architect and she works on the top floor of the "legal building" on Pack Square in downtown Asheville.
She just happened to have a client in the Jackson building with access to the roof so we thought we'd take full advantage of that for some sweet rooftop shooting!
Jarrad Lister drove up from Spartanburg, South Carolina to shoot with me this time. Check out his blog and notice the main header image is one I got of him shooting on the roof.

















That's not all. CHECK OUT ALL THE IMAGES IN THE SLIDESHOW!