The Marriage Tango

Every once and a while, a friend of mine will ask me to take some photos for them. I'm happy to oblige, as long as our schedules work out and they buy me food or a beer (or two or three). It's fun to be a part of people's lives. And I like trying new things. A few weeks ago I took some pictures for my good friend Carolanne and her fiance Michael. They're getting married this summer and they wanted a photo to go with their invitation.

I've done headshots and taken production photos and photos of kids and families, but I've never taken Engagement/Wedding pictures. I'm way too intimidated to take on a whole wedding myself, but I think I might actually be good at it.

I scoured Flickr for some inspiration, and to see what kind of new things photographers are doing for engagement photos. After many many viewings of photos just like this one, I decided I wanted to try it out. We had a great day for shooting (overcast) which helps cast even light. I would have preferred sun (even just for the heat factor), but it appeared every once and a while. I had to do a tad bit of retouching too to get the final look.

Carolanne and Michael were really great sports about trying any and everything I wanted to do. They provided a lot of their own input too, and they finally chose the photo they'll use (I guess you'll have to be invited to the wedding to see which one!).

It was a pleasure taking their photos. I only hope their wedding photographer is as nice as I am...

From the Archives

I recently moved and had the pleasure of going through all of my artwork in order to either consolidate better, keep certain things, and throw away others.

The moving allowed me to go through my Senior Thesis project. I then remembered that I took some serious Low-Resolution digital photos in case anyone ever wanted to check them out. I moved all the real prints to a nice portfolio too.

So here's one from the vault - a corner of the attic from my Aunt Flo and Uncle Morris' house. The house has since been sold, and Uncle Morris is no longer with us. But I'm glad to have these photos, and to have had the experience of spending time in the house alone to properly grieve, look through some family photo albums and document a large chunk of my childhood.